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Press Release 8-4-10: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders
Newsletter is now so large it can not be sent by email and is built into the site.

There are now museums from twenty-four states on our site!

Openings, Closings, and Events
New Mexico to Wyoming - page 2 Click here for page 1 - Alabama to Missouri

Albuquerque, NM Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales Closes August 8 *Focus on Youth 2010* May 9 - August 1

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 Art on the Edge 2010 April 16 - August 1 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* Steve Tobin: Katonah Steelroots Through Sep. 19 Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection June 27 - Sept. 19 Event

Albany, NY Albany Institute of History & Art *Hudson River Panorama: 400 Years of History, Art, and Culture* Through Jan. 2, 2011 *The Landscape that Defined America: The Hudson River School* Ongoing *Ancient Egypt* Ongoing Events

Asheville, NC Asheville Art Museum *Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia, Photographs by Tim Barnwell* Through 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 Appleby Foundation Gallery Events

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

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 Ongoing Mark Hewitt: Falling Into Place February 11 - Events

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

Cincinnati, OH Contemporary Arts Center Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand Through August 22 *Ernesto Neto: Dancing Allowed* May 22 – October Pat Steir: Water & Stone May 22 – August 22 @ UnMuseum: Stay Up! Cincinnati Through October 31

Greensburg, PA Westmoreland Museum of American Art Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum July 25 - September 19 Events

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art *Imperial Splendor: Renaissance Tapestries from Vienna* May 21 - Sept. 19, 2010 *Innovation and Change: Great Ceramics from the Ceramics Research Center* May 28 - Sept. 5 *SC6: Six South Carolina Innovators in Clay* June 16 - Sept. 19 Events

Charleston, SC Gibbes Museum of Art *JoAnn Verburg: Interruptions* May 28 - August 22 *Modern Masters from the Ferguson Collection* April 30 - August 22 The Charleston Story Ongoing Events

Memphis, TN Memphis Brooks Art Museum Photographs from the James K. Patterson Collection: Salon Style Through Sept. 5 Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present June 26 - September 26 Events

Clarksville, TN In Plein Sight Closes August 8!!!! The Award Winners – Selection of works from the Tennessee Watercolor Society’s Biennial Exhibition Through August 27 Call to Arms Through August 29 *Gone Fishing* Closes August 15 The River Inside: Photography of John Guider Opens August 19th

Nashville, TN Belle Meade Plantation Event
Centennial Art Center The Cumberland Valley Tennessee Association of Craft Artists August 6 – September 22 Event
Cheekwoood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art *Chilhuly at Cheekwood* May 25 - October 31 The American Impressionists in the Garden March 13 - Sept. 6 The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection of Faberge Ongoing *William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit* Ongoing Events
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Chihuly at the Frist May 9, 2010 – January 2, 2011 The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957 June 18–September 12, 2010 Presence or Absence: The Photographs of Tokihiro Sato June 18–September 12, 2010 Events


The Parthenon WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY: The Power of the Feminine in Ancient Tales July 17- November 27 SPATIAL SCHEMES: OBSERVATIONS OF NATURE: Paintings by LISA RIVAS July 10-October 30
Tennessee Art League Barry Werner Through August 28 Event
Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee Disasters Through October 1

Chattanooga, TN Creative Discovery Museum Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body May 29 – September 6 Event
Hunter Museum of American Art Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass May 9 - Oct 27 Stephen Rolfe Powell Retrospective June 27 - Oct. 24. Event

Oak Ridge, TN Children's Museum of Oak Ridge Event

Knoxville, TN The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture A Celebration of Color: New Works by Larry S. Cole Closes July 30!!!! *Forms and Figures* Closes July 30!!!! Balcony
Knoxville Museum of Art Jane South: Shifting Structures August 7 - November 7 Contemporary Focus 2010 August 27 - November 7 *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Ongoing My Space Art Project in the KMA Community Gallery Through September 5

Midland, TX Museum of the Southwest Randolph Howard: Painting Contemporary Artists Series June 11 – August 22 Art of the Taos Masters June 1 – Oct. 28 Reflections of a Journey: Engravings after Karl Bodmer Closes August 10!!!!

Fort Worth, TX Kimbell Art Museum European Art South Gallery Current *Asian Art* North Gallery Current *Pre-Columbian and African Art* East Gallery Michelangelo’s First Painting: The Torment of Saint Anthony On View beginning Sept. 26 Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea Opens August 29 Events

Dallas Museum of Art Retrospective of Painter Luc Tuymans June 6 - Sept. 5 Coastlines: Images of Land and Sea Closes August 22 The Living Room: Installation by Visiting Artist Jill Foley July 27 - September 25 Events

Wausau, WI Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Peanuts at Bat! June 26 – August 29 Events

Racine, WI Racine Art Museum *Catherine Chalmers: American Cockroach* April 18 – Sept.12 *Jennifer Angus: Patterns of Insect Life* April 25 – Sept. 26 *The Insectopedia of Joanna Poehlmann* April 25 – Sept. 26 *Insects and Invaders in RAM's Collection* June 13 – Oct. 17 Event

Casper, WY Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center Twilight Opens August 5 A Perfect Fit: Traveling Exhibition from the Fuller Craft Museum May 1-September 12 *Conrad Schwiering Studio collection* Ongoing Event

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