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Press Release 8-25-10: 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 Closes August 29!!!! Events
Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University Creative Environs: Art of the Newcomb Pottery August 24 - October 17 VOICES INSIDE: THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF BASKETS August 24 - October 17

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 Closes September 4 Linda Maletz: French Landscapes Closes 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 Closes Today August 25!!!! Events

Grand Rapids, MI 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

Ridgeland, MS Mississippi Craft Center *Larry Smith* Closes August 31!!!!

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
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 Through Sept. 19 Event

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

Winston-Salem, NC Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) *GlassWear: Glass in Contemporary Jewelry* Closes September 5 *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 Closes August 29!!!!

Durham, NC Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University *The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl* Sept. 2, 2010 - February 6, 2011. Preview week starts August 26 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

Raleigh, NC Gregg Museum of Art & Design North Carolina State University Sequence of Impressions: The Work of Douglas Gorsline, 1946 to 1981

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