Press Release: 2-20-09

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Press Release 2-20-09: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders (once a month listings for longer running exhibitions that are not closing soon)

Openings, Closings, and Events
See Exhibitions page to see a sample photos of current and upcoming shows.

Winter Park, FL Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College *Portrait of a Lady: Selections from the Permanent* Opened January 24, 2009 Jack R. Smith: Portraits of American Poets Opened January 24, 2009 *Jess: To and From the Printed Page* Opened January 24, 2009 Events

Miami, FL The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum–Florida International University *Modern Masters from the Smithsonian American Art Museum* Closes March 1

Miami Beach, FL The Wolfsonian–Florida International University AMERICAN STREAMLINED DESIGN: THE WORLD OF TOMORROW Through May 15 Gridnik: Wim Crouwel and Modern Typography Through March 15 Events

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art *Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams:* *Natural Affinities* January 24 ― May 3, 2009 *Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism* February 6 ― May 10, 2009 Events

Augusta, GA Morris Museum of Art *Inside/Out: The Private World of Edith Caywood* Through April 19, 2009 *Nashville Portraits: Photographs by Jim McGuire* March 6 through April 26, 2009 Events

Atlanta, GA Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University Tutankhamun exhibition Through May 17, 2009 *Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun* Through May 17, 2009 *MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MASTERS: WORKS ON PAPER HIGHLIGHTS* January 24, through May 17 Events

Milledgeville, GA Georgia State College & University Museum Everyday Mythologies by Dana Thacker January 23 – March 12, 2009 The Seasons of Andalusia by Nancy Marshall January 23 – March 12, 2009 Events

Paducah, KY National Quilt Museum (new hours!) *2009 School Block Challenge* January 16-March 10 Lincoln: Then and Now Through April 17

Owensboro, KY Owensboro Museum of Fine Art REGIONAL TREASURES: A CELEBRATION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF NORTHWEST KENTUCKY Closes February 28, 2009!!!!

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft *First Member Artists Exhibition at KMAC* Closes February 21!!!! Events
Louisville Visual Art Association DinnerWorks 2009 Closes March 1 Events
The Speed Art Museum *Collecting for Kentucky* Extended through April 1 *American Art at the Speed* Through May 2009 Events

Lexington, KY The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky *ROBERT MOTHERWELL AND JASPER JOHNS: Poetic Works As Metaphor* Closes March 1, 2009

Baton Rouge, LA Hill Memorial Library LSU Libraries' Special Collections *Audubon at Oakley: Louisiana Selections from Birds of America* Closes February 28, 2009!!!! *The Pathway of Promise: 1500 Years of Religious Texts and Moral Guidebooks* Closes February 28, 2009!!!!

New Orleans, LA Ogden Museum of Southern Art *Ogden Past, Present and Future: Selections from the Permanent Collection and New Acquisitions* Opened January 15 *The World in Color: Photographs by Jorge Otero* Opened January 15 *Jack Stewart: From Atlanta to New York – A Life Survey A look at the career* Opened January 15 Events
New Orleans Museum of Art *Style, Form and Function: Glass from the Collection of Jack M. Sawyer* Through April 26 *Evening in Paris* Through June 28 *Photography & Depression* Closes March 1 *Prints: Past & Present* Closes March 1
The Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows February 28 - May 31, 2009

Ridgeland, MS Mississippi Craft Center *Small Expressions 2009* February 24 through May 2 Event

Biloxi, MS Ohr-O'Keefe Art Museum Native Guard: A Photographic History of Ship Island's African American Regiment Closes February 20!!!! *Sculptors of the Mississippi Gulf Coast* February 27-April 11 Event

Asheville, NC Asheville Art Museum Mapping the Mountains: The Photographs of George Masa February 6 through July 5 *Expectant Gaze* Ongoing 2nd Floor Galleries Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Projects Gallery 6 Through May 3 Events


Wimington, NC Cameron Art Museum Bearden to Ruscha: Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art Through May 24, 2009 Toy Crazy Closes March 1!!!! Quiet Spirit, Skillful Hand: The Graphic Work of Clare Leighton Through April 5, 2009 Bob DeYoung: installation {phantasm} Through April 26, 2009

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art Eye to the East: The Turner Collection of Chinese Art December 19, 2008 - May 10, 2009 *Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales* March 6, 2009 – June 7, 2009

Memphis, TN Memphis Brooks Art Museum *Hands of Honor: A Collaboration with the Veterans Hospital* Through March 8 *William Hogarth, Master of Satire* Through March 15 *Contempt for the New* January 31 – July 5 Events
Children's Museum of Memphis *Children of Hangzhou: Connecting With China* February 8-May 31
The Pink Palace Museum *The Scoop on Poop: The Science of What Animals Leave Behind* Through May 3, 2009 *Underground Memphis: Archaeology and the African American Experience* Opens February 21 through October 16

Clarksville, TN Customs House Museum The Spirit of Light Photos by Friends of Photography Closes Feb. 15!!!! Old Friends Watercolors by David Redmond Closes Feb. 28!!!! Event

Nashville, TN Centennial Art Center Plate Tone Printshop (a print-making cooperative) and Tom Fuhrman – art glass February 6 – March 27
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art Ingram Gallery Feb. 13–June 7
The Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery DIVA DUTCH (film documentary) Closes February 27!!!!
Tennessee Art League The Poston 3 Gallery: Tennessee chapter of American Society of Media Photographers through Feb. 28th!!!! Consider the Source works byNashville Artist Brenda Stein March 7 - April 24 Premiere Gallery
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Harmony Korine: Pigote Closes Feb. 26!!!!

Sewanee, TN University Art Gallery Sewanee: The University of the South Lauren Kalman: Gilded Affections Opened February 13 – April 12

Knoxville, TN Blount Mansion Art exhibit by Carrie McNutt Closes February 28!!!! Event
The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture *The Scholastic Art Awards of 2009* Closes February 6-27, 2009!!!! *The Scholastic Art Awards of 2009 - Jurors Exhibition* Closes February 6-27, 2009!!!! Event
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville *Before and After Katrina: The Photography Collections of the Ogden Museum* Closes March 1
Knoxville Museum of Art Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee Ongoing Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass February 6-April 19, 2009 Events
Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte

Gatlinburg, TN Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts *14th Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibition* Closes February 21!!!!

Slocumb Galleries ETSU David Mazure Schema February 23rd-27th!!!!

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Events page for openings, receptions, other museum activities
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