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Each month, Copper in the Arts features up-to-date listings celebrating copper’s use in the art world, including copper and copper-related gallery openings, exhibitions and artist events throughout the United States. If you have an event that you would like us to add, please contact the editor.

  • December 2008

  • January 2009

  • February 2009

Apr 15 - Jan 4

Tom Otterness Bronze on View

A large, humorous bronze sculpture with historical references, Tom Otterness´s Large Covered Wagon depicts a smiling, pipe–puffing pioneer woman steering a covered wagon with the assistance of her yoked bull. Located at Clumber Corner at the entrance to DUMBO, Large Covered Wagon will be on view through January 2009.
Clumber Corner, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, NY
Aug 12 - Jan 4

Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection

Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection fully explores the impact of contemporary jewelry as a global art form. Featuring approximately 275 pieces of jewelry collected by legendary scholar, educator and gallery director Helen Williams Drutt over her lifetime, this is arguably one of the most comprehensive collections of contemporary studio jewelry in the world.
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, 220 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC, (704) 337-2000
Sep 16 - Dec 7

Dust and Pearls: Showing Attitude in Cowboys and Cowgirls

This exhibition showcases the artwork of Santa Fe artist David DeVary, the featured artist for the 6th Annual Southeastern Cowboy Festival & Symposium.  DeVary uses metals such as copper, gold and silver along with acrylic paints to present portraits of cowboys and cowgirls who are full of attitude and raw emotion.
Booth Western Art Museum, 501 Museum Dr., Cartersville, GA, (770) 387-1300
Oct 26 - Jan 25

Louise Bourgeois Retrospective

This comprehensive exhibition is the first major survey of American artist Louise Bourgeois’s work in more than a decade. Featuring more than 100 works, including her famous 1997 bronze Spider.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA (213) 626-6222
Nov 2 - Jan 12

Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927–1937

Featuring Joan Miro's surrealistic panoramas painted on copper, Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927–1937, is the first major museum exhibition to identify the core practices and strategies Miró used to attack and reinvigorate painting during this transformative decade.
Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St., New York, NY‎, (212) 708-9400
Nov 7 - Jan 11

Silence - Passion - Expression: The Sculptures of Carole A. Feuerman

Acknowledged as one of America's major bronze sculptors, Carole Feuerman’s exhibition Silence - Passion – Expression showcases her impressively realistic sculpture style.
Betty Bivins Childers and Neil R. Johnson Galleries, 2nd floor, 2200 S. Van Buren, Amarillo, TX, (806) 371-5050
Nov 20 - Jan 4

Opening at Paul Mahder Gallery

View work by metalsmith Kotomi Lemi Yoda, along with artists David Baughan, and Jacqueline McKinny in this collaborative show. Opening is November 20, from  6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Paul Mahder Gallery, 3378 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA, (415) 474-7707
Dec 4 - Feb 8

Ritual Beauty: Art of the Ancient Americas

The University of Arizona Museum of Art presents Ritual Beauty: Art of the Ancient Americas, featuring approximately 170 extraordinary objects of pre-Columbian origin made of copper, silver and stone. Artifacts include ancient vessels, effigy jars, textiles and adornments, clay figures, stone sculptures, and implements—all offering a window on the aesthetic worlds of Mesoamerica and the Andean region prior to European contact.
The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, (520) 621-7567
Dec 6 - Dec 7

Small Plate Etching Workshop

Learn to etch and print small 4" x 5”  copper plates during this day-long, hands-on studio workshop at Anchor Graphic, presented in collaboration with the Smart Museum of Art and their exhibition The "Writing" of Modern Life: The Etching Revival in France, Britain, and the U.S., 1850–1940. No experience required.
Anchor Graphics, Columbia College Chicago, 600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, (312) 369-6864
Dec 9 - Mar 1

Calder's Jewelry at the Met

The landmark exhibition of Calder Jewelry travels to The Metropolitan Museum of Art from December 9, 2008, through March 1, 2009. This is the the first museum presentation dedicated solely to his extensive output of inventive brass jewelry.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave., New York, NY, (212) 535-7710
Dec 16 - Dec 17

Copper Vine Arbor Workshop

Create a copper vine arbor for your home or garden at this intimate two-day workshop, limited to four students.
Massey Copper, Port Townsend, WA, (360) 344-3611
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