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Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders 4-6-11 Newsletter
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Openings, Closings, and Events
New Exhibitons This Week
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San Francisco, CA

The Contemporary Jewish Museum

  • Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre?
    • March 31 - July 31
  • Are We There Yet? 5000 Years of Answering Questions with Questions
    • March 31 - July
  • “Being Jewish”: A Bay Area Portrait
    • Ongoing
  • StoryCorps StoryBooth
    • Ongoing
Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre?

Stanford, CA

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts

  • Greco-Roman Marble Sculpture
    • March 16 – August 7
  • 12 Drawings from Domenico Tiepolo’s New Testament
    • March 2 - May 29
  • Paths through the Global City: Photographs by Leo Rubinfien
    • Feb. 2 – May 1
  • Paths through the Global City: Photographs by Leo Rubinfien
    • Feb. 2 – May 1
  • Longing for Sea Change: Felix in Exile
    • January 19 - June 26
  • Extreme Makeover: A Fresh Look at the Cantor Arts Center's Contemporary Collection
    • December 15, then ongoing
  • Go Figure!
    • Through August 5, 2012
  • Collection Highlights from Europe 1500 - 1800, Ancient Greece and Rome
    • ongoing
  • Event
Illustrated Title Pages: 1500 – 1900

Monterey, CA

Monterey Museum of Art

  • MontereyNOW: Mari Kloeppel
    • March 17-July 10
    • MMA pacific street
  • The Art of California, 1880 to the Present
    • Through Oct. 23
    • MMA Pacific Street
  • California Artists and Portraiture
    • Through Jan. 8, 2012
    • MMA Pacific Street
  • Adams & Weston and the Masters of California Photography
    • Through Jan. 8, 2012
    • MMA Pacific Street
  • Event
California Artists and Portraiture

Torrance, CA

Torrance Art Museum

  • Gateway Japan
    • March 26 - April 30
Gateway Japan

Laguna Beach, CA
  • Extract: Developing Exhibitions from the Collection
    • Feb. 27 - May 15
  • Landscape and Figuration from the Collection: Early to Mid-Twentieth Century
    • Feb. 27 - May 15
  • Brad Coleman: Reproductions
    • February 13-May 15
  • Event
Landscape and Figuration from the Collection: Early to Mid-Twentieth Century

Pomona, CA

American Museum of Ceramic Arts

  • Ceramics for the New Millennium
    • Closes April 9!!!!
  • Ceramics: Post-Digital Design
    • Opens April 23
Ceramics for the New Millennium

Storrs, CT

The William Benton Museum of Art University of Connecticut

  • The Art of Nursing: Posters and Prints from the University of Connecticut School of Nursing
    • April 12– May 8
  • The End of Life: A Multicultural Interdisciplinary Experience
    • April 12– May 8
  • The 2011 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
    • April 9– May 8
  • Photo Identities: Images from the Benton Collections
    • March 26 – May 8
  • The 2011 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
    • April 9–May 8
  • 2011 Project 35
    • Through Dec. 18
  • Event
The End of Life: A Multicultural Interdisciplinary Experience

New London, CT

Lyman Allyn Art Museum

  • The Subject is Light: The Henry and Sharon Martin Collection of Contemporary Realist Paintings
    • March 19 - August 21
  • Face Off: Portraits by Contemporary Artists
    • April 10 - Sept. 18
  • American Stories
    • Ongoing
  • Event

Washington, D.C.

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

  • A Photographic Journey of the Ambassador’s Daughter: Moscow, 1937-38
    • Through May 29
  • Event
A Photographic Journey of the Ambassador’s Daughter: Moscow, 1937-38

Daytona Beach, FL

The Southeast Museum of Photography

  • STUART ROME - SIGNS AND WONDERS
    • Feb.19 - May 13
  • KAREN GLASER – THE MARK OF WATER: FLORIDA’S SPRINGS AND SWAMPS
    • Jan. 29 - May 29
  • LORNA BIEBER – IMAGES: FOUND AND LOST
    • Jan. 29 - May 29
  • Events
STUART ROME - SIGNS AND WONDERS

West Palm Beach, FL

Norton Museum of Art

  • Egyptian Treasures from the Renowned Collection of the Brooklyn Museum
    • Feb. 12 - May 8
  • Fabulous Fakes: The Jewelry of Kenneth Jay Lane
    • Feb. 3 – May 1
  • Event
Norton Museum of Art to Exhibit Egyptian Treasures from the Renowned Collection of the Brooklyn Museum

Miami, FL

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University

  • Master of Fine Art Students' Exhibition: Frame This
    • March 23, 2011 – April 17, 2011
  • Gran Torino: Italian Contemporary Art
    • Closes April 17
  • Women in Motion: Fitness, Sport, and the Female Figure
    • In the Wolfsonian-FIU Teaching Gallery
    • Closes April
Gran Torino: Italian Contemporary Art

Miami Beach, FL

The Wolfsonian-Florida International University

  • Rewriting the World: Primers and Poetry in the Age of Confusion
    • April 7 - June 5
  • Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection
    • Ongoing
  • LAWRENCE WEINER (MIRA & VE): installation
    • Ongoing
  • Event
Rewriting the World: Primers and Poetry in the Age of Confusion

Atlanta, GA

Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University

  • Monsters, Demons, and Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures of the Ancient World
    • Feb. 5 - June 19
  • Divine Intervention: African Art and Religion
    • Feb. 5 - Dec. 4
  • Works on Paper: Featuring Recent Acquisitions
    • Through June 5
  • Events
Monsters, Demons, and Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures of the Ancient World

Milledgeville, GA

Georgia State College & University Museum

  • A Sense of Place by Susana Raab
    • A Sense of Place by Susana Raab
  • Chris Lawson & Joe DeCamillis: Taulkinham
    • Through May 16
A Sense of Place by Susana Raab

Augusta, GA

Morris Museum of Art

  • Return of the Wanderer: Recent Work by Boyd Saunders
    • Closes April 10!!!!
  • I Will Tell You a Place: Paintings by Brian Rutenberg
    • JAN. 29 - May 15
  • Event

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis Museum of Art

  • William Lamson: Divining Meteorology
    • April 8- August 28
  • Selections from Project 35
    • April 1- Oct. 30
  • The Old Masters
    • March 25-December 31
  • Gauguin as Printmaker: The Volpini Suite
    • March 11- Sept.18
  • Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial
    • Feb. 25 - Sept 18
  • Events
William Lamson: Divining Meteorology

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa Museum of Art

  • Lil Picard and Counterculture New York
    • Feb. 24 – May 27
  • Events
Lil Picard and Counterculture New York

Wichita, KS

Wichita Art Museum

  • New York, New York: The 20th Century
    • Closes April 10!!!!
  • The Art of Adornment: Artists Embellish the Body
    • Through May 29
  • Event
New York, New York: The 20th Century

Paducah, KY

The National Quilt Museum

  • Celebration! (SAQA)
    • April 7 - July 12
  • The Color Orange: Antique Quilts from the Pilgrim Roy Collection
    • March 10 - June 5
  • Orange Peel: New Quilts from an Old Favorite 2011
    • March 10 - June 5
  • 2011 School Block Challenge Winners
    • Feb. 25 - April 4
Celebration! (SAQA)
The Yeiser Art Center
  • Fantastic Fibers 2011: An International Juried Art Exhibition
    • April 2 – April 30

Fantastic Fibers 2011: An International Juried Art Exhibition


Louisville, KY

Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft

  • David Sharpe: Re-Defining Sunsets
    • April 2 - July 23
  • Craft Meets Technology
    • April 2 - July 23
Artists Collect
Louisville Visual Art Association
  • LVAA Water Tower Regional 2011
    • Closes April 10!!!!
LVAA Water Tower Regional 2011
The Speed Art Museum
  • Impressionist Landscapes: Monet to Sargent
    • Feb 4 - May 22
  • The Gardens of Giverny: A View of Monet's World; Photographs by Stephen Shore
    • Feb 4 - May 22
  • Light into Line: Impressionist Prints
    • Feb. 9 - June 5
  • Events

Impressionist Landscapes: Monet to Sargent

University of Louisville Cressman Center for Visual Arts
  • Leo Wrye Zimmerman: Return to Main Street
    • March 18 – April 16
    • Event
Leo Wrye Zimmerman: Return to Main Street

Lexington, KY

The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky

  • SPLENDID SILK: Japanese Embroidery
    • April 10 – July 3
  • World War I and The Art of Persuasion
    • March 18 - May 8
SPLENDID SILK: Japanese Embroidery

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