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Sign up to receive calendar of events by email. Tuesday February 9, 2010
3:00 PM
- 4:30 PM
Luce Foundation Center, Third Floor American Art Museum 
This program has been canceled due to inclement weather. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Draw inspiration from artists' sketches as well as the thousands of objects on display in the Luce Foundation Center; then spend time sketching in our workshop. Some materials provided; please bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Repeats weekly. Wednesday February 10, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum  Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Wednesday February 10, 2010
3:00 PM
Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor Mezzanine American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery 
Learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects from our collections in the Lunder Conservation Center. Group size is limited; meet at the Luce Foundation Center Information Desk by 3 p.m.
Lunder Conservation Center, Third Floor Mezzanine Thursday February 11, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Thursday February 11, 2010
6:30 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum  The genre of the Western film is an enduring part of American culture. The Smithsonian American Art Museum presents two Western films in conjunction with the exhibition Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan,
opening February 12, 2010. McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level 3:10 to Yuma Thursday, February 11, 6:30 p.m. A Fistful of Dollars Wednesday, February 24, 6:30 p.m. Friday February 12, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Saturday February 13, 2010
1:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum  Travel throughout the galleries to find interactive carts where kids can handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, bottle caps, and quilt squares. Ages 7-12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in the F Street and G Street lobbies.
Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Saturday February 13, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Saturday February 13, 2010
11:30 PM
- 3:00 PM
Kogod Courtyard American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery  Join us for the fifth annual Presidential Family Day at American Art and the National Portrait Gallery! Music, storytelling, hands-on art projects, a scavenger hunt, and encounters with several “special guests” are just some of the activities scheduled for this lively Presidents’ Day weekend event.
Kogod Courtyard Sunday February 14, 2010
1:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries to find interactive carts where kids can handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, bottle caps, and quilt squares. Ages 7-12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in the F Street and G Street lobbies.
Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Sunday February 14, 2010
1:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries to find interactive carts where kids can handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, bottle caps, and quilt squares. Ages 7-12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in the F Street and G Street lobbies.
Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Sunday February 14, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Sunday February 14, 2010
3:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum  Award-winning composer Darin Atwater returns to American Art with a group of musicians who will create a musical interlude of ballads, and love songs, and premiere a short work entitled Rituals and Romance. Atwater is the artistic director and founder of the renowned Soulful Symphony.
Tuesday February 16, 2010
3:00 PM
- 4:30 PM
Luce Foundation Center, Third Floor American Art Museum 
Draw inspiration from artists' sketches as well as the thousands of objects on display in the Luce Foundation Center; then spend time sketching in our workshop. Some materials provided; please bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Repeats weekly.
Wednesday February 17, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Wednesday February 17, 2010
3:00 PM
Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor Mezzanine American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery
Learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects from our collections in the Lunder Conservation Center. Group size is limited; meet at the Luce Foundation Center Information Desk by 3 p.m.
Lunder Conservation Center, Third Floor Mezzanine Thursday February 18, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Thursday February 18, 2010
5:00 PM
- 7:00 PM
Kogod Courtyard American Art Museum  A four-time WAMMIE-nominated quartet, The Bay Jazz Project will be back on the Take Five! stage to serve up crowd favorites, standards, and their own original music. Pianist Sean Lane, along with reed man Seth Kibel, bassist Bob Abbott, and drummer Mark Lucas, will be joined by Justine Miller with her sensational vocals and outstanding trumpet.
Thursday February 18, 2010
6:00 PM
Meet in the G Street Lobby American Art Museum 
Curator of Photography Toby Jurovics leads a tour of Framing the West. Jurovics will discuss O’Sullivan’s work for Clarence King and Lt. George M. Wheeler on two of the great surveys of the West, describing how the photographer fashioned a new and compelling vision of the American landscape that continues to influence and inspire contemporary artists.
Meet in G Street Lobby Friday February 19, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Saturday February 20, 2010
1:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries to find interactive carts where kids can handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, bottle caps, and quilt squares. Ages 7-12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in the F Street and G Street lobbies.
Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Saturday February 20, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Saturday February 20, 2010
2:30 PM
- 6:00 PM
Luce Foundation Center, Third Floor American Art Museum 
Help rescue the museum from restless spirits! Decipher codes, follow treasure maps, send text messages, and uncover hidden
objects in this multimedia scavenger hunt. You will need a cell phone with text messaging enabled, comfortable shoes, plenty of energy, and a sense of adventure. Register in the Luce Foundation Center between 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. the day of the event. Allow approximately ninety minutes to complete (Groups of ten or more can play Ghosts of a Chance by appointment; contact GoodlanderG@si.edu to schedule.) Luce Foundation Center, Third Floor Sunday February 21, 2010
1:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries to find interactive carts where kids can handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, bottle caps, and quilt squares. Ages 7-12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in the F Street and G Street lobbies.
Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Sunday February 21, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Tuesday February 23, 2010
3:00 PM
- 4:30 PM
Luce Foundation Center, Third Floor American Art Museum
Draw inspiration from artists' sketches as well as the thousands of objects on display in the Luce Foundation Center; then spend time sketching in our workshop. Some materials provided; please bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Repeats weekly.
Wednesday February 24, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Wednesday February 24, 2010
3:00 PM
Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor Mezzanine American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery
Learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects from our collections in the Lunder Conservation Center. Group size is limited; meet at the Luce Foundation Center Information Desk by 3 p.m.
Lunder Conservation Center, Third Floor Mezzanine Wednesday February 24, 2010
6:30 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum The genre of the Western film is an enduring part of American culture. The Smithsonian American Art Museum presents two Western films in conjunction with the exhibition Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan,
opening February 12, 2010. McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level 3:10 to Yuma Thursday, February 11, 6:30 p.m. A Fistful of Dollars Wednesday, February 24, 6:30 p.m. Thursday February 25, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Thursday February 25, 2010
7:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum 
Thomas Joshua Cooper: Timothy H. O’Sullivan at Shoshone Falls
Join artist Thomas Joshua Cooper and Curator of Photography Toby Jurovics for a conversation about O’Sullivan’s images of Shoshone Falls. O’Sullivan photographed this dramatic and inspiring landscape for both the King and Wheeler surveys. In 2003, Cooper traveled to the Snake River, making photographs that speak forcefully about our experience of place. McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level Friday February 26, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Friday February 26, 2010
5:30 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum 
Internationally recognized glass artist Karen LaMonte, whose work Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery was recently acquired by the museum, has developed a unique process in creating her hauntingly sensual glass garments. Join her as she discusses her work, her experiments with material and process, and artistic influences.
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level This program is made possible by the Pearl Rappaport Kaplan Fund. Saturday February 27, 2010
1:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries to find interactive carts where kids can handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, bottle caps, and quilt squares. Ages 7-12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in the F Street and G Street lobbies.
Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Saturday February 27, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Saturday February 27, 2010
8:00 PM
- 11:30 PM
Kogod Courtyard American Art Museum 
Spend a fabulous evening at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s annual benefit. Highlights of the evening will include a buffet dinner reception, live music, and dancing in the Kogod Courtyard.
This year’s ARTrageous! will feature Karen LaMonte’s Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery. The acquisition of this striking, cast-glass sculpture adds a haunting work by an important artist to the museum’s permanent collection. ARTrageous! supports a wide array of exciting programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery. To join the host committee and help the museum team create a wonderful evening, call (202) 633-4550 or e-mail AmericanArtDevelopment@si.edu. To purchase tickets please Click Here Sunday February 28, 2010
1:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries to find interactive carts where kids can handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, bottle caps, and quilt squares. Ages 7-12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in the F Street and G Street lobbies.
Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Sunday February 28, 2010
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
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Docent ToursTuesday, February 9, 2010Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Thursday, February 11, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Friday, February 12, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Saturday, February 13, 2010 American Art Museum 12:30 PM Renwick Gallery 1:00 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Sunday, February 14, 2010 American Art Museum 12:30 PM Renwick Gallery 1:00 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Monday, February 15, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum and 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Thursday, February 18, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Friday, February 19, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Saturday, February 20, 2010 American Art Museum 12:30 PM Renwick Gallery 1:00 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Sunday, February 21, 2010 American Art Museum 12:30 PM Renwick Gallery 1:00 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Monday, February 22, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum and 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Thursday, February 25, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Friday, February 26, 2010 Renwick Gallery 12:00 PM American Art Museum 12:30 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Saturday, February 27, 2010 American Art Museum 12:30 PM Renwick Gallery 1:00 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM Sunday, February 28, 2010 American Art Museum 12:30 PM Renwick Gallery 1:00 PM American Art Museum 2:00 PM |
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