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In This Case: Highlighting Women Sculptors 27 Aug 2013 | 06:14 pm
Emilie Reed was an intern in the Media and Technology Office this summer. Here, she discusses some of her favorite works by female artists that are currently on view in the Luce Foundation Center. Lo...
Q and Art: William H. Johnson and the WPA Community Art Centers 21 Aug 2013 | 09:06 pm
This post is part of an ongoing series on Eye Level: Q and Art, where American Art's Research department brings you interesting questions and answers about art and artists from our archive. Question:...
Preparing for Our America: Imagining Migration, iliana emilia garcía's Chairs 15 Aug 2013 | 09:46 pm
How does it feel to leave your homeland and settle in a new country? In this blog post, curatorial assistant Florencia Bazzano-Nelson explores how one immigrant artist, iliana emilia garcía imagines h...
Take 5: Five Questions for Jazz Musician Andrea Wood 14 Aug 2013 | 05:57 pm
Jazz musician (and DC native) Andrea Wood will present the music of Washington’s legendary Shirley Horn at Take 5! on Thursday, August 15th from 5-8 p.m. Laurel Fehrenbach, public programs coordinator...
Penn on Paper: Acquiring 100 Masterworks by Irving Penn 9 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Irving Penn, Dior Black Suit (Tania), Paris, 1950, gelatin silver print Copyright © by The Irving Penn Foundation Mud-Glove is one of the images currently on view in A Democracy of Images: Photograph...
In Closing: The Impact of Nam June Paik on Contemporary Art 7 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
This blog post is part of a series of pieces about our film and media arts initiatives here at American Art. Michael Mansfield, associate curator of film and media art, has some final words on our exh...
Landscapes in Passing 31 Jul 2013 | 06:33 pm
Landscapes In Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes opened last week on the museum's second floor. This installation looks at representations of the American landscape b...
Is This Art? 26 Jul 2013 | 01:34 am
Laurel Fehrenbach is a Public Programs Coordinator at the American Art Museum, and runs the "Is This Art?" gallery talks with her colleague, Carol Wilson, Assistant Chair of Education for In-Gallery P...
In This Case: Hey Tambourine Girl 23 Jul 2013 | 11:38 pm
Ed Davis' Girl with Tambourine What's the story behind the girl of this sculpture? Who was she? We aren't sure exactly because very little is known about the artist, Ed Davis, who inscribed his name ...
Celebrating Nam June Paik's Birthday 18 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Takeshi Murata The artwork and ideas of Nam June Paik were a major influence on late twentieth-century art and continue to inspire a new generation of artists. Each year, the museum celebrates Paik's...
