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THE AMARILLO GLOBE-NEWS
Mary E. Bivins Gallery
Opening March 21
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Amarillo Globe-News, an exhibit in the Mary E. Bivins Gallery from March 7 until September 27, 2009, will follow the history of the newspaper to the present.  Today’s Amarillo Globe-News is the lone survivor of more than 30 newspapers published in the city since its founding in 1887.  The exhibit will focus on the evolution of the newspaper, some important individuals involved in the newspaper’s long history, and major events chronicled in the paper.

LONE STAR STILL LIFES
Foran Galleries
Opening April 11
A still life is a work of art depicting inanimate, usually commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made in an artificial setting.   Still lifes allow the artist more flexibility in the layout of design aspects within a composition than do paintings of other types of subjects such as landscape or portraiture.  In Texas, artists have been painting still lifes since the 1830s.  “Lone Star Still Lifes” will examine the establishment of still life painting in the 1860s and 1870s with European immigrant artists and transplants such as Robert J. Onderdonk through the Regionalist painters of the 1930s, such as Alexandre Hogue and Florence McClung.  Work by artists from the Texas Panhandle such as H. D. Bugbee, Olive Vandruff, Emilio Caballero, and Isabel Robinson, will be included.  The exhibition will include works from the Museum’s collection as well as those borrowed from public and private collections.

WOODY GUTHRIE SYMPOSIUM
Museum grounds
April 15-20
Join us to celebrate Woody Guthrie and his music with Woody’s daughter, Nora Guthrie, granddaughter, Anna Canoni, and the music of Jimmy La Fave. Public lectures, educational programs, and live music.

THE JAMES D. HAMLIN COLLECTION
Furniture Gallery
Opening April 18
As the first serious collector of antiques and art in the Texas Panhandle, James D. Hamlin (1871-1950) acquired hundreds of items that he donated to the Panhandle-Plains Historical Society in 1942.  Hamlin lived for many years at Farwell, Texas where he managed the leasing and sales of former XIT Ranch lands for the Capitol Reservations Lands Company of Chicago.  A selection Hamlin’s furniture, decorative art, and art will be featured.