Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

Composite image of four archival items: a photograph of a woman with her arms and legs crossed over each other, a red document with black text, a document with mineral samples and handwritten notations in ink, and an image of foil rubbings of a carpet.

How Playing With Failure Led Students to Archival Exploration

An assignment created in the Teaching with Primary Sources workshop proved that playing with failure and be fruitful, fascinating, and fun

Benny Andrews sits at a table with a microphone, cups, and a pitcher of water with a yellow, green, and blue abstract painting hanging behind him. He is wearing a black button down shirt and raising his hands while talking.

How Artist Benny Andrews and an Archival Assignment Inspired an HBCU Student

A man points to a video screen in a classroom with students seated in the foreground.

How a Survey Course Assignment Connected Students With Contemporary Artists

Watercolor image of mountain scene with a cloudless blue sky, trees and boulders in the foreground, and the artist’s stamp in the bottom left-hand corner.

Chiura Obata's American Landscape Art

A photograph of a red book that reads, “Daily Reminders 1982” in white lettering. The book has yellow, green, blue, red, and orange strips of paint on it.

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