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Beading
Spring Workshop |
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(for ages 16 and up) Jewelry designer Kathleen Manning provides an introduction to jewelry making, including beading, tool handling, and wire working. Participants will have the opportunity to construct multiple projects from beaded necklaces to wire rings.
Note: For reservations, call 202-633-8490, e-mail saamprograms@si.edu, or visit the Web at americanart.si.edu/visit/calendar.cfml.
$35 materials fee; for reservations, see Note
Repeats May 31
Related Exhibition: Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry
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Renwick Gallery
Location: Grand Salon
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Art + Coffee: American Craft & Folk Art
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Hear about some of the artwork housed in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and learn about American art and culture from professors and graduate students from the Masters in the History of Decorative Arts (HDA) program, which is offered by the Smithsonian Associates in partnership with Corcoran College of Art Design. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Thursdays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii
Gallery Talk |
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Carol Wilson (docent coordinator) discusses the huge video map of the United States by Nam June Paik, the first to use the phrase "electronic superhighway." Paik's installation reminds us that each state has a distinct identity and culture, even in today's information age. Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Free
Last day
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in Lincoln Gallery, 3rd Floor, in front of work
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Three Women in Video Art
Films |
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This program features the following 3 films:
• Nancy Holt's Underscan (1974) explores the home of the artist's aging aunt through still images and excerpts from her letters.
• Dara Birnbaum's Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman (1978-79) uses imagery from the television series Wonder Woman to deconstruct the identity of a pop culture icon.
• Eleanor Antin's Caught in the Act (1973) compares the realities of still photographs to images captured on videotape.
Free, first come, first served
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: McEvoy Auditorium (enter from G St.)
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Portrait of Dorie Miller
"Face to Face" Portrait Talk |
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The weekly portrait talk highlights a portrait selected by a National Portrait Gallery staff member or guest speaker.
Historican Jim Barber talks about the portrait of Dorie Miller, an African American cook in the U.S. Navy known for his heroism during the Pearl Harbor attack, by David Stone Martin in the related exhibition.
Free
Continues most Thursday evenings
Related Exhibition: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: Meet at F Street Lobby
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Meet the Author: Grant Hayter-Menzies
Lecture with book signing |
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Spend a lively evening with author Grant Hayter-Menzies as he reads from and discusses his latest book Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling. This colorful yet historically accurate biography of Princess Der Ling (a.k.a. Mrs. Elizabeth Antoinette White), a 20th-century writer during the Qing dynasty, explores her legacy as a witness to history (and as an apologist of the much-reviled Empress Dowager Cixi). The princess herself was a figure of controversy; arguments over her continue to rage in and outside of China to this very day. Book signing follows. Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Free; first come, first served
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Conference Room
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