In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice
• March 5, 2021

Thursday, May 13, 5 p.m. Online via Zoom Heighten your civic awareness through conversations about art, history and material culture. Each month, educators from the National Portrait Gallery will partner with colleagues […]

Enduring Images: Enslaved People and Photography in the Antebellum South
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  Tuesday, May 11, 5 p.m. Online via Zoom Closed captioning provided Presented by Matthew Fox-Amato, Assistant Professor of History, University of Idaho From the 1840s to the end of the Civil […]

Art AfterWords: A Book Discussion
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Tuesday, May 11, 5:30-7 p.m. Online via Zoom The National Portrait Gallery and the DC Public Library would like to invite you to a virtual conversation about power, gender and collective memory. Join […]

Fit for a Queen: Perkins Harnly, Victorian Style and Queer Identity in Midcentury America
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Tuesday, April 6, 5 p.m. Online via Zoom Closed captioning provided Presented by Sarah Burns, Ruth N. Halls Professor Emerita, Art History, Indiana University Born on a hardscrabble Nebraska farm, artist Perkins Harnly crossed […]

In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice
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  Thursday, April 8, 5 p.m. Online via Zoom Heighten your civic awareness through conversations about art, history and material culture. Each month, educators from the National Portrait Gallery will partner with […]

Where There Is a Woman There Is Magic: Women’s History Month Virtual Festival
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Saturday, March 27, 11 a.m. Online via Zoom Join the Portrait Gallery in a virtual celebration of women making history! We will explore the online exhibition “Where There Is a […]

In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice
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  Thursday, March 11, 5 p.m. Online via Zoom Heighten your civic awareness through conversations about art, history and material culture. Each month, educators from the National Portrait Gallery will […]

Weekly Arts Round Up, January 7, 2021
• January 7, 2021

Classes are being offered by the Washington School of Ballet, Hinckley Pottery and others. Also available: virtual visits to the Tudor Place garden, Asian temples and Coney Island.

Weekly Arts Round Up, November 12, 2020
• November 12, 2020

On Friday and Saturday, the Udvar-Hazy Center will celebrate the International Space Station. Also, galleries are about to close and reopen in the National Gallery’s West Building.

Weekly Arts Round Up, October 15, 2020
• October 15, 2020

The 2020 Smithsonian Food History Weekend and a panel tomorrow on the legacy of John Lewis will take place online. In person, you can visit the Kreeger Museum and, soon, Planet Word.