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Katonah, NY

The Katonah Museum of Art

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

Albany, NY

Albany Institute of History & Art

  • Temple of Fancy: Pease's Great Variety Store
    • Nov. 19, 2011- March 25, 2012
  • ALBANY AND THE CIVIL WAR: MEDICINE ON THE HOME AND BATTLE FRONTS
    • SEPT. 3, 2011 – FEB. 26, 2012
  • Kid Stuff: Great Toys from Our Childhood
    • Oct.1 - March 4, 2012
  • 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
FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN: GEORGE WASHINGTON

Asheville, NC

Asheville Art Museum

  • The New Materiality
    • Nov. 18, 2011 - Mar. 18, 2012
  • 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
The New Materiality

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
    • Closes 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
REFLECTIONS OF PAUL WHITENER'S PERSONAL LIFE

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
  • Event
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
  • Highlights from the Permanent Collection
    • Sept. 9 - Dec. 4
  • Event
Highlights from the Permanent Collection

Durham, NC

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

  • Angels, Devils and the Electric Slide: Outsider Art from the Permanent Collection
    • Dec. 10, 2011 – July 8, 2012
  • The Deconstructive Impulse: Women Artists Reconfigure The Signs Of Power, 1973-1991
    • Closes Dec. 31
  • Becoming: Photographs From The Wedge Collection
    • August 11, 2011 - January 8, 2012
  • Containing Antiquity
    • Ongoing
  • Jaume Plensa: Glückauf?
    • Now on view
  • Event
Becoming: Photographs From The Wedge Collection

Raleigh, NC

Gregg Museum of Art & Design North Carolina State University

  • Earth with Meaning: the photographs of Alan Cohen
    • Closes 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
    • Through Jan. 15, 2012
  • Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats
    • Through Jan. 15, 2012
  • Hattitude: A Convergence of Fashion and Faith
    • Through Jan. 15, 2012
  • Murrinis Within a Crystal Matrix: The Poetic Glassworks of Richard Ritter
    • Nov. 30, 2011 – April 1, 2012
  • Mark Peiser: Reflections on the Palomar Mirror
    • Nov. 30, 2011 – April 1, 2012
  • Penland School of Crafts: Evolution and Imagination
    • Nov. 30, 2011 – April 1, 2012
  • Events
Mark Peiser: Reflections on the Palomar Mirror

Cincinnati, OH

Contemporary Arts Center

  • Julião Sarmento
    • Through Jan. 22, 2012
  • Realms of Intimacy: Miniaturist Practice from Pakistan
    • Through Jan. 22, 2012
Realms of Intimacy: Miniaturist Practice from Pakistan

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

  • A Brandywine Christmas
    • Nov. 25 - Jan. 8
  • Masterpieces by Andrew Wyeth from the Collections
    • Through Jan. 29, 2012
  • Events
Masterpieces by Andrew Wyeth from the Collections

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

  • Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum
    • Sept. 18, 2011 - Sept. 16, 2012
  • Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery
    • Ongoing
  • Events
Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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    • Closes Dec. 31
  • American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed and Reloaded
    • Ongoing
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  • Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium: Exhibition of Large-scale Photographs by Turkish Photographer Ahmet Ertug,
    • Through Feb. 12, 2012
  • Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum
    • Through Sept. 16, 2012
  • Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery
    • Ongoing
  • Events
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium

Columbia, SC

Columbia Museum of Art

  • Our Time, Our Place: Photographs of the Black South by Richard Samuel Roberts
    • Through Apr 29, 2012
  • Nature and the Grand American Vision: Masterpieces of the Hudson River School Painters
    • Nov. 17, 2011 - April 1, 2012
  • Events
Our Time, Our Place: Photographs of the Black South by Richard Samuel Roberts

Charleston, SD

Gibbes Museum of Art

  • Breaking Down Barrier: 300 Years of Women in Art
    • Through Jan. 8, 2012
  • Camera Works: Masters in Photography
    • Through Jan. 8, 2012
  • Event
Camera Works: Masters in Photography
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
  • From the Moon: Mapping & Exploration: PART I
    • Nov. 14, 2011 - March 3, 2012
From the Moon: Mapping & Exploration PART I

Brookings, SD

South Dakota Art Museum

  • Clive King
    • Dec. 13, 2011 - April 15, 2012
  • South Dakota Artist Series: Steve Babbitt & Michael Hill
    • Dec. 13, 2011 - May 6, 2012
  • The Inspiration: South Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs Donation
    • Nov. 1, 2011 - April 22, 2012
  • Marghab Linens
    • Nov. 23, 2011 - Nov., 2012
  • Making New Traditions
    • Sept. 27, 2011 - Jan. 15, 2012
  • Harvey Dunn: A Selection of His Prairie Works
    • Sept. 1, 2011 - April 15, 2012
Harvey Dunn: A Selection of His Prairie Works

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