ME: Portland
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: Opening Saturday, September 7 and on view through December 8, 2013. TITLE: Ahmed Alsoudani: Redacted BRIEF ABOUT: The first major museum exhibition of the…
At the Museums dept
AK: Anchorage
WHERE: Anchorage Museum. WHEN: On view through September 28, 2013. TITLE: Portrait Alaska: Clark James Mishler BRIEF ABOUT: More than 200 portraits of Alaskans taken during the past 20 years…
MT: Missoula
WHERE: Missoula Art Museum. WHEN: On view through September 29, 2013 in the Shott Family Gallery. TITLE: Louise Lamontagne: My Closet Collection BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibit features an unseen body…
TN: Nashville
WHERE: Frist Center for the Visual Arts WHEN: Opening Friday, July 12 and on view through October 12, 2013. TITLE: Jack Spencer: Beyond the Surface BRIEF ABOUT: This Nashville-based photographer…
NY: New York City
WHERE: The New Museum. WHEN: On view through September 1, 2013. TITLE: Llyn Foulkes BRIEF ABOUT: Born November 17, 1934 in Yakima, Washington, Llyn Foulkes is an artist living and…
ME: Portland
WHERE: Holiday Inn By the Bay WHEN: Tuesday, June 18 from 6:30-8:00 pm. Editor’s note: This annual Bernard Osher Lecture Series is made possible by the Peggy and Harold…
Museum inks new leader
With a strong curatorial background and over two decades of art management and community development experience, Mark Masuoka becomes the new CEO of the 91-year old Akron Art Museum and…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: Museum of International Folk Art. WHEN: Opens June 9, 2013 and runs through March 23, 2014. TITLE: Tako Kichi: Kite Crazy in Japan BRIEF ABOUT: More than 200 Japanese…
GA: Athens
WHERE: Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia. WHEN: On view through June 30, 2013. TITLE: Cityscapes by Ben Aronson BRIEF ABOUT: 18 works by Aronson (b.1958)…
IN: Indianapolis
WHERE: Indianapolis Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through March, 2, 2014 in the Gerald and Dorit Paul Galleries. TITLE: Majestic African Textiles BRIEF ABOUT: More than 60 pieces, this…
NC: Raleigh
WHERE: CAM Raleigh. WHEN: On view through September 1, 2013. TITLE: Melanie Schiff: The stars are not wanted now BRIEF ABOUT: Selected photographs from 2006 through 2012, is the largest…
ME: Portland
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through September 8, 2013. TITLE: The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibition offers a master class in…
GA: Athens
WHERE: Georgia Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Saturday, June 1 and on view through September 14, 2013. TITLE: Fashion Independent: The Original Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor BRIEF ABOUT: The…
OH: Akron
WHERE: Akron Art Museum. WHEN: On view through November 3, 2013. TITLE: Line Color Illusion: 40 Years of Julian Stanczak BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibit invites viewers to immerse themselves in…
28 make the cut for biennial
For the 2013 Portland Museum of Biennial: Piece Work exhibition, the following 28 out of 900 entries have been chosen to participate and will be on view October 3, 2013…
ME: Portland
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through May 19, 2013. TITLE: Blueberry Rakers: Photographs by David Brooks Stess BRIEF ABOUT: By focusing his camera on the hard realities…
AK: Anchorage
WHERE: Anchorage Museum. WHEN: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm. TITLE: The Things We Make tackles major issues surrounding Alaska Native art BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibit brings…
ME: Portland
“Audiences will be challenged, engaged, and inspired by the great Tanzanian cultural objects in Shangaa,” said PMA Director Mark H.C. Bessire. “For the first time in the United States, the…
IA: Des Moines
WHERE: Des Moines Art Center. WHEN: On view through April 14, 2013 in the Blank One Gallery. TITLE: Double Feature BRIEF ABOUT: Organized by Laura Burkhalter, associate curator and Jill…
PA: Philadelphia
WHERE: Philadelphia Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through June 9, 2013 in the Dorrance Galleries. TITLE: Great and Mighty Things ABOUT: “For over three decades, Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: New Mexico Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Friday, April 19 and runs through September 8, 2013. TITLE: Shiprock and Mont St. Michel: Photographs by William Clift ABOUT: This one-man…
IN: Indianapolis
WHERE: Indianapolis Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Friday, April 5 and remains on view to July 28, 2013. TITLE: Ai Weiwei: According to What? BRIEF ABOUT: The first major survey…
MT: Missoula
WHERE: Missoula Art Museum. WHEN: On view through May 13, 2013. TITLE: Gary Horinek: The Gathering BRIEF ABOUT: Several years in the planning, artist Horinek designed “The Gathering” specifically for…
NJ: New Brunswick
WHERE: Zimmerli Art Museum. WHEN: On view through July 14, 2013 in the Voorhees Gallery. TITLE: Leonid Sokov: Ironic Objects ABOUT: An exhibition of nearly 50 works, this is the…
MA: Boston
WHERE: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. WHEN: On view through May 13, 2013. TITLE: Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America BRIEF ABOUT: This is the first historic exhibition in the…
NH: Manchester
WHERE: Currier Museum of Art. WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 2013. BRIEF ABOUT: A special exhibition, “Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor” displays the striking duality of deadly weaponry and artistic…
TX: El Paso
WHERE: El Paso Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through May 26, 2013 in the Peter and Margaret de Wetter Gallery. TITLE: Gene Flores: Proverbios and Dichos Chicanos BRIEF ABOUT:…
RI: Newport
WHERE: Newport Art Museum & Art Association. WHEN: Through- May 5, 2013 TITLE: LEGACIES IN PAINT: The Mentor Project BRIEF ABOUT: This show is the culmination of a four-month mentoring…
SC: Charleston
WHERE: Gibbes Museum of Art. WHEN: Through April 21, 2013. TITLE: Vibrant Vision BRIEF ABOUT: Two special exhibitions: “The Collection of Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman†(www.jonathangreenstudios.com) in the Main…
CA: Los Angeles
Breaking out of the shadows of a canyon, a wrangler is keeping the tail end of the remuda moving. This has kicked up a fair amount of dust, which is…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: New Mexico Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Friday, January 18 and runs through April 14, 2013. TITLE: Art on the Edge 2013 BRIEF ABOUT: Eight contemporary artists from the…
MT: Missoula
WHERE: Montana Museum of Art & Culture. WHEN: Opens Thursday, January 24 and runs through April 20, 2013. TITLE: Nancy Erickson: Kindred Spirits BRIEF ABOUT: A nationally recognized fiber artist,…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: Museum of International Folk Art. WHEN: On view through January 5, 2014. TITLE: New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Más ABOUT: This exhibition explores how foods…
NM: Santa Fe
WHERE: New Mexico Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through January 6, 2013. TITLE: Dual exhibitions: Chromatic Fusion: The Art of Fused Glass, featuring Klaus Moje and Emerge 2012: A…
ME: Portland
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through February 17, 2013 TITLE: Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project BRIEF ABOUT: The Museum has commissioned a group…
ME: Portland
WHERE: Portland Museum of Art in the Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium. WHEN: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: Photographer Brian Vanden Brink, who is one of the most…
NH: Manchester
WHERE: Currier Museum of Art. WHEN: Opens Saturday, September 29, 2012. TITLE: Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt BRIEF ABOUT: Viewers of this exhibition will explore the rich culture and…
MT: Billings
WHERE: Yellowstone Art Museum. WHEN: On view for a limited time. TITLE: Treasured Views BRIEF ABOUT: Paintings from the William I. Koch Collection created by notable artists of the American…
AK: Anchorage
WHERE: Anchorage Museum. WHEN: Goes on view Friday, September 7 through November 11, 2012. TITLE: Finding My Song BRIEF ABOUT: As part of the Patricia B. Wolf Solo Exhibition Series,…
MT: Billings
WHERE: Yellowstone Art Museum. WHEN: Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm. TITLE: Chief Joseph and His People BRIEF ABOUT: A presentation by Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) author, historian, photographer and…
MS: Laurel
WHERE: Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. WHEN: On view through October 6, 2012. TITLE: Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Prints and Objects BRIEF ABOUT: More than 130 original numbered editions of prints…
OH: Akron
WHERE: Akron Art Museum. WHEN: On view through January 20, 2013. TITLE: Robert Stivers: Veiled Image BRIEF ABOUT: From the AAM’s photography collection, this exhibit in the Fred and Laura…
WA: Bellevue
WHERE: Bellevue Arts Museum. WHEN: Through October 7, 2012. TITLE: Bold Expressions: African American Quilts from the Collection of Corrine Riley BRIEF ABOUT: The exhibition also explores a variety of…
GA: Columbus
WHERE: Columbus Art Museum. WHEN: Through November 4, 2012 in the Third Floor Galleries. TITLE: ROCÍO RODRÍGUEZ- Divergent Fictions: A Selection of Works from 1988 – 2012 BRIEF ABOUT: In…
MT: Billings
WHERE: Yellowstone Art Museum. WHEN: A new 2012 ongoing exhibition. TITLE: Boundless Visions BRIEF ABOUT: From the museum’s permanent collections, this long-term exhibition goes straight to the core of what…
CA: San Jose
WHERE: San Jose Museum of Art. WHEN: Through January 13, 2013. TITLE: Local Color BRIEF ABOUT: From the Museum’s permanent collection, this exhibit explores the primacy of color in a…
VT: Shelburne
WHERE: Shelburne Museum. WHEN: On view through October 28, 2012. TITLE: Elizabeth Berdann: Deep End BRIEF ABOUT: On view in the Lighthouse, artist Berdann’s (www.elizabethberdann.com) recent series of miniature portraits…
DE: Wilmington
WHERE: Delaware Art Museum. WHEN: Through September 16, 2012. TITLE: Once Upon a Time in Delaware/In Quest of the Perfect Book BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibition explores decorative book covers through…
New ‘examiner’ on museum roster
(PNAN-MT) – The Yellowstone Art Museum has appointed Bob Durden to the position of Senior Curator as of August 1, 2012. “I’ve been privileged to spend the majority of…
Mitch added to the permanent collection
(AAPNW-OH) – Among their permanent collection, they house works of art ranging in all mediums from artists such as Ansel Adams, Helen Turner, Andy Warhol, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, who…