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February Programs at SAAM |
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Featured Program
Lunar New Year Family Celebration
Saturday, February 1, 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Kogod Courtyard
Free | Registration encouraged Celebrate the Year of the Snake with SAAM! Join us for our 11th year of showcasing the ways different Asian cultures celebrate the Lunar New Year. Attendees will enjoy dance and musical performances, crafts, traditional Chinese and Korean art demonstrations, family-friendly activities, and more. The Courtyard Café will offer special holiday treats for purchase to honor the occasion.
This program is presented in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC. |
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| | Art in the A.M.
Tuesday, February 11, 10:30 a.m.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Meet in the G Street Lobby
Free | Registration required
Inspire early childhood creativity with SAAM during Art in the A.M. Children ages up to 5 years and their caregivers are invited to the museum before hours to learn, connect, and create in the galleries. During this program, participants will play an art detective game as they enjoy the modern and contemporary art galleries at SAAM. Participants will then assemble their own mixed-media collage artworks. Please note space is limited and registration is required. |
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| | Lessons of the Hour Gallery Talk
Wednesday, February 12, 5:30 p.m.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Meet in the F Street Lobby
Free | Registration required
Join curators Saisha Grayson and Charlotte Ickes for a gallery talk about Isaac Julien’s tour de force Lessons of the Hour, jointly acquired for the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The film installation interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of nineteenth-century activist, writer, orator, and philosopher Frederick Douglass. |
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| | Art Signs: Artful Conversations in ASL
Thursday, February 13, 5:30 p.m.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Meet in the F Street Lobby
Free | Registration required Curious about American art? Join us for a 30-minute in-person conversation about selected works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection. This program is presented in American Sign Language (ASL) with voice interpretation for hearing participants. |
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| | The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture Gallery Talk
Wednesday, February 26, 5:30 p.m.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Meet in the G Street Lobby
Free | Registration required
Explore SAAM’s groundbreaking exhibition, The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture with curators Karen Lemmey, Grace Yasumura, and Tobias Wofford. Learn more about the ways in which sculpture has shaped and reflected attitudes and understandings about race in the United States. |
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| | Art Bites Gallery Talk
Friday, February 28, 12:15 p.m.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Free | Meet in G Street Lobby Join SAAM’s research fellows for this lunchtime series of gallery talks as they share new discoveries about artworks on view. Learn the stories behind these objects and what each one tells us about the diverse cultural landscape of the United States. Olivia Armandroff, George Gurney Predoctoral Fellow and Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellow discusses Kapulani Landgraf’s, ‘Eli‘eli kapu (2003). |
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The Smithsonian American Art Museum is able to create and share experiences like these thanks to funding from generous supporters like you. Thank you for ensuring that American art is available to all. Donate to support SAAM. |
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Image Credits:
Lunar New Year Family Celebration; Photo by Norwood Photography
Teresita Fernández, Nocturnal (Horizon Line), 2010, solid graphite on panel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2012.38A-C, © 2010, Teresita Fernández
Isaac Julien, Lessons of the Hour, 2019, five screen installation 35mm film and 4K digital color, 5.1 surround sound; 28:44 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Joint museum purchase between the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Acquired by National Portrait Gallery in part through the generosity of the Smithsonian Secretary and the Smithsonian National Board and Agnes Gund. Smithsonian American Art Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2023.42, © Isaac Julien, Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
Art Signs; Photo by Mary Tait
Fred Wilson, I Saw Othello’s Visage in His Mind, 2013, Murano glass and wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2019.8, © 2013, Fred Wilson
Kapulani Landgraf, ‘Eli‘eli kapu, 2003, silver gelatin print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, 2022.46.2 |
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