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Press Release 4-28-10: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders
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Huntsville, AL Huntsville Museum of Art Allure of the East Through May 30 40 Years of Great Art March 21 - May 30

San Francisco, CA The Contemporary Jewish Museum *Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life* April 22 - October 3 *Our Struggle: Responding to Mein Kampf* Through June 15 “Being Jewish”: A Bay Area Portrait Ongoing StoryCorps StoryBooth Through November 7 As It Is Written: Project 304,805 (The Torah Project) Through Fall 2010 Jews on Vinyl And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl Through June 25

Stanford, CA Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts Collection Highlights from Europe, Ancient Greece and Rome Opens May 5 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 *SET THEORY: Roland Reiss* May 1 – June 12 Susan Collis May 1 – June 12 Event

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

Daytona Beach The Southeast Museum of Photography Double Exposure – Armistad Center Through May 30 Bikeriders – Danny Lyon Through May 30 Al sol – Stella Johnson Through May 30 Florida Vernacular – Rick Lang April 15 – September 5 Events

Miami, FL The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University *In Body and Soul: The Performance Art of María Teresa Hincapié* Closes May 16 *Taiwan Discovered* Closes May 16 Crome Yellow, Spring Bachelor of Fine Art Students’ Exhibition April 23 – May 9 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 COUNTDOWN Works of Art by the Class of 2010 April 24-May 9

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art Avedon Fashion 1944–2000 Closes May 9 Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker Closes May 9 RFK Funeral Train Rediscovered: Photographs by Paul Fusco Closes May 9 Here Comes the Sun: Warhol and Art after 1960 at the Norton Closes May 9 Events

Miami Beach, FL The Wolfsonian-Florida International University *+5: Recent Acquisitions from The Wolfsonian Collection* April 23 - Sept. 26 *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 Closes 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* Closes May 8 A Gathering Place by Jon Coffelt From the Miniature Clothing Project Closes May 8

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 Closes May 2!!!!

Wichita, KS Wichita Art Museum Community Favorites Through Nov. 30 Murdock and Friends Through Oct. 3 Docent Selections Closes May 2!!!! Mingled Visions: Selections from Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian March 14 - June 27 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 Closes May 1!!!! *Yeiser Artist of the Month: Julie Shaw* Closes May 1!!!! Creatures Great & Small May 8 – June 12

Owensboro, KY Owensboro Museum of Fine Art EYE OF THE CAMERA April 11 – May 23 THE NATURE OF THINGS April 11 – May 23

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Mark Peiser: A Life With Glass April 22 to July 17 *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 Selections from the Collection Events

Lexington, KY GIFTED HANDS: Ceramic Work by Cliff Lee Closes May 14 TREASURES FROM THE VAULT May 2 - July 25

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* Closes May 2!!!! Events
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 25 *The William Ferris Folk Art Collection* April 22 - July 25 *Brooching the Subject: One-of-a-Kind* April 22 - July 15

Baltimore, MD Contemporary Museum *Project 20:* The Pantheon Project Closes April 30!!!! *Project 20: Finishing School: GO* Closes April 30!!!! *Project 20: Neighborhood Public Radio* Closes April 30!!!!
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

Lowell, MA New England Quilt Museum Kinder Komforts: Amish Crib Quilts Closes May 9

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 COLOR IT BIZARRE: CLARICE CLIFF POTTERY FROM A MICHIGAN COLLECTION April 29 – August 1 *Mirror, Mirror: Art Inspired by Fairy Tales* Closes May 2!!!! Events

Grand Rapids, MI Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Spirit and Form: Michele Oka Doner and the Natural World Closes May 9 Chihuly at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: A New Eden April 30 – September 30 Events
Grand Rapids Art Museum Selections from the Photography Collection Through Sept. 25 Side By Side: Mathias Alten and Norman Chamberlain April 16 – May 30 Dutch Utopia: American Artists in Holland, 1880-1914 May 21 – August 15 Events

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

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

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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