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Passport to Paris: Nineteenth-Century French Prints from the Georgia Museum of Art

ImageJune 15 - August 17

Nineteenth-Century Paris was virtually a laboratory of artistic experimentation. Innovation and originality were the twin touchstones of the age, and nowhere were the timeworn conventions of traditional artistic practices more thoroughly overturned than in printmaking. The French avant-garde, led by Edouard Manet along with James McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, and others, used the various printmaking media to circulate their bold experiments to the widest possible audience. 

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Brilliant by Design: Masterpieces of American Cut Glass, 1880 -1915

June 15 - July 27 

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The Dixon-organized exhibition Brilliant by Design: Masterpieces of American Cut Glass, 1880-1915 showcases some 75 works from the great age of cut-glass artistry, nearly all chosen from distinguished private collections in the Memphis area. Assembled by Dr. Tom Fortner, a well-known author and expert in cut glass, Brilliant by Design includes stunning examples by all the famous makers of the brilliant period: Dorflinger and Sons, T.G. Hawkes, J. Hoare & Company, and Libbey Glass Company, among others. 

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Story Time at the Dixon
Sat, Jul 26th, @10:30am- 11:30AM
Brilliant by Design Closes
Sun, Jul 27th, @1:00pm- 05:00PM
Galleries and Gardens are closed on Mondays. The business office is open.
Mon, Jul 28th, @9:00am- 05:00PM
Mini Masters
Tue, Jul 29th, @10:30am- 11:00AM
Lunch and Learn with Julie Novarese Pierotti
Wed, Jul 30th, @12:00pm- 01:00PM
Aspects of Clay: Clay Sculpture Workshop
Fri, Aug 1st, @6:00pm- 08:00PM
An Evening Walk in the Dixon Gardens
Fri, Aug 1st, @7:00pm- 08:00PM
Aspects of Clay: Clay Sculpture Workshop
Sat, Aug 2nd, @2:00am- 04:00PM
Mass Happens! Lunch and Learn with Greg Francis
Wed, Aug 6th, @12:00pm- 01:00PM
Ancestry and Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum Opens
Sun, Aug 10th, @1:00pm- 05:00PM
Super Kidz
Sun, Aug 10th, @2:00pm- 03:00PM
New Ballet Ensemble
Sun, Aug 17th, @2:00pm- 03:00PM
Salvias: Tough Plants for the Memphis Heat
Tue, Aug 19th, @7:00pm- 08:00PM
Art After Dark-Rear Window
Thu, Aug 21st, @7:00pm- 09:00PM
Wine Down at the Dixon
Fri, Aug 22nd, @5:30pm- 07:30PM


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