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• Creating Sparks: Five Questions with Lizzie Borden

  At age eleven, filmmaker Lizzie Borden let her parents know that she'd be changing her name to match that of the nineteenth century axe murderer. This rebelliou... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• On Radiant by Felrath Hines

  Felrath Hines developed as an artist in New York, but enjoyed his most productive years as a painter in Washington. Trained at the Art Institute of Chicago,... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Women's Films, All of Our Futures

  Sometimes history feels like it just can't stop repeating itself. And then in a moment, something unlocks, and we step into a future we've only imagined. I'm... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• How Native Women Artists Guided the Creation of Hearts of Our People

  Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists, opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery on February 21, 2020. The Renwick is the third stop o... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Unplugged: Five Questions for Des Demonas

  This evening, Thursday, February 13, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., the Luce Foundation Center hosts another installment of Luce Unplugged. Thursday shows, presented wit... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Beyond the Studio with Katherine Akey

  Each month, the Luce Foundation Center at Smithsonian American Art Museum invites a local artist to give a talk and lead a hands-on activity in our Beyond the... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Before There Was Beyoncé, There Was Humboldt

  Cher. Madonna. Bono. Sting. Beyoncé. All global icons. Let's go back in time and add another one: Humboldt. Long before Bey and Jay took over the Louvre in 2018... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Nam June Paik and New Media at SAAM

  Since being gifted to SAAM by the Paik Estate in 2009, the Nam June Paik Archive has been an invaluable resource on this monumentally important artist. Scholar... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Unplugged: Five Questions for Pree

  On Friday, January 31, the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Luce Foundation Center hosts another installment of the Luce Unplugged Community Showcase from 6-8... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Unplugged: Five Questions for Carly Harvey

  On Friday, January 31, the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Luce Foundation Center hosts another installment of the Luce Unplugged Community Showcase from 6-8... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• John Baldessari: An Appreciation

  One of the giants of American art, both literally and figuratively, John Baldessari passed away just after the new year, on January 2, 2020. He was six foot,... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Beyond the Studio with Carlos Carmonamedina

  On Sunday, January 26 from 1 to 3 p.m., SAAM's Luce Foundation Center will host another installment of Beyond the Studio, a lecture and workshop series where... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2020 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Museum: A Tale of Art, Life, and Everything In Between

  I'm throwing this one back six years to one of my favorite stories from one of my favorite poets that was originally posted in 2013. It comes with all good... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Saying Goodbye to Artworks by David Best, Ginny Ruffner, and Michael Sherrill

  As 2019 draws to a close, so do three powerful, magical, and cathartic exhibitions at SAAM's Renwick Gallery. David Best's , Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Lost Kusamas

  2019 saw many wonderful and important works enter SAAM's collection-photographs by Dawoud Bey, My Dreams, My Works Must Wait Till After Hell by the duo Girl,... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Beyond the Studio Workshop with Rock Paper Plant

  On Sunday, December 8 from 1 to 3 p.m., the Luce Foundation Center kicks off its winter season of Beyond the Studio Workshops with a lesson in plant-mounting an... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Unplugged: Five Questions for Washington Social Club

  On Thursday, December 5th, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., the Luce Foundation Center hosts another installment of Luce Unplugged. Thursday shows, presented with Hometown... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• We Look to Art

  Joy Harjo, recently named the 2019 Poet Laureate of the United States, is the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to hold the esteemed title. Her... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Take Five! Duke Pearson and Blue Note Records

  Pianist and composer Duke Pearson is remembered for his work with trumpeter Donald Byrd and his own recordings in the 1960s, principally for Blue Note records.... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Meet the Director: Street Heroines' Alexandra Henry

  The term street art typically conjures up images of gang signs, rebellious teenagers, and men. But did you know, not only are street artist becoming more... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE