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Virginia Quilt Museum
Harrisonburg, VA

ABOUT THE MUSEUM
Nestled in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley, the Museum is the perfect blend of art, heritage, and the social culture of Virginia. Dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and nurturing Virginia's quilting heritage, the Museum, established in 1995, features a permanent collection of nearly 300 quilts, a Civil War Gallery, antique and toy sewing machines, and rotating exhibits from across the United States.
Exhibitions
  • Fred Calland Designs: Not Another Like It On the Block
Fred Calland Designs: Not Another Like It On the Block
Men Who Quilt
  • Here, There...Design is Everywhere - The Quilts of Anne Oliver
Here, There...Design is Everywhere - The Quilts of Anne Oliver
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Openings, Closings, and Events
9-4-14 newsletter

New Exhibitions This Week
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Huntsville, AL

Huntsville Museum of Art

  • The Red Clay Survey: 2014 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art
    • August 17, - October 26, 2014
  • Al Hirschfeld: A Celebration of Hollywood and Broadway
    • May 31 – September 14, 2014

Al Hirschfeld: A Celebration of Hollywood and Broadway
Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix Art Museum
  • INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks
    • August 23 to September 28, 2014
  • The Resonance Of Clay: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection
    • Through April 1, 2015
  • Quiet Rage, Gentle Wail: Prints and Masks of Japanese Noh Theatre
    • Through November 16, 2014
  • Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona
    • Through September 21, 2014
 Quiet Rage, Gentle Wail: Prints and Masks of Japanese Noh Theatre
  • American Encounters: Anglo-American Portraiture in an Era of Revolution
    • May 17 - September 15, 2014
 American Encounters: Anglo-American Portraiture in an Era of Revolution

San Francisco, CA

The Contemporary Jewish Museum

  • Project Mah Jongg
    • July 13–October 28, 2014
  • DESIGNING HOME: JEWS AND MIDCENTURY MODERNISM
    • April 24–October 6, 2014
  • To Build & Be Built: Kibbutz History
    • Ongoing
  • Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations
    • Ongoing
  • StoryCorps StoryBooth
    • Ongoing
  • Events
 Project Mah Jongg
  • Robert Frank in America
    • September 10, 2014–January 5, 2015
  • Sympathy for the Devil: Satan, Sin, and the Underworld
    • August 20–December 1, 2014
  • Fatal Laughs: The Art of Robert Arneson
    • August 20, 2014–Sept. 28, 2015
  • Pop Art from the Anderson Collection
    • August 13–October 26, 2015
  • The New Landscape: Experiments in Light by Gyorgy Kepes
    • July 23–Nov. 17
  • Night, Smoke, and Shadows: The Presence of Atmosphere in the 19th Century
    • May 14–October 6
  • Artists Observe Nature, 1600–1800
    • May 14–October 6
  • Within and Without: Transformations in Chinese Landscapes
    • February 19–December 2014
  • Sequence, sculpture by distinguished American contemporary artist Richard Serra
    • Through 2016
 The Americans: Robert Frank in America
Monterey, CA

Monterey Museum of Art
  • The Spirit of Motion—Photographs by Michael Furman and Automotive Jewelry
    • August 7–18, 2014
  • Iconic Masterpieces of Early California Painting
    • On view through October 2015
  • Crossing the Bridge: Emiko Nakano—Abstract Landscapes
    • Through September 22, 2014
  • Jules Tavernier: Artist and Adventurer
    • June 6–October 20, 2014
  • Monterey Now: Malin Lager
    • June 6–October 20, 2014
  • SHIFT—Five Decades of Contemporary California Painting
    • May 1–September 22, 2014
  • FROM DAWN TO DUSK: GOTTARDO PIAZZONI’S FINAL MURALS
    • Ongoing
 Monterey Now: Malin Lager
Irvine, CA

The Irvine Museum
  • Then and Now: 100 Years of Plein Air Painting
    • May 17-October 2, 2014
 California Impressionism: Selections from The Irvine Museum
Laguna Beach, CA

Laguna Art Museum
  • John Altoon: Drawings and Prints
    • June 28-Sept. 21
  • REX BRANDT: IN PRAISE OF SUNSHINE
    • June 28-Sept. 21
  • Frank Cuprien: Pacific Views, 1914–1938
    • Ongoing
 John Altoon: Drawings and Prints
Palm Springs, CA

Palm Springs Art Museum
  • CONTEMPORARY GLASS
    • Through November 2
  • OUT OF THE FIRE:MESOAMERICAN AND PUEBLO CERAMICS
    • Through July 31, 2015
  • RECLINE/DESIGN: ART AND THE AESTHETICS OF REPOSE
    • Through Sept. 9
Denver, CO

Denver Art Museum
  • Beyond Pop Art: A Tom Wesselmann Retrospective
    • July 13, 2014 – September 14, 2014
  • At the Mirror: Reflections of Japan in 20th Century Prints
    • July 6, 2014 – September 21, 2014
  • Daniel Sprick’s Fictions: Recent Works
    • June 29, 2014 – November 2, 2014
  • Drawn to Action: Posters from the AIGA Design Archives
    • Through January 18, 2015
  • All That Glistens: A Century of Japanese Lacquer
    • Through October 5, 2014
  • Sovereign: Independent Voices
    • Extended through July 26, 2015
 Beyond Pop Art: A Tom Wesselmann Retrospective
Greenwich, CT

Bruce Museum

  • Being, Nothingness and Much, Much More: Roz Chast, Beyond The New Yorker
    • July 12 – October 19, 2014
  • Tales of Two Cities: New York & Beijing
    • May 3 - August 31
  • Extreme Habitats: Into the Deep Sea
    • April 5, 2014 - November 9, 2014
  • Event
 Being, Nothingness and Much, Much More: Roz Chast, Beyond The New Yorker

Storrs, CT

The William Benton Museum of Art University of Connecticut

  • The 48th Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition
    • September 2 – October 12, 2014
  • Victory is a Question of Stamina: Posters from the First World War
    • September 2 – October 12, 2014
  • Event
 Victory is a Question of Stamina: Posters from the First World War
New London, CT

Lyman Allyn Art Museum
  • Still Life Studio
    • June 3, 2014 – February 1, 2015
  • Inside the Natural World of Jan Beekman
    • June 14, 2014 – January 5, 2015
  • Lost at Sea: Shipwrecks of the Ancient World
    • Through February 1, 2015
 Inside the Natural World of Jan Beekman
Newark, DE

University Museums University of Delaware
  • Delaware Awake! World War I at Home and Abroad
    • September 3 – December 7, 2014
    • OLD COLLEGE WEST GALLERY
  • Renderings: New Narratives and Reinterpretations
    • September 3 – December 7, 2014
    • MECHANICAL HALL
  • Sculpted by Nature: Silver and Copper from the Peter H. Farquhar Collection
    • September 3 – December 7, 2014
    • MINERALOGICAL MUSEUM
  • Events
 Sculpted by Nature: Silver and Copper from the Peter H. Farquhar Collection
Washington, DC

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
  • Cartier: Marjorie Merriweather Post's Dazzling Gems
    • June 7 - Dec. 31
 Cartier: Marjorie Merriweather Post's Dazzling Gems
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