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Press Release 4-14-10: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders
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Gallery from SC Joins!

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
Charleston, SC

Mission
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art is administered by the School of the Arts at the College of Charleston and exists to advocate, exhibit and interpret visual art, with an emphasis on contemporary art. The Halsey Institute is committed to providing a direct experience with works of art in all media within an environment that fosters creativity, individuality, innovation and education. In addition to producing exhibitions, lectures, film series, publications, and a comprehensive website, the Halsey Institute serves as an extension of the undergraduate curricula at the College and as a cultural resource for the region.

Exhibition:

Annual juried student exhibition, Young Contemporaries 2010 Featuring recent work by current College of Charleston students
- April 1 - April 27

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Openings, Closings, and Events
The newsletter is now divided into two pages: California to Missouri - page 1 Click here for page 2: New Mexico to Wyoming

Stanford, CA Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts Longing for Sea Change Through June 26, 2011 Tracing the Past, Drawing the Future: Master Ink Painters in 20th-Century China February 17 – July 4 The Eye of the Beholder: Honoring Ruth and Robert Halperin March 17 – May 30 Rodin Sculpture Garden Ongoing Events

Torrance, CA Torrance Art Museum Ryan Taber - Looking out fearfully upon the confined deep Closes April 17!!!!

Irvine, CA The Irvine Museum *El Camino De Oro ~ Journey Through Early California* Through June 5

Laguna Beach, CA Laguna Art Museum *OsCene 2010* Feb. 21 – May 16 Select works from Northern and Southern California artists Through May 16 Event

Storrs, CT The William Benton Museum of Art CounterMart, An Installation by Abby Manock March 25 - May 9 Poem & Picture March 25 - May 9 Events

Miami, FL The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University *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* Wolfsonian Teaching Gallery at The Frost Closes April 25 Event

Winter Park, FL Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College *Man and the Machine* Through summer Wonderful and Curious Through summer Out of the Shadow Through summer Event

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art 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 Beach, FL The Wolfsonian-Florida International University *Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection* Ongoing *Advertising for Health* February 19 - Events

Atlanta, GA Artists in Georgia: Contemporary Works from the Collection February 6-May 16 When Gold Blossoms: Indian Jewelry from the Susan L. Beningson Collection March 20 - July 11 Events

Milledgeville, GA Georgia State College & University Museum *TRANSITIVE GEOGRAPHIES: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS OF AN EVOLVING SOUTH* Through May 8 A Gathering Place by Jon Coffelt From the Miniature Clothing Project April 1 – May 8, 2010

Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Museum of Art Heather Rowe: Tenuous Arrangements February 19-August 1 Joshua Mosley: American International March 12-August 29 *Tara Donovan: Untitled* April 4-August 1 Body Unbound: Contemporary Couture from the IMA's Collection April 10, 2010 - Jan. 30, 2011 Shots in the Dark: Photos by Weegee the Famous April 17, 2010-January 23, 2011 Indiana Artists' Club Annual Exhibition April 17-May 30, 2010 Events

Logan, KS The Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum Dichroic Glass Light Sculptures by Ray Howlett March 19-May 2 Event

Wichita, KS Wichita Art Museum Community Favorites Through Nov. 30 Murdock and Friends Through Oct. 3 Docent Selections Through May 2 Try Some Color, Please! Closes April 18!!!! American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwel March 7 - May 30 Events

Paducah, KY The National Quilt Museum Imagine Hope April 9-May 25 New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Sunflower March 19 - June 15
The Yeiser Art Center Fantastic Fibers: An International Juried Art Exhibition April 3 – May 1 *Yeiser Artist of the Month: Julie Shaw* April 3 – May 1 Event

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft *The Hand-Painted Art of Cricket Press* April 3 - June 19 Event
The Speed Art Museum European and American Art, 1800-1960 Extended The Most Famous People in the World: Karsh 100 March 12 - June 27 Fifty Years of Contemporary Glass: Art, Craft, or Otherwise? April 25 - August 1 Events

New Orleans, LA New Orleans Museum of Art *Women Artists in Louisiana, 1965–2010* March 17 - Joan Mitchell in New Orleans March 31 - June 27 CROSS-CURRENTS OF DESIGN: East to West and West to East in Ceramic Design Through May 16 Feathers, Fur and Flowers: The Natural World in Edo-period Painting Through June 20 Beyond the Blues: Reflections of African America in the Fine Arts Collection of the Amistad Research Center April 10 - July 11 *Parallel Universe: Quintron and Miss Pussycat Live at City Park* Through May 2 Events
Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University Joan Mitchell in New Orleans March 31 - June 30
Ogden Museum of Southern Art *José Bedia* Ongoing *New Southern Photography* Ongoing *Where They At: New Orleans Bounce and Hip-Hop in Words and Pictures* April 22 - August 1 *Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues – Photographs by William Ferris* April 22 - July 15

Baton Rouge, LA Hill Memorial Library LSU Libraries Special Collections Campus Chronicle: 150 Years of LSU Feb. 22 - May 29

Baltimore, MD The Walters Art Museum *Poetry and Prayer: Islamic Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum* March 20 - June 13 Expanding Horizons: Recent Additions to the Drawings Collection April 17 - July 03 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

Salem, MA Peabody Essex Museum The Kennedys \| Portrait of a Family: Photographs by Richard Avedon April 17 - July 18 Faces of Devotion, Indian Sculpture from the Figiel Collection April 10, 2010 to Jan. 16, 2012 Trash Menagerie Through June 1, 2010 Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea March 27 - *Fish, Silk, Tea, Bamboo: Cultivating an Image of China* Through Dec. 31 Events

Muskegon, MI Muskegon Museum of Art Inspired: The Corky Tuttle Glass Legacy Closes April 18!!!! *Mirror, Mirror: Art Inspired by Fairy Tales* Feb.18 - May 2 Events

Grand Rapids, MI Spirit and Form: Michele Oka Doner and the Natural World Through May 9 Chihuly at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: A New Eden April 30 – September 30

Ridgeland, MS Mississippi Craft Center *Sami Lott - Fiber* April 8 - 30 Event

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

Columbia, MO Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Missouri Faces of Warhol: Accessing the Private Feb. 9 - June 6 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 Event

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