Art & Me Preservation Family Workshop: Cherry Blossoms

Online, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Celebrate spring and DC’s beloved cherry blossoms with a festive family workshop cohosted by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.  This hands-on preservation workshop is designed for children ages three to eight and their caretakers at the National Museum of Asian Art. Attendees are joined by conservators from SAAM […]

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Virtual America InSight: Verbal Description Tours

Online, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum for a docent-led virtual tour designed for participants who are blind or have low vision. Discover highlights from the collection through rich verbal descriptions that invoke a multisensory experience. Free | Registration required Online Image credit: Mary Tait, SAAM Education

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Artist Spencer Finch in Conversation

Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United States

Join multidisciplinary artist Spencer Finch in conversation with Sarah Newman, SAAM’s James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art. Finch is best known for his large-scale, site-specific works that explore changing landscapes, such as the Hudson River and Great Salt Lake. Through his work, he touches on the ideas of memory, environmentalism, the passage of time, and […]

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SAAM Fellows Lectures

Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United States

Join the 2023–2024 SAAM Fellows as they present new scholarship on a range of topics and time periods, media and messages. This multi-afternoon program will highlight a new generation of scholars who are engaging the Smithsonian’s collections and archives in order to tell new stories about American art. The lecture will be held in person […]

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Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice Gallery Talk

Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United States

Join senior curator Virginia Mecklenburg for a highlights tour of SAAM's exhibition Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice. Painted in the mid-1940s, these images honor the stories of African American historical figures who worked to bring peace to the world while facing the realities of racism, oppression, and violence. Learn more about the backgrounds of “Fighters” […]

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