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• Handle with Care: Consolidating Bill Traylor’s Artwork

  Conservator Catherine Maynor has extensive expertise caring for works on paper at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, including many by self-taught artists,... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Evolving Styles of William H. Johnson: Paintings in the Luce Foundation...

  The Luce Foundation Center currently has 22 paintings on view by William H. Johnson (1901-1970), one of America's foremost African American artists and a major... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sneak Peek: Renwick Invitational 2018

  When you think of the Renwick Gallery, images of a bright floor to ceiling rainbow or faceted moving mushrooms might come to mind. It's true, the Renwick... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Qualification, Exclusion, and the Art of Bill Traylor

  Bill Traylor, regarded today as one of America's most important artists, was born into an enslaved family in rural Alabama around 1853. Traylor and his family... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Movies at SAAM: The Art of the Score

  Think of your favorite scary movie. Got it? Okay, now imagine watching that movie without the sound. Do you think it would have been as scary? Probably not.... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Leslie Umberger on Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor

  Bill Traylor was born into an enslaved family in rural Alabama around 1853. Although slavery ended when Traylor was about twelve, things in Alabama didn't chang... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Testing a New Reality for Museum VR

  Beyond the Walls is a virtual reality experiment from SAAM and Intel, building on our use of VR to expand exhibitions such as WONDER and No Spectators: The Art... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Art Bites: Teresita Fernández's "Nocturnal (Horizon Line)"

  Art Bites is a new series on Eye Level based on lunchtime talks at the museum. They feature the voices of SAAM's research fellows who share their discoveries... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Art Bites: Gold Mining, Cripple Creek

  Art Bites is a new series on Eye Level based on lunchtime talks at the museum. They feature the voices of SAAM's research fellows who share their discoveries... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Conservation: A Tale of Two Summers

  Matthew Fields was a recent pre-program intern at the Lunder Conservation Center, as part of the Smithsonian Conservation Internship for Broadening Access... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Beyond the Studio Workshop: Kokedama

  On Sunday, October 7th from 1 to 3pm, the Luce Foundation Center will host an installment of Beyond the Studio, a lecture and workshop series where... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor Opens Today

  Bill Traylor (ca. 1853-1949) is among the most important American artists of the twentieth century. Born into an enslaved family in rural Alabama, he was an... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Through the Eye of the Needle: Treating a 1940 Diorama

  Injecting artwork with medical-grade syringes was not included as part of my job description, yet this is precisely what I found myself doing three weeks into m... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Unplugged: Rob Stokes

  On Thursday, September 13th from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, the Luce Foundation Center hosts another installment of Luce Unplugged. Thursday shows, presented with D.C.... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Unplugged: FIVE QUESTIONS FOR Rob Stokes

  On Thursday, September 13th from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, the Luce Foundation Center hosts another installment of Luce Unplugged. Thursday shows, presented with D.C.... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Road Trip: Burning Man

  Our website asks the question: Where Will American Art Take You? In response, we've put together an occasional series of artful road trips based on staff... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A Woman Deserving Our Attention and RESPECT

  Growing from a child whose voice rang out singing Gospel music in church to a celebrated singer and songwriter, Aretha Franklin was a force and an icon. Her... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Face of the Madonna and the Eyes of a Child: On Sargent's "Elizabeth Winthro...

  Set against a russet wall in a second-floor gallery, John Singer Sargent's Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler gazes out at passersby, her stare by turns fixed and... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Road Trip: Painted Deserts

  Our website asks the question: Where Will American Art Take You? In response, we've put together an occasional series of artful road trips based on staff... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Unplugged: OG Lullabies

  On Thursday, August 2nd, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, the Luce Foundation Center hosts another installment of Luce Unplugged. Thursday shows, presented with D.C.... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE