Art Bites Gallery Talk
• May 22, 2024

Join SAAM’s research fellows for this lunchtime series of gallery talks as they share new discoveries about artworks on view. Learn the stories behind these objects and how each one […]

Virtual “Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women” Lecture with Mary Savig
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Join Mary Savig, the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft, for a lecture about the exhibition “Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women”, now on view at SAAM’s Renwick Gallery. The […]

Art Bites Gallery Talk
• May 14, 2024

Join SAAM’s research fellows for this lunchtime series of gallery talks as they share new discoveries about artworks on view. Learn the stories behind these objects and how each one […]

Ciné-Concert: The Blood of a Poet
• January 23, 2024

New score performed live by Matthew Nolan and Erik Friedlander The Blood of a Poet (Le Sang d’un Poète), the first part of Jean Cocteau’s Orphic Trilogy, is considered one […]

Elegant in Life, Ambiguous in Death: A High-Status Mummy from Northern Coastal Peru
• November 30, 2023

The exceptionally well-preserved Moche mummy known as the Señora de Cao was buried at the El Brujo ceremonial complex in northern coastal Peru around 500 CE. Her unusually rich and […]

The Washington Winter Show
• November 21, 2023

The Washington Winter Show was founded in 1955 for the purpose of raising funds for local charities serving the needs of at-risk children and families by sponsoring an annual show […]

Converse with a Conservator: Alma Thomas
• October 10, 2023

Join SAAM’s Paintings Conservators for a conservation-focused tour through the exhibition “Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas”. Participants will be able to explore the works while getting insight into the […]

Mondrian’s Dress
• September 20, 2023

Join an in-depth presentation on issues of authorship and (mistaken) identity raised by Yves Saint Laurent’s 1965 series of so-called Mondrian dresses. Nancy J. Troy, Kress-Beinecke Professor at the Center […]

Capital City Symphony Presents: Let Inspiration Be Your Guide
• August 30, 2023

Journey from sorrow to triumph in mere moments with Brahms’ vivid Tragic Overture as CCS opens its penultimate concert of the season. The concert’s emotional adventure continues as Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade […]

Virtual Artist Conversation with Erica Lord and Maggie Thompson, moderated by Lara Evans
• August 16, 2023

Join “Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023” artists Erica Lord (Athabaskan/ Iñupiat) and Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe) in conversation with guest curator, Lara Evans (Cherokee Nation). Thompson, […]