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• Q and Art: Copies of Artworks

  

  This post is part of an ongoing series on Eye Level: Q and Art, where American Art's Research department brings you interesting questions and answers about art... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: Behind-the-Scenes at the Renwick's Grand Salon

  

  American Art conservators take great care when dusting the paintings in the Renwick Gallery's Grand Salon. Related: Read about our other behind-the-scenes... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Conservation: Bathing A Plaster Beauty

  

  Morgan Nau, an objects conservator and plaster specialist on fellowship with American Art's Lunder Center clues us into how conservators keep our artworks clean. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Not Your Average Night at the Museum

  

  Locals enjoy the music of More Humans at the Luce Foundation Center's Luce Unplugged Last Friday night, American Art's Luce Foundation Center hosted local bands... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Cleaning Up Our Cowboy

  

  Vaquero, by Luis Jiménez This past week, the iconic sculpture Vaquero, which was modeled in 1980 and cast in 1990 by Luis Jiménez, received its annual cleaning... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Thomas Day: Man, Maker, Mogul

  

  Thomas Day, Newel, 1855, Glass-Dameron House, North Carolina. Photo © Tim Buchman 2013 The elegant Grand Salon was the setting for a panel discussion on the man... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Upcoming Cineconcert: Andrew E. Simpson and The Wind

  

  On May 19th, composer and pianist Andrew E. Simpson will perform his original score for the 1928 silent film The Wind at a special afternoon screening at the... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Fabricating for an Exhibition: Jim Baxter and Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and...

  

  The exhibition Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color opened last month at the Renwick Gallery. Georgina Goodlander chatted with Jim Baxter, an... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• In This Case: Prairie Chicken

  

  Kelly Trop interned at American Art from September 2012 to May 2013. She worked in the Public Programs office and Luce Foundation Center and wrote this post... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: Paikbot Family Day

  

  Spontaneous Art - Exquisite Motion Corpse: 4 stacked TV screens. The top shows video clips of visitor’s and random heads, the middle of torsos, the bottom two... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Preserving the Parlor's Pictures

  

  [Three Men and a Woman], Artist unidentified. Few architectural ideas are able to capture a sense of historical romanticism as readily as the notion of the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: Slow Art at American Art

  

  Public Programs Coordinator Laurel Fehrenbach, center, leads a discussion with Slow Art participants at American Art American Art participated in this year's... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Civil War and American Art: A Confederate View

  

  This blog post is part of a monthly Eye Level feature on our exhibition The Civil War and American Art. Curator Eleanor Harvey talks about many of the... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Slow Art Day: Leaning Towards a Different Way of Looking at and Loving Art

  

  On Saturday, April 27, American Art will be one of the over 240 museums around the world that will be hosting Slow Art Day. The event is free to the public. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Jazz Appreciation Month: A Tribute to Dave Brubeck

  

  Brubeck Institute's Jazz Quintet Jazz Appreciation Month: A Tribute to Dave Brubeck In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, the Smithsonian American Art... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• In This Case: Adventures in Haiku Writing

  

  Hedda Sterne's Cauliflower in the Luce Foundation Center. My friend and I have been trying to write haikus. It's harder than it looks! Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: Behind-the-Scenes with Thomas Day, Master Craftsman and Free Man o...

  

  Exhibition specialist Jim Baxter, along with Work Study student Paige Johnson, install final touches to our latest exhibition: Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Nam June Paik: Musician and Media Artist Stephen Vitiello Interviews Composer...

  

  Stephen Vitiello, electronic musician and media artist, interviewed Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning musician and composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto, before... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Walt Whitman's Specimen Days

  

  Bierstadt Brothers, Albumen silver print, "Patent Office, Washington D.C.," 1861, The Patent Office Building in Washington, D.C. later became the Donald W. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Serendipity in the Museum

  

  Susie Krasnican discusses her work Dress for Success Serendipity has always been an important role in the art making experience. Sometimes an artist's muse seem... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE