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Name: Art Bites Gallery Talk
Start: 2024-08-23T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-08-23T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum

May 2023
May 6, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

In-Person Caring for Our Treasures: Family Time with the Hampton Throne

Smithsonian American Art Museum G Street Northwest &, 8th St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Join us for a family friendly look at James Hampton’s Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly with Lunder Conservation Fellow Objects Conservator Katya Zinsli. Explore what this piece is made of, its history, and how we care for it. Recommended ages five to twelve. Free; Smithsonian American Art Museum Meet […]

Free
October 2023
October 13, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT

Converse with a Conservator: Alma Thomas

Smithsonian American Art Museum G Street Northwest &, 8th St NW, Washington, DC, United States

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 working methods and painting materials of this beloved Washington Color Field artist. Learn how Thomas achieved her visual effects in her large-scale works, and how […]

Free
November 2023
November 4, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EDT

Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington presents: Selfies

The Keegan Theatre 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC, DC, United States

The cabaret returns. Soloists from the Chorus will share hilarious and heartwarming stories about photos of themselves projected onstage and sing songs from the worlds of Broadway and pop music. Performances on November 4 at 2 PM, 5 PM, and 8 PM

$45
December 2023
December 14, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EST

“Musical Thinking” Gallery Talk

G Street Lobby, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Go in-depth with Saisha Grayson, curator of time-based media at SAAM, as she discusses the years-long curatorial process behind Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies. Learn about her reasons for featuring selected artists and video art, with a special focus on auditory artworks and how they merge together in this evocative and emotionally […]

Free
May 2024
May 19, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT

Asian Festival on Main

Main Street Fairfax City Main Street, Fairfax City, VA, United States

Join us for a one-day, outdoor, family event on Main Street located in Historic Old Town Fairfax City. We will be highlighting Asian heritage through food, arts & craft, education, […]

Free
August 2024
August 23, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

Art Bites Gallery Talk

Smithsonian American Art Museum G Street Northwest &, 8th St NW, Washington, DC, United States

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 tells us about an ever-changing culture in the United States. Phillippa Pitts, the Wyeth Foundation Predoctoral Fellow, discusses Albert Bierstadt’s “Among the Sierra Nevada, California”. […]

Free

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