Press Release: 8-6-08

Art Museum Touring.com
Press Release 8-6-08: Openings, Closings, and Events

New Museum Joined Our Site
This Week!

Charleston, SC

Established as the Carolina Art Association in 1858 (celebrating 150 years in 2008), the Gibbes Museum of Art opened its doors to the public in 1905. Located in Charleston’s historic district, the Gibbes houses a premier collection of over 10,000 works, principally American with a Charleston or Southern connection, and presents special exhibitions throughout the year. In addition, the museum offers an extensive complement of public programming and educational outreach initiatives. As the aesthetic heart of the Lowcountry, the Gibbes serves the community by stimulating creative expression, increasing economic vitality through tourism and improving the region’s superb quality of life.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions:

The Charleston Story

Ongoing

Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art

Opens August 29 - November 30

Openings, Closings, and Events*
Memphis, TN: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art* Around Tennessee, 1820-1920 Through September 7 *A Genesis: Fifteen Poems and Etchings* Through November 30 *Psychedelia: Rock 'n' Roll Posters, 1965 - 1970* Through August 24 The Prints of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again) Through September 7 Events * See Exhibitions page to see a sample photo from each of these shows.

Children's Museum of Memphis Events: CMOM Family Nights & Elementary Teachers ' Night Out *Curious George: Let's Get Curious* Through September 28

Grand Junction, TN National Bird Dog Museum Event: Fundraiser Fun Shoot Aug. 16 Galena Plantation & Lodge Holly Springs, MS

Clarksville, TN Customs House Museum *Civil War: Hoofbeats in the Heartland* Through September 14th Time Made Real: The Carvings of Tim Lewis Through October 31


Nashville, TN Belle Meade Plantation Event: "Jazz on the Lawn"
Centennial Art Center Upcoming exhibition features the works of Eric Botbyl (ceramics), Charlie Doggett (photography), and Jane Word (photography) Aug. 8 - 29 Event: Artists' opening
The Hermitage Free admission to The Hermitage Mondays, June 23 through August 25, for children under 18! Must be accompanied by a Tennessee resident adult. No limit to the number of children per adult. Next date: August 11
The Parthenon Curtain: installation by Erika Johnson Closes August 9!!!! The natural Preservation of Form: sculpture by Kath Girdler Engler Opens August 15

The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) Stirring Up the Past: Revolutions in Tennessee Cooking Closes August 8!!!!! “Remember the Ladies!” -Women Struggle for an Equal Voice Opens Aug. 11 - Jan. 30, 2009 *Collection Highlights from the Tennessee State Library and Archives* Ongoing at Bicentennial Mall

The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery *Collection III* Closes Aug. 15

Chattanooga, TN
Hunter Museum of American Art Events *William Morris: Myth, Object and the Animal* Through Sept. 28

Knoxville, TN
Blount Mansion Dog Show by Sally Ham Govan August 1 - 31
Emporium Center Legacy: The Quilts of Georgia Bailey Aug. 1 - 29
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville Staff Influxion July 20-August 24
Knoxville Museum of Art Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilts and Beyond Opened Thursday July 10 *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Opened Friday June 27 Ongoing exhibition *Size Matters: XS - Recent Small-Scale Paintings* Closes August 24 *Works from the Morristown Art Association* Through Sept. 15




Paducah, KY
The National Quilt Museum 9th Quilt Japan Through October 7 *Quilt National '07* Closes August 15

Yeiser Art Center *PostSecret* July 26-Sept. 20 Events
Owensboro, KY
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art KENTUCKY MASTERS: Early Artists of the Commonwealth from the Humphreys Collection Through October 12 New Contemporary Sculpture Park Ryan Park


Louisville, KY Louisville Visual Art Association At the River's Edge by River City Fiber Artists Closes August 9!!!! Event Food for Thought "Drawings from the Snoozery" August 12


Biloxi, MS Ohr-O'Keefe Art Museum “Domo Arigato: Thank You”: Second Annual Ohr-O’Keefe Clay Invitational Closes Aug 22

Fayetteville, NC
Fayetteville Museum of Art Forsaken: Edifice and Landscape Opened July 19 - Sept. 7 Event


Atlanta, GA
The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University Big Shots: Andy Warhol’s Polaroid Portraits Opens August 30 *Chester Higgins, Nubian Dreams: Images of the Sudan* At the Schatten Gallery, Emory Library Systems. Closes August 15

Milledgeville, GA
Georgia College & State University Museum Steffen Thomas: Small Paintings- Powerful Figures Through Sept. 6 *Solo Exhibition featuring the works of Frances de La Rosa* Opens Aug. 14 Events

Augusta , GA
Morris Museum of Art *Realist Paintings by Bryan LeBoeuf* Opened July 26 Events

Savannah, GA
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Events

Columbia, SC
Columbia Museum of Art *Carolina Collects* Closes Aug. 17
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Museum of Art The Baroque World of Fernando Botero Through September 21 Events

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Edo Series
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- Current Inventory
Puzzle Pieces (added 6-25-08)
Mosaics (added 7-2-08)

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