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Press Release 8-11-10: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders
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New Orleans, LA New Orleans Museum of Art Ancestors and Descendants: Ancient Southwestern America at the Dawn of the 20th Century July 24 - October 24 Every Year Something New: A Centennial Celebration from the Collection of Prints and Drawings July 24 - October 24 *Women Artists in Louisiana, 1965–2010* March 17 - *Scents and Sensibility* June 30 - October 24 Beyond the Blues: Swamp Tours Through August 29 Events

Baton Rouge, LA Hill Memorial Library LSU Libraries Special Collections *A Beneficial Harvest: Edible and Medicinal Plants from Flora of Louisiana* June 21 – October 23

Baltimore, MD The Walters Art Museum Checkmate! Medieval People at Play July 17, 2010 - October 10 *Art of the Ancient Americas* Ongoing *Palace of Wonders: Renaissance & Baroque Galleries* Ongoing Mummified Through November 2010 Events

Lowell, MA New England Quilt Museum Contemporary Broderie Perse: An Elegant Revival July 15 - October 17 Events
Whistler House Museum of Art From Fine Art to Fiber: Reinterpreting the Masters — 2010 August 4 - September 4 Linda Maletz: French Landscapes August 4 - September 4 Event

Salem, MA Peabody Essex Museum Imprints: Photographs by Mark Ruwedel June 12, 2010 - January 1, 2011 Eye Spy June 19, 2010 - June 1, 2011 Faces of Devotion, Indian Sculpture from the Figiel Collection April 10, 2010 to Jan. 16, 2012 *Fish, Silk, Tea, Bamboo: Cultivating an Image of China* Through Dec. 31 Events

Muskegon, MI Muskegon Museum of Art 82nd Regional Exhibition Through August 25 Events

Grand Rapids, MI Grand Rapids Art Museum Selections from the Photography Collection Through Sept. 25 Dutch Utopia: American Artists in Holland, 1880-1914 Closes August 15!!!!
Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Sculptors Celebrate the Legacy and Fred and Lena Meijer June 4, 2010 – January 2, 2011 Chihuly at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: A New Eden April 30 – September 30 Events

Columbia, MO Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Missouri The Voyage of a Contemporary Italian Goldsmith in the Classical World: Golden Treasures by Akelo June 5 - September 26 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 Treasures from Antiquity: The Weinberg Gallery of Ancient Art Ongoing The European and American Galleries Ongoing Event
Santa Fe, NM The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Harry Fonseca: In the Silence of Dusk Feb. 14- Jan. 2, 2011 Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World Apr 11, 2010 through Mar 6, 2011 A River Apart Extended through Jan 2, 2011 The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery Ongoing Here, Now and Always Ongoing Event
Museum of International Folk Art Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives That Transform Communities July 4, 2010 - January 2, 2011 *Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda* Opens June 6, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011 A Century of Masters:The NEA National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico Through Jan 16, 2011 *Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection* Through May 23, 2011 *Multiple Visions: A Common Bond* Ongoing Event
New Mexico Museum of Art Sole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art May 14 - September 5 New Arrivals: Works from the Collection February 12 - O’Keeffe and Baumann Ongoing How The West is One: The Art of New Mexico Ongoing Event
New Mexico History Museum Segesser Hide Paintings Ongoing Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción Ongoing Telling New Mexico Ongoing Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton May 23, 2010 - May 8, 2011

Katonah, NY The Katonah Museum of Art Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection June 27 - Sept. 19 Steve Tobin: Katonah Steelroots Event

Catskill, NY The Thomas Cole National Historic Site Remember the Ladies: Women Artists of the Hudson River School Through October 31

Albany, NY Albany Institute of History & Art Ransoming Mathew Brady: Re-Imagining the Civil War, Recent Paintings by John Ransom Phillips June 19 - October 3 *Hudson River Panorama: 400 Years of History, Art, and Culture* Through Jan. 2, 2011 *Ancient Egypt* Ongoing *The Landscape that Defined America: The Hudson River School* Ongoing Event

Asheville, NC Asheville Art Museum *Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia, Photographs by Tim Barnwell* May 14 – October 10 Looking Back: Celebrating 60 Years of Collecting at the Asheville Art Museum Ongoing Sewell Sillman: Pushing Limits August 6, 2010 - January 9, 2011 Events

Winston-Salem, NC Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) *GlassWear: Glass in Contemporary Jewelry* July 15 - *Look Again* July 15 - Events

Chapel Hill, NC Ackland Art Museum Art and Cultural Exchange along the Silk Road Through June 5, 2011 Fortune Smiles: The Tyche Foundation Gift May 23 - August 29

Durham, NC Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Color Balance: Paintings by Felrath Hines and Alma Thomas June 10 - Sept. 5 THE PAST IS PRESENT: CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES AT THE NASHER MUSEUM Through Nov. 29 Mark Hewitt: Falling Into Place February 11 - Event

Wilmington, NC The Cameron Art Museum *PuppetArt* July 16, 2010 - Jan. 9, 2011 KALEIDOSCOPE: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection Closes August 15!!!! *North Carolina Collects: The Real McCoy* April 23 - Sept. 12

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