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Press Release 11-17-10: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders
Newsletter is now so large it can not be sent by email and is built into the site.

Openings, Closings, and Events
The newsletter is now divided into three pages: Pennsylvania to Wyoming - page 3 Click here for page 1 - California to Kentucky Click here for page 2 - Louisiana to North Carolina

Greensburg, PA Westmoreland Museum of American Art *Associated Artists of Pittsburgh: Celebrating a Century of Art* Oct. 10, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011 *Remnants: Paintings by Joyce Werwie Perry* Oct. 10, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011 Events

Chadds Ford, PA Brandywine River Museum *Reality Check: Contemporary American Trompe l'Oeil* Closes Nov. 18!!!! Events

Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Archaeologists, Travelers in Ottoman Lands Sept. 26, 2010 - Feb. 6, 2011 Events

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill Oct. 01, 2010 - Jan. 23, 2011 Taylor Made: The Art of Anna Heyward Taylor Oct. 12, 2010 - Jan. 02, 2011 Events

Charleston, SC Gibbes Museum of Art *Face Lift* Sept. 3 - Dec. 5 *Stacy Lynn Waddell: The Evidence of Things Unseen* Sept. 3 - Dec. 5 The Charleston Story Ongoing Events
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait - Digital Images by Chris Jordan Through Dec.10

Brookings, SC South Dakota Art Museum Harvey Dunn: Select Works Through December 2010 'Grand Re-Opening' scheduled for December 9 & 10

Memphis, TN Memphis Brooks Art Museum William Christenberry: Photographs, 1961-2005 Oct. 15, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011 Winslow Homer: Poetry and Fiction Oct. 29, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011 *Remembering a House Divided: Robert King's Photographs of Civil War Re-Enactors* Sept. 26, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011 Ex Libris: The Art of Ownership II Through Nov. 28 Events
Children's Museum of Memphis Tales from the Land of Gullah Sept. 25, 2010- Jan. 2, 2011 Events
The Pink Palace Mansion *DASHING! Furs and Winter Style* Through Winter
Pink Palace Museum *Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees* Nov. 20 - Dec. 31

Nashville, TN Centennial Art Center Holiday Season Art Exhibition and Sale Through Dec.15
Cheekwoood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Cheekwood Collects: The First 50 Years Oct. 9, 2010 – Jan. 2, 2011 *William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit* Ongoing The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection of Faberge Ongoing Events
Frist Center for the Visual Arts The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay Oct. 15, 2010 – Jan. 23, 2011 Chihuly at the Frist May 9, 2010 – January 2, 2011 Events


The Parthenon TESTIMONY: DENEEN COLEMAN-RUFF Nov. 20, 2010 - March 5, 2011 West Gallery WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY: The Power of the Feminine in Ancient Tales Paintings by Rachael McCampbell Through Nov. 27 Heliotrope : floating installation Through Nov. 30 Event
Tennessee Art League *Refaat Zakhary* Nov. 6 - December Premiere Gallery *Kristina Lyle* Nov. 6 - 27 Ethel Smith Gallery *Middle Tennessee Mental Health & Substance Abuse Coalition* Nov. 6 - 27 Poston3 Gallery Studio A Group's featured artists for October Nov. 6 - 27 Second Floor Gallery Events
Tennessee State Museum Historic Tennessee: Photographs by Robin Hood Reopens December 7, 2010 through January 16, 2011. Tennesseans: A People’s Legacy Through January 16, 2011 Events

Chattanooga, TN Hunter Museum of American Art *Tradition—Tennessee Lives and Legacies* Sept. 26 - Dec. 5 Events

Knoxville, TN The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture For the Love of Water Media by the Knoxville Watercolor Society Closes Nov. 24!!!! Archetypes by Kenneth M. Moffett Closes Nov. 24!!!! Balcony Arts in the Airport Oct. 22, 2010 – April 14, 2011
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville ARCHITECTURE OF EVIL Photographing Auschwitz Nov 15 - Dec 12, 2010
Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya Sept. 17 - Jan. 3, 2011 Event
Knoxville Museum of Art David Bates: The Katrina Paintings Through Feb. 13, 2011 Bill FitzGibbons, Knoxville Colorline, 2010 Through the end of 2010 *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Ongoing

Odessa, TX Ellen Noël Art Museum British Paintings 1550-1800: From the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Nov. 13, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011 The Art of English Beadwork from the 19th Century Nov. 13, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011

Midland, TX Museum of the Southwest Contemporary Series 2010: Expatriates, Friends and Neighbors: Mary Baxter Nov. 5 – Dec. 30

Fort Worth, TX Kimbell Art Museum Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea Through January 2, 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

Dallas Museum of Art The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy Oct., 3, 2010 – Jan. 2, 2011 Encountering Space Center for Creative Connections Sept. 25, 2010– Aug. 31, 2012 Texas Sculpture August 29, 2010 – Jan. 2, 2011 African Masks: The Art of Disguise August 22 José Guadalupe Posada: The Birth of Mexican Modernism Through Dec. 26 Tierra y Gente: Modern Mexican Works on Paper Through Jan. 9, 2011 Events
Meadows Museum SMU *EL GRECO'S MASTERWORK PENTECOST* IN A NEW CONTEXT Sept. 12, 2010 - Feb. 6, 2011 Spanish Muse: A Contemporary Response Sept. 12, 2010 - Feb. 6, 2011 Events**

Wausau, WI Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art Candy Nov. 20 - Jan. 23, 2011 Tempting Confections: Photographs by Matthew Klein Nov. 20 - Jan. 23, 2011 Events

Racine, WI Racine Art Museum Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories Through 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* Through Jan. 23, 2011 The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf Sept. 26, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011 Someday My Prints Will Come: Wisconsin Printmakers in RAM's Collection Through Nov. 27 Events

Casper, WY Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center Ucross: Twenty-Seven Years of Visual Art Residencies October 1-January 2, 2011 *Conrad Schwiering Studio collection* Ongoing Event

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Click here for page 2 - Louisiana to North Carolina

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