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It's hard to believe that March begins tomorrow. If it weren't for this Leap Day, it would be here already! We at the museum are working feverishly to prepare for The Art of Video Games, African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, and this summer's special at the Renwick Gallery, 40 under 40: Craft Futures. Somehow, amidst the chaos, our public programs team has dutifully planned a full slate of engaging programs for your pleasure. Some talks support the exhibitions mentioned above; others explore realms of the art world we thought you might enjoy à la carte. It tickles us to look out and see seas full of faces at these programs, so take advantage of this spring weather (or maybe grab your galoshes?) and trot on over to American Art. We'd love to see you.
Mandy
Public Affairs Associate
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Japanese Influence on American Craft
March 24 │10:30am
The James Renwick Alliance's annual symposium features artist and designer Jack Lenor Larsen, ceramicist and professor Judith Schwartz, wood artist and professor Wendy Maruyama, and metal artist and jeweler Donald Friedlich in 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.
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & F Streets NW
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Experimentation and Innovation in
American Painting Techniques
March 29 │ 7pm
In American Painters on Technique: The Colonial Period to 1860, 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.
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & F Streets NW
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Luce Artist Talks
Join us in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art select weekend afternoons for talks by local artists about works on display in the museum. Enjoy complimentary coffee or tea to boot! Talks meet at 1:30pm in the museum's F Street Lobby. Presented in collaboration with Flashpoint Gallery.
March 25 | Mariah Anne Johnson
Mariah Anne Johnson looks at the use of negative space in James Surls' sculpture Black and White Tipped Flower and in her own installation work. A hands-on activity follows the talk.
April 7 | Calder Brannock
Local artist Calder Brannock speaks about his latest project, which asks artists and audience members to produce artworks based on shared experiences.
May 20 | Lisa Dillin
Lisa Dillin discusses works on view in relation to her own sculpture, which examines the differences between primitive and contemporary culture as well as the tension that exists between man-made and natural elements.
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Something of Splendor
The following programs are held in conjunction with the exhibition Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House, currently on view at the museum's Renwick Gallery. Programs take place at the Renwick Gallery, located on Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW.
Art in the White House April 1 | 2pm
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.
 Baseball and the PresidencyApril 5 | noon
Did you know Ike was the only president to play professional baseball? Or that JFK was the first 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.
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All programs free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
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Photography, jazz, craft, media arts...
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IMAGES | Jack Lenor Larsen, Remoulade, 1956, dobby woven wool, cotton, linen, silk, jute, rayon, nylon, and metallic yarns, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist | Mariah Anne Johnson | Calder Brannock | Lisa Dillon | The President's House, Overmantel, about 1824, watercolor on plaster, by Rufus Porter, Gift of the White House Historical Association, 1992, photo courtesy White House Historical Association | Morris Kantor, Baseball at Night, 1934, oil on linen, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Morris Kantor |
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th & F Streets NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
Renwick Gallery
Pennsylvania Ave at 17th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20006 |
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