ALDEN B. DOW MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & ART
1801 West Saint Andrews Road, Midland, MI 48640
Ticket Office: (989) 631-8250 or (800) 523-7649
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HOURS:
Tuesday through Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
CLOSED MONDAYS AND MAJOR HOLIDAYS

ADMISSION:
Regular Museum Admission* (includes Hall of Ideas):
Adults: $8 | Children 4-14: $5 | Children 3 and under: free
Museum and Friends of the Center members: free
ABD/FOC/ASTC reciprocal: free

Hall of Ideas ONLY:
All ages: $3
Museum and Friends of the Center members: free
ABD/FOC/ASTC reciprocal: Free

*Select exhibits may require an additional fee for both members and non-members.

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GERHARDT KNODEL TEXTILES: RECOVERY GAMES AND OTHER WORKS
Through Nov. 16, 2008

For more than 35 years, Gerhardt Knodel has explored diverse possibilities for textiles to accompany day-to-day living experience. This exhibition offers a retrospective look into some of his discoveries, revealed in both intimate artworks and large-scale architectural installations. Knodel has been internationally recognized, reinforced by his leadership from 1970 - 1995 in developing and leading the Cranbrook Academy of Art Fiber Department as one of the best in America and his tenure as Director of Cranbrook Academy of Art.

WORLD TEXTILES FROM THE COLLECTION OF GERHARDT KNODEL
Through Nov. 16, 2008

An exhibition of 100 historic textiles that dazzle the eyes, stimulate imagination and reveal the amazing power of textiles to interact meaningfully with the ceremonies and rituals of living. The works, originating in diverse locations such as Indonesia, Japan, China, India, Africa, Central Asia, France and England, may even inspire the audience to take a second look at their own textiles which play an essential role in contemporary life.

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48th ANNUAL GREATER MICHIGAN ART EXHIBITION
Oct. 18, 2008 - Jan. 4, 2009

This long-standing tradition, one of the few remaining statewide competitions, brings entries from Michigan artists to be juried by our guest juror. This year’s juror will be Bernice Steinbaum of the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery of Miami, Florida.

Free Opening Reception - GMA Exhibition
Sat., Oct. 18, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Galleries

Opening reception to celebrate the GMAE art exhibition. Awards will be presented at 8 pm. Guests will enjoy fabulous hors d'oeuvres and wine during this free event.

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ABDM SCHOOL FACULTY AND STUDENT EXHIBITION 2008
Nov. 29, 2008 - Jan. 4, 2009

The Faculty of the Museum School is featured with recent works to reveal the creativity of the professionals who provide instruction year round in the art department of the Center.

The students who have taken classes are provided an opportunity to showcase their creations developed from concepts and techniques taught in the classes year round at the Center.

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RODIN: IN HIS OWN WORDS
Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Dec. 13, 2008 - Feb. 22, 2009

In the history of sculpture, Rodin is regarded as the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo. Auguste Rodin, (1840 – 1917), was a genius of sculptural form he liberated both his subject matter and his style from nineteenth-century academic conventions. His artistic mission - the vitality of the human spirit, bold, impressionistic modeling technique, nontraditional and provocative subject matter, are measures by which all sculptors have been compared. His influence has resonated through the twentieth century and beyond since his lifetime through works such as The Gates of Hell, The Thinker, The Burghers of Calais, The Monument to Balzac and numerous others.

This exhibition is organized and made possible by the
Iris and G. Gerald Cantor Foundation.

Free Opening Reception - Rodin Exhibition
Sat., Dec. 13, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Galleries

Celebrate the holiday season and a fabulous new exhibit by joining us in the ABDM galleries. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and wine will be served.

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LIZARDS AND SNAKES: ALIVE!
Feb. 7, - May 3, 2009

From the American Museum of Natural History comes this exhibition of live snakes and lizards. They have lived on Earth for nearly 300 million years. Lizards and snakes are squamates, a diverse group of reptiles that are among the most successful vertebrates on Earth. From the harsh desert to lush rain forests, high in the treetops and beneath the ground, over 60 stunning live lizards and snakes from five continents will inhabit the museum along with fossils, extensive multimedia, hands-on interactives, and an activity area specifically for young visitors. Explore squamates evolution, locomotion, predation and other characteristics. It will enthrall, educate and engage visitors of all ages.

Lizards & Snakes: Alive! is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York in collaboration with the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, and the San Diego Museum of Natural History, with appreciation to Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland.

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ELECTRA STAMELOS PAINTINGS
Mar. 14 - May 31, 2009

At the 2006 Greater MI Art Exhibition, Electra Stamelos was presented with this Solo Exhibition Award for excellence and innovation. Stamelos earned the Master of Fine Arts from Eastern MI University and the Bachelor of Fine Arts from Wayne State University.

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MIDLAND AREA SCHOOLS ART SHOW
Apr. 11 - May 24, 2009

This annual exhibition showcases artwork of promising young students in local public schools. Hundreds of artworks set the galleries ablaze with inspired creativity, color and imagination. From drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, to watercolor, oil, acrylic, collage, ink, pastel, bronze, plaster, the range of materials and the breadth of thematic variations works tell the stories of their creativity and the outlooks of the youth of today and the creative influence of the teachers of our great school system.

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RUSSELL DUNBAR EXHIBITION
May 23 - July 2, 2009

At the 2007 Greater MI Art Exhibition, Detroit artist Russell Dunbar was presented with this Solo Exhibition Award.

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FROZEN MUSIC: Frank Gehry and the Walt Disney Music Hall
June 6 - Aug. 2, 2009

An exhibition on celebrated architect Frank Gehry focusing on one of his most visible accomplishments, the walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Gehry drawings and more than 70 photographs by Gil Garcetti tell the story of the design process, construction and completed form while portraying how the building is, in essence, a sculpture as much as a functional structure.

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BUILDING IMAGES: Seventy Years at Hedrick Blessing
June 6 - Aug. 2, 2009

Ken and Bill Hedrich transformed architectural photography from a documentary medium to an art form. Hedrich Blessing has photographed the work of the world's twentieth-century masters such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eliel Saarinen and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. This exhibition presents eighty of the studio's most stuning photographs, spanning the last seven decades of American architecture.

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MATERIALIZING THE IMMATERIAL:
The Architecture of Wallace Cunningham
June 6 - Aug. 2, 2009

"Wallace Cunningham is a master of light, space and design," states furniture designer Sam Maloof. Cunningham is otherwise a self-taught architect of magnificent vision. Cunningham states, "Open up a structure to sky, landscape, and view and the building becomes alive. Your soul has a place to enter." The exhibit features architectural photographs documenting Cunningham's structures.

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