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Greensburg, PA

Westmoreland Museum of American Art
  • 2012 Westmoreland Juried Biennial
    • April 28 - July 22
  • Event
2012 Westmoreland Juried Biennial

Chadds Ford, PA

Brandywine River Museum
  • Summer Sojourns: Art on Holiday
    • June 9 - September 3
  • A Painter's View: The Andrew Wyeth Studio
    • March 27 - Oct. 28
  • Pierced, Punched, Painted: Decorative Tinware from Winterthur
    • May 26 - July 15
  • Events
Summer Sojourns: Art on Holiday

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

  • Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting
    • June 29 - September 30, 2012
  • Olive Thomas "Charms"
    • June 29 - August 12, 2012
  • PAFA and Dr. Barnes
    • Closes July 8
  • Of, To, and From Ray Yoshida
    • Closes July 8
  • American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed and Reloaded
    • Ongoing
  • Bill Viola: Ocean Without a Shore
    • Ongoing
  • Event
Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • MAYA 2012: Lords of Time
    • May 5, 2012 - Jan. 13, 2013
  • Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre: contemporary color photographs by Diana Molina
    • March 31 - Sept. 30
  • Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum
    • Through Sept. 16, 2012
  • Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery
    • Ongoing
  • Events
MAYA 2012: Lords of Time

Columbia, SC

Columbia Museum of Art

  • The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design
    • April 28 - August 26
  • Events
The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design

Charleston, SC

Gibbes Museum of Art
  • Mary Whyte: Working South
    • May 4 - Sept. 9
  • Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens of the South
    • May 4 - Sept. 9
  • Events

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
  • RETURN TO THE SEA: SALTWORKS BY MOTOI YAMAMOTO
    • Closes July 7
  • Events
RETURN TO THE SEA: SALTWORKS BY MOTOI YAMAMOTO

Myrtle Beach, SC

The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum
  • Kimono: Art, Fashion and Society
    • June 7 - Sept. 23
  • Andrea Baldeck: Sea Treasures
    • June 7 - Sept. 23
  • At First Light: The Katagami Sculpture of Jennifer Falck Linssen
    • Through September 16
Kimono: Art, Fashion and Society

Memphis, TN

Children's Museum of Memphis

  • Good For You: Healthy Fun on the Run
    • Extended through September
  • Events
Good For You: Healthy Fun on the Run
Memphis Brooks Art Museum
  • The Soul of a City: Memphis Collects African American Art
    • June 9 - September 2
  • Revealed Terrain: Landscape in Contemporary Artists Books
    • Through July 22
  • Architectural Perspectives: The Etchings of Elisabeth Searcy and Joseph Pennell
    • Through July 15
  • Events
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
  • Modern Dialect: American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection
    • Through July 15
  • Lee Littlefield: Big Texas Bayous
    • Closes July 1!!!!
  • Event
Modern Dialect: American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection
The Pink Palace Museum
  • Bigger Than T-Rex: Giant Killer Dinosaurs of Argentina
    • June 23 – Sept. 23
  • Women of Strength, Women of Color
    • Through Oct. 14
  • The Highsmith Collection of Indian pottery
    • Ongoing
  • Greatest Little Show on Earth: Clyde Parke minature circus
    • Ongoing
  • The Vietnam Veterans Memorial–Made in Memphis
    • Ongoing
  • Events
Bigger Than T-Rex: Giant Killer Dinosaurs of Argentina

Clarksville, TN

Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
  • 2012 National Juried Exhibition
    • Through Aug 5
  • Outdoors In: The Paintings of Lori Putnam
    • May 23 - July 29
  • A Painterly Palette: The Art of Mary Addison Hackett
    • Closes July 1!!!!
2012 National Juried Exhibition

Nashville, TN

Centennial Art Center
  • Michael J. McBride – Paintings
    James R. Threalkill – Paintings
    Joshua D. Wagner – Sculpture
    • June 1 – July 25
Michael J. McBride – Paintings
Cheekwoood Botanical Garden &
Museum of Art
  • Every Tree Tells a Story
    • May 26 - September 3
  • 2012 TREEHOUSES EXHIBITION
    • May 26 - September 2
  • Permanent Residents: Artists from Cheekwood’s Collection
    • March 31 - Dec. 31
  • Anthology
    • March 17 - Sept. 3
  • William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit
    • Ongoing
  • Events
Every Tree Tells a Story

Frist Center for the Visual Arts

  • Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum
    • June 22–September 30
  • Metamorphoses: Drawings by Erin Anfinson, Kristi Hargrove, Mark Hosford, and Chris Scarborough
    • June 8 -October 28
  • Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
    • May 25 – Sept. 3
  • Creation Story: Gee’s Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial
    • May 25 – Sept. 3
  • Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime
    • May 25 – Sept. 3
  • Rose on 65th Street by Sculptor Will Ryman
    • April 10, 2012–December 31, 2013
  • Events
Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
The Parthenon
  • ARTWORK AMONG US: Portraits by Juan Pont Lezica
    • June 2 - Sept. 15
  • ORIGINS OF NASHVILLE’S PARTHENON
    • permanent collection
  • Event
ARTWORK AMONG US: Portraits by Juan Pont Lezica
Tennessee State Museum
  • African Art: The Collection of Jon Draud
    • July 1 to August 12, 2012
  • Helen LaFrance: Folk Art Memories
    • July 1 to August 12, 2012
  • Japan 1945: Images by U.S. Marine Photographer Joe O'Donnell
    • Through September 2012
    • Military Branch Museum in the War Memorial building
  • Event
Helen LaFrance: Folk Art Memories
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery
  • Material Glance: A Portfolio of Lithographs by Antoni Tàpies and Poems by Shūzō Takiguchi
    • Through July 26
Material Glance: A Portfolio of Lithographs by Antoni Tàpies and Poems by Shūzō Takiguchi

Chattanooga, TN

Creative Discovery Museum
  • Tinkertoys®: Build Your Imagination™
    • May -
Tinkertoys®: Build Your Imagination™
Hunter Museum of American Art
  • Sound and Vision Monumental Rock and Roll Photography
    • Through Aug 12
  • Event
Sound and Vision Monumental Rock and Roll Photography

Norris, TN

Museum of Appalachia

  • Event: Old Fashioned 4th of July
Old Fashioned 4th of July

Knoxville, TN

The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture
  • Recent Works by Sue Messer
    • Closes June 29!!!!
  • The Bridge Exhibit
    • Closes June 29!!!!
  • Gallery 73: The Fish Lady and Friends
    • Closes June 29!!!!
  • Arts in the Airport
    • Spring - Fall, 2012
Girl Scout Museum
  • The year 2012 is the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting in the United States! Special exhibit including a 100 year timeline broken into 25 year segments.
The year 2012  is the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting in the United States! Special exhibit including a 100 year timeline broken into 25 year segments.
Knoxville Museum of Art
  • Beverly Semmes: Starcraft
    • June 8 -September 9
  • Streetwise: Masters of 1960s Photography
    • May 4-August 5
  • Horizons: Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir
    • Through Feb. 2013
  • Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee
    • Ongoing
  • Event
Beverly Semmes: Starcraft
Frank H. McClung Museum,
University of Tennessee
  • The Owl and the Woodpecker: Photographs by Paul Bannick
    • June 2 - September 2
The Owl and the Woodpecker: Photographs by Paul Bannick

Johnson City, TN

Slocumb Galleries ETSU
  • Sculptural Installation by Melisa Cadell
    • July 2 - 13
  • Primarily Greene
    • June 26 - July 19
  • Adjunctability
    • May 31 to June 29
  • Events
Sculptural Installation by Melisa Cadell

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