Howard Kaplan

Howard Kaplan is a writer at SAAM

Stories from this author

Black and white graphic quilt.

How Black Women Tell the Stories of Their Lives and Communities Through Quilts

Three Nail Art Projects

Talking With Our Hands: Nail Art Inspiration at the Smithsonian

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Drawn to Tiffany Chung

An illustrated portrait of the artist Augusta Savage in black and white

Drawn to Augusta Savage

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Comic Series Presents Ten (More) Stories About Visionaries and Rule Breakers

A black and white photograph of artist Augusta Savage standing next to her sculpture

Presenting Ten More Visionaries and Rule Breakers in SAAM's Collection

Kevin Bubriski, World Trade Center Series, New York City, 2001, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Consolidated Natural Gas Company Foundation, 2003.65.1, © 2001, Kevin Bubriski

The Art of Remembering 9/11

Two Covers from

New Comic Series Presents Ten Visionaries and Rule Breakers in SAAM’s Collection

Paul Manship, Four Angels (sketch for Altar Triptych, American Military Cemetery, Anzio, Italy), ca. 1955, pen and ink and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.147

Discoveries from the Collection: Honoring Service and Sacrifice in American Art

Alma Thomas, Autumn Leaves Fluttering in the Breeze, 1973, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 1980.36.9

Five Women Changemakers in American Art

Janet Echelman,

Looking for Light in American Art

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

Level Up: Playing to Document and Preserve Video Games

Helen Cordero,

Fire, Cloud, Earth: Native Women Artists at SAAM

William H. Johnson,

Hey Mom, I Made You This Card

Jessie A. Walker,

Animals in Art and At Home

Christi Belcourt (Michif),

How Native Women Artists Guided the Creation of "Hearts of Our People"

Maria Oakey Dewing,

Consider This Maverick of the Aesthetic Movement

David Levinthal,

The Puck Stops Here: David Levinthal's Hockey Photographs

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Burning Man: Through the Fire

Visitors leave hand-written notes after viewing the exhibition,

"Art Does Have an Impact": Visitors Respond

Tyler Fuqua,

Mom's the Word with artist Tyler Fuqua

Looking at works on paper by Nam June Paik at SAAM.

Museum: A Tale of Art, Life and Everything In Between