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Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders 12-22-10 Newsletter
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Openings, Closings, and Events

The newsletter is now divided into three pages:

Pennsylvania to Wyoming - page 3

Click here for page 1 - Alabama to Kentucky

Click here for page 2 - Louisiana to North Carolina


Chadds Ford, PA

Brandywine River Museum

  • A Brandywine Christmas
    • Through January 9, 2011
  • The Imaginary Beasts of Royal Lacey Scoville
    • Through January 9, 2011
  • Golden Impressions of Andrew Wyeth by Donald Pywell
    • Through January 9, 2011
The Imaginary Beasts of Royal Lacey Scoville

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

  • Narcissus
    • Closes Jan. 2, 2011
  • Same: Difference
    • Closes Jan. 2, 2011
  • Tom LaDuke: run generator
    • Closes Jan. 2, 2011
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • Archaeologists, Travelers in Ottoman Lands
    • Sept. 26, 2010 - Feb. 6, 2011
  • Events
Archaeologists, Travelers in Ottoman Lands

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
    • Closes Jan. 02, 2011
  • Events
I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill

Charleston, SC

Gibbes Museum of Art

  • Art of Our Time: Selections from the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University
    • Dec. 17, 2010 - March 27, 2011
  • J. Henry Fair: Industrial Scars
    • Dec. 17, 2010 - March 27, 2011
  • Events
Art of Our Time: Selections from the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University

Brookings, SC

South Dakota Art Museum

  • The Art of the Basket
    • Dec., 2010 - Sept. 18, 2011
  • Steinley/Evans
    • December, 2010-April 3, 2011
  • Harvey Dunn: Select Works
    • Through December 2010
Steinley/Evans

Memphis, TN

Memphis Brooks Art Museum

  • William Christenberry: Photographs, 1961-2005
    • Through Jan. 9, 2011
  • Winslow Homer: Poetry and Fiction
    • Through Jan. 2, 2011
  • Remembering a House Divided: Robert King's Photographs of Civil War Re-Enactors
    • Through Jan. 2, 2011
  • Events

Children's Museum of Memphis

  • Tales from the Land of Gullah
    • Closes Jan. 2, 2011
  • Events
Tales from the Land of Gullah
Pink Palace Museum
  • Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees
    • Closes Dec. 31

Clarksville, TN

Customs House Museum and Cultural Center

  • An American Tradition
    • Through Feb. 27
  • Beyond Light: The Aladdin Mantle Lamp Company
    • Through Jan. 23
  • Contemporary glasswork by Clarksville’s Pat Finney
    • Through Jan. 2
  • Vintage Tales
    • Through Jan. 16
  • Events

Cheekwoood Botanical Garden &
Museum of Art
  • Cheekwood Collects: The First 50 Years
    • Closes Jan. 2, 2011
  • William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit
    • Ongoing
  • The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection of Faberge
    • Ongoing
  • Events
Cheekwood Collects: The First 50 Years

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
    • Closes January 2, 2011
  • Events
The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay
Tennessee Art League
  • Refaat Zakhary
    • Closes Dec. 30
    • Premiere Gallery
  • Vinci Kolodziejski
    • Closes Dec. 30
    • Ethel Smith Gallery
  • Salon d'Art
    • Closes Dec. 30
    • Poston3 Gallery
  • Studio A Group's featured artists for December
    • Closes Dec. 30
    • Second Floor Gallery

Ev Niewoehner

Tennessee State Museum
  • Historic Tennessee: Photographs by Robin Hood
    • December 7, 2010 through January 16, 2011.
  • Tennesseans: A People’s Legacy
    • Through January 16, 2011
  • Events
Tennesseans: A People’s Legacy

Chattanooga, TN

Creative Discovery Museum

  • Winter Wonders
    • Nov, 20, 2010 - Jan. 17, 2011
  • Helping hands
    • Nov, 20, 2010 - Jan. 17, 2011
  • Events
Winter Wonders
Hunter Museum of American Art
  • Hunter Invitational II
    • Through Jan 16th, 2011
  • Events
Hunter Invitational II

Oak Ridge, TN

Children's Museum of Oak Ridge


Norris, TN

Museum of Appalachia

  • Christmas in Old Appalachia
    • Through December 24!!!!

Knoxville, TN

The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture

  • National Juried Exhibition of 2010
    • Dec. 13, 2010 - Jan. 26, 2011
  • Fw: Fw: Re: Zek by Award-Winning Slovenian Artists
    • Closes December 23!!!!
  • Con_struct by Aaron Shugart-Brown
    • Closes December 23!!!!
    • Balcony
  • Taiwan Sublime
    • January 7-28, 2011
  • Arts in the Airport
    • Oct. 22, 2010 – April 14, 2011
  • Events
Con_struct by Aaron Shugart-Brown
Frank H. McClung Museum,
University of Tennessee
  • Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya
    • Closes Jan. 3, 2011
  • See the Sherrie's Blog for 12-15-10
Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya
Knoxville Museum of Art
  • East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition
    • Through Jan. 9, 2011
  • 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
  • Event
David Bates: The Katrina Paintings

Gatlinburg, TN

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

  • Figurative Association: Celebrating the Human Form
    • Closes Dec. 24!!!!
  • Jerry Drown Turned Wood Collection Wood Studio Gallery
    • Ongoing

Midland, TX

Museum of the Southwest

  • Christmas at the Mansion
    • Through December 30, 2010
Christmas at the Mansion

Albany, TX

The Old Jail Center

  • Harry Geffert and James Sullivan: Natural Translation
    • Through Jan. 23, 2011
  • A Cell of One’s Own: Terri Thornton - Binary System
    • Through Jan. 23, 2011
  • Asian Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection
    • Ongoing
  • W.O. Gross, Jr. Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
    • Ongoing
  • Sallie Reynolds Matthews Room
    • Ongoing
Harry Geffert and James Sullivan: Natural Translation

Fort Worth, TX

Kimbell Art Museum

  • Salvator Rosa: Bandits, Wilderness, and Magic
    • Dec. 12, 2010–March 27, 2011
  • 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
Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea

Dallas Museum of Art
  • Form/Unformed: Design from 1960 to the Present
    • Tower Gallery
    • Dec. 19, 2010 – Jan. 29, 2012
  • Big New Field: Artists in the Cowboys Stadium Art Program
    • Dec. 5, 2011– Feb. 20, 2011
  • 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
    • Closes Dec. 26!!!!
  • Tierra y Gente: Modern Mexican Works on Paper
    • Through Jan. 9, 2011
  • Events
José Guadalupe Posada: The Birth of Mexican Modernism

Williamsburg, VA

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

Open Christmas Day!

  • Material Witnesses Quilts and Their Makers
    • Closes in April of 2012
  • The Art of Steve Harley
    • Through December 2011
  • Sidewalks to Rooftops: Outdoor Folk Art
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Cross Rhythms Folk Musical Instruments
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Down on the Farm
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Inspiration and Ingenuity American Stoneware
    • Ongoing exhibit.
  • Conserving the Carolina Room
    • Ongoing exhibit.
  • Exciting Expressions: Painted Furniture
    • Ongoing exhibit.
  • We the People Three Centuries of American Folk Portraits
    • Through July 31, 2011
  • Introduction to American Folk Art\
    • Ongoing exhibit.
Sidewalks to Rooftops: Outdoor Folk Art
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg

Open Christmas Day!

  • Declarations of Independence
    • Through Dec. 2010
  • Dollars, Farthings & Fables: Money and Medals from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection
    • November 25, 2010 -
  • Rebuilding Charlton's Coffeehouse
  • Conservation: Where Art and Science Meet
    • Through May 31, 2012.
  • Pottery With a Past: Stoneware in Early America
    • Through January 2, 2011
  • American Furniture: From Virginia to Vermont
    • Through March 6, 2011
  • Treasure Quest: Great Silver Collections from Colonial Williamsburg
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Identifying Ceramics: The Who, What and Ware
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Musical Instruments
    Ongoing exhibit
  • Selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Lock, Stock, and Barrel
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Artistry and Ingenuity
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Revolution in Taste
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Masterworks
    • Ongoing exhibit
  • Event

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
I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art Candy

Racine, WI

Racine Art Museum

  • 44th Year of Watercolor Wisconsin
    • Dec. 12, 2010 - April 30, 2011
  • 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
  • Events
In-Depth: John McQueen and Carol Eckert

Casper, WY

Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center

  • Ucross: Twenty-Seven Years of Visual Art Residencies
    • Closes January 2, 2011
  • Conrad Schwiering Studio collection
    • Ongoing
Ucross: Twenty-Seven Years of Visual Art Residencies

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