Press Release:1-20-10

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Press Release 1-20-10: 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 PA Joins!

Westmoreland Museum of American Art
Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Mission
The mission of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art is to enrich a growing public through innovative and collaborative approaches to the collection, preservation and presentation of American art.

Our Vision
To be a preeminent museum of American art.

Exhibitions:

Concerning the 1930s in Art: Paintings from the Schoen Collection
- January 24 - March 21
Ben Schachter: Kosher/Treif and Eruvim
- January 24 - March 21
Events

Concerning the 1930s in Art: Paintings from the Schoen Collection

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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* Closes Jan. 31, 2010 Reflections of Reality: Great American Paintings from the Collection of Peter and Betsy Lowe Dec. 13, 2009 - Feb. 21, 2010 Events

San Francisco, CA The Contemporary Jewish Museum “Being Jewish”: A Bay Area Portrait Ongoing StoryCorps StoryBooth Through November 7 As It Is Written: Project 304,805 (The Torah Project) Through Fall 2010 Jews on Vinyl And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl Through Spring 2010 Events

Torrance, CA Torrance Art Museum The Reflected Gaze - Self Portraiture Today January 16 – February 20 *FAX* January 16 – February 20

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art 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 Event

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!!!! *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 Event

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 Events

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 Closes February 7

Wichita, KS Wichita Art Museum Murdock and Friends Through Oct. 3 Sensitive and Relevant Through Mar. 28 Community Favorites Through Nov. 30 This is My Land: A Photographic Portrait of America by James Yarnell Through March 7 Docent Selections Through May 2 Try Some Color, Please! January 10 – April 18 American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwel March 7 - May 30 Events

Paducah, KY The National Quilt Museum *Quilts with a Kick.* Closes Feb. 2, 2010

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
Louisville Visual Art Association Water Tower Regional January 24 - March 7 Event
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

Baton Rouge, LA Hill Memorial Library LSU Libraries' Special Collections Two Gentlemen from Louisiana: The Congressional Papers of Senators John B. Breaux and J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. Closes Jan. 30

New Orleans, LA Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University Polaridad Complementaria: Recent Works From Cuba January 16 – March 14 Events
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 Contemporary Museum *Project 20:* The Pantheon Project Jan. 17 - April Project 20: Finishing School: GO Jan. 17 - April *Project 20: Neighborhood Public Radio* Jan. 17 - April
The Walters Art Museum The Christmas Story: Picturing the Birth of Christ in Medieval Manuscripts Dec. 3, 2009 – Feb. 28, 2010 *Beauty and the Brain: A Neural Approach to Aesthetics* January 23 - April 11 Mummified Through November 2010 *Art of the Ancient Americas* Ongoing *Palace of Wonders: Renaissance & Baroque Galleries* Ongoing Events

Lowell, MA New England Quilt Museum Masters: 40 Contemporary Master Quilters Through Feb. 25

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. Closes Jan. 30

Biloxi, MS Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art From the Vault Closes Jan. 29

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 *Connecting with Contemporary Sculpture* January 30 - May 16, 2010 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 *Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings* Jan. 29 - April 18 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 Events

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

Raleigh, NC Gregg Museum of Art & Design North Carolina State University *With Lathe and Chisel: North Carolina Wood Turners and Carvers* Jan. 21 - May 15 *Faces and Mazes* Jan. 21 - May 15

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 Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious January 29 - April 11, 2010 Gallery 128: Certificate/BFA - Post Bacc., MFA Student Exhibition Through January 31 *Robert Ryman: Philadelphia Prototype, 2002* Ongoing

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art *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 Memphis Brooks Art Museum Salt of the Earth: Photographs of the Farm Security Administration Through Feb. 28 The Apocalypse: A Series of Woodcuts by Joseph Weisz Through April 25 Ex Libris: The Art of Ownership Through June 6 Venice in the Age of Canaletto Feb. 14 - May 9 Events
Children's Museum of Memphis *Run! Jump! Fly! Adventures in Action* January 23-May 16

Clarksville, TN Customs House Museum and Cultural Center *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 Closes Jan. 31, 2010 Oliver Herring: Sculpture and Video Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery Closes Jan. 31, 2010 *Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song* Closes Jan. 31, 2010 *Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece* Opens Jan. 29 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 Closes January 29 Work by Studio A Artists 2nd Floor Gallery Closes January 29
Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee Myths and Legends Through April 29

Chattanooga Creative Discovery Museum Event
Hunter Museum of American Art *The Kennedys \| Portrait of a Family Photographs by Richard Avedon* Closes Jan.24!!!! Jellies: Living Art Ongoing Events

Norris, TN Museum of Appalachia Alvin York Exhibit Event

Knoxville, TN The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture National Juried Exhibition of 2009 Closes Jan. 29, 2010 *365: AIGA Annual Design Competition* Closes 29 Arts in the Airport April 22, 2010
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville *ARTIST IN RESIDENCE BIENNIAL EXHIBITION* Jan 13 - Feb 21
Knoxville Museum of Art *Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception* Closes Jan. 24!!!! *Wind/Rewind/Weave* Jan. 22 – April 25 *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Ongoing Events

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 Event

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

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

Dallas Museum of Art *All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts* Through Feb. 28 Performance/Art Through Mar. 21 Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture Through May 23 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!!!! Event

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