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Wednesday, August 13
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Anime
4-Day Young Artist Residency |
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Note: Participants must have registered for all 4 days of this residency that began August 11.
(ages 8-14 with adult) Participants trace the development of manga drawing and anime films and books and work with artists to develop skills as an anime illustrator.
Free, registration required; e-mail eckerst@si.edu for info
Residency continues August 14
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Sackler classroom, Sublevel 2
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| 11 AM-1 PM & 2-4 PM
Native Boatbuilding Traditions: Chippewa Birch Bark Canoe
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Two canoe builders -- a master and an apprentice -- from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa demonstrate and discuss the process of birch bark canoe building while constructing a full-size birch bark canoe.
Free
Repeats daily through Aug. 21
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National Museum of the American Indian
Location: Potomac Atrium
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ArtLab for Teens
5-Day Studio Workshop |
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(for ages 13-18) In this intensive 5-day workshop, aspiring young artists have an opportunity to work with Philadelphia-based artist Jessica Hoffman and respond to objects from the related exhibition. Using cyanotypes, image transfers, and other photographic processes, students explore the real and the imagined in art and create a multi-dimensional documentary based on their own memories. Students from local schools, rising freshmen to grade 12, may apply. No previous art experience is necessary, and all materials are provided by the Hirshhorn. Note: Students must have registered for all 5 sessions beginning with the August 11 session and have met application requirement. Apply online at artlab.si.edu by August 1. For more information, call 202-633-3382 or e-mail hmsgeducation@si.edu.
Free, but limited space; must apply by August 1, see Note
Workshop continues August 14 & 15
Related Exhibition: The Cinema Effect: Part II - Realisms
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: ArtLab (enter through Sculpture Garden)
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| 12 Noon-12:15 PM
Touching Space: America's Rocket Plane: The X-15
Ask an Expert Lecture |
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Dick Hallion, Verville Fellow in the Aeronatics Division, discusses the X-15, America's rocket plane.
Free
Continues most Wednesdays
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National Air and Space Museum
Location: Meet at the Museum Seal
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| 2:15 PM
Portraits Alive!
Tour, with Performances |
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This theatrical tour offers an innovative journey that breathes life into the people featured in paintings, prints, and photographs in the National Portrait Gallery. Visitors stop at 11 different portraits throughout the museum and watch Teen Ambassadors perform brief biographical narratives featuring such people as Charlie Chaplin, Dorothy Dandridge, Jean Grae, Coretta Scott King, and Buster Keaton. The dramatic interpretations are written and performed by teens who have participated in a 10-week youth program at the Portrait Gallery that fuses the disciplines of history and theater.
Free; first come, first served
Series continues August 14, 16, & 19-22
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: Meet at F Street lobby
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| Last update: August 27, 2008, 12:43 |
