Clarice Smith Virtual Lecture with Richard Powell
• November 17, 2021

Discover the magnificent Scandinavian landscapes and other European-based paintings created by celebrated Harlem Renaissance painter William H. Johnson. Take a deep dive into this often overlooked and misunderstood period in […]

Curative Collective Conversations
• October 14, 2021

Join the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) and members of the Curative Collective for a weekly conversation at the intersection of food, art and social change. From […]

Collection Highlights Talk at the National Museum of Women in The Arts (virtual)
• October 4, 2021

WHAT:  Collection Highlights Talk Join the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NWMA) for Collection Highlights Talks. Drop in to these virtual tours to explore NMWA from home. During […]

Building Your Future in a Changing Museum World
• September 29, 2021

Museums are powered by professionals with wide-ranging backgrounds—from historians and scientists to accountants, attorneys, computer programmers, and graphic designers. Join staff members from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and […]

National Museum of Women in the Arts: MakeHER Summit
• September 26, 2021

FRESH TALK: Plated Politics Sunday, September 26, 4:30–6 p.m. Despite recent decades of feminist activism and increasing gender equity, women are still disproportionately responsible for domestic tasks, including managing family meals and nutrition. Yet the culinary industry—professionalized cooking—is predominantly male. […]

The Other Slavery: Histories of Indian Bondage from New Spain to the Southwestern United States with the National Museum of the American Indian
• September 24, 2021

The Other Slavery: Histories of Indian Bondage from New Spain to the Southwestern United States Sept. 24–27, on demand americanindian.si.edu Stories of enslaved Indigenous peoples have often been absent from the […]

NMWA xChange: Alma Thomas and the Little Paris Group
• September 14, 2021

WHAT NMWA xChange: Alma Thomas and the Little Paris Group This monthly talk show, a spin-off of the 2021 GLAMi award-winning series BMA x NMWA, connects viewers to NMWA and its mission […]

Curative Collective Conversations
• September 13, 2021

WHAT Curative Collective Conversations Join the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) and members of the Curative Collective for a weekly conversation at the intersection of food, art […]

Indigenous Peoples’ Curriculum Day and Virtual Teach-In Indigenous Land: Rights, Relationships and Responsibility with the National Museum of the American Indian
• August 13, 2021

Indigenous Peoples’ Curriculum Day and Virtual Teach-In Indigenous Land: Rights, Relationships and Responsibility Saturday, Sept. 25, 12:30 p.m.–3 p.m. ET Registration cost is $10 https://www.teachingforchange.org/2021-indigenous-peoples-teach-in The Smithsonian’s National Museum of […]

Viewfinder Virtual Film Series: Leslie Thornton on Surviving 
• August 5, 2021

August 5, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. ET Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum for an engaging virtual lecture with award-winning filmmaker Leslie Thornton. Learn how Thornton, with her decades-long episodic film […]