Chicano artists use graphics to reframe history with new perspectives
Claudia Zapata
| May 6, 2021
Celebrating National Quilting Day with a gift of Amish quilts
Laura Baptiste
| March 19, 2021
How Chicanx protest artists in the 1970s used discarded materials in their work
Claudia Zapata
| March 18, 2021
New artwork explores how weather and celestial activity have been used as metaphor
Laura Baptiste
| March 3, 2021
Julia Kwon’s interactive art projects facilitate solidarity and community
Mary Savig
| February 5, 2021
Stephanie Stebich, the Margaret and Terry Stent Director, shares her thoughts about Black History Month, Martin Luther King, Jr. and hope for American democracy.
Stephanie Stebich
| February 1, 2021
Exploring the origins of the exhibition that combines innovative printmaking practices with social justice
Claudia Zapata
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E. Carmen Ramos
| January 26, 2021
Curator Eleanor Harvey shares the story of Robert Duncanson and his artwork
Eleanor Jones Harvey
| January 21, 2021
View artworks from the collection that illuminate our world
From SAAM
| December 22, 2020
What is cozier than watching old holiday movies on a chilly winter’s night? Pairing them up with favorite artworks from SAAM's collection, that’s what.
Sara Snyder
| December 16, 2020
Reflecting on the artist’s “light and color and joy and humor,” and his nudge to look closer and think harder about the world that surrounds us
Virginia Mecklenburg
| November 15, 2020
Explore William H. Johnson’s powerful “Fighters for Freedom” series through the lens of a conservator.
Keara Teeter
| November 2, 2020
Exploring how Chicano artists and activists blended cultural and visual traditions to create modern Day of the Dead celebrations in the U.S.
Rebekah Mejorado
| October 30, 2020
This October we are re-watching some old, classic creepy movies and finding a similar mood in artworks from the museum’s collection.
Sara Snyder
| October 27, 2020
“I’ll take Alexander von Humboldt for $500, Alex.”
Katie Hondorf
| September 30, 2020
SAAM's artworks bring the author back to her beloved Morocco without having to leave home.
Libby Weiler
| September 3, 2020
A special Handi-hour program that explores the connections between craft and suffrage.
Gloria Kenyon
| August 25, 2020
Ever wonder what it takes to conserve and preserve video games? Our collections care initiative fellow at SAAM tells us how.
Shu-Wen Lin
| August 17, 2020
A closer look at three Native women artists in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection
Karen Canova
| August 6, 2020
How a recent acquisition addresses themes of race and LGBTQ+ identity
Saisha Grayson
| June 30, 2020
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