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Carry Me! LuciteŽ Handbags from the Caryn Scheidt Collection

 

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October 18, 2009 - January 17, 2010 

Considered de rigeur for modern women from the late 1940's until the 1960s, Carry Me! Lucite Handbags from the Caryn Scheidt Collection reveals the range of colors, shapes, forms, and sizes of these functional objects of art. Over 150 handbags on view illuminate the story of this extraordinary fashion form.

Collection of Caryn Scheidt. Photo: John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler

 

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Lichtenstein in Process

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October 18, 2009 - January 17, 2010

"I want...[my paintings] to look as though I never corrected anything and it just came out that way. But I go through all sorts of contortions to make it look that way."
- Roy Lichtenstein
Lichtenstein in Process offers an intimate look into Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein’s artistic practice.

Private Collection © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

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The Noufflard Collection

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In the Mallory and Wurtzburger Galleries 

Berthe and André Noufflard were art students in Paris at La Grande Chaumière under Lucien Simon, when they met in 1910.  They married the following year and until André’s death in 1968, their lives together were dedicated to art, beauty and raising their two daughters, Geneviève and Henriette.

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ArtZone: After School Art Club
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Munch and Learn - Mid-Century Design: Collecting Modernity in Memphis
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Wine Down
Fri, Jan 15th, @6:00pm- 08:00PM
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Art After Dark
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Munch and Learn - Dixon Woodland Garden Renovation: New Plants Added to our Collection
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Munch and Learn - Bussell Martin of Bonsai Nursery
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Children's Workshop
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