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Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders 1-12-11 Newsletter
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Openings, Closings, and Events

The newsletter is now divided into three pages:

Ohio to Wisconsin - page 3

Click here for page 1 - Alabama to Kentucky

Click here for page 2 - Louisiana to North Carolina

Cincinnati, OH

Contemporary Arts Center

  • Rosson Crow: Myth of the American Motorcycle
    • Through April 3
  • Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex
    • Through Jan. 30

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

  • Archaeologists, Travelers in Ottoman Lands
    • Through Feb. 6
  • Secrets of the Silk Road
    • Opens Feb. 5
  • Events
Archaeologists, Travelers in Ottoman Lands

Columbia, SC

Columbia Museum of Art

  • I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill
    • Closes Jan. 23, 2011
  • Events
I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill

Charleston, SC

Gibbes Museum of Art

  • Art of Our Time: Selections from the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University
    • Dec. 17, 2010 - March 27, 2011
  • J. Henry Fair: Industrial Scars
    • Dec. 17, 2010 - March 27, 2011
  • Events
Art of Our Time: Selections from the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University

Memphis, TN

Memphis Brooks Art Museum

  • (Extra)Ordinary: The Story of Documentary Photography and the American South
    • Jan. 8 – April 10
  • Events
(Extra)Ordinary: The Story of Documentary Photography and the American South
Children's Museum of Memphis
  • OUT ON A LIMB, adventures with nature and art
    • Opens Jan. 15 - May15
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    • Opens Jan. 15 - June 15
Tales from the Land of Gullah

Clarksville, TN

Customs House Museum and Cultural Center

  • An American Tradition
    • Through Feb. 27
  • Beyond Light: The Aladdin Mantle Lamp Company
    • Closes Jan. 23
  • Vintage Tales
    • Closes Jan. 16!!!!

Frist Center for the Visual Arts

  • The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay
    • Closes Jan. 23
  • Events
The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay
Tennessee Art League
  • Brandt Hardin
    • Jan. 8 - 29
    • Premiere Gallery
  • Vinci Kolodziejski
    • Jan. 8 - 29
    • Ethel Smith Gallery
  • Studio A Group's featured artists for January
    • Jan. 8 - 29
    • Second Floor Gallery

Art by prison inmates

Tennessee State Library and Archives
a Division of the Department of State
  • The Volunteer State Goes to War: A Salute to Tennessee Veterans
    • Through April
Tennessee State Museum
  • Historic Tennessee: Photographs by Robin Hood
    • Closes January 16!!!!
  • Tennesseans: A People’s Legacy
    • Closes January 16!!!!
Historic Tennessee: Photographs by Robin Hood

Chattanooga, TN

Creative Discovery Museum

  • Winter Wonders
    • Closes Jan. 17!!!!
  • Helping hands
    • Closes Jan. 17!!!!
  • Events
Winter Wonders
Hunter Museum of American Art
  • Hunter Invitational II
    • Closes Jan 16!!!!
  • Events
Hunter Invitational II

Knoxville, TN

The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture

  • Taiwan Sublime: Four Photography Masters’ Visions of the Treasure Island
    • Through Jan. 26
  • National Juried Exhibition of 2010
    • Through Jan. 26
Taiwan Sublime: Four Photography Masters’ Visions of the Treasure Island
Knoxville Museum of Art
  • David Bates: The Katrina Paintings
    • Through Feb. 13, 2011
  • Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee
    • Ongoing
  • Event
David Bates: The Katrina Paintings

Gatlinburg, TN

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

  • 15th Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibition
    • Jan. 7 - Feb. 26
  • Jerry Drown Turned Wood Collection Wood Studio Gallery
    • Ongoing
15th Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibition
Fort Worth, TX

Kimbell Art Museum

  • Salvator Rosa: Bandits, Wilderness, and Magic
    • Dec. 12, 2010–March 27, 2011
  • Michelangelo’s First Painting: The Torment of Saint Anthony
    • Ongoing
  • European Art
    • South Gallery
    • Current
  • Asian Art
    • North Gallery
    • Current
  • Pre-Columbian and African Art
    • East Gallery
  • Events
Salvator Rosa: Bandits, Wilderness, and Magic

Dallas Museum of Art
  • Form/Unformed: Design from 1960 to the Present
    • Tower Gallery
    • Closes Jan. 29, 2012
  • Big New Field: Artists in the Cowboys Stadium Art Program
    • Dec. 5, 2011– Feb. 20, 2011
  • Encountering Space
    Center for Creative Connections
    • Sept. 25, 2010– Aug. 31, 2012
  • African Masks: The Art of Disguise
    • August 22 -
  • Events
Big New Field: Artists in the Cowboys Stadium Art Program

Albany, TX

The Old Jail Center

  • Harry Geffert and James Sullivan: Natural Translation
    • Through Jan. 23
  • A Cell of One’s Own: Terri Thornton - Binary System
    • Through Jan. 23
  • Asian Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection
    • Ongoing
  • W.O. Gross, Jr. Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
    • Ongoing
  • Sallie Reynolds Matthews Room
    • Ongoing
Harry Geffert and James Sullivan: Natural Translation

Williamsburg, VA

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

  • Material Witnesses Quilts and Their Makers
    • Closes in April of 2012
  • The Art of Steve Harley
    • Through December 2011
  • Sidewalks to Rooftops: Outdoor Folk Art
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Cross Rhythms Folk Musical Instruments
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Down on the Farm
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Inspiration and Ingenuity American Stoneware
    • Ongoing exhibit.
  • Conserving the Carolina Room
    • Ongoing exhibit.
  • Exciting Expressions: Painted Furniture
    • Ongoing exhibit.
  • We the People Three Centuries of American Folk Portraits
    • Through July 31, 2011
  • Introduction to American Folk Art\
    • Ongoing exhibit.
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg
  • Dollars, Farthings & Fables: Money and Medals from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection
    • November 25, 2010 -
  • Rebuilding Charlton's Coffeehouse
  • Conservation: Where Art and Science Meet
    • Through May 31, 2012.
  • Declarations of Independence
    • Exended Through August 2011
  • American Furniture: From Virginia to Vermont
    • Through March 6, 2011
  • Treasure Quest: Great Silver Collections from Colonial Williamsburg
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Identifying Ceramics: The Who, What and Ware
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Musical Instruments
    Ongoing exhibit
  • Selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Lock, Stock, and Barrel
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Artistry and Ingenuity
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Revolution in Taste
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Masterworks
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Event

Wausau, WI

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

  • I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art Candy
    • Closes Jan. 23, 2011
  • Tempting Confections: Photographs by Matthew Klein
    • Closes Jan. 23, 2011
  • Events

Racine, WI

Racine Art Museum

  • 44th Year of Watercolor Wisconsin
    • Dec. 12, 2010 - April 30, 2011
  • Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories
    • Closes January 23, 2011
  • Collection Focus in Fibers: John McQueen and Carol Eckert at RAM
    • Oct. 17, 2010 - Feb. 6, 2011
  • Knock Wood: New Gifts to RAM's Wood Collection
    • Closes Jan. 23, 2011

Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories



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