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Find Your Voice

Take a microphone and claim your three and a half minutes of fame!

Celebrate National Karaoke Week from April 21 to 27. The word "karaoke" comes from two Japanese words meaning "empty orchestra." In a karaoke recording, only instrumentalists play. In an incredible act of bravery, an amateur sings the lyrics to the song before a live audience. Build your self-esteem and release some tension—or watch others do so in a week of karaoke madness!

The figure in today's artwork seems to have lost herself in song! This watercolor depicts a multitalented artist, Angna Enters (1907–1989). Known as a dancer and mime, she also was a celebrated painter, sculptor, author, composer, choreographer, and theatrical designer.

Pictured: Abraham Walkowitz, 1878 Russia–1965 USA, Angna Enters, n.d., pen and ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper, 14 x 8 1/2 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist in memory of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.