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Press Release 9-22-10: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders
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Newsletter features: 10 new exhibitions that have opened recently, or will open soon, plus 13 exhibitions that will close this week!

Museum from CT Joins!

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Lyman Allyn Art Museum
New London, CT

About the Museum
Lyman Allyn Art Museum is a community-based museum located in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1932 by Harriet Upson Allyn in memory of her father, Lyman Allyn, the museum serves the people of Southeastern Connecticut and is free to New London families. The museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is a non-profit organization with 501(c) 3 status. Housed in a handsome Neo-Classical building designed by Charles A. Platt, the permanent collection includes over 10,000 paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, furniture and decorative arts, with an emphasis on American and European art from the 17th through 20th centuries.

Exhibitions American Stories Ongoing
*Members Collect: The Thrill of the Chase* Opens Oct. 17, 2010 -March 20, 2011
Events

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

Huntsville, AL Huntsville Museum of Art *Encounters: Mark Messersmith* Oct. 3, 2010 – Jan. 16, 2011 Turning Wood into Art, The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection Opens Oct. 3 - Dec 5 *We Hate Jackson Pollock: Beyond Abstract* Through Feb. 27, 2011 Events

San Francisco, CA The Contemporary Jewish Museum Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations August 26, 2010 – March 22, 2011 Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) Through October 26 *Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life* Closes October 3 “Being Jewish”: A Bay Area Portrait Ongoing StoryCorps StoryBooth Through November 7 As It Is Written: Project 304,805 (The Torah Project) Through Fall 2010

Stanford, CA Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts Buildings on Paper: Architectural Drawings June 30 – October 17 Longing for Sea Change: Odile and Odette June 16 – January 9, 2011 William Trost Richards—True to Nature: Drawings, Watercolors, and Oil Sketches at Stanford University Closes September 26!!!! Collection Highlights from Europe 1500 - 1800, Ancient Greece and Rome ongoing Mami_wata1Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas August 4, 2010 - January 2, 2011 Go Figure! Sept. 1 - August 5, 2012

Torrance, CA Torrance Art Museum Baker’s Dozen #2 Sept 18 – Nov 6

Laguna, CA Laguna Art Museum *Artists in California, Early Twentieth Century: From the Permanent Collection* Closes October 3 *Art Shack* Closes October 3 Event

Pomona, CA American Museum of Ceramic Arts Ah Leon: “Memories of Elementary School and the Spirit of Yixing Tea Ware Closes Sept. 25!!!! Peregrinación: Mexican Folk Ceramics Oct. 9, 2010 - Jan. 8, 2011.

Daytona Beach, FL The Southeast Museum of Photography Rwanda/Intended Consequences – Jonathan Torgovnik September 4 – Nov. 7 Home Stills – Bastienne Schmidt September 4 – Nov. 7 I still do – Judith fox Opens Sept. 25– Dec. 16 Photographs - Elaine ling Opens Sept. 25– Dec. 16 Events

Winter Park , FL Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College MASTER/Plan: Visionary Architects and Their Utopian Worlds Sept. 11 - Dec. 23 Robert Motherwell and Jasper Johns: Poetic Works as Metaphor Sept. 11 - Dec. 23 REMIX: Old and New Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection Sept. 11 - Dec. 23 Events

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art On the Silk Road and High Seas: Chinese Ceramics, Culture and Commerce August 21–November 28, 2010 Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portrait from the National Gallery of Art Sept. 4, 2010 - Feb. 8, 2011 Events

Miami, FL The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University Spiritual Healing – Shamans of the Northwest Coast Closes Oct. 3

Miami Beach, FL The Wolfsonian-Florida International University *+5: Recent Acquisitions from The Wolfsonian Collection* Closes Sept. 26!!!! *Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection* Ongoing *Advertising for Health* Ongoing *Speed Limits* September 17 - Event

Atlanta, GA Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University *Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an* August 28 – December 5 Events

Milledgeville. GA Georgia State College & University Museum Collocations by Mickey Smith Sept. 15 - Nov. 19 Stories by Jessica Bruah Sept. 15 - Nov. 19

Augusta, GA Morris Museum of Art *Painters’ Reel: Contemporary Painting in Georgia* Closes Sept. 26!!!! Wolf Kahn Pastels Sept. 11–Nov. 7 Events

Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Museum of Art *Ball-Nogues Studio: Gravity's Loom* Sept. 3, 2010 - March 6, 2011 Drawings to Prints July 3, 2010 - January 2, 2011 Body Unbound: Contemporary Couture from the IMA's Collection April 10, 2010 - Jan. 30, 2011 Shots in the Dark: Photos by Weegee the Famous April 17, 2010-January 23, 2011 Events

Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa Museum of Art Ere Ibeji: Yoruba Twin Figures from the Collection of J. Richard Simon Sept. 2 - Oct. 17 Iowa Memorial Union’s Black Box Theater Events

Wichita, KS Wichita Art Museum *The Secrecy Series: Selected Works* June13 - October 10 *In Plane View: Abstractions in Flight* July 3 - Nov. 26 Murdock and Friends Closes Oct. 3 Community Favorites Through Nov. 30 Western Imprints: Carving out the Western Landscape Through Oct. 3

Paducah, KY The National Quilt Museum The Machine Age of Quilting: Treadle to Computer Sept. 1 - Dec. 6 A Horse's Tale August 13 - November 16
The Yeiser Art Center Anne Bagby: paintings Christina Bartsch: prints A Two Person Exhibition Closes Oct. 2 Carol Jones YAC Artist of the Month Closes Oct. 2

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Equine Divine August 7 - October 16 Red River: The Narrative Carvings of Edgar Tolson, Donny Tolson, Carl McKenzie and Earnest Patton July 24 - October 9 Events
Louisville Visual Art Association *Reflections on a Louisville Landmark: 150 years of Louisville Water Company* Sept. 3 – Oct. 22 Events
The Speed Art Museum *Andy Warhol: Myths* Through October 31 European and American Art, 1800-1960 Extended Fifty Years of Contemporary Glass: Art, Craft, or Otherwise? Extended to September 12 Pursuing the Masterpiece: Five Recent Acquisitions Opens Sept. 12 – Dec. 31 Events

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Click here for page 3 - Pennsylvania to Wisconsin