Closing exhibition reception at Museum is March 18 Artists Celebrating Explorers: Commemorating Lewis & Clark brings together the work of 39 artists who each have created an artwork related to quotes from Lewis and Clark’s original journals. The section of the journals and a journal entry of the artist’s choice will be exhibited with the related artwork. The exhibition will be on display at the North Dakota Museum of Art through March 18. On Sunday, March 18, from 2 to 5 p.m., the Museum will host a closing reception, which is free and open to the public. It will include informal gallery talks and live music. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. The exhibition, organized by the North Dakota Art Gallery Association, has been touring throughout North Dakota since February 2004, bringing the artwork into more than a dozen communities. The tour will finish with the North Dakota Museum of Art. The North Dakota Museum of Art is located on Centennial Drive on the University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks. Gallery hours are weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends from 11 to 5 p.m. The Museum Shop is open during these hours as well. The Museum Café is open weekdays 10 to 4 p.m. with lunch served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Although the Museum does not charge an admission fee, the suggested donation is $5 for adults and pocket change for children. -- Brian Lofthus, Assistant to the Director, North Dakota Museum of Art, blofthus@ndmoa.com, 701 777-4195