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

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Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work

A drawing of a bat.

What We Do In the Art Museum Shadows

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Discovering William H. Johnson’s Hidden Stories

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Using 3D Imaging To Preserve Chicana Artist Judy Baca’s Mural "Uprising of the Mujeres"

Judy Baca On Her Mural "Uprising of the Mujeres"

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

Portrait of Cesar Chavez in the style of a U.S. postage stamp

Chicanx Graphic Arts in Focus: "Homenaje a Cesar Chavez"

Two people stand in front of a pink neon sign that states "This Present Moment Used to Be the Unimaginable Future"

This Present Moment Is Here and Now

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

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Remembering Carmen Herrera

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Artists at the Center: Celebrating Black History Month

An illustration of a stamp featuring the face of Edmonia Lewis

Edmonia Lewis and Her Stamp on American Art

SAAM's Senior Curator Eleanor Jones Harvey and Dean Howarth take a closer look at mastodon bones in the exhibition Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture. Charles Willson Peale's painting in the background shows similar bones. Photo by Carol Wilson

Capturing Humboldt in the 21st Century Using an 18th-Century Tool

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Are You Feeling Spooky or Soulful This Season?

Carmen Lomas Garza, Camas para Sueños, 1985, gouache on paper

Exploring Latinx Stories in American Art

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

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

Jenova Chen, Kellee Santiago, Flower, 2007, video game for SONY PS3, color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of thatgamecompany, 2013.70, © 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment American LLC. Flower is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. Developed by thatgamecompany.

Building Community Through Video Games

Angel Rodríguez-Díaz, The Protagonist of an Endless Story, 1993, oil on canvas, 72 x 57 7/8 in. (182.9 x 147.0 cm.), Museum purchase made possible in part by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1996.19, © 1993, Angel Rodriguez-Diaz.

Exhibition Showcases How Artists Challenge Mythic Conceptions of the American West

Photo by Darren Milligan

SAAM Arcade 2021: What Is a Game Jam?

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