Press Release:1-6-10

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Press Release 1-6-10: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders
Newsletter is now so large it can not be sent by email and is built into the site.

There are now museums from twenty-two states on our site!

Museum from KS and 2 from CA Join!

Wichita Art Museum
Wichita, KS

About the Museum:
As the largest art museum in the state of Kansas, the Wichita Art Museum houses one of the country’s finest collections of American art, spanning three centuries of painting, sculpture, works on paper and decorative arts. Masterpieces by Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Horace Pippin, Edward Hopper and Charles M. Russell are among the nearly 7,000 works in the permanent collection. Additionally, an important and expanding glass collection is a significant component to the overall collection.

Exhibitions: Mrs. Murdock and Friends: Elizabeth Navas and the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum Through October 3, 2010 Sensitive and Relevant Images: Mid-Twentieth Century Murdock Collection Through March 28, 2010 Our Community Favorites Through the end of November 2010 This is My Land: A Photographic Portrait of America by James Yarnell Through March 7, 2010 Docents Select Through May 2, 2010 Try Some Color, Please! January 10 – April 18 American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell Opens March 7 through May 30, 2010 Events

Contemporary Jewish Museum
San Francisco, CA

The Museum and its Mission
Since its founding in 1984, the Contemporary Jewish Museum has engaged audiences of all ages and backgrounds through dynamic exhibitions and programs that explore contemporary perspectives on Jewish culture, history, art, and ideas. Throughout its history, the Museum has distinguished itself as a welcoming place where visitors can connect with one another through dialogue and shared experiences with the arts.

Exhibitions: “Being Jewish”: A Bay Area Portrait Ongoing StoryCorps StoryBooth Through November 7, 2010 There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak Closes January 19, 2010!!!! As It Is Written: Project 304,805 Through Fall 2010 Jews on Vinyl And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl Through Spring 2010

Torrance Art Museum
Torrance, CA

About TAM

Through its emphasis on contemporary artistic expression in Southern California and globally, the Torrance Art Museum brings together visual artists and community members; fosters personal and civic well being by inspiring understanding and appreciation of the visual arts; promotes meaningful experiences in the arts to strengthen creative and critical thinking skills; and builds bridges between the visual arts and other disciplines in the humanities and sciences.

Exhibitions: The Reflected Gaze - Self Portraiture Today January 16 – February 20 *FAX* January 16 – February 20 Event

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

Huntsville, AL Huntsville Museum of Art *Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection* Nov. 22, 2009 - Jan. 31, 2010 Reflections of Reality: Great American Paintings from the Collection of Peter and Betsy Lowe Dec. 13, 2009 - Feb. 21, 2010 Events

Laguna Beach, CA Laguna Art Museum Collecting California: Selections from Laguna Art Museum Closes Jan. 17!!!! Jeremy Fish: Weathering the Storm Closes Jan. 17!!!!

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art William Kentridge: Five Themes Closes Jan. 17!!!! Habsburg Treasures: Renaissance Tapestries from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna January 16 – April 11

Miami, FL The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University *The Fantastic World of José Gurvich* January 20 – April 11 *In Body and Soul: The Performance Art of María Teresa Hincapié* January 20 – May 16 *Taiwan Discovered* February 19 – May 16 *Women’s Work / Men’s Work: Labor and Gender in America* January 20 – April 25 Wolfsonian Teaching Gallery at The Frost

Miami Beach, FL The Wolfsonian-Florida International University *Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection* Ongoing TRAFFIC! lobby Closes January 24, 2010 *Styled for the Road: The Art of Automobile Design, 1908-1948* October 16, 2009 through March 14, 2010 *Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939* Nov. 20, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010 *New Voices. New Works* Site-specific pieces inspired by The Wolfsonian, curated by designer Todd Oldham for Art Basel Miami Beach Events

Atlanta, GA Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustration in Netherlandish Closes January 24 Events

Milledgeville, GA Georgia State College & University Museum *TRANSITIVE GEOGRAPHIES: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS OF AN EVOLVING SOUTH* January 28 – May 8

Augusta, GA Morris Museum of Art Response and Memory: The Art of Beverly Buchanan Closes Jan. 31, 2010 *Deep Sea: Drawings by William O. Golding* Dec. 12, 2009 - March 14, 2010

Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Museum of Art Fashion in Bloom Closes Jan. 31, 2010 Judith G. Levy: Memory Cloud Closes Jan. 24, 2010 *Paired Photographs* Through March 21, 2010 Events

Logan, KS The Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum Sum of the Parts, Surface Design Association Membership Exhibition 2007 Through February 7

Owensboro, KY Owensboro Museum of Fine Art *LINCOLN THEN AND NOW* January 24 – March 21 Event

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft *Searching for the Heart of Black Identity* January 9 – April 10
The Speed Art Museum Painting in Europe, 1600-1800 October 25, 2009 - January 24, 2010 European and American Art, 1800-1960 Opened October 11 Hattie Bishop Speed: A New Museum for Louisville September 1, 2009 to March 14, 2010 A Book of Prayers: The Medieval Bestseller October 11, 2009 to February 14, 2010 Events

New Orleans, LA New Orleans Museum of Art Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio Opened November 15 *William Woodward, 1859-1939: American Impressionist in New Orleans* Through Feb. 28, 2010 *Käthe Kollwitz: Graphics from the Jean Stein Collection* November 15-March 14, 2010 Luis Cruz Azaceta Swimming to Havana Through Mar. 28 Events
Ogden Museum of Southern Art *José Bedia* Jan. 14 - April 11 *Jorge Otero: Un-restored Miami* Jan. 14 - April 11 *Billie Ruth Sudduth* Jan. 14 - April 11 *New Southern Photography* Jan. 14 - April 11 Bo Bartlett: Paintings 1984-2000 Through Feb. 28 Walter Inglis Anderson: Watercolors from the Collection of Wesley and Norman Galen Ongoing Events
Baltimore, MD The Walters Art Museum The Christmas Story: Picturing the Birth of Christ in Medieval Manuscripts Dec. 3, 2009 – Feb. 28, 2010 Events

Salem, MA Peabody Essex Museum Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel Through Feb. 7, 2010 Valérie Belin: Made Up Through Feb. 7, 2010 Trash Menagerie Through June 1, 2010 ReVisions, Indian Artists Engaging Traditions Through Mar. 28, 2010 Events

Muskegon, MI Muskegon Museum of Art Edward Curtis: Selections from The North American Indian portfolio Jan. 14 – April 10, 2010 BIRDS IN ART Dec.10, 2009 – Feb.14, 2010 PATTERNS OF FLIGHT: THE ART OF CATHERINE McCLUNG Dec. 10, 2009 – Feb. 7, 2010 Events

Ridgeland, MS Mississippi Craft Center A Woodcarver’s Memory: The work of George Berry, Sr. January 5 - 30

Columbia, MO Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Missouri Ancient Glass from the Permanent Collection Ongoing from August 2007 The Fine Art of Living: Luxury Objects from the East and West Ongoing from May 29, 2008 Faces of Warhol: Constructing Gender Through February 7, 2010 The European and American Galleries Ongoing Treasures from Antiquity: The Weinberg Gallery of Ancient Art Ongoing Events

Santa Fe, NM The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture A River Apart Through Jun 6, 2010 Native Couture II: Innovation and Style Through Feb 10, 2010 The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery Ongoing Here, Now and Always Ongoing Events
Museum of International Folk Art *Dancing Shadows, Epic Tales: Wayang Kulit of Indonesia* in the Bartlett Wing Through March 14, 2010 *Multiple Visions: A Common Bond* Ongoing A Century of Masters:The NEA National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico Closes Jan 16, 2011 *Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection* Dec. 20, 2009 - May 23, 2011
New Mexico Museum of Art O’Keeffe and Baumann Ongoing How The West is One: The Art of New Mexico Ongoing The Surreal Life: Gerry Snyder and Marco Rosichelli Closes Jan 31, 2010 Landscape Reconsidered Closes Jan 10, 2010!!!! Event

New Mexico History Museum Fashioning New Mexico Through Apr 14, 2010 Telling New Mexico Ongoing Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción Ongoing Segesser Hide Paintings Ongoing

Katonah, NY The Katonah Museum of Art *Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era* Closes Jan. 24 Brian Selznick’s Walt Whitman: Words for America Closes Jan. 24 Steve Tobin: Katonah Steelroots Through Sep. 19, 2010 Hudson River Triology: Alison Moritsugu Closes Jan. 24 Chakaia Booker Through March 1, 2010 Events

Asheville, NC Ruth Asawa: Drawing in Space Sept. 19, 2009 - Feb. 7, 2010 Looking Forward: Celebrating New Art and New Directions for the Permanent Collection Through Feb. 10, 2010 Looking Back: Celebrating 60 Years of Collecting at the Asheville Art Museum Ongoing Lorna Blaine Halper: The Space Between

Durham, NC Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids Nov. 12, 2009 - Feb. 21, 2010 The Past is Present: Classical Antiquities at the Nasher Museum Ongoing Events

Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Public Treasures/Private Visions: Hudson River School Masterworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Private Collections Through May 30 Faculty Collects Closes January 17!!!! Gallery 128: Certificate/BFA - Post Bacc., MFA Student Exhibition Through January 31 *Robert Ryman: Philadelphia Prototype, 2002* Ongoing

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art *Ansel Adams: Masterworks* Closes Jan. 17!!!! The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States Closes Jan. 17!!!! *Larry Clark: Tulsa* The Mamie & William Andrew Treadway, Jr. Gallery 15. Oct. 14, 2009 - Feb. 7, 2010 Events

Brookings, SD South Dakota Art Museum *The Collector’s Eye: Amish Quilts from the International Quilt Study Center* Through April 1, 2010 Oscar Howe Exhibit Through April 1, 2010 Harvey Dunn: Select Works Through November 1, 2010 Events

Memphis, TN Children's Museum of Memphis *Run! Jump! Fly! Adventures in Action* January 23-May 16
The Pink Palace Mansion Ah, But It’s Cold Outside Winter Wear Through the 20th Century through March 31, 2010

Clarksville, TN Customs House Museum and Cultural Center Yousuf Karsh: Master of the Photographic Portrait Closes January 17th!!!! *Home and Abroad: The Paintings of Matthew Deric Gore* Jan. 12th - Feb. 28 *3rd Biennial Arts & Craft Juried Exhibition* Jan. 12th - April 3rd

Nashville, TN Frist Center for the Visual Arts Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Oct. 2, 2009– Jan. 31, 2010 Oliver Herring: Sculpture and Video Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery Oct. 2, 2009– Jan. 31, 2010 *Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song* Oct. 2, 2009– Jan. 31, 2010 Events


The Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery *Kamal Al Mansour: Connected* January 18-March 5, 2010
Tennessee Art League *Jason Saunders* Through February 27 The Premiere Gallery *Nashville group Art Seen* Ethel Smith Gallery Through January 29 Work by Studio A Artists 2nd Floor Gallery

Chattanooga Creative Discovery Museum Event
Hunter Museum of American Art *The Kennedys \| Portrait of a Family Photographs by Richard Avedon* Nov. 22, 2009 - Jan.24, 2010 Jellies: Living Art Ongoing Events

Knoxville, TN The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture National Juried Exhibition of 2009 Dec.14, 2009 - Jan. 29, 2010 *365: AIGA Annual Design Competition* Jan. 8 - 29 Arts in the Airport April 22, 2010
Knoxville Museum of Art *Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception* Closes Jan. 24 *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Ongoing

Midland, TX Museum of the Southwest The Nashville Portraits by Jim McGuire January 26 - March 14 Burton Pritzker: Forgotten Planes January 29th - February 28 Jean Cappadonna-Nichols January 22nd - March 21
Fort Worth, TX Kimbell Art Museum From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern European Art South Gallery Current *Asian Art* North Gallery Current *Pre-Columbian and African Art* East Gallery Michelangelo’s First Painting: The Torment of Saint Anthony On View beginning Sept. 26 Events

Meadows Museum SMU Face and Form: Modern and Contemporary Sculpture in the Meadows Collection Closes January 24 Events

Dallas, TX Dallas Museum of Art *All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts* Through Feb. 28 Performance/Art Through Mar. 21 THE ARTISTIC FURNITURE OF CHARLES ROHLFS Closes today, January 13!!!! Materials & Meanings Through Summer 2010 Center for Creative Connections Events



Wasau, WI Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America Closes Jan. 24, 2010

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