Press Release:2-10-10

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Press Release 2-10-10: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders
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Openings, Closings, and Events
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Huntsville, AL Huntsville Museum of Art Reflections of Reality: Great American Paintings from the Collection of Peter and Betsy Lowe Closes Feb. 21, 2010 Events

Torrance, CA Torrance Art Museum The Reflected Gaze - Self Portraiture Today Closes February 20 *FAX* Closes February 20 Events

Irvine, CA The Irvine Museum Selections From The Irvine Museum, 2009 Closes Feb. 13!!!!

Storrs, CT The William Benton Museum of Art From Amazing Stories to Weird tales: Covering Pulp Fiction Spring The Old and The New: Recent Acquisitions and Works from the Collections Spring CounterMart, An Installation by Abby Manock Spring Poem & Picture Spring

Daytona Beach, FL The Southeast Museum of Photography ANTHOLOGY: RECENT WORKS – ACQUISITIONS Closes Feb. 12 Double Exposure – Armistad Center Through May 30 Bikeriders – Danny Lyon Through May 30 Al sol – Stella Johnson Through May 30 Events

Winter Park, FL Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College *Man and the Machine* Jan. 23 - Summer Wonderful and Curious Jan. 23 - Summer Out of the Shadow Jan. 23 - Summer

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art Habsburg Treasures: Renaissance Tapestries from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna January 16 – April 11 Avedon Fashion 1944–2000 Feb. 9 – May 9 Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker Feb. 13 – May 9 RFK Funeral Train Rediscovered: Photographs by Paul Fusco Feb. 13 – May 9 Here Comes the Sun: Warhol and Art after 1960 at the Norton Feb. 13 – May 9 Events

Miami, FL The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University *The Fantastic World of José Gurvich* January 20 – April 11 *In Body and Soul: The Performance Art of María Teresa Hincapié* January 20 – May 16 *Taiwan Discovered* February 19 – May 16 *Women’s Work / Men’s Work: Labor and Gender in America* January 20 – April 25 Wolfsonian Teaching Gallery at The Frost Event

Miami Beach, FL The Wolfsonian-Florida International University *Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection* Ongoing *Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection* Ongoing *Styled for the Road: The Art of Automobile Design, 1908-1948* October 16, 2009 through March 14, 2010 *Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939* Nov. 20, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010 Events

Atlanta, GA Artists in Georgia: Contemporary Works from the Collection February 6-May 16 Events

Milledgeville, GA Georgia State College & University Museum *TRANSITIVE GEOGRAPHIES: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS OF AN EVOLVING SOUTH* January 28 – May 8

Augusta, GA Morris Museum of Art *Deep Sea: Drawings by William O. Golding* Dec. 12, 2009 - March 14, 2010 Young Masters: Art by Local High School Students Feb. 2–21 Events

Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Museum of Art Omer Fast: The Casting McCormack Forefront Galleries Through Mar. 14 *Paired Photographs* Through March 21 Heather Rowe: Tenuous Arrangements February 19-August 1 Events

Wichita, KS Wichita Art Museum Murdock and Friends Through Oct. 3 Sensitive and Relevant Through Mar. 28 Community Favorites Through Nov. 30 This is My Land: A Photographic Portrait of America by James Yarnell Through March 7 Docent Selections Through May 2 Try Some Color, Please! January 10 – April 18 American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwel March 7 - May 30 Events

Paducah, KY The Yeiser Art Center Teen Spirit 2010 Closes Feb. 20

Owensboro, KY Owensboro Museum of Fine Art *LINCOLN THEN AND NOW* January 24 – March 21

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft *Searching for the Heart of Black Identity* January 9 – April 10 *Gold Key Scholastic Awards* Feb. 5–26
Louisville Visual Art Association Water Tower Regional January 24 - March 7 Event
The Speed Art Museum European and American Art, 1800-1960 Opened October 11 Hattie Bishop Speed: A New Museum for Louisville September 1, 2009 to March 14, 2010 A Book of Prayers: The Medieval Bestseller October 11, 2009 to February 14, 2010 Events

The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky The British Are Coming! Jan. 24-April 11 *POST IT : TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY MAGAZINE POSTERS FROM THE COLLECTION* Through April 4 Robert C. May Photography Lecture Series: LILI ALMOG Through Feb. 28 GIFTED HANDS: Ceramic Work by Cliff Lee Through May 14

New Orleans, LA New Orleans Museum of Art Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio Opened November 15 *William Woodward, 1859-1939: American Impressionist in New Orleans* Through Feb. 28, 2010 *Käthe Kollwitz: Graphics from the Jean Stein Collection* November 15-March 14, 2010 Luis Cruz Azaceta Swimming to Havana Through Mar. 28 Events
Baltimore, MD The Walters Art Museum The Christmas Story: Picturing the Birth of Christ in Medieval Manuscripts Dec. 3, 2009 – Feb. 28, 2010 *Beauty and the Brain: A Neural Approach to Aesthetics* January 23 - April 11 Mummified Through November 2010 Japanese Cloisonné Enamels from the Stephen W. Fisher Collection February 14 - June 13 *Art of the Ancient Americas* Ongoing *Palace of Wonders: Renaissance & Baroque Galleries* Ongoing Events

Lowell, MA New England Quilt Museum Masters: 40 Contemporary Master Quilters Closes Feb. 25

Salem, MA Peabody Essex Museum Valérie Belin: Made Up Extended through April 4 Trash Menagerie Through June 1, 2010 ReVisions, Indian Artists Engaging Traditions Through Mar. 28, 2010 Events

Muskegon, MI Muskegon Museum of Art Edward Curtis: Selections from The North American Indian portfolio Jan. 14 – April 10, 2010 BIRDS IN ART Closes Feb.14!!!! PATTERNS OF FLIGHT: THE ART OF CATHERINE McCLUNG Dec. 10, 2009 – Feb. 7, 2010 Events

Grand Rapids, MI Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Spirit and Form: Michele Oka Doner and the Natural World Jan. 29 – May 9

Ridgeland, MS Mississippi Craft Center Jerry Hymel - Glass Artist February 1-28

Biloxi, MS Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Hershel Lippmann: A Collector's Passion January 22 – May 28

Columbia, MO Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Missouri Ancient Glass from the Permanent Collection Ongoing from August 2007 The Fine Art of Living: Luxury Objects from the East and West Ongoing from May 29, 2008 *Connecting with Contemporary Sculpture* January 30 - May 16, 2010 The European and American Galleries Ongoing Treasures from Antiquity: The Weinberg Gallery of Ancient Art Ongoing Events

Santa Fe, NM The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Harry Fonseca: In the Silence of Dusk February 14- January 2, 2011 A River Apart Through Jun 6, 2010 Native Couture II: Innovation and Style Closes Feb 21 The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery Ongoing Here, Now and Always Ongoing Events
Museum of International Folk Art *Dancing Shadows, Epic Tales: Wayang Kulit of Indonesia* in the Bartlett Wing Through March 14, 2010 *Multiple Visions: A Common Bond* Ongoing A Century of Masters:The NEA National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico Closes Jan 16, 2011 *Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection* Dec. 20, 2009 - May 23, 2011
New Mexico Museum of Art New Arrivals: Works from the Collection February 12 - O’Keeffe and Baumann Ongoing How The West is One: The Art of New Mexico Ongoing *Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings* Jan. 29 - April 18 New Arrivals: Works from the Collection February 12, 2010 - Event

New Mexico History Museum Fashioning New Mexico Through Apr 14, 2010 Telling New Mexico Ongoing Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción Ongoing Segesser Hide Paintings Ongoing Events

The Katonah Museum of Art Steve Tobin: Katonah Steelroots Through Sep. 19 Chakaia Booker Through March 1 *Young Artists 2010* Closes Feb. 14!!!!

Asheville, NC Looking Forward: Celebrating New Art and New Directions for the Permanent Collection Closes Today Feb. 10!!!! Looking Back: Celebrating 60 Years of Collecting at the Asheville Art Museum Ongoing Lorna Blaine Halper: The Space Between Through May 9

Durham, NC Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids Nov. 12, 2009 - Feb. 21, 2010 The Past is Present: Classical Antiquities at the Nasher Museum Ongoing Lines of Attack: Conflicts in Caricature Feb. 4 - May 16 Mark Hewitt: Falling Into Place February 11 - Events

Raleigh, NC Gregg Museum of Art & Design North Carolina State University *With Lathe and Chisel: North Carolina Wood Turners and Carvers* Jan. 21 - May 15 *Faces and Mazes* Jan. 21 - May 15

Greensburg. PA Westmoreland Museum of American Art Concerning the 1930s in Art: Paintings from the Schoen Collection January 24 - March 21 *Ben Schachter: Kosher/Treif and Eruvim* January 24 - March 21

Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts C. R. Ettinger Studio Selections from 2000 to 2010 January 23 – April 11 Public Treasures/Private Visions: Hudson River School Masterworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Private Collections Through May 30 Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious January 29 - April 11, 2010 *Robert Ryman: Philadelphia Prototype, 2002* Ongoing

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art The Chemistry of Color: Contemporary African-American Artists Feb. 5 –May 9 Events

Charleston, SC Gibbes Museum of Art Lure of the Lowcountry Jan. 22 - April 18 Whistler’s Travels Jan. 22 – May 16 The Charleston Story Ongoing

Brookings, SD South Dakota Art Museum *The Collector’s Eye: Amish Quilts from the International Quilt Study Center* Through April 1, 2010 Oscar Howe Exhibit Through April 1, 2010 Harvey Dunn: Select Works Through November 1, 2010 Events

Memphis, TN Memphis Brooks Art Museum Salt of the Earth: Photographs of the Farm Security Administration Through Feb. 28 The Apocalypse: A Series of Woodcuts by Joseph Weisz Through April 25 Ex Libris: The Art of Ownership Through June 6 Venice in the Age of Canaletto Feb. 14 - May 9 Events
Children's Museum of Memphis *Run! Jump! Fly! Adventures in Action* January 23-May 16 *Harry's Big Adventure: My Bug World!* Feb. 13- June 13
The Pink Palace Museum *Chocolate The Exhibition* January 30 - April 25 *Bagels & Barbecue: The Jewish Experience in Tennessee* February 6 - April 11 *I Am A Man* February 13 - October 24, 2010

Clarksville, TN Customs House Museum and Cultural Center *Home and Abroad: The Paintings of Matthew Deric Gore* Jan. 12th - Feb. 28 *3rd Biennial Arts & Craft Juried Exhibition* Jan. 12th - April 3rd Events

Nashville, TN Cheekwoood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art New Directions: Video Artists Explore the South Closes Feb. 22 Temporary Contemporary – Nashville Memoir: Photographs by Greg Miller Closes Feb. 22 *William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit* Ongoing *The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection of Faberge* Ongoing
Frist Center for the Visual Arts *Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece* Jan. 29 - Events


The Parthenon The Fiery Gizzard Series: Paintings by Susan Goshgarian McGrew Closes Feb. 20
Tennessee Art League *Jason Saunders* Through February 27 The Premiere Gallery An exhibition of work by Studio A Artists featuring artists Asia Emerson, Marlynda Augelli, Mary Field Neville, Peach McComb, and Vinci Kilodziejski Feb. 2 - 27 2nd Floor Gallery Event
Tennessee State Museum We Shall Not Be Moved: The 50th Anniversary of Tennessee’s Civil Rights Sit-Ins February 4 - May 16 Sharaku Interpreted by Japan’s Contemporary Artists February 18 - April 11
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Eye & Mind: A Legacy of Art Collecting at Vanderbilt University Through May 13, 2020.

Sewanee, TN University Art Gallery Sewanee: The University of the South North Korean Images at Utopia's Edge Closes Feb. 14!!!!

Chattanooga Creative Discovery Museum Good For You: Healthy Fun on the Run Jan. 22 - May 16 Event
Hunter Museum of American Art Still Lifes from the Hunter Museum Collection Feb.7 – April 25 Twenty Original American Etchings Through June 6th Themes of Identity Through June 6th Jellies: Living Art at Tennessee Aquarium Ongoing Events

Knoxville, TN The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture *New to Knoxville* February 5-26 *Headlights and Streetlights* February 5-26 Arts in the Airport April 22, 2010
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville *ARTIST IN RESIDENCE BIENNIAL EXHIBITION* Closes Feb 21
Knoxville Museum of Art *Wind/Rewind/Weave* Jan. 22 – April 25 *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Ongoing

Gatlinburg, TN Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Sevier County Artists in The Sevier County Invitational Jerry Drown Turned Wood Collection Wood Studio Gallery

Midland, TX Museum of the Southwest The Nashville Portraits by Jim McGuire January 26 - March 14 Burton Pritzker: Forgotten Planes January 29th - February 28 Jean Cappadonna-Nichols January 22nd - March 21

Albany, TX The Old Jail Center Sean Scully: Works from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Feb. 6 - May 23 A Cell of One’s Own: Nancy Lamb – The Business of Pleasure Feb. 6 - May 23 Asian Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection Ongoing W.O. Gross, Jr. Collection of Pre-Columbian Art Ongoing Sallie Reynolds Matthews Room Ongoing

Fort Worth, TX Kimbell Art Museum From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern European Art South Gallery Current *Asian Art* North Gallery Current *Pre-Columbian and African Art* East Gallery Michelangelo’s First Painting: The Torment of Saint Anthony On View beginning Sept. 26 Events

Dallas, TX Meadows Museum SMU Royal Splendor: from art collection of King Charles IV of Spain (1748-1819) March 7 – July 18 Events

Dallas Museum of Art *All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts* Through Feb. 28 Performance/Art Through Mar. 21 Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture Through May 23 Materials & Meanings Through Summer 2010 Center for Creative Connections Events

Wasau, WI Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Las Artes de Mexico January 30 – April 11

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