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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
    • Closes 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

Asheville, NC

Asheville Art Museum

  • A Tisket A Tasket: Appalachian, Cherokee and Low Country Baskets
    • July 15, 2011 - Jan. 8, 2012
  • Homage2 (squared)
    • Oct. 1, 2011 – March 4, 2012
  • 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

  • North Carolina Landscapes by Chrys Riviere-Blalock
    • November 11 through February 12
  • Andrew Fullwood: ORIGINS
    • Through Feb. 26
  • 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
  • REFLECTIONS OF PAUL WHITENER'S PERSONAL LIFE
    • Through Winter 2011
  • 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
North Carolina Landscapes by Chrys Riviere-Blalock

Winston-Salem, NC

Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA)

  • Lilly McElroy
    • Nov. 3, 2011 – Jan. 29, 2012
  • Out of Fashion
    • Nov. 3, 2011 – March 4, 2012
  • Margarita Cabrera: The Space in Between
    • Sept. 15, 2011 – Feb. 12, 2012
Margarita Cabrera: The Space in Between

Chapel Hill, NC

Ackland Art Museum

  • Adding to the Mix 3: Allan Houser’s Next Generation II (1989)
    • Through Jan. 1, 2012
  • Rembrandt: The Printmaker
    • Through Jan. 22, 2012
  • Ackland Carolina Collects
    • Sept. 9 - Dec. 4
  • Highlights from the Permanent Collection
    • Through December 31, 2013
  • Event
Adding to the Mix 3: Allan Houser’s Next Generation II (1989)

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

Raleigh, NC

Gregg Museum of Art & Design North Carolina State University

  • Earth with Meaning: the photographs of Alan Cohen
    • Through Dec. 17
Earth with Meaning: the photographs of Alan Cohen

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
  • 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
  • Events
Julião Sarmento

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
    • Closes 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
    • Closes Nov. 20
  • Events
Celebrating Four Decades of Collecting

Philadelphia, PA

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
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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
    • Closes November 17
Making New Traditions

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