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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Adam Gopnik
What Makes American Art American?
Wednesday, October 10, 7pm
Adam Gopnik is an American critic, essayist, commentator, and journalist. A writer for The New Yorker, he has published widely and produced several collections of essays and nonfiction books. Gopnik, the recipient of three National Magazine Awards for Essays and Criticism and a George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting, will reflect on the common threads that connect American Art in his lecture, What Makes American Art American?
This talk is part of the museum's annual Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures in American Art.
Limited seats available; tickets required.
Pick up free tickets in the G Street Lobby
starting at 6:30 p.m.
Note: line may form early.
Watch the live webcast here.
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Design Craft: DreamHome
Friday, October 12, noon
@ the Renwick Gallery
Design Craft is a creative partnership between the Washington Design Center and the Renwick Gallery. Eight local designers were asked to choose a piece from the 40 under 40 exhibition to serve as the inspiration for each room design. Join two of the DreamHome designers Catherine Hailey and Miriam Dillon, and the 40 under 40 artists who inspired them, Uhuru and Sabrina Gschwandtner, to get an in-depth look at their creative processes.
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Gallery Talk
Abstract Drawings
Tuesday, October 16, 6pm
Join curator Joann Moser on a tour of the Abstract Drawings exhibition galleries to hear her personal insights into the techniques and styles used by the artists. Meet at the exhibition entrance on the second floor.
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Luce Artist Talk
Mariah Anne Johnson
Sunday, October 28, 1:30pm
Local artist Mariah Anne Johnson returns to the Luce Center to look at works on view and share her latest project, which combines her paintings and installations of meticulously folded sheets. Free coffee or tea available. Luce Artist Talks are presented with CulturalDC's Flashpoint Gallery. PLease meet in the Luce Foundation Center on the third floor.
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For more information on these and the museum's other free, public programs, visit our online calendar!
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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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Adam Gopnik
Sabrina Geschwandtner, Hula Hoop, 2010, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chris Rifkin in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery, photo by Sabrina Geschwandtner
Washington Design Center, 2012 DreamHome, Modern Study design by Miriam Dillon, dcdesigncenter.comGene Davis, Saber Dance, 1952, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis
Mariah Anne Johnson
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