Press Release: 3-16-11 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

Chadds Ford, PA Brandywine River Museum *Romance in Conflict: N.C. Wyeth’s Civil War* Closes March 20!!!!
Philadelphia, PA University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Secrets of the Silk Road March 17 - March 28 With all the artifacts but without the two mummies April 2 - June 5 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 at the regular Museum admission. Events

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art Who Shot Rock and Roll: A Photographic History Feb. 25 – May 22 *Nature and the Grand American Vision: Masterpieces of the Hudson River School Painters* Through April 1, 2012 Events

Charleston, SC Gibbes Museum of Art Art of Our Time: Selections from the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University Closes March 27 J. Henry Fair: Industrial Scars Closes March 27 The Charleston Story Ongoing
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Leslie Wayne: Recent Work Closes 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

Clarksville, TN Customs House Museum and Cultural Center *Ladies First* March 3 - May *Stitched* Through April 24 *Birds and Blossoms: A Legacy of Beauty: A new exhibit of the Lucy E. Dunwody Boehm Porcelain collection* Through April 1 Familiar Floral Surroundings: Paintings by Sandra Vanderpool. Through April *Taking Position: A Civil War Retrospective: Featuring the Secession Debates, the role of women, and Clarksville before the War.* Through mid May Event

Nashville, TN Centennial Art Center Matthew Deric Gore – paintings, Hannah Maxwell Rowell – drawings & paintings, John Watts – sculptures Closes March 23!!!!
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


Tennessee Art League The Dolls of Japan - Shapes of Prayer, Embodiments of Love March 10 - April 30 Reflections of the Orient March 1 - March 26 Premiere Gallery Studio A Group's featured artists for March March 5 - March 31
Tennessee State Library and Archives a Division of the Department of State The Volunteer State Goes to War: A Salute to Tennessee Veterans Through April
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 Closes 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 Emerging Artists Exhibition Closes March 25 *Another Way of Life: Photographs by Dean Rice* Closes March 25 Arts in the Airport Through April 14 Event
Knoxville Museum of Art Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments March 11–May 15 Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996-2008 February 11 - April 24 *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Ongoing Event

Gatlinburg, TN Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts 2011 Artists-in-Residence Exhibition March 11 - May 7 Artists-in-Residence Annual Exhibition March 4 - April 9 Jerry Drown Turned Wood Collection Wood Studio Gallery Ongoing

Johnson City, TN Slocumb Galleries “Manifestation” BFA Printmaking Exhibit by Laken Bridges Mar. 14-18 “A Matter of Taste" MFA Painting Exhibit by Charles Haskins Mar. 14-18 "Interaction” BFA Ceramics Exhibit by Bill Wilkey Mar. 21-25 “Raising the Machine” MFA Metals Exhibit by Kevin Reaves Mar. 21-25 Event

Fort Worth, TX Kimbell Art Museum Salvator Rosa: Bandits, Wilderness, and Magic Through March 27 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

Charlottesville, VA Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVa Reko Rennie: Patternation Through April 4 Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kluge-Ruhe Collection Through August Event

Williamsburg, VA Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg *The Old Plantation: The Artist Revealed* 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 Closes March 6!!!! 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

Goldendale, WA Maryhill Museum of Art Process and Presence: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Craft March 15 – July 4 *Auguste Rodin* Ongoing *Native People of North America* Ongoing *Théâtre de la Mode* Ongoing *Samuel Hill* Ongoing *Marie, Queen of Romania* Ongoing

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 Event

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