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Press Release 5-12-10: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders
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Russell Lee in 1939

Man drinking water

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USF34-9058-C] The picture is LC-USF33-12327-M5

Inspired by the exhibition,”Concerning the 1930s in Art” at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, PA that closes on May 16!

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

Huntsville, AL Huntsville Museum of Art Allure of the East Through May 30 40 Years of Great Art March 21 - May 30 *Encounters: Kathy Chan* May 15 - August 16 Events


Stanford, CA Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts Collection Highlights from Europe, Ancient Greece and Rome Opens today, 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

Laguna Beach, CA Laguna Art Museum OsCene 2010: Contemporary Art and Culture in OC Closes May 16!!!! *Artists in California, Early Twentieth Century: From the Permanent Collection* Through October 3 Events

Daytona Beach The Southeast Museum of Photography Double Exposure – Armistad Center Closes May 30 Florida Vernacular – Rick Lang April 15 – September 5 DSC FACULTY FOCUS - DAN BIFERIE May 25 – July 30 DSC ALUMNI FOCUS – STEPHEN CROWLEY May 25 – July 30 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!!!!

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art Acting Out/Three Videos by Three Artists May 1 – August 1 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* Ongoing 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

Augusta, GA Morris Museum of Art *Regional Dialect: American Scene Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection* Closes May 30 The Homeplace: Photographs by Kay DuVernet Through June 20 Events

Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Museum of Art *Jeppe Hein* May 7- Sept. 5 The Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji, Part II May 8 - Sept. 5 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 Uncommon Threads : Stitched Artwork by Margaret Cusack May 7 - June 20

Wichita, KS Wichita Art Museum Community Favorites Through Nov. 30 Murdock and Friends Through Oct. 3 Western Imprints: Carving out the Western Landscape Opens May 9 - October 3 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 Closes May 25 New Quilts from an Old Favorite: Sunflower March 19 - June 15 Events
The Yeiser Art Center Creatures Great & Small May 8 – June 12

Owensboro, KY Owensboro Museum of Fine Art EYE OF THE CAMERA Closes May 23 THE NATURE OF THINGS Closes May 23

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft *Tom Philabaum: Glass Pioneer* May 8 - July 17 Mark Peiser: A Life With Glass April 22 to July 17 *The Hand-Painted Art of Cricket Press* April 3 - June 19 Event
Louisville Visual Art Association *Children's Fine Art Classes Exhibition: Elementary Classes* May 9-27 *Ne10* June 4 – August 8 Events
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 Through August 1 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 Closes 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 Events

Baltimore, MD Contemporary Museum *Project 20:* Bearing Witness: Work by Bradley McCallum & Jacqueline Tarry May 8 - July 31 Event
The Walters Art Museum Bearing Witness: Work by Bradley McCallum & Jacqueline Tarry May 8 - August 1 *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

Lowell, MA New England Quilt Museum Women's Writes: Signature Quilts & Their Stories May 13 - July 11 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 - July 18 *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 A Collector's Gift*: Works by Walter Shirlaw and J. Frank Currier* April 29 - August 8 Events

Grand Rapids, MI Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park 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

Biloxi, MS Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Hershel Lippmann: A Collector's Passion Closes 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* Closes May 16!!!! The European and American Galleries Ongoing Treasures from Antiquity: The Weinberg Gallery of Ancient Art Ongoing Event

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