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Press Release 9-15-10: 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-seven states on our site!

Openings, Closings, and Events
The newsletter is now divided into three pages: Pennsylvania to Wisconsin - page 3 Click here for page 1 - California to Kentucky Click here for page 2 - Louisiana to North Carolina

Greensburg, PA Westmoreland Museum of American Art Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Closes September19!!!!

Chadds Ford, PA Brandywine River Museum *Reality Check: Contemporary American Trompe l'Oeil* Sept. 11 - Nov. 18 Events

Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Roxana Pérez-Méndez: Este Es Mi Pais Closes Sept. 26

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art *Imperial Splendor: Renaissance Tapestries from Vienna* Closes Sept. 19!!!! *SC6: Six South Carolina Innovators in Clay* Through October 3 Events

Charleston, SC Gibbes Museum of Art *Face Lift* Sept. 3 - Dec. 5 *Stacy Lynn Waddell: The Evidence of Things Unseen* Sept. 3 - Dec. 5 The Charleston Story Ongoing Events
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art *DRAWINGS & PAINTINGS BY NYC ARTIST DAVID STERN* August 26 ^_ October 8 Events

Memphis, TN Memphis Brooks Art Museum Ex Libris: The Art of Ownership II Through Nov. 28 Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present Closes September 26 Me TV: The Identity Channel August 7 - Events
Pink Palace Museum Recently Uncovered Gomphotherium Fossil Ongoing *I AM A MAN* Through October 24 Moving Stories Through October 17 Events

Clarksville, TN The River Inside: Photography of Jogn Guider Through Nov. 14 *Select Paintings: Tom Moore* Through Oct. 31 *Art of the Staff* Through Oct 3rd *Visiting Faces: German Carte De Vistes and Cabinet Cards* Sept. 15 - Oct. 31 Events

Nashville, TN Centennial Art Center The Cumberland Valley Tennessee Association of Craft Artists Closes Sept. 22
Cheekwoood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art *Chilhuly at Cheekwood* May 25 - October 31 *William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit* Ongoing The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection of Faberge Ongoing Events
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Chihuly at the Frist May 9, 2010 – January 2, 2011 Events


The Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery *TSU Art Faculty Biennial* Closes September 30
The Parthenon WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY: The Power of the Feminine in Ancient Tales Paintings by Rachael McCampbell Through November 27 SPATIAL SCHEMES: OBSERVATIONS OF NATURE: Paintings by LISA RIVAS Through Octgober 30 Heliotrope: floating installation Early September through end of November
Tennessee Art League *Refaat Zakhary* Sept. 4 - Oct. 30 Premiere Gallery *Judith Jackson* Sept. 4 - Sept. 25 Ethel Smith Gallery *September Artists* Sept. 4 - Sept. 30 Poston3 Gallery Event
Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee Disasters Through Oct. 1

Sewanee, TN University Art Gallery Sewanee: The University of the South & The Carlos Gallery too soon. too much. too soon, a solo exhibition by Mike Calway-Fagen August 27 - October 3 Carlos Gallery *Pradip Malde: 'Reflectance'* September 3 - October 3 University Art Gallery Event

Chattanooga, TN Hunter Museum of American Art Transformation 6: Contemporary Works in Glass May 9 - Oct 27 Stephen Rolfe Powell Retrospective June 27 - Oct. 24. Event

Knoxville, TN The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture The TAA Annual Fall Juried Show Closes Sept. 24 Let’s Play with our Emotions Closes Sept. 24 Balcony
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville FILAMENT: The Work of Bill FitzGibbons and Creighton Michael Opens Sep 16 - Oct. 31 Event
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 Event
Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya Sept. 17 - Jan. 3, 2011

Johnson City, TN Slocumb Galleries ETSU Entrees and Leftovers, Photographs by Larry Robinson Closes Sept. 17!!!! *Crafting Contemporary Art: Studio Craft in Appalachia* Opens Sept. 20 - Oct. 8 Event

Midland, TX Museum of the Southwest Contemporary Series 2010: Expatriates, Friends and Neighbors: Joyce Howell: Recent Paintings Sept. 17 – Oct. 24 Rene Alvarado: The Madonna as Muse Through Oct. 17 John Banovich: Nature of the Beast Through Oct. 17 Art of the Taos Masters June 1 – Oct. 28

Albany, TX The Old Jail Center Harry Geffert and James Sullivan: Natural Translation Sept. 25 – Jan. 23, 2011 A Cell of One’s Own: Terri Thornton - Binary System Sept. 25 – Jan. 23, 2011 Asian Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection Ongoing W.O. Gross, Jr. Collection of Pre-Columbian Art Ongoing Sallie Reynolds Matthews Room Ongoing

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

Dallas Museum of Art Texas Sculpture August 29, 2010 – Jan. 2, 2011 African Masks: The Art of Disguise August 22 José Guadalupe Posada: The Birth of Mexican Modernism Through Dec. 26 Tierra y Gente: Modern Mexican Works on Paper Through Jan. 9, 2011 The Living Room: Installation by Visiting Artist Jill Foley July 27 - September 25 Events
Meadows Museum SMU *EL GRECO'S MASTERWORK PENTECOST* IN A NEW CONTEXT Sept. 12, 2010 - Feb. 6, 2011 Spanish Muse: A Contemporary Response Sept. 12, 2010 - Feb. 6, 2011 Events**

Goldendale, WA Maryhill Museum of Art OUTDOOR SCULPTURE GARDEN Through October 3 COMICS AT THE CROSSROADS: ART OF THE GRAPHIC NOVEL September 18 – November 15 *Auguste Rodin* Ongoing *Native People of North America* Ongoing *Théâtre de la Mode* Ongoing *Samuel Hill* Ongoing *Marie, Queen of Romania* Ongoing Events

Wausau, WI Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum *Birds in Art* Sept. 11 – Nov. 14 Events

Racine, WI Racine Art Museum *Jennifer Angus: Patterns of Insect Life* Closes Sept. 26 *The Insectopedia of Joanna Poehlmann* Closes Sept. 26 *Insects and Invaders in RAM's Collection* June 13 – Oct. 17

Click here for page 1 - California to Kentucky

Click here for page 2 - Louisiana to North Carolina

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Home page and/or Index page to see which museums recently updated their page and on what date. Look for the new photos tag.
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Events page for openings, receptions, other museum activities
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Tom Carris
Art Museum Touring
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