Press Release: 2-23-11 page 3

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Openings, Closings, and Events
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Cincinnati , OH Contemporary Arts Center Keith Haring: 1978-1982 Feb. 26- Sept. 5 Jimmy Baker: Remote Viewing Feb. 26 - April 10 Rosson Crow: Myth of the American Motorcycle Through April 3, 2011 Event

Greensburg, PA Westmoreland Museum of American Art American Landscapes: Treasures from the Parrish Art Museum Jan. 30 - April 24 At the River's Edge: Paintings by Patrick Ruane Jan. 30 - April 24 Event
Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pictures of the Body Feb. 5 - April 10 Anatomy/Academy Jan. 29 - April 17 Oliver Grimley: Menagerie Jan. 29 - April 17 *Anatomy Now* Jan. 29 - April 17 Tom LaDuke: run generator Closes March 6 American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed and Reloaded Ongoing
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Secrets of the Silk Road The artifacts and mummies February 18 - March 15 With all the artifacts but without the two mummies March 17 through March 28 Modified exhibition--with made to scale photographs of all of the artifacts, and two models of the mummies--that will go back up on April 2, and the show will continue in the modified form through June 5, at the regular Museum admission Events

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art Who Shot Rock and Roll: A Photographic History Feb. 25 – May 22 Events

Charleston, SC Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Leslie Wayne: Recent Work Jan. 21 - March 12

Memphis, TN Memphis Brooks Art Museum Deep Impressions: Willie Cole Works on Paper Feb. 12 – May 8 *Face the Lens: Art for Social Change* Jan. 22 - March 27 (Extra)Ordinary: The Story of Documentary Photography and the American South Jan. 8 – April 10 Events
The Pink Palace Museum New Connections February 12 - October 23 The Highsmith Collection of Indian pottery Ongoing Greatest Little Show on Earth Clyde Parke minature circus Ongoing

Clarksville, TN Customs House Museum and Cultural Center *An American Tradition* Closes Feb. 27!!!!

Nashville, TN Frist Center for the Visual Arts Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior Feb. 20 - May 29 Simen Johan: Until the Kingdom Comes Feb. 20 - May 29 *William Eggleston: Anointing the Overlooked* Jan. 21 – May 1 *Young Tennessee Artists Exhibition* Through April 10 Events


The Parthenon TESTIMONY: DENEEN COLEMAN-RUFF Event
Tennessee Art League *Brandt Hardin* Closes Feb. 26!!!! Premiere Gallery MONO KI: Kimonos as Language Feb. 1 - March 5 Ethel Smith Gallery Tennessee Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) Closes Feb. 26!!!! Poston3 Gallery Studio A Group's featured artists for February Closes Feb. 26!!!! Second Floor Gallery
Tennessee State Museum Egyptian Relics, Replicas & Revivals: Treasures from Tutankhamun Feb. 27 - Sept. 4 Changing Gallery I

Sewanee, TN University Art Gallery Sewanee: The University of the South & The Carlos Gallery Yestermorrow - a solo exhibition of video installation and digital prints by Jessica Irish Feb. 25 - March 23 Carlos Gallery **The New English Art Club: Figurative Painting from Britain Feb. 19 - April 10 University Art Gallery Event**

Chattanooga, TN Hunter Museum of American Art Loïs Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color Through April 24 Jellies: Living Art at Tennessee Aquarium Ongoing Event

Knoxville, TN The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture Threads and Fibers: Recent Works by Marie Gibson Closes Feb. 25!!!! *Another Way of Life: Photographs by Dean Rice* Closes Feb. 25!!!! *Emporium Artists Exhibition* Closes Feb. 25!!!!
Knoxville Museum of Art Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996-2008 February 11 - April 24 *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Ongoing

Gatlinburg, TN Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts *15th Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibition* Closes Feb. 26!!!! Jerry Drown Turned Wood Collection Wood Studio Gallery Ongoing

Johnson City, TN Slocumb Galleries Annual Positive/Negative 26 National Juried Art Exhibition Closes March 4 Event

Odessa, TX Ellen Noël Art Museum The Art of Devotion: Latin American Religious Art from the Collection of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts Jan. 22 - April 3 William Schickel: Spirit Made Manifest Jan. 22 - April 3 Event

Midland, TX Museum of the Southwest *American Legacy: Our National Parks:* On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America Feb. 13 – April 24 Contemporary Artist Series: Collectors Choice: Paul Folwell Through March 27

Fort Worth, TX Kimbell Art Museum Salvator Rosa: Bandits, Wilderness, and Magic Dec. 12, 2010–March 27, 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, TX Dallas Museum of Art Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement Opens Feb. 13 – May 8 Line and Form: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Wasmuth Portfolio Jan. 30 - July 17 Form/Unformed: Design from 1960 to the Present Tower Gallery Through Jan. 29, 2012 Young Masters: Advanced Placement Student Art Competition February 26–April 17 Encountering Space Center for Creative Connections Through Aug. 31, 2012 Events
Meadows Museum SMU The Lost Manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel: An Epic Journey from Rome to Toledo Jan. 23 - April 23 Grit and Glory: Six Man Football Photographs by Laura Wilson Jan. 30 April 23 Events

Williamsburg, VA Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg *The Old Plantation: The Artist Revealed* Opens Feb. 19 Guyton Gallery. Material Witnesses Quilts and Their Makers Through 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.
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg Fashion Accessories from Head to Toe Through Dec. 31, 2012 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. Declarations of Independence Exended Through August 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 *Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller* Jan. 29 - April 3 *It's Herman Miller Time: Today's Furniture Makers Respondn Jan. 29 - April 3* *Google Doodles: Design for the Modern Office* Jan. 29 - April 3 Events

Racine, WI Racine Art Museum Not So Still Life: 3-D and 2-D from RAM's Collection Feb.4 – June 5 Ruth Grotenrath and Schomer Lichtner at RAM January 23 through May 8 44th Year of Watercolor Wisconsin Through April 30, 2011

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