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Museum of Contemporary Art MCA

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One of the nations largest facilities devoted to post-1945 art. MCA offers exhibitions documenting contemporary visual culture through painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video/film. The permanent collection provides an historical perspective for the examination of current trends in contemporary art. The collection consists of approximately 7,000 works with strengths in art made in Chicago, minimalism, postminimalism, conceptualism, surrealism, and artists blogs. Among the artists represented are Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder. Ann Hamilton, Alfredo Jaar. Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Jeff Koons. Sol LeWitt, Rene Magritte, Bruce Nauman. Ed Paschke, Richard Serra. Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Robert Smithson, and Andy Warhol. Northern

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Tubman African American Museum

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Named in honor of Harriet Tubman, the Museum is dedicated to educating people about all aspects of African American art. history and culture. The Georgia Council for the Arts has consistently ranked the Tubman among the top ten visual arts institutions in Georgia. There are permanent galleries featuring folk art and the mural “From Africa to America”, a visual history of black people. In addition, the Museum devotes five galleries to the N’oel Collection of African Art, on long term loan from Lynn and Michael Noel of Houston Texas, including 2.000 year-old Xok figures, carved ivory. Asafo flags, and an

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Columbia College Chicago – The Museum of Contemporary Photography

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Facilities: Classrooms; Exhibition Area; Print Study Room. Activities: Guided Tours; Lectures; Temporary Exhibitions; Traveling Exhibitions. Publications: exhibition catalogues (annual). The Museum of Contemporary Photography was founded by Columbia College Chicago to exhibit, collect, and promote contemporary photography. Each year the Museum presents a wide range of exhibitions in recognition of photographys many roles: as a medium of communication and artistic expression, as a documenter of life and the environment, as a commercial industry, and as a powerful tool in the service of science and technology. In addition, special projects in collaboration with other institutions combine photographic works with different forms

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University of Notre Dame – The Snite Museum of Art

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University of Notre Dame – The Snite Museum of Art, cont. temporary exhibitions on loan from other institutions and private collectors. The Museum schedules a dozen < viibitions annually on subjects as diverse as Old Master drawings, contemporary prints, and pre-Columbian sculptures, lhe OShaugljinessy Galleries host the annual student show and a biennial faculty show. On the lower level are the Museums ethnographic collections, the John T. Higgins Gallery of American Art, and the museum reference library. Entrance to the Courtyard is at the north end ot the atrium and leads to the outdoor sculpture display in the garden. Featured

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Springfield Art Association

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700 North 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702 Tel: (217) 523-2631 Fax: (211) 523-3866 Admission: voluntary contribution. Established: 1913 Membership – Y ADA Compliant: Y Parking: free on site. Open: Gallery. Monday to Friday. 9am-5pm: Saturday. 10am-3pm. Closed: Legai Holidays. Pmciliiie : Architecture (Edwards Place mansion. 1833); Classrooms/Studios; Exhibit Gallery. Activities: Education Programs (adults, students, and children): Temporary Exhibitions (7 contemporary/year). Publications: bulletin (quarterly); exhibition catalogues. Given to the Springfield Art Association in 1913. Edwards Place contains historical furnishings and an adjoining art gallery. Springfield Art Association University Park Governors State University – Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park Internet Address: www.govst.edu/users/gscu/pt/park3 Interior

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Boise Art Museum

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Publications: exhibition catalogues: newsletter. “BAM Newsletter” (quarterly). Located in beautiful .Julia Davis Park in downtown Boise, the Museum occupies a contemporary • 4,000-square-foot building featuring fifteen galleries, an atrium, and an outdoor sculpture garden Each year, the Museum presents a number of temporary exhibitions of works by Idaho, Northwu-t. and nationally known artists in shows covering a wide range of historical and contemporary theme- The permanent collection of the Museum features a group of American representational painting . including examples by Henri, Sloan, Raffael, Brady, and Close; international ceramics; Asian and African artifacts; contemporary photograph and works by Pacific Northwest

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University of Chicago – Oriental Institute Museum

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Temporary Exhibitions. Publications: annual report: brochure; exhibition catalogues: guide; newsletter, “News & Notes” (quarterly). The Oriental Institute Museum is a showcase of the history, art. and archaeology of the ancient Near East. The Museum exhibits a major collection of antiquities from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria/Palestine, Persia, and Anatolia. (Portions of the Museum are currently closed for renovation, climate control, and expansion. In the meantime, the gift shop and blogstore remain open, and the Education Office continues to offer a variety of programs. Plans call for the reopening of galleries as work on them is completed. The Ei ptian Gallery reopened

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Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego

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1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego. CA 92101 Tel: (619) 23-7559 Fax: (619) 23S-8777 Internet Address: www.mopa.org Director: Mr. Arthur Oilman Admission: General Admission fee-adult-$6.00. student-84.00, child (

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