Smithsonian American Art Museum
It's winter! And though today's balmy temperature may not support that statement, it will be frigid soon enough. If you're like me, holiday motivation can quickly morph into hibernation, an addiction to PBS, and a taste for every variety of macaroni and cheese one can dream up. While hunkering down in one's abode while the wind whips the trees into stark veins against the twilight sky may seem inviting, we all should get out and earn that couch time. I'm not talking about joining a gym; I'm talking about joining us for a great schedule of engaging speakers this season at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. We've got curators and experts chatting on all things from craft to printmaking. Come listen, liven up your winter, and before you know it spring will be here. 
 
Stay warm out there!
Mandy
Public Affairs Associate
 
 

  

Luce Artist Talk | E. Brady Robinson 
January 8 at 1:30pm

Local artist E. Brady Robinson looks at early landscape paintings in the Luce Center in relation to her own work. Presented in collaboration with Flashpoint Gallery.

  
American Craft Masterpieces
January 18 at noon
Curatorial Assistant Debrah Dunner discusses Dale Chihuly's Blanket Cylinder Series, acquired by the museum in 2002.
 
Annie LeibovitzFeatured Webcast |Annie Leibovitz
January 24 at 7 p.m.
Tickets for world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz's talk are sold out, but that doesn't mean you can't join in the fun from home! View the live webcast here.
   

Luce Artist Talk | Kristina Bilonick

January 29 at 1:30pm

Local printmaker Kristina Bilonick speaks. Demonstration & hands-on activity (registration & fee required) follows. E-mail AmericanArtLuce@si.edu for more details.

  
Something of Splendor Gallery Talk
February 3 at noon

White House Assistant Curator Lydia Tederick presents Documenting the White House with Historic Images.

 

  
Chuck Close, Self Portrait, 2000
Multiplicity Curator Gallery Talk
February 8 at 6pm
Join Senior Curator Joann Moser for a walk through the exhibition galleries to explore how artists featured in the exhibition Multiplicity question the ideas of rarity and uniqueness in art through repetition, pairing, and variation.
   
American Craft Masterpieces
February 15 at noon
Conservator Helen Ingalls discusses Albert Paley's Portal Gates, a site-specific work by the world renowned metalsmith.
   

Luce Artist Talk|Jacqueline Levine

February 25 at 1:30pm

Jacqueline Levine looks at works in the Luce Center in relation to her own, which mixes pop culture with her interest in Old Masters, particularly Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. Presented in collaboration with Flashpoint Gallery.

 
Need more information about these programs?
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IMAGES | E. Brady Robinson | Dale Chihuly, Blanket Cylinder Series, 1984, blown glass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld ,© 1984, Dale Chihuly | Annie Leibovitz, Plano, Illinois, 2011. © Annie Leibovitz, 2011 | Kristina Bilonick , Brian Tropiano Photography | Blue Room, about 1900, William McKinley administration, photo courtesy White House Collection | Chuck Close, Self Portrait, 2000, sceenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, © 2000 Chuck Close | Albert Paley, Portal Gates, 1974, forged steel, brass, copper, and bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Commissioned for the Renwick Gallery | Jacqueline Levine, The Temptation, photo courtesy of the artist

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