Smithsonian American Art Museum8th and F Streets, N.W.
Washington, DCUnited States (202) 633-7970; saaminfo si.edu Web site: http://americanart.si.edu/ Description: The Smithsonian American Art Museum, the nation's first collection of American art, is an unparalleled record of the American experience. The collection captures the aspirations, character and imagination of the American people throughout three centuries. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is the home to one of the largest and most inclusive collections of American art in the world. Its artworks reveal key aspects of America's rich artistic and cultural history from the colonial period to today. More than 7,000 artists are represented in the collection, including major masters, such as John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, Helen Frankenthaler, Christo, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Lee Friedlander, Nam June Paik, Martin Puryear and Robert Rauschenberg. Added by: SqueakyChu. Contacted: Not contacted. Venue ID: 42421 FavoritesComment wall |  Upcoming events
No events found. Go ahead and add an event. Past eventsLecture (April 11 at 4:00pm) Jamaica Kincaid. Jamaica Kincaid, author of Annie John, My Garden (Book) and, most recently, Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya, reflects on Edward Lamson Henry's 1889 painting, "Kept In," the second lecture in the American Pictures Distinguished Lecture Series. This four-part series is sponsored by Washington College, ... (more)The Woman behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience (October 16 at 7:00pm) Kirstin Downey's biography is the first complete portrait of a devoted public servant who changed the landscape of American business and society during and after the Great Depression. Book signing to follow. Event location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level
The American Scene in 1934 (October 23 at 6:30pm) Realities and ideals of the Great Depression shaped the paintings American artists made for the Public Works of Art Project. Ann Prentice Wagner, the principal author of the exhibition catalogue 1934: A New Deal for Artists, shares her discoveries about the artists and the scenes they depicted. Book ... (more)Event location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level
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