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Untitled (Old Maid's Puzzle). Holmes County, Ohio, circa 1930. This is the first quilt the Brown’s purchased, in 1976, that started their Amish quilt collection.

The Graphic Appeal of Amish Quilts

Unidentified, Untitled (Side with the Farmworkers), front and reverse views, c. 1973, screenprint on computer tractor paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Margaret Terrazas Santos Collection, 2019.52.4

From Recycling to Revolution: Alternative Media in Chicanx Protest Art

Lauren Fensterstock, The totality of time lusters the dusk, 2020, glass, Swarovski crystal, quartz, obsidian, onyx, hematite, paper, Plexiglas, wood, cement, lath, and mixed media, dimensions variable, (Courtesy Claire Oliver Gallery. Photo by Ron Blunt)

Lauren Fensterstock in Focus: Finding Inspiration in the End of the World

Julia Kwon’s interactive art projects facilitate solidarity and community

Making the Most: In the Studio with Julia Kwon

Robert S. Duncanson,

Celebrating Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert Duncanson

Xavier Viramontes,

Chicano Graphic Arts and the Making of the Landmark Exhibition "¡Printing the Revolution!"

Robert S. Duncanson,

Inauguration Highlights Rainbow Painting by African American Artist

Janet Echelman,

Looking for Light in American Art

Will Cotton,

Top Ten Favorite Holiday Movies as Seen in American Art

Wayne Thiebaud,

Happy Birthday Wayne Thiebaud!

Keara Teeter treating William H. Johnson’s Historical Scene with Mary McLeod Bethune, ca. 1945, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation. Photo by Lou Molnar

Unpacking and Preserving William H. Johnson's 'Fighters for Freedom' Series

Unidentified, Luis C. González,

Traditions and Change: The Transformation of Día de los Muertos in the United States

Jennifer Angus,

Twelve Classic Halloween Movies Paired with Boo-tiful Artworks

“I’ll take Alexander von Humboldt for $500, Alex.”

Jeopardy! Champion Ken Jennings on Lessons Learned from Alexander von Humboldt

Henry Ossawa Tanner,

Road Trip: Morocco on my Mind

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“Who Run The World?” Celebrating the 19th Amendment Centennial

Level Up: Playing to Document and Preserve Video Games

Helen Cordero,

Fire, Cloud, Earth: Native Women Artists at SAAM

Girl, Simone Leigh, Chitra Ganesh,

Identity and Visibility

Paul Cadmus,

Seeing the Rainbow in SAAM’s Collection

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Reflecting on the Natural Wonders of an Eclipse

Conservation of Wooden Figures from the Vidal Collection

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