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Openings, Closings, and Events

Catskill, NY

Thomas Cole National Historic Site

  • Robert S. Duncanson: The Spiritual Striving of the Freedman's Son
    • Closing for season October 30!!!!
Robert S. Duncanson: The Spiritual Striving of the Freedman's Son

Katonah, NY

The Katonah Museum of Art

  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK! THE 20TH CENTURY
    • Oct. 2 – Dec. 31
  • Joseph Wheelwright: Tree Figures
    • Through May, 2012
Joseph Wheelwright: Tree Figures

Albany, NY

Albany Institute of History & Art

  • Kid Stuff: Great Toys from Our Childhood
    • Oct.1 - March 4, 2012
  • ALBANY AND THE CIVIL WAR: MEDICINE ON THE HOME AND BATTLE FRONTS
    • SEPT. 3, 2011 – FEB. 26, 2012
  • PARKER C. DUNN: THE DUNN MEMORIAL BRIDGE
    • AUG. 6 – NOV. 13
  • A GATHER OF GLASS: SELECTIONS FROM THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTION
    • Through June, 2012
  • FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN: GEORGE WASHINGTON
    • August 27, 2011– May 20, 2012
  • Event
Kid Stuff: Great Toys from Our Childhood

Asheville, NC

Asheville Art Museum

  • Homage2 (squared)
    • Oct. 1, 2011 – March 4, 2012
  • A Tisket A Tasket: Appalachian, Cherokee and Low Country Baskets
    • July 15, 2011 - Jan. 8, 2012
  • Color Study
    • Closes Nov. 6
  • Looking Back: Celebrating 60 Years of Collecting at the Asheville Art Museum
    • Ongoing
  • Event
A Tisket A Tasket: Appalachian, Cherokee and Low Country Baskets

Hickory, NC

Hickory Museum of Art

  • FROM THE MILLENIUM FORWARD: A Decade of Donations to the Hickory Museum of Art
    • Through March 24, 2012
  • THE LOUIS ORR ETCHINGS OF NORTH CAROLINA
    • Through Dec. 31
  • NY 10 and NY INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIOS
    • Closes November 6
  • AMERICAN ART POTTERY: From the Museum's Moody Collection
    • Ongoing
  • BORN OF FIRE: Glass from the Museum's Luski Collection
    • Ongoing
  • SOUTHERN CONTEMPORARY FOLK ART
    • Ongoing
  • DISCOVER FOLK ART: Unique Visions by Southern Self-Taught Artists from the Hickory Museum of Art Collection
    • Ongoing
NY 10 and NY INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIOS

Chapel Hill, NC

Ackland Art Museum

  • Ackland Carolina Collects
    • Sept. 9 - Dec. 4
  • The Western Tradition: Selections from the Permanent Collection
    • Now Open
  • Event
Ackland Carolina Collects

Durham, NC

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

  • The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure The Signs Of Power, 1973-1991
    • Sept. 15 - Dec. 31
  • Becoming: Photographs From The Wedge Collection
    • August 11, 2011 - January 8, 2012
  • A Selection of Women Artists from the Nasher Museum's Collection
    • Through December 4
  • Jaume Plensa: Glückauf?
    • Now on view
  • Containing Antiquity
    • Ongoing
  • Event
The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure The Signs Of Power, 1973-1991

Wilmington, NC

The Cameron Art Museum

  • William McNeill: My Life as a Handheld Church Fan - A Rhapsody on Sweat, Sweet Tea and Salvation
    • Oct. 22, 2011 - Jan. 15, 2012
  • Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats
    • Oct. 22, 2011 - Jan. 15, 2012
  • Hattitude: A Convergence of Fashion and Faith
    • Oct. 22, 2011 - Jan. 15, 2012
  • Henry Jay MacMillan: The Art of Public Service
    • Through October 30, 2011
  • State of the Art/Art of the State
    • Closes October 30
  • Event
Hattitude: A Convergence of Fashion and Faith

Cincinnati, OH

Contemporary Arts Center

  • Julião Sarmento
    • Sept. 24, 2011- Jan. 22, 2012
  • Realms of Intimacy: Miniaturist Practice from Pakistan
    • Sept. 24, 2011- Jan. 22, 2012
  • Matthew Monahan
    • Closes October 30!!!!
  • Events
Matthew Monahan

Greensburg, PA

Westmoreland Museum of American Art

  • The Tides of Provincetown: Pivotal Years in America's Oldest Continuous Art Colony
    (1899-2011)
    • Oct. 29, 2011 - Jan. 22, 2012
  • Carol Brode: One Time/One Place
    • Oct. 29, 2011 - Jan. 22, 2012
  • Events
The Tides of Provincetown: Pivotal Years in America's Oldest Continuous Art Colony

Chadds Ford, PA

Brandywine River Museum

  • Masterpieces by Andrew Wyeth from the Collections
    • Sept. 24 - Jan. 29, 2012
  • Celebrating Four Decades of Collecting
    • Sept. 24 - Nov. 20
  • Honoring Howard Pyle: Major Works from the Collections
    • Sept. 15 - Dec. 17
  • Inspiring Minds: Howard Pyle as Teacher
    • Sept. 15 - Dec. 17
  • Classic Illustrations for a Classic Tale
    • Sept. 10 - Nov. 20
  • Events
Inspiring Minds: Howard Pyle as Teacher

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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    • October 22 - December 31, 2011
  • American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed and Reloaded
    • Ongoing
  • Event
Philadelphia, PA
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum
    • Ongoing
  • Special Display: Excavating Ground Zero: Fragments from 9/11
    • Closes Nov. 6
  • Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery
    • Ongoing
  • Events
Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery

Columbia, SC

Columbia Museum of Art

  • A Tale of Two Sisters: Gifts from Ethel S. Brody and Leona Sobel
    • Sept. 9 - Nov. 27
  • Events
An Artist’s Eye from the Modern and Contemporary Collection at the Columbia Museum of Art

Charleston, SD

Gibbes Museum of Art

  • Breaking Down Barrier: 300 Years of Women in Art
    • Oct. 28, 2011 – Jan. 8, 2012
  • Camera Works: Masters in Photography
    • Oct. 28, 2011 – Jan. 8, 2012
  • Event
The Creative Spirit: Vernacular Art from the Gadsden Arts Center Permanent Collection
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
  • Hamid Rahmanian - Multiverse
    • Oct. 22 - Dec. 9, 2011
  • Tanja Softic - Migrant Universe
    • Oct. 22 - Dec. 9, 2011
  • Event
Tanja Softic - Migrant Universe

Brookings, SD

South Dakota Art Museum

  • Making New Traditions
    • Sept. 27, 2011 - Jan. 15, 2012
  • Carol Hepper: Inside the Between
    • Sept. 16 - Dec. 4
  • Harvey Dunn: A Selection of His Prairie Works
    • Sept. 1, 2011 - April 15, 2012
  • Madeiran Stitchery
    • Through November
  • Madeiran Stitchery
    • Through November 17
Harvey Dunn: A Selection of His Prairie Works

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