Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Art Signs: Gallery Talks in American Sign Language (ASL)
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join us for conversations about artworks presented by a volunteer ASL gallery guide. For more information, go to AmericanArt.si.edu or email wilsoncl@si.edu.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Courtyard Cinema Classics: Modern Times
One-Time Events
(1936, 87 min) Charlie Chaplin is a bumbling factory worker who falls in love with an orphan girl. The film’s unforgettable slapstick routines double as satiric commentary on class struggle during the Great Depression. The film will be screened in the beautiful glass covered Kogod Courtyard, with food and beverages available for purchase in the Courtyard Café.
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free.
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, February 10, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Notes
- No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM.
21st Century Consort presents Multiplicity
One-Time Events
The acclaimed 21st Century Consort continues their 2011–12 season with performances that celebrate exhibitions on view in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
The concept of repetition that is so integral to printmaking is also evident in contemporary classical music. In this concert, the music of Conlon Nancarrow, Robert Beaser, David Froom, Mark Kuss, and Dan Visconti is illustrated with images from the Multiplicity exhibition.
Time Detail: Pre-concert discussion 4 p.m. concert 5 p.m. Categories: Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Tickets, which include admission to pre-concert discussions and post-concert receptions, are $20. Contact Smithsonian Associates at
residentassociates.org or (202) 633-3030. Purchase Tickets: http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=223580. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Notes
- No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Luce Unplugged with The Torches
One-Time Events
Luce Unplugged, an acoustic concert series, invites emerging musicians to play after staff-led art talks.
Join us today at 1:30 p.m. for an art talk on a piece selected by The Torches. The local musical group will perform a mixture of rock and folk music at 2 p.m. in the Luce Foundation Center following the talk.
Visit the Luce Center's website for additional dates and information.
Time Detail: Art talk meets in F Street Lobby at 1:30 p.m.; performance begins in Luce Foundation Center (third floor) at 2 p.m. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, West. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Lecture with Debra Fritts
One-Time Events
Join ceramicist Debra Fritts as she shares stories about her work and process. Through exploration of terracotta and the female form, she creates works that revolve around the mysteries and joys of daily living.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Grand Salon.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity, Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, February 12, 2012, 4:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils.
Most Tuesdays.: 3-4:30 PM.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Handi-hour
One-Time Events
(minimum age is 21) Make it a date night, or go in spite of the holiday. Whether you are pro or anti-Valentine’s Day, Handi-hour will have just the craft and brew for you. Listen to live music, taste seasonal brews, learn to knit, try our featured craft, and take a scavenger hunt through our galleries.
A scavenger hunt through the permanent collection galleries is also offered, and completed hunts are entered in a raffle for crafty prizes, including 2 free tickets to the next Handi-hour.
Categories: After Five. Demonstrations. Performances. Workshops. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Renwick Gallery, Grand Salon, 2nd Floor. Cost: $20 (cash only), payable at the door, includes 2 drink tickets, all you can craft, and snacks. Additional drink tickets may be purchased for $5 apiece while supplies last.
Only two admissions may be purchased per person at a time. Come early, before we sell out!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
American Craft Masterpieces
One-Time Events
Discover treasures in the museum's premanent craft collection during our gallery talk series. Individual objects are discussed in an intimate gallery setting. In February, conservator Helen Ingalls discusses Albert Paley's Portal Gates.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: 1st-floor Lobby. Continues: 3rd Wednesday of each month features a different object.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:00 PM.
CANCELED - Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Free Within Ourselves: African American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Join a friendly docent-led tour in the galleries of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, looking at and discussing works created by African-American artists.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Information Desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork.
Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections.
Year-Round:
• Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM
Entry Procedures:
• Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here.
Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit americanart.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Take 5! Little Red and The Renegade's Mardi Gras Special
One-Time Events
Whether he’s tickling the ivories or pumping his accordion, Little Red (Tom Corradino) creates a party atmosphere with his classic Louisiana sound. He is accompanied by Carol Arthur on steel pans, Dave Petersen on bass, Jon Danforth on drums, and Harry and Allen Rado on guitar.
Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in a cool, contemporary space. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments. For added fun, borrow a board game to play during the concert!
The January and February performances will feature printmaking demonstrations by artists from George Mason University in conjunction with the exhibition Multiplicity.
Categories: After Five. Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Presidential Family Fun Day
One-Time Events
Start off your Presidents' Day weekend with a family day at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Remember our shared history as you enjoy patriotic music, stories, craft activities, and some special guests!
Categories: Kids & Families. Performances. Shopping/Book Signing. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Notes
- No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Notes
- No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity, Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 4:00 PM.
CANCELED - Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, February 20, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils.
Most Tuesdays.: 3-4:30 PM.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Free Within Ourselves: African American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Join a friendly docent-led tour in the galleries of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, looking at and discussing works created by African-American artists.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Information Desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork.
Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections.
Year-Round:
• Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM
Entry Procedures:
• Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here.
Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit americanart.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art + Coffee with Natalie Zmuda
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join us today at 1:30 p.m. when Natalie Zmuda, M.A. Candidate from the Smithsonian Associates-George Mason University History of the Decorative Arts program, talks about Hot Chaos IV by Toots Zynsky. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Meet in the F Street Lobby
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit lucefoundationcenter.si.edu. Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Notes
- No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Luce Artist Talk with Jacqueline Levine
One-Time Events
Join us today at 1:30 p.m. when artist Jacqueline Levine looks at artworks in the Luce Center in relation to her own work. Levine’s latest work mixes popular culture with her interest in Old Masters, particularly fifteenth-century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch.
Discussions with local artists are presented in collaboration with Flashpoint Gallery and highlight works in the museum’s collection. Visit the Luce Center's website for additional dates and information.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art a la Cart: Family Program
One-Time Events
(for ages 7-12) Travel through the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at interactive carts.
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Throughout the museum; handouts available at both info desks. Cost: Free.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.americanart.si.edu. Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Notes
- No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Art + Coffee with Karen Peltier
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join us today at 1:30 p.m. when Karen Peltier, M.A. Candidate from the Smithsonian Associates-George Mason University History of the Decorative Arts program, talks about Teacup by Leif Wicklund. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Meet in the F Street Lobby
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit lucefoundationcenter.si.edu. Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity, Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 4:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Monday, February 27, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, February 27, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Monday, February 27, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Notes
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils.
Most Tuesdays.: 3-4:30 PM.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Screening: A Not So Still Life
One-Time Events
(2010, 80 min)
A Not So Still Life peers into the kaleidoscopic mind of Ginny Ruffner. The documentary explores Ruffner’s journey from her childhood in South Carolina to her emergence as a world-renowned artist. The film also highlights her influences, including Dale Chihuly, Graham Nash, and Tom Robbins. Directed by Karen Stanton.
After the screening, Ruffner will participate in a discussion about the film and will sign copies of the DVD (available for purchase onsite).
Categories: Films. Lectures & Discussions. Shopping/Book Signing. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Grand Salon. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:00 PM.
CANCELED - Highlights Tour
Ongoing Tours
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in Renwick Gallery Lobby.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Free Within Ourselves: African American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Join a friendly docent-led tour in the galleries of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, looking at and discussing works created by African-American artists.
Throughout the month of February, walk-in tours at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery will highlight a work by African American artists.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Information Desk. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Highlights of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
This highlights tour of the collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions.
Year-Round:
• Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork.
Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections.
Year-Round:
• Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM
Entry Procedures:
• Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here.
Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit americanart.si.edu. Annie Hall
One-Time Events
Neurotic comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) falls in love with the free-spirited Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) in this quirky, bittersweet love story. Directed by Woody Allen. Also starring Christopher Walken and Paul Simon (1977, 93 minutes).
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Something of Splendor Gallery Talk
One-Time Events
This series of gallery talks features the decorative arts from the White House collection currently on display. Courtney Speaker, White House Historical Association education programs manager, shares insight into a selection of works in the exhibition.
Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: First-floor Lobby. Cost: Free. Continues: Series continues the first Friday of each month through May 2012. Related Exhibition: Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Women’s History Month Family Day: A Celebration of Innovation and Invention
One-Time Events
Kick off Women’s History Month with a celebration of the centennial of the Girl Scouts. The day includes musical performances; presentations on women inventors; video interviews of audience members by teen videographers; a vintage Girl Scout uniform fashion show; and art, science, and stamp-collecting activities.
Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Portrait Gallery. Event Location: National Portrait Gallery at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture - Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free.
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Luce Unplugged with Integriti Reeves
One-Time Events
Luce Unplugged, an acoustic concert series, invites emerging musicians to play after staff-led art talks.
Join us today at 1:30 p.m. for an art talk, followed by a performance at 2 p.m. by Integriti Reeves.
Visit the Luce Center's website for additional dates and information.
Time Detail: Art talk meets in F Street Lobby at 1:30 p.m.; performance begins in Luce Foundation Center (third floor) at 2 p.m. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor West. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity, Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 4:00 PM.
Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils.
Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Conservation Clinic
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Have questions about the condition of a painting, frame, drawing, print or object that you own? Our conservators are available by appointment to consult with you about the preservation of your art. To request an appointment or to learn more, email DWRCLunder@si.edu and specify CLINIC in the subject line.
Time Detail: By appointment. Categories: Demonstrations. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 9:00 AM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork.
Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections.
Year-Round:
• Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM
Entry Procedures:
• Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here.
Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit americanart.si.edu. Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Take 5! - The Lovejoy Group
One-Time Events
Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in a cool, contemporary space. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments. For added fun, borrow a board game to play during the concert! Feeling inspired to create? During concerts ArtJamz sets up a temporary studio, offering registered participants an opportunity to paint while the entire audience mingles. For dates and registration information, visit artjamzdc.com.
The Lovejoy Group presents its organ quartet, featuring Karen Lovejoy on vocals, Jerry Allen on organ, Herb Smith on alto sax and Lawrence “Bubbles” Dean on drums. Fiery and soulful, this group serves up energetic jazz, funky blues, and smooth Latin rhythms.
Kogod Courtyard.
Categories: After Five. Performances. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free concert; contact artjamzdc.com for painting registration costs. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity.
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, March 9, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Steinway Series with Darin Atwater
One-Time Events
Award-winning composer Darin Atwater returns to American Art premiering an original work, Sound Theory, drawing upon various genres including, jazz, classical, and American roots music. Atwater is the artistic director and founder of the renowned Soulful Symphony.
Steinway Series features the museum’s Steinway Concert Grand model D piano. Free tickets are available in the G Street Lobby thirty minutes before the program. The Smithsonian American Art Museum thanks museum patrons for their support of The Steinway Series. The museum’s Steinway Concert Grand was refurbished through a generous gift from Shelby and Frederick Gans.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free tickets in the G Street Lobby 30 minutes prior.
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 3:00 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity, Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 4:00 PM.
Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils.
Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork.
Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections.
Year-Round:
• Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM
Entry Procedures:
• Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here.
Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit americanart.si.edu. Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, March 15, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, March 16, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Evolution of Video Games Panel Discussions
One-Time Events
Curator Chris Melissinos moderates two panel discussions exploring the history of video game design and predicting what is in store for the future.
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level
Evolution of Video Games: Pioneers
3–4:15 p.m.
RJ Mical, Mike Mika, Rand Miller, Don Daglow and Keith Robinson
Evolution of Video Games: The Future
4:30–6 p.m.
Paul Barnett, Mark DeLoura, Ken Levine, and Kellee Santiago.
Donate now online or by text to become a part of The Art of Video Games by adding your name to the credits!
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free. Related Events: GameFest! Related Exhibition: The Art of Video Games.
Friday, March 16, 2012, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Video Games in Retrospect with Nolan Bushnell - SOLD OUT
One-Time Events
Join us for a fascinating evening with Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and a key player in the growth and popularity of the first video games. Bushnell, who is often considered the father of electronic gaming, will discuss how far video games have come and how it all started. Auditorium doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Advance reservation is currently full. See above for link for instructions to reserve a spot on the waitlist.
Donate now online or by text to become a part of The Art of Video Games by adding your name to the credits!
Categories: After Five. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free. Registration Required. http://theartofvideogames.eventbrite.com/. Purchase Tickets: http://theartofvideogames.eventbrite.com/. Related Events: GameFest! Related Exhibition: The Art of Video Games.
Friday, March 16, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit www.theartofvideogames.eventbrite.com. TRON
One-Time Events
Video game inventor Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) is transported into the digital world inside a computer, where he must battle the evil Master Control Program to escape.
This film, full of fantastic visual effects, will be screened in the beautiful, glass-covered Kogod Courtyard.
Food and drink available for purchase in the Courtyard Café (1982, 96 minutes. Rated PG).
Donate now online or by text to become a part of The Art of Video Games by adding your name to the credits!
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free. Related Events: GameFest! Related Exhibition: The Art of Video Games.
Friday, March 16, 2012, 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM.
GameFest! Day 2
One-Time Events
The Art of Video Games opening festivities feature activities for all ages. Try your hand at live-action games with costumed characters by Spontaneous Art and a soundtrack provided by dj MKO. There will be hands-on craft activities for younger visitors, and a photo booth (costumes encouraged!). Play classic and modern video games, and hear live musical performances by 8-Bit Weapon, ComputeHer, and The Triforce Quartet.
Donate now online or by text to become a part of The Art of Video Games by adding your name to the credits!
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free. Related Events: GameFest! Related Exhibition: The Art of Video Games.
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 11:30 AM – 7:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
It’s All in the Design with Robin Hunicke
One-Time Events
Video game designer Robin Hunicke with thatgamecompany takes you inside the world of game design, and discusses the company’s highly anticipated, Journey.
Donate now online or by text to become a part of The Art of Video Games by adding your name to the credits!
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free. Related Events: GameFest! Related Exhibition: The Art of Video Games.
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
One-Time Events
This captivating documentary follows two rival gamers who battle for the Guinness World Record high score on the classic arcade game Donkey Kong. (2007, 79 minutes, PG-13). Join documentary stars Walter Day, Brian Kuh, Billy Mitchell, Steve Sanders and moderator Chris Melissinos for a discussion following the screening.
Donate now online or by text to become a part of The Art of Video Games by adding your name to the credits!
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free. Related Events: GameFest! Related Exhibition: The Art of Video Games.
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
GameFest! Day 3
One-Time Events
The Art of Video Games opening festivities feature activities for all ages. Try your hand at live-action games with costumed characters by Spontaneous Art and a soundtrack provided by dj MKO. There will be hands-on craft activities for younger visitors, and a photo booth (costumes encouraged!). Play classic and modern video games, and hear live musical performances by 8-Bit Weapon, ComputeHer, and The Triforce Quartet.
Donate now online or by text to become a part of The Art of Video Games by adding your name to the credits!
Categories: Demonstrations. Kids & Families. Lectures & Discussions. Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free. Related Events: GameFest! Related Exhibition: The Art of Video Games.
Sunday, March 18, 2012, 11:30 AM – 7:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, March 18, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, March 18, 2012, 4:00 PM.
Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils.
Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
American Craft Masterpieces
One-Time Events
The Renwick has a fresh new look for spring! The galleries have been reinstalled with treasures from the museum’s permanent craft collection. Don’t miss your chance to learn about individual objects discussed in our gallery talk series. Renwick Gallery Assistant to the Chief Rebecca Robinson discusses Mary Jackson’s Low Basket with Handle.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: 1st-floor Lobby. Continues: 3rd Wednesday of each month features a different object.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork.
Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections.
Year-Round:
• Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM
Entry Procedures:
• Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here.
Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit americanart.si.edu. Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, March 22, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, March 23, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Japanese Influence on American Craft
One-Time Events
The James Renwick Alliance’s annual symposium features four panelists: artist and designer Jack Lenor Larsen, ceramicist and professor Judith Schwartz, wood artist and professor Wendy Maruyama, and metal artist and jeweler Donald Friedlich. Join them for a discussion addressing American craft and the influence of Japanese art and culture on their work. Moderated by ceramics collector, Halsey North, this program is part of the National Cherry Blossom centennial celebration.
Please note program location.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
American Pictures: Maira Kalman
One-Time Events
Renowned illustrator and contributor to The New Yorker, Maira Kalman will speak about a strange and haunting Diane Arbus photograph (Untitled (8) (1970–71)) of five adults in Halloween costumes.
Free tickets required and available in the museums' G Street Lobby 30 minutes before the program.
The American Pictures series offers a highly original approach to art and portraiture, pairing great works of art with leading figures of contemporary American culture. Each American Pictures event features an eminent writer, thinker, historian, or artist who speaks about a single, powerful image and explores its meaning. American Pictures is made possible through a partnership among Washington College, the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Additional support comes from the Starr Foundation, the Hodson Trust, and other donors. The Smithsonian American Art Museum especially thanks Julie Walters and Sam Rose for their endowment gift, which supports the museum’s public programs.
Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Luce Artist Talks: Mariah Anne Johnson
One-Time Events
Local artists discuss a work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection and why it resonates with them. The series is presented in collaboration with Flashpoint Gallery. Free coffee or tea available.
Visit the Luce Center's website for additional dates and information.
Time Detail: Art talk meets in F Street Lobby at 1:30 p.m.; coffee and tea served until 3 p.m. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, March 25, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, March 25, 2012, 4:00 PM.
Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils.
Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork.
Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections.
Year-Round:
• Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM
Entry Procedures:
• Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here.
Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit americanart.si.edu. Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Experimentation and Innovation in American Painting Techniques
One-Time Events
Materials and techniques used by American painters are an important but largely unknown part of the history of American art. In American Painters on Technique: The Colonial Period to 1860, the first comprehensive study of this topic, art conservators Lance Mayer and Gay Myers draw on three decades of research to compile and analyze first-person descriptions of American painters at work. Consulting a variety of sources from letters and journals to shopkeepers’ bills, Mayer and Myers explore the experimentation and innovation of artists like Benjamin West, Thomas Sully, and Rembrandt Peale.
Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free.
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, March 30, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Luce Unplugged with lowercase letters
One-Time Events
Luce Unplugged, an acoustic concert series, invites emerging musicians to play after staff-led art talks.
Join us today at 1:30 p.m. for an art talk, followed by a performance at 2 p.m. by lowercase letters.
Visit the Luce Center's website for additional dates and information.
Time Detail: Art talk meets in F Street Lobby at 1:30 p.m.; performance begins in Luce Foundation Center (third floor) at 2 p.m. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor West. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, April 1, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, April 1, 2012, 4:00 PM.
Art in the White House
One-Time Events
Distinguished art historian Bill Kloss, a member of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House, looks at the paintings and sculpture of the White House in relation to its decorative arts collection.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Grand Salon. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House.
Monday, April 2, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils.
Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Conservation Clinic
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Have questions about the condition of a painting, frame, drawing, print or object that you own? Our conservators are available by appointment to consult with you about the preservation of your art. To request an appointment or to learn more, email DWRCLunder@si.edu and specify CLINIC in the subject line.
Time Detail: By appointment. Categories: Demonstrations. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 9:00 AM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork.
Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections.
Year-Round:
• Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM
Entry Procedures:
• Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here.
Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit americanart.si.edu. To Kill a Mocking Bird
One-Time Events
(1962, 129 minutes) Six-year-old Scout Finch is growing up in a small Southern town where her father, a lawyer, comes to the defense of a poor black man accused of rape. This highly acclaimed adaptation of Harper Lee’s semi-autobiographical novel won three Academy Awards® including Best Actor for Gregory Peck.
Classic American films are jointly presented by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. The Smithsonian American Art Museum thanks museum patrons for their support of the Film and Media Arts program.
Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 6:30 PM.
Baseball and the Presidency
One-Time Events
Did you know Dwight Eisenhower was the only president to play professional baseball? Or that John F. Kennedy was the first U.S. president to dedicate a new ballpark? To mark the start of the 2012 baseball season, join Mel Marmer, baseball historian and enthusiast, as he tells how our nation’s leaders enjoyed the national pastime.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Grand Salon. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House.
Thursday, April 5, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, April 5, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Something of Splendor Gallery Talk
One-Time Events
This series of gallery talks features the decorative arts from the White House collection currently on display. Melissa Naulin, assistant curator of the White House, shares insight into a selection of works in the exhibition.
Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: First-floor Lobby. Cost: Free. Continues: Series continues the first Friday of each month through May 2012. Related Exhibition: Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House.
Friday, April 6, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, April 6, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Luce Artist Talks: Calder Brannock
One-Time Events
Local artists discuss a work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection and why it resonates with them. The series is presented in collaboration with Flashpoint Gallery. Free coffee or tea available.
Visit the Luce Center's website for additional dates and information.
Time Detail: Art talk meets in F Street Lobby at 1:30 p.m.; coffee and tea served until 3 p.m. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, April 7, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
American Pictures: Tony Horwitz
One-Time Events
Pulitzer Prize– winning journalist, travel writer, and historian Tony Horwitz has written four bestselling books. His subject is a gripping portrait (<i)John Brown (1873)) of abolitionist John Brown in captivity—a painting that hides as much as it reveals.
Free tickets required and available in the museums' G Street Lobby 30 minutes before the program.
The American Pictures series offers a highly original approach to art and portraiture, pairing great works of art with leading figures of contemporary American culture. Each American Pictures event features an eminent writer, thinker, historian, or artist who speaks about a single, powerful image and explores its meaning. American Pictures is made possible through a partnership among Washington College, the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Additional support comes from the Starr Foundation, the Hodson Trust, and other donors. The Smithsonian American Art Museum especially thanks Julie Walters and Sam Rose for their…
Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, April 7, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, April 8, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Steinway Series with Christopher Atzinger
One-Time Events
Works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Judith Lang Zaimont are featured in this concert by American pianist Christopher Atzinger. Praised in Gramophone for his “abundant energy, powerful fingers, big sound, and natural musicality,” Atzinger has performed throughout Europe and North America. He teaches at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
Steinway Series features the museum’s Steinway Concert Grand model D piano. Free tickets are available in the G Street Lobby thirty minutes before the program. The Smithsonian American Art Museum thanks museum patrons for their support of The Steinway Series. The museum’s Steinway Concert Grand was refurbished through a generous gift from Shelby and Frederick Gans.
Categories: Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free tickets in the G Street Lobby 30 minutes prior.
Sunday, April 8, 2012, 3:00 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, April 8, 2012, 4:00 PM.
Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils.
Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Fellows’ Lectures in American Art
One-Time Events
The 2011–2012 Smithsonian fellows studying American art present new scholarship on topics ranging from nineteenth-century art and the cotton trade to craft’s intersections with contemporary art. A full schedule and list of speakers is available online at AmericanArt.si.edu/research/fellowslectures.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork.
Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections.
Year-Round:
• Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM
Entry Procedures:
• Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here.
Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit americanart.si.edu. Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, April 12, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Fellows’ Lectures in American Art
One-Time Events
The 2011–2012 Smithsonian fellows studying American art present new scholarship on topics ranging from nineteenth-century art and the cotton trade to craft’s intersections with contemporary art. A full schedule and list of speakers is available online at AmericanArt.si.edu/research/fellowslectures.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free.
Thursday, April 12, 2012, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, April 13, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Fellows’ Lectures in American Art
One-Time Events
The 2011–2012 Smithsonian fellows studying American art present new scholarship on topics ranging from nineteenth-century art and the cotton trade to craft’s intersections with contemporary art. A full schedule and list of speakers is available online at AmericanArt.si.edu/research/fellowslectures.
Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free.
Friday, April 13, 2012, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, April 14, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 4:00 PM.
Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils.
Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
American Craft Masterpieces
One-Time Events
The Renwick has a fresh new look for spring! The galleries have been reinstalled with treasures from the museum’s permanent craft collection. Don’t miss your chance to learn about individual objects discussed in our gallery talk series. The Bresler Curator of American Craft and Decorative Art Nicholas Bell discusses Otto Natzler’s Bowl.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: 1st-floor Lobby. Continues: 3rd Wednesday of each month features a different object.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 12:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork.
Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections.
Year-Round:
• Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM
Entry Procedures:
• Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here.
Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit americanart.si.edu. Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
History and Conservation of John Rogers’s The Wounded Scout, a Friend in the Swamp and Taking the Oath and Drawing Rations
One-Time Events
Intrigued by the works of this nineteenthcentury sculptor? Join us as we gather in front of these objects in the Lunder Center lab to hear conservator Helen Ingalls and art historian Ann Wagner talk about Rogers’s works. Ingalls will report on the condition of the sculptures and efforts to conserve these remarkable pieces.
Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet at the Luce Foundation Center Information Desk, Third-floor Mezzanine. Cost: Free.
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 3:00 PM.
Take 5! - The Jolley Brothers Group
One-Time Events
Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in a cool, contemporary space. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments. For added fun, borrow a board game to play during the concert! Feeling inspired to create? During concerts ArtJamz sets up a temporary studio, offering registered participants an opportunity to paint while the entire audience mingles. For dates and registration information, visit artjamzdc.com.
Drummer Nathan Jolley and pianist Noble Jolley Jr. are twin prodigies from a talented musical family. Native to Washington, DC, both studied at the prestigious Peabody Conservatory. They bring their quintet, The Jolley Brothers Group along for a Take 5! debut in celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month. This is a special concert not to be missed!
Categories: After Five. Performances. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free concert; contact artjamzdc.com for painting registration costs. Related Exhibition: Multiplicity.
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, April 20, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Draw and Discover at Dusk!
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join us for a special evening session of our Draw and Discover program. Enjoy a mini-lesson with guest instructor, Sheena Custer, and then spend time sketching. Basic drawing materials are provided and a cash bar will be available for the duration of the program. Open to all ages and all levels of artistic ability.
Categories: After Five. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, April 20, 2012, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, April 21, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
American Pictures: Edmund Morris
One-Time Events
One of the most Celebrated biographers of our time, Pulitzer Prize– winning author Edmund Morris will speak about a freeze-frame television image (Ronald Reagan at Bergen-Belsen (NBC television sequence, 1985)) that helped inspire his bestselling biography Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan.
Free tickets required and available in the museums' G Street Lobby 30 minutes before the program.
The American Pictures series offers a highly original approach to art and portraiture, pairing great works of art with leading figures of contemporary American culture. Each American Pictures event features an eminent writer, thinker, historian, or artist who speaks about a single, powerful image and explores its meaning. American Pictures is made possible through a partnership among Washington College, the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Additional support comes from the Starr Foundation, the Hodson Trust, and other donors. The Smithsonian American Art Museum especially thanks Julie…
Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free.
Saturday, April 21, 2012, 2:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Ella at 95
One-Time Events
In celebration of Ella Fitzgerald’s ninety-fifth birthday, Brad Linde presents an Ella-inspired concert with the seventeenpiece Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra featuring the incredible vocals of Christie Dashiell, recently featured with Howard University’s vocal jazz group, Afro Blue on NBC’s The Sing-Off.
Kogod Courtyard
This program is generously supported by the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation. The Smithsonian American Art Museum thanks museum patrons for their support of Take 5!
Categories: Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free.
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Look for our friendly docent who will give a highlights tour of The Great American Hall of Wonders exhibition.
Year-Round:
Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum
• Most Sundays at 4 p.m.
Notes
- No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month.
- No tours on federal holidays.
- Tours subject to docent availability.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 4:00 PM.
Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils.
Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM.
Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Ongoing Tours & Activities
The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork.
Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections.
Year-Round:
• Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM
Entry Procedures:
• Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here.
Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit americanart.si.edu. Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Thursday, April 26, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Friday, April 27, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Insight and Inspiration for Twentieth Century African American Art
One-Time Events
Shaped by social and political movements of the twentieth century, African American artists often affirmed their experiences, communities, and personal histories in their works. Renée Ater, University of Maryland associate professor of art history, explores the motivation for a number of artists and their works on display in the exhibition.
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level.
Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: African American Art in the 20th Century.
Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:00 PM.
JAM-min’ Family Day
One-Time Events
American Art celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM)! Baltimore Jazz Alliance’s Jazz for Kids band presents an introduction to jazz music, with a family-friendly mini-concert including audience participation. Children can also visit a “petting zoo” of musical instruments, where they try out some or all the band’s instruments—drums, flute, saxophone, clarinet, recorder, bass, violin, guitar, trumpet, and trombone.
Categories: Celebrations. Kids & Families. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage.
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM.
Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Ongoing Tours & Activities
Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea.
Year-Round:
Wed. through Sun.: 1:30 PM.
Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in.
Saturday, April 28, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.