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We offer so many great public programs at the American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery that we've decided to gather them all up into weekly program updates. Hopefully this will help you plan the week ahead while also reducing the amount of space we take up in your inbox. We will continue to send other emails related to education, collections, exhibitions, and more.
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This week, I'm looking forward to Lasers: Beyond the Light Show and Shadow Family Night, both of which are on Friday (details below). Hope you can join us!
-- Georgina
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This Week's Featured Programs
Visit our online calendar for more information
Tuesday, January 29
6 - 7 p.m.
Nam June Paik: Global Visionary - Gallery Talk
Join curator John Hanhardt for a walk through the Nam June Paik: Global Visionary exhibition and an expert view into the artist's creative method. American Art MuseumThursday, January 31
12:30 - 2 p.m.
Sit 'n' Stitch Sit 'n' Stitch provides the opportunity to learn a new skill or continue work on your small own project. All forms of stitching and skill levels are welcome. Local experts teach specific types of stitching. We have some materials on hand for beginners to borrow, but bringing your own basic tools is recommended.
Renwick Gallery
Friday, February 1
12 p.m.
Lasers: Beyond the Light Show 40 under 40 artist Christy Oates pushes the boundaries of craft, using lasers to cut the plywood pieces of her furniture. Oates demonstrates her process and discusses the challenges and techniques involved in her work.
Renwick Gallery
 Friday, February 1
5 - 8 p.m.
Shadow Family Night Every February 2, Punxsutawney Phil tells us whether we get more winter or if spring is just around the corner. So on the eve of Groundhog's Day, let's play with shadows! Make a puppet for the shadow theater, grab a flashlight for an "I spy..." game, and go on a scavenger hunt in the galleries to see how artists use light and shadow in their artwork.
American Art Museum
Saturday, February 2
3 - 4 p.m.
From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family Join author James H. Johnston as he discusses the true story of an educated, enslaved, African Muslim, whose portrait was painted by Charles Willson Peale. Johnston traces Yarrow's life and descendants from colonial America through the Civil War to today.
American Art Museum
 Sunday, February 3 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Luce Unplugged with Collin Crowe Join us for an art talk, followed by a performance by progressive instrumental musician Collin Crowe of Buildings.
American Art Museum
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Openings and Closings
Opening February 1, 2013
Pictures in the Parlor
2nd floor South, American Art Museum
 Pictures in the Parlor examines decorative images from the mid-nineteenth century through the early twentieth century that were used in domestic interiors to convey the values, aspirations, and achievements of their owners. The installation includes twenty-five painted tintypes, twenty-one hand-colored photographs, and nine folios from a Victorian collage album from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's permanent collection.
Closing February 3, 2013
40 under 40: Craft Futures
1st floor, Renwick Gallery
This is your last chance to see 40 under 40: Craft Futures, which features forty artists born since 1972, the year the Smithsonian American Art Museum's contemporary craft and decorative arts program was established at its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery. The exhibition investigates evolving notions of craft within traditional media such as ceramics and metalwork, as well as in fields as varied as sculpture, industrial design, installation art, fashion design, sustainable manufacturing, and mathematics. The range of disciplines represented illustrates new avenues for the handmade in contemporary culture.
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Ongoing Programs
Sketching: Draw and Discover
Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m.
American Art Museum
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Wednesdays at 3 p.m.
American Art Museum
Art + Coffee
Thursdays through Sundays at 1:30 p.m. Check the online calendar for featured speakers.
American Art Museum
Highlights of the American Art Museum Daily at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.
American Art Museum
Highlights of the Renwick Gallery Weekdays at 12 p.m., weekends at 1 p.m.
Renwick Gallery
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