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Pennsylvania to Tennessee: page 5
Page 1: AL-FL Page 2: GA-LA Page 3: MD - NJ
Page 4: NM - OH Page 6: TX - WY

Greensburg, PA

Westmoreland Museum of American Art
  • Modern Dialect: American Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection
    • August 11 - November 4
  • Merrell & Morrill
    • August 11 - November 4
  • Events
Merrell & Morrill

Chadds Ford, PA

Brandywine River Museum
  • Summer Sojourns: Art on Holiday
    • Closes September 3!!!!
  • A Painter's View: The Andrew Wyeth Studio
    • March 27 - Oct. 28
  • Events
Summer Sojourns: Art on Holiday

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

  • A New Look: Samuel F. B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre
    • August 4, 2012 - April 14, 2013
  • Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting
    • June 29 - September 30, 2012
  • American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed and Reloaded
    • Ongoing
  • Bill Viola: Ocean Without a Shore
    • Ongoing
  • Event
A New Look: Samuel F. B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre

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
Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum

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
  • The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation
    • August 24 - October 6
  • Events
The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation

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

Brookings, SD

South Dakota Art Museum

  • Kyle Fokken and Brett Anderson
    • July 24 - October 28
  • Contemporary Print Selections from Wells Fargo Art Collection
    • Closes September 2!!!!
  • Harvey Dunn: Depictions of Weather
    • Through December 2!!!!
  • South Dakota Artist Series: Mike Marshall
    • Through September 7
  • South Dakota Artist Series: Betty Beer and Allan Fisher
    • Through September
  • Marghab Linens
    • Nov. 23, 2011 - Nov., 2012
  • Illustrations from Her Seven Brothers: Paul Goble Gallery
    • Through October 7

Harvey Dunn: Depictions of Weather


Memphis, TN

Children's Museum of Memphis

  • Good For You: Healthy Fun on the Run
    • Extended through September 15
  • Events
Good For You: Healthy Fun on the Run
Memphis Brooks Art Museum
  • Howard Simon: Modern American Woodcuts
    • July 28, 2012 - January 27, 2013
  • If I Can Dream...
    • July 21 - September 16
  • The Soul of a City: Memphis Collects African American Art
    • Closes September 2!!!!
  • Early Quilts from Southern Collections
    • Through January 6, 2013
  • Events
If I Can Dream...
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
  • Double Vision- Brin and Dale Baucum: A Retrospective in Clay
    • Through October 14
  • Jonathan Green
    • Through October 14
  • Memphis Vive: Latino Art in the Mid-South
    • July 8 - Sept. 16
  • Event
Jonathan Green
National Ornamental Metal Museum
  • Virgil England
    • Closes Sept 2!!!!
  • Harlan Butt
    • Closes Sept 2!!!!
Virgil England
The Pink Palace Museum
  • Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer
    • July 21 - October 14
  • 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
Women of Strength, Women of Color

Clarksville, TN

Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
  • Subtle Manipulations: The Vision of Greg Sand
    • Sept. – Oct.
  • Inspirations & Origins: A juried exhibition of the work of the Cumberland Furniture Guild
    • August 9 – Oct 28
  • Art of the Staff
    • Through September
  • Visions & Feelings: The Art of Linda Kerlin
Subtle Manipulations: The Vision of Greg Sand

Nashville, TN

Centennial Art Center
  • CV-TACA BIANNUAL exhibition
    • The Cumberland Valley Tennessee Association of Craft Artists
    • August 3 – September 26
CV-TACA BIANNUAL exhibition
Cheekwoood Botanical Garden &
Museum of Art
  • Every Tree Tells a Story
    • Closes September 3!!!!
  • 2012 TREEHOUSES EXHIBITION
    • Closes September 2!!!!
  • Permanent Residents: Artists from Cheekwood’s Collection
    • March 31 - Dec. 31
  • Anthology
    • Closes September 3!!!!
  • William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit
    • Ongoing
  • Events
2012 TREEHOUSES EXHIBITION

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
    • Closes Sept. 3!!!!
  • Creation Story: Gee’s Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial
    • Closes Sept. 3!!!!
  • Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime
    • Closes Sept. 3!!!!
  • Rose on 65th Street by Sculptor Will Ryman
    • Through December 31, 2013
  • Events
Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum
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 Art League

  • Terri Jordan, Decadence Comes To the Tennessee Art League
    • August 4 - 31
    • Premiere Gallery
  • Artworks by Tennessee Art League members
    • August 4 - 31
    • Ethel Smith Gallery & Members Gallery
  • Art Naturally: A Group Exhibit
    • August 4 - 31
    • Poston3 Gallery
  • Studio A Group
    • August 4 - 31
    • Studio A
Art Naturally: A Group Exhibit
Tennessee State Museum
  • The Best of Tennessee Craft: 2012 TACA Biennial Exhibition
    • August 24 - October 21, 2012
  • On My Honor: 100 Years of Girl Scouting
    • August 24 - October 31, 2012
  • Japan 1945: Images by U.S. Marine Photographer Joe O'Donnell
    • Through September 2012
    • Military Branch Museum in the War Memorial building
  • Event
On My Honor: 100 Years of Girl Scouting

Sewanee, TN

University Art Gallery Sewanee: The University of the South & The Carlos Gallery
  • Interrabang, a solo exhibition of new modular paintings by Judy Rushin
    • Aug. 31 – Sept. 30
    • Carlos Gallery
  • Event
Interrabang, a solo exhibition of new modular paintings by Judy Rushin

Chattanooga, TN

Creative Discovery Museum
  • Tinkertoys®: Build Your Imagination™
    • May -
Tinkertoys®: Build Your Imagination™
Hunter Museum of American Art
  • Chattanooga Gems III
    • Aug. 25 -Oct. 14
  • Event
Chattanooga Gems III

Collegedale, TN

Lynn H. Wood Archaeological Museum
  • Vessels in Time: A Journey into the Biblical World
    • Through fall 2012
Vessels in Time: A Journey into the Biblical World

Knoxville, TN

The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture
  • Destination Townsend by the Townsend
    • August 3-31
  • Battle of the Mediums: Oil versus Water: Steve Black and Betty Bullen
    • August 3-31
  • Arts in the Airport
    • Spring - Fall, 2012
Destination Townsend by the Townsend Artisan Guild
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville
  • CONFABULATORES NOCTURNI
    • August 20 - September 9
  • Limited Vision
    • August 20 - September 9
Limited Vision
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
  • Contemporary Focus 2012
    • August 24 -Nov. 4
  • Fischli & Weiss: The Way Things Go
    • August 24 -Nov. 4
  • Beverly Semmes: Starcraft
    • Closes September 9
  • 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
    • Closes September 2!!!!
The Owl and the Woodpecker: Photographs by Paul Bannick

Johnson City, TN

Slocumb Galleries ETSU
  • Day on Fire: Apocalypse in Contemporary Art
    • August 20 to September 14, 2012
    • Slocumb Galleries and Tipton Gallery
  • Events

Sections:

Exhibitions pages to see a list and thumbnail photos of current shows.

Events pages for openings, receptions, other museum activities.

Index pages: find museums alphabetically, or by state. Who has newest pictures.

Home page shows museums that have recently been added.

Blog: Kwang-Young Chun: Aggregations, new work Blog: Kwang-Young Chun: Aggregations, new work
Faye's Page A special Girl Scout section:
Fay's Page: My Life in Girl Scouts, 1925 - 1973
(For you Girl Scout alumns, we, also, periodically put out a separate newsletter for Girl Scouts.)
Carris Studio pottery archives
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