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• 40 Years, 40 Days, 40 Artists…40 Reasons to Love Craft!

  

  Sebastian Martorana’s chisel work, 2012, still from video by Tobin Herringshaw, Courtesy of the artist In just over a month, the Smithsonian American Art... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Preparing for African American Art: Conserving a Work By John Scott, Part 3

  

  Clockwise from upper left: Shockey removing tape off the painted surface of the sculpture, Close-up of solvent/gel mixture, Measuring fluid solvent, Shockey... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New Acquisitions: Bret Price's Hublot

  

  Bret Prices's Hublot How many of you, as youngsters, wanted to be a superhero when you grew up? I wonder if sculptor Bret Price had any such aspirations. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Behind the Scenes: Preparing an Artwork for Exhibition

  

  Left: Löis Mailou Jones's Moon Masque, Center: Paintings Conservator Amber Kerr-Allison cleans the painting using a wet technique, Right: Cleaning the painting... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Give American Craft Some Credit: For the Birds Edition

  

  Laurel Roth, Biodiversity Reclamation Suit: Passenger Pigeon (2008) and Biodiversity Reclamation Suit: Carolina Parakeet (2009), suits: cotton, silk, bamboo,... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Comment Sketches from The Art of Video Games

  

  Visitors's sketches from The Art of Video Games comment books The Art of Video Games exhibition includes a lot of interactive technology, but one of our favorit... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• No Crystal Stair: African American Art

  

  Robert McNeill's Make a Wish (Bronx Slave Market, 170th Street, New York) In a poem titled, "Mother to Son," Langston Hughes wrote of an African American woman'... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Moving Image: Watch This 2.0

  

  Watch This! Gallery at American Art Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image, the dynamic exhibition of time-based media has been reinstalled,... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Unplugged: Pairing Art with Music

  

  Shark Week, Second String Band by Jon Brack, and Birdlips by Jill Palumbo Nowadays there are lots of riffs on the traditional wine pairing--beer pairings, pickl... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, MUSIC

• Seats of Power (and an Occasional Settee)

  

  Overmantel, The President's House, about 1824, watercolor on plaster, by Rufus Porter, Gift of the White House Historical Association, 1992, photo courtesy Whit... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Handi-Hour: Let's Make Duct Tape Wallets and T-Shirt Necklaces

  Combining "happy hour" and "handmade,"our May 10th Handi-hour offers the opportunity to make crafts, taste selected craft beers, and listen to live music in... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 ART & DESIGN

• Open Now: African American Art

  

  Installation shots from the African American Art exhibition. (click on montage for larger image). Our latest exhibition, African American Art: Harlem... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Art of Video Games: The Music

  

  Photo Courtesy of Austin Wintory. Austin Wintory is the composer behind such video games as Journey and flOw. Wintory will be doing a pre-concert Q&A; on April... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 GAMING, MUSIC, THEATRE & OPERA

• Celebrating Ella at 95

  

  For the third straight year, the American Art Museum will be celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month with a tribute to the Empress of the Blues, Ella Fitzgerald. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Preparing for African American Art: Conserving a Work By John Scott, Part 2

  

  Conservation of John Scott's Thornbush Blues Totem (click on montage for larger image). Sometimes loss is not a bad thing. In the case of art conservation, a... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Q and Art: Symbols

  

  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 ar... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Preparing for Its Close-up: Flowers by William H. Johnson

  

  Conservation of William H. Johnson's Flowers and the new stamp (Copyright© 2011 USPS. All Rights Reserved). Who doesn't like getting a personal letter in the... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Remembering Elizabeth Catlett

  

  Elizabeth Catlett's Singing Head The American Art Museum mourns the loss of one of our country's most important artists, Elizabeth Catlett. Ms. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Preparing for African American Art: Conserving a Work By John Scott, Part 1

  

  Have you ever taken a poster off a wall and found some pieces of foamy tape left behind? That's similar to what is stuck to the base of the John Scott sculpture... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: Google Art Comes To American Art

  

  In December 2011 Google brought its special panorama camera to photograph American Art's galleries as part of the Google Art Project. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE