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20 ORNAMENT 35.5.2012 museums & galleries THE NATIONAL ORNAMENTAL METAL MUSEUM presents Master Metalsmith: Eleanor Moty, from September 7 through December 2. Eleanor Moty is best known for bringing the photoetching process into the field of metalsmithing and integrating the process into her work. Moty was drawn to jewelry and metalsmithing as an undergraduate at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She completed her graduate work at Tyler School of Art. Moty is the recipient of numerous grants and in 1975 the National Endowment for the Arts Craftsman Fellowship. Shown are Shadow brooch, Columnar brooch, Glacial brooch, and Portrait hand mirror. 374 Metal Museum Drive, Memphis, Tennessee 38106; 901.774.6380; www.metalmuseum.org. FLORIDA GALLERY FIVE features new beadwork by Teresa Goodall and Mary Lowe, as well as handpainted handbags by Peggy Russell. Also available are eco-friendly necklaces by McKenna Hallett, and the lively and quixotic creations of Cynthia Chuang. Kerr Grabowski, Valery Guignon and Peggy Russell offer silk vests, ponchos and scarves, providing Gallery Five's newest wearable art selections. 140 Bridge Rd., Tequesta, FL 33469; 561.747.5555. MASSACHUSETTS THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON opens a new gallery for Gems and Jewelry from the Ancient Mediterranean on September 24, 2012. The gallery will highlight more than two hundred objects from the Museum's collection of Greek and Roman gems, the largest in the United States, and its holdings of Etruscan, Greek and Roman jewelry. The most famous gem is Cameo with the Wedding of Cupid and Psyche, once owned by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens and then by the Duke of Marlborough. Also showing is the renowned Nike gold earring of the fourth century B.C., comprising one hundred fifty pieces of gold. The gallery will include works of art representing ancient women wearing jewelry. Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115; 617.267.9300; www.mfa.org. THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM presents Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones, on view from September 8 to February 3, 2013. The exhibit displays more than two hundred fifty hats— celebrity toppers, the finest couture, a twelfth-century Egyptian fez—in an exhibition that explores the creativity of millinery design and the joy of wearing hats. The exhibition was organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. East India Square, 161 Essex St., Salem, MA 01970; 978.745.9500; www.pem.org. MARYLAND THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM features Diadem and Dagger: Jewish Artisans of Yemen, showing from October 27 through January 20, 2013. This focus show of approximately twenty-five objects introduces Yemeni-Jewish silverwork from the Zucker Family Trust collection. The rarely exhibited pieces dating from the seventeenth to nineteenth century are inscribed in Hebrew and Arabic and reference the Muslim ruler and Jewish craftsman. From the inception of Islam in the seventh century, Jewish and Muslim communities co-existed in Yemen, although few Jews live there today. Yemeni-Jewish craftsmen produced beautiful silver pieces characterized by elaborate granulation and filigree decoration for Muslim and Jew alike. 600 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201; 410-547-9000; thewalters.org. NEW YORK THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART presents the Coe Collection of American Indian Art, through October 14. The exhibition comprises some forty objects that span a period from several millennia B.C. to the year 2001 and are made in materials that vary widely, from stone to ceramic to animal hide. Ralph T. Coe, was both a collector and curator, and played a major role in increasing public recognition and appreciation of American Indian art during the fifty years over which his collection was formed. From clothing to souvenir objects to model canoes, the collection spans a wide range of Native American art. 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028; 212.535.7710; www.metmuseum.org.