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For 2008 Schedule, click here.
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(* continued from 2008)
* N.C. Wyeth: Artist, Illustrator and Patriarch -&-
A Storied West
Gallery 1
This impromptu, combined exhibition is comprised of works from the Diamond M Art Collection of the Museum of TTU.
–– N.C. Wyeth: Artist, Illustrator and Patriarch — N.C. Wyeth was one of the USA's premier illustrators and teachers. He illustrated such beloved works as Treasure Island and The Last of the Mohicans. Many of his students at the Brandywine School became some of America's best known illustrators as well.
–– A Storied West — The histories and mythologies spawned by human settlement of the western United States have been a rich resource for visual artists. Combining written word with visual image, many of the narrative paintings in this gallery accompanied stories in books, magazines, newspapers or other periodicals of the early 20th century.
 * through January 25, '09
A Family Collects
Special Exhibitions & Gallery 6
An exhibition of contemporary ceramics and glass from a private regional collection organized by the Museum of TTU.
* through January 4, '09
Painting the Italian Landscape: Views from the Uffizi
Gallery 2 & 3
This exhibition of not less than 40 paintings is coming from the famed Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy, illustrating the evolution of landscape  painting in Italy from its early roots as background settings in paintings of the 1500s to its role as the main subject in paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries. This mesmerizing exhibition offers a provocative approach to a deeper understanding and appreciation for landscape painting.
The Uffizi Gallery is one of the oldest and most famous museums of paintings and sculpture in the world. Its collection of Primitive and Renaissance paintings comprises several universally acclaimed masterpieces of all time, including works by Giotto, Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Mantegna, Correggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Caravaggio. German, Dutch and Flemish masters are in the Uffizi as well, represented by important works by Dürer, Rembrandt, and Rubens.
Click for TTU exhibition webpage
press release
New Exhibitions for 2009…
JANUARY
 January 11 - March 22
Berenstain Bears Out West
Galleries 2 and 3
This exhibition will show the exciting ins and outs and upside-downs of creating a Berenstain Bear book. Visitors can delight in walking through the entire 15-step bookmaking process and discovering how the story of The Berenstain Bears Out West was developed, written, illustrated, and printed. The Berenstain Bears Out West is a new adventure where the Bears go on a trip to visit their Uncle Tex at his ranch, which is “the finest you’ve ever seen from the Rio Grande to Abilene.” The exhibition includes 50 framed pieces: original drafts of story ideas, manuscripts, sketches, dummy spreads, printing drafts, finished illustrations, and many other materials relating to the process of creating this book.
Circulated by the National Center for Childrens Illustrated Literature (NCCIL) in Abilene, Texas.
FEBRUARY
MARCH
March 1 - May 3
WPA Prints: The Amity Arts Foundation Collection
Gallery 1
Forty lithographs, etchings, and woodcuts by artists who worked with the printmaking programs of the Federal Arts Project of the WPA. Circulated by Landau Traveling Exhibitions.
APRIL
 April 19 - June 28
Spectacular Spectacles
Gallery 7 (Special Exhibitions)
This exhibition features over 300 spectacles and other vision aids from around the world. The show chronicles the history of spectacles, highlighting changes in design and fashion from 1800 to the present. The exhibit features spectacles from Europe and China, monoculars, binoculars/opera glasses, pince-nez, lorgnettes, contact lenses, Eskimo sun shades, goggles, novelties and toys.
Created by The Museum of Vision, An Educational Program of the American Academy of Ophthalmology; circulated by Smith-Kramer Traveling Exhibitions.
MAY
 May 17 - October 25
A Double-Edged Weapon: The Sword as Icon and Artifact from the Higgins Armory Collection
Galleries 2, 3, 4 and 6
This exhibition introduces modern audiences to an object that is already universally familiar as an icon, yet largely unknown as a physical artifact. The exhibition showcases approximately 100 swords and sword elements and is drawn from the rich collections of the Higgins Armory Museum, the only museum in the northeastern United States dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of arms and armor.
The story of the sword around the globe is one of diversity reflecting local cultural tradition. The show emphasizes the dualities and complexities inherent in the artifact: in these deadly works of art, elegance grapples with brutality, esthetics with functionality, and reality with myth.
Organized by The Higgins Armory Museum; circulated by Smith-Kramer Traveling Exhibitions.
- Click to hear a podcast about the exhibition.
- For more images and information, click here.
- For more about the exhibition, visit this site.
- For more about the Higgins Armory Museum, click here.
- In conjunction with the exhibition, Renaissance Festival clip, Aug. 29, 2009.
JUNE
 June 7 - September 6
Watson Family Photographers: L.A. Stories
Gallery 1
Fifty framed photographs, four generations of press photography through the lens of one family spanning the 20th Century. In less than a century, Los Angeles grew from a coastal enclave to one of the world’s most influential cities. The Watson Family of photographers recorded it all – big disasters, small everyday triumphs, world leaders, petty con men, sports legends and infamous trials. Across four generations, a Watson photographer (or two) has been present at most of the significant events in Southern California , and on occasion through-out the world. Spanning the entire 20th Century, the exhibition presents more than a historical chronology. It also illustrates how advances in photo-technology changed the texture of news photography. The Watson family’s tradition of technical innovations (dating to the early 1910’s in both the motion picture and still photography) are highlighted throughout the exhibition. Circulated by Landau Traveling Exhibitions.
- For more information about the exhibition, visit this site, click "Traveling Exhibitions Currently Available" in the left column, and then scroll to exhibit title.
JULY (Museum & Moody Planetarium CLOSED July 4)
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
 September 27 - November 22
Fairy Tale Art: Illustrations from Children's Books, Curated by Sylvia Nissley
Gallery 1
Fifty-nine original illustrations from fairy tales and folk tales celebrate stories handed down through the ages. Fairy tales offer a magic carpet ride, to a timeless, enchanted, dreamlike world. The origins and history of fairy tales reaches back to ancient times. These magical stories were told and retold by storytellers in civilizations of China, Egypt and India. Women recounted the stories from generation to generation.
Press release, click here.
September 27 - January 3, 2010
 Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam
Balcony Gallery
Forty-one large-format color photographic portraits of the Yellowstone to Yukon ecosystem. Nature photographer Florian Schulz has spent over a decade of his life capturing awe-inspiring images of the wildlife and landscapes in the Yellowstone to Yukon region. From this project came Schulz's book Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam, a photographic journey of Y2Y's ambitious effort to maintain and where necessary restore one of the world's last intact mountain ecosystems. Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam was organized by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington and The Mountaineers Books, Seattle, in collaboration with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative.
OCTOBER
 NOVEMBER
November 8 - January 3, 2010
The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century
Galleries 2 and 3
This exhibition compares contemporary Realism painting with its historical predecessors. Fifty-six artists are represented with 65 paintings from the United States, Canada, The Netherlands, Korea, Russia, France, Iceland, Romania, Norway, and Finland. The artists cited such predecessors as Leonardo da Vinci, Dürer, Vermeer, Harnett, Constable, and Dali as starting points as they explored still life, landscape, figurative and trompe l'oeil painting. The juried exhibition was organized by the International Guild of Realism, and the tour was developed by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, Missouri.
DECEMBER
 December 13 - March 21, 2010
Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition -
Contemporary African American Quilts
Gallery 1
Jazz, like quilting, is a woven art form. Both genres produce textural harvests spun from the life fibers of masters of the imagination who create for our contemplation. Quiltmaking, as in jazz, evokes a host of complex rhythms and moods, then captured by the creative process. Some quilt artists listen to jazz music while working on their quilts because the one form of artistic inspiration ignites in the other. When the two forms connect, the creative energy explodes exponentially. The Textural Rhythms quilt exhibition releases both the individual particles and the synergistic power of this explosion. Textural Rhythms unites the two most well known and popular artistic forms in African American culture—jazz and quilts. The exhibition of 64 quilts includes work from some of America’s best known African American quilters such as Michael Cummings, Ed Johnetta Miller, Tina Brewer, and Jim Smoote. Curated by Carolyn Mazloomi,
Founder and Coordinator of the Women of Color Quilters Network,
and circulated by Smith-Kramer Traveling Exhibitions.
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