Press Release: 9-23-09

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Press Release 9-23-09: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders

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Maryland Museum Joins!

Contemporary Museum
Baltimore, MD

The Contemporary Museum explores the art and culture of our time by presenting new art, new ideas and new creative processes. Since its founding in 1989, the Contemporary Museum has been committed to presenting thought-provoking exhibitions, innovative programming, and unique collaborations with artists, curators, and members of the Baltimore community.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions: *FAX* Sept. 12 - Dec. 20

Openings, Closings, and Events
See Exhibitions page to see a sample photos of current and upcoming shows.

Huntsville, AL Huntsville Museum of Art *Looking at the Collection: Nature’s Realm* August 16 - November 22 *Looking at the Collection: The Elegant Vessel* Opens August 30 - November 8. *Looking at the Collection: Buccellati Highlights* through November 2009 *Art by American Women: The Sellars Collection* September 20 - November 1

Daytona Beach, FL The Southeast Museum of Photography ANTHOLOGY: RECENT WORKS – ACQUISITIONS September 12 - February 12, 2010 Events

Winter Park, FL Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College *Andy Warhol: Personalities* Through Jan. 3 *André Kertész: On Reading* Through Jan. 3 Events

Miami, FL The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University The Geoffrey Olsen exhibition The Miami Paintings Closes Oct. 4 Poet's Room. Teorema. by Horacio Sapere Closes Oct. 2 Events

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art George Segal: Street Scenes September 5 - December 6 Events

Miami Beach, FL The Wolfsonian-Florida International University *BEAUTY ON THE BEACH: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF SWIMWEAR* Through October 11 *SUN STROKE STIMULUS* Through October 11 *Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection* Ongoing Events

Atlanta, GA Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University Old Master Highlights of the Works on Paper Collection Through December 6 Events

Milledgeville, GA Georgia State College & University Museum *War on Terror* September 10 – October 15 *Soldier Portraits photographs by Ellen Susan* September 10 – October 15 Event
Augusta, GA Morris Museum of Art Emil Holzhauer: The Georgia Years Aug. 29-Nov. 29 William Christenberry Photographs, 1961–2005 Opens September 12 - Nov. 8 Events

Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Museum of Art Fashion in Bloom April 4, 2009–January 31, 2010 Paul Fashion Arts Gallery Eighteenth-Century Furniture Design May 23, 2009–February 21, 2010 Conant Gallery Judith G. Levy: Memory Cloud July 10, 2009–January 17, 2010 Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion Paired Photographs July 18, 2009–March 21, 2010 Golden Gallery Omer Fast: The Casting September 11, 2009 – March 14, 2010 McCormack Forefront Galleries Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World October 11, 2009– January 3, 2010 Clowes Gallery in the Wood Pavilion

Paducah, KY The National Quilt Museum Hand-carved wooden quilts by artists Fraser Smith and Fay Jean Hooker combine with antique fabric quilts from the collection of Gerald E. Roy Closes October 6 Masters: Art Quilts Through November 10
The Yeiser Art Center Yeiser Art Center Members Show Closes October 3

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft *The Wind in Your Hair: Vintage Motorcycles* Closes Oct. 3 Event
The Speed Art Museum English Silver from the Age of Matthew Boulton The James C. Codell, Jr. Collection Extended through October 11 *African Art at the Speed* Extended through January 4, 2010 The Private Eye: Photographic Highlights from the Henry V. Heuser, Jr. Collection Extended through October 11 Events

Paris, KY Hopewell Museum *Waco and the Bybees: Central Kentucky Art Pottery from 1900-1935* Closes Sept. 27!!!!

Baton Rouge, LA Hill Memorial Library LSU Libraries' Special Collections Two Gentlemen from Louisiana: The Congressional Papers of Senators John B. Breaux and J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. Opens Sept. 8 - January 30

New Orleans, LA Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print August 12 to October 11 Events
New Orleans Museum of Art The Mind's Eye: Without Subject Matter, What Does the Artist See? May 16th - Oct. 11th With a Little Help from Our Friends: Recent Accessions in the Decorative Arts June 20th - Oct. 18th The Art of Caring A Look at Life through Photography May 16 - Oct. 11 Skylar Fein: Youth Manifesto Sept. 12th 2009 - Jan. 3rd 2010 Events
Ogden Museum of Southern Art Bo Bartlett: Paintings 1984-2000 Through Jan. 3, 2010 Storming the Ramparts: Objects of Evidence Through Jan. 3, 2010 Looking to Learn: New Orleans Center for Creative Arts *Through Mid-September* *Charleston Renaissance* Ongoing Walter Inglis Anderson: Watercolors from the Collection of Wesley and Norman Galen Ongoing Events

Ridgeland, MS Mississippi Craft Center A selection from the Apron Museum in Iuka, MS Closes October 3 Events

Santa Fe, NM The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture A River Apart Through Jun 6, 2010 Native American Picture Books of Change Through Jan 2, 2010 Native Couture II: Innovation and Style Aug 30, 2009 through Feb 10, 2010 The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery Ongoing Here, Now and Always Ongoing Events
Museum of International Folk Art *Dancing Shadows, Epic Tales: Wayang Kulit of Indonesia* in the Bartlett Wing Through March 14, 2010 Nuevo México: El Corazon de La Cultura in Lloyd's Treasure Chest Through December 31, 2009 *Multiple Visions: A Common Bond* Ongoing A Century of Masters:The NEA National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico Sept. 27, 2009 - Jan 16, 2011 Events
New Mexico History Museum Segesser Hide Paintings Ongoing Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción Ongoing Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe Through Oct. 25 Telling New Mexico Ongoing Fashioning New Mexico Through Apr 14, 2010 Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time Nov 20, 2009 through Nov 20, 2010 Events
New Mexico Museum of Art O’Keeffe and Baumann Ongoing How The West is One: The Art of New Mexico Ongoing The Surreal Life: Gerry Snyder and Marco Rosichelli Sep 25, 2009 - Jan 31, 2010 Landscape Reconsidered Oct 9, 2009 - Jan 10, 2010 Events

Highlands, NC The Bascom *Southern Landscapes by Lamar Dodd and Will Henry Stevens* August 22 - Oct. 17 *Cat Chow: Beyond Fiber Art* September 5–October 10 Events



Asheville, NC Asheville Art Museum *Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed* Through December 6 Ruth Asawa: Drawing in Space Sept. 19, 2009 - Feb. 7, 2010

Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville Museum of Art *ARTQUILTStransitions* Sept. 12- Nov. 1 Events

Durham, NC Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Picasso and the Allure of Language August 20 - Jan. 3, 2010. DAVID ROBERTS AND THE HOLY LAND Through Nov. 29 THE PAST IS PRESENT: CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES AT THE NASHER MUSEUM Through Nov. 29 Beyond Beauty: Photographs from the Duke University Special Collections Library July 2-Oct. 18 Events
Raleigh, NC Gregg Museum of Art & Design North Carolina State University *Graphic Quilts at the Gregg* Closes Oct. 4 Inspired Design: Jacquard and Entrepreneurial Textiles Closes Oct. 4 *Hang it Up!* October 22 - December 19 *Recent Gifts of Native American Art from the Collection of Drs. Norman and Gilda Greenberg* October 22 - December 19

Wilmington, NC The Cameron Art Museum *Winning IDEAs: Selected Product Designs 2008* Through October 25 KALEIDOSCOPE: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection Through May 9, 2010 GWATHMEY SIEGEL: Inspiration and Transformation Through January 10, 2010

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art Cleve Gray: Man and Nature Closes Sept. 27!!!!

Charleston, SC Gibbes Museum of Art *Ancestry and Innovation* July 31 - October 11 The Charleston Story Ongoing Events

Memphis, TN Memphis Brooks Art Museum* Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce October 2 – January 10, 2010 Events * Brooks is now closed Mondays AND Tuesdays
Children's Museum of Memphis *Building Brainstorm* September 26- January 10, 2010. Event

Clarksville, TN Customs House Museum and Cultural Center *Dream Forest* Closes Sept. 27!!!! *Keen Cat’s Kitchen* Through Nov. 8th Events

Nashville, TN Cheekwoood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art From Washington to Warhol: Americana Redefined July 11, 2009 - January 3, 2010 Temporary Contemporary – Nashville Memoir: Photographs by Greg Miller Oct. 3, 2009 – Feb. 22, 2010 *Scarecrows* Through Nov.1 The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection of Faberge Ongoing
Frist Center for the Visual Arts *The City in Twilight: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris 1924–1939* Ingram Gallery Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Oct. 2, 2009– Jan. 31, 2010 Oliver Herring: Sculpture and Video Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery Oct. 2, 2009– Jan. 31, 2010 Events


The Hermitage Event
The Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery *Ghost Cities: Timothy Portlock* Closes Sept. 30!!!!
Tennessee Art League Mary Spelling Premiere Gallery September 1 - October 31 2009 Events
Tennessee State Museum A Unity of Opposites: Recent Work by Michael Taylor Sept. 17 - Oct. 25 Talking Graphics: The Visual Designs of Jane Davis Doggett Sept. 17 - Oct. 25 Events

Sewanee, TN University Art Gallery Sewanee: The University of the South Cloudmapping: Paintings by Julie Püttgen Closes Oct. 4 Event

Knoxville, TN Blount Mansion Bridges-From There to Here…..works by B.D. Busey Closes Sept. 29!!!!
The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture Sound Booth Closes September 25!!!! *A 20-Year Retrospective* Closes September 25!!!!
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville Objects on the Horizon Closes October 4 Event
Knoxville Museum of Art Contemporary Focus Sept. 4 - Nov. 8 *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Ongoing exhibition
Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee Discovering American Indian Art Through January 10, 2010 Event

Midland, TX Museum of the Southwest Ed Haddaway Sculpture Closes October 4th Taos Masters paintings Through October 25th Of, By and About the American Indian Through October 18th

Fort Worth, TX Kimbell Art Museum Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons plus Film Installations by Philip Haas Inspired by Works in the Collection Opening July 18-October 25 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 Events

Dallas, TX Dallas Museum of Art *All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts* Through November 8 Private Universes: Media Works June 14 - November 8 Materials & Meanings Through Summer 2010 Center for Creative Connections Events
Meadows Museum SMU *There Was A Forest – Jewish Life in Eastern Europe Today* Through Nov. 15 Mildred Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library – Owen Arts Center *By Magical Means: Drawings by Anna Zemánková* Through Oct. 10 Pollock Gallery in Hughes-Trigg Student Center Events

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