Smithsonian American Art Museum
How do you keep a piece of electronic art operational for future generations when technology is evolving every day? Or preserve an artwork on something as fragile as a piece of newspaper? Come learn about how our conservators care for Nam June Paik's artworks - made with every material you can imagine - this Wednesday at the museum!  

-- Courtney  
This Week's Featured Programs
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This Week at American Art:

Conservation of our Collection: Nam June Paik   
Wednesday, June 12, noon

Tour the exhibition Nam June Paik: Global Visionary with our conservators. Learn how they care for artworks and artifacts on paper as well as complex sculptures and electronic art.

Meet in G St Lobby  


Art Signs Gallery Talk
Sunday, June 16, 1 p.m.
Art Signs programs are gallery talks in American Sign Language (ASL) for deaf visitors.  Join us for a conversation presented by a volunteer ASL guide. For additional information on the program, email [email protected].
Meet in the F St Lobby



This Week at the Renwick:

American Craft Masterpieces   
Wednesday, June 12, noon 
Discover treasures in the museum's permanent craft collection during our gallery talk series. Individual objects are discussed in an intimate gallery setting. This month, art collectors Paul and Elmerina Parkman discuss Dan Dailey's Parkman Coupe.
Grand Salon, Renwick Gallery
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
Fridays 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 
 
Opening Soon!

A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
June 28, 2013 - January 5, 2014 
Marking the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the museum's pioneering photography collection, the exhibition examines photography's evolution in the United States from a documentary medium to a full-fledged artistic genre and showcases the numerous ways in which it has captured the American experience.
 

 

Image credits:  

 

Nam June Paik, Magnet TV, 1965,
television set and magnet, black and white, silent
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds
from Dieter Rosenkranz, � Nam June Paik Estate.
Photo by Robert E. Mates

Dan Dailey, Parkman Coupe Study, 1988
watercolor and ink on paper 23 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.
Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Elmerina and Paul Parkman
� 1988, Dan Dailey
1999.89.6

William Eggleston, Tricycle (Memphis), ca. 1975, printed 1980, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Amy Loeserman Klein � 1975 Eggleston Artistic Trust. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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