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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

For an assignment created in the Archives of American Art's Teaching with Primary Sources Workshop, Professor Elizabeth Hamilton had students use archives of artists with connections to HBCUs

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

Oil painting in dark brown tones, featuring a woman sitting in a chair wearing a dark dress and holding a young boy in a sailor suit.

Letters to Cecilia Beaux From Her Young Nephews Reveal Sweet Relationship

Detail of artwork with wayfinder symbol of family running with the word caution and machine stitching in various colors.

New Collections: Consuelo Jiménez Underwood

Photograph of Dorothy Liebes in her studio with staff, circa 1950s. Dorothy Liebes papers, circa 1850-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

The Dorothy Liebes Papers Shine in a Dark Pandemic Year

Jessica Esch, Totally, November 2020, 6 1/4

Treasure Trove: Archives as Inspiration

Fiber artist Barbara Lee Smith in her studio. Photo: Sam Selby

A Friendship Forged in the Archives

Exhibition announcement for Ron Davis exhibition at Nicholas Wilder Gallery, 1969. Ronald Davis papers, 1960-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

New Collections: Ronald Davis Papers

Martin Johnson Heade, Black-eared Fairy, ca. 1863-1864, oil on canvas, 12 1/4 x 10 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.89. Photography by Dwight Primiano.

Conversations Across Collections: Martin Johnson Heade’s Notebook on Hummingbirds

Vernita N'Cognita introducing gallerist Holly Solomon and curator Robert Costa with her famous line,

Nearly 1,000 Panels with 6,000 Artists: Highlights from the Artists Talk on Art Records

Poultney Bigelow. Sketch by Poultney Bigelow for Edith Weir (detail), 1884 April 18. Weir family papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

A Hudson River School Legacy: The Weir Family Papers Now Fully Digitized

Photograph of Chiura Obata teaching a children's art class at Tanforan Art School, 1942 / unidentified photographer. Chiura Obata papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Chiura Obata Papers

Howardena Pindell and Linda Freeman. Still from Interview with Howardena Pindell, 1991 January 14. Linda Freeman papers, 1971-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. © Linda Freeman, L and S Video

Watching Howardena Pindell

Photograph of Elizabeth Catlett sculpture Students Aspire with description (detail), 1978 / unidentified photographer. Elizabeth Catlett papers, 1957-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Elizabeth Catlett and the (Black) Artist as Engineer

Photograph of Val Laigo next to his mosaic in Dr. Jose Rizal Park, Seattle, Washington (detail), between 1988 and 1989 / unidentified photographer. Val Laigo papers, 1954-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Val Laigo and the Mosaic of Filipino America

The artist Louise Jones, known as Ouizi, working on Adaptation Nocturne.

Interview with Muralist Louise Jones

Dorr Bothwell in her studio (detail), 1967 / Bill Foote, photographer. Dorr Bothwell papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Dorr Bothwell and Polynesian Patterns

Gertrude Abercrombie Christmas card, 19--. Gertrude Abercrombie papers, 1880-1986, bulk, 1935-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

The Warm Fuzzies: An Ode to the Sweater

Portrait of the Tarbell family and their dogs, circa 1905, Edmund C. Tarbell papers, circa 1855-circa 2000, bulk 1885-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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