Press Release: 3-13-09

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Press Release 3-13-09: 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.

Huntsville, AL Huntsville Museum of Art *Innovation and Change: Ceramics from Arizona State University* March 1 - April 19 *YAM: Exhibition for Youth Art Month* March 1 - April 26 *Looking at the Collection: Buccellati Highlights* through November 2009 Looking at the Collection: Whimsy in 3-D through May 31, 2009 Events

Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College *Jess: To and From the Printed Page* Closes March 22 *American Poets by Jack R. Smith* Through April 19 *Portrait of a Lady: Selections from the Permanent Collection* Through August 30

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

Paducah, KY National Quilt Museum (new hours!) Lincoln: Then and Now Through April 17 *Burgoyne Surrounded Quilts* March 13 - May 19 The Yeiser Art Center *Anissa R. Lewis - Drawings and paintings by Covington KY artist* March 17- April 12 Events

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft *Gig Posters: The Art of Contemporary Music* March 6 - May 16
Louisville Visual Art Association *Contents Under Pressure: Bottled in Louisville* March 13- April 14 Event
The Speed Art Museum *Collecting for Kentucky* Extended through April 1 *American Art at the Speed* Through May 2009 *The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States* Opens March 22 to May 17 Events

Lexington, KY EXCAVATING EGYPT: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeolog, University College London March 22 – June 14

Baton Rouge, LA Hill Memorial Library LSU Libraries' Special Collections *Audubon at Oakley: Louisiana Selections from Birds of America* Extended *Mariners, Meridians and Monsters: Exploring the History of Maps in Fact and Fiction* March 23 - August 15

New Orleans, LA Ogden Museum of Southern Art *Ogden Past, Present and Future: Selections from the Permanent Collection and New Acquisitions* Through April 15 *The World in Color: Photographs by Jorge Otero* Through April 15 *Jack Stewart: From Atlanta to New York – A Life Survey A look at the career* Through April 15 *Charleston Renaissance* Ongoing Events
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

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

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 *William Hogarth, Master of Satire* Closes March 15!!!! *Contempt for the New* January 31 – July 5 Events

Nashville, TN Cheekwoood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Passing Time: The Art of William Christenberry March 14 - June 14 *Michael Baggarly: Reverberant Measures* March 14 - June 14 A Lens with a Conscience March 14 - Sept. 20 *Tennessee Abstract Painters* March 14 - Sept. 20 The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection of Faberge Ongoing *William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit* Through January 3, 2010
Tennessee Art League Consider the Source works byNashville Artist Brenda Stein March 7 - April 24 Premiere Gallery *Juried members exhibit* Closes March 31st Members & Ethel Smith Galleries
The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) Family Business: How You Find It & How You Keep It March 17-August 27 Collection Highlights from the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) Ongoing
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery *The Printed Page: Selections from the Anna C. Hoyt Collection* March 12 through May 8, 2009 Event

Chattanooga, TN Hunter Museum of American Art I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill Through April 19

Oak Ridge, TN Oak Ridge Art Center From the Collection Opens March 15
Children's Museum of Oak Ridge Through the Vision of Children March 6 - April 8

Knoxville, TN Blount Mansion Two Together: The Art of Kate and Roy McCullough Closes March 28
The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture Bon Voyage: a farewell exhibition of works by Fritz Massaquoi Closes March 27 *The Enigma of Growth* Closes March 27

Gatlinburg Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts *Spring Faculty Exhibition* April 11 Jerry Drown Turned Wood Collection Wood Studio Gallery Ongoing

Check our:

Home page and/or Index page to see which museums recently updated their page and on what date. Look for the new photos tag.
- Museums and galleries that have joined in the past month are listed at the top of the column on the Home page
Events page for openings, receptions, other museum activities
Exhibitions page to see a list and thumbnail photos of current shows. Check a particular museum's website (available on its page on our site) for all its activities and exhibitions.

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