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Press Release 9-29-10: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders
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Openings, Closings, and Events
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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 Go Figure! Sept. 1 - August 5, 2012 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

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 Peregrinación: Mexican Folk Ceramics Oct. 9, 2010 - Jan. 8, 2011. Event

New London, CT Lyman Allyn Art Museum American Stories Ongoing *Members Collect: The Thrill of the Chase* Opens Oct. 17, 2010 -March 20, 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 Event

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 *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 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 Closes Oct. 17 Iowa Memorial Union’s Black Box Theater Events

Wichita, KS Wichita Art Museum *The Secrecy Series: Selected Works* Closes 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 Closes Oct. 3!!!!

Paducah, KY 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 Pursuing the Masterpiece: Five Recent Acquisitions Sept. 12 – Dec. 31 Events

Click here for page 2 - Louisiana to North Carolina

Click here for page 3 - Pennsylvania to Wyoming