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Events at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), and
Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery Friday, July 3, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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![]() 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, July 4, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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![]() 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, July 5, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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![]() 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, July 7, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Luce Foundation Center, Third Floor
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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![]() 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. Tuesday, July 7, 2009
6:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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![]() Artist Jean Shin sits down with contemporary art curator Joanna Marsh and conservator Hugh Shockey for a conversation about creating art made of ephemeral materials and the challenges and considerations for museums in preserving uniquely constructed works of art. Wednesday, July 8, 2009
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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![]() Travel throughout the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at our interactive carts for kids 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. Wednesday, July 8, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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![]() 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, July 8, 2009
3:00 PM
Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor Mezzanine
Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery
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![]() 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, July 9, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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![]() 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, July 9, 2009
6:00 PM
Meet in the G Street Lobby
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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![]() Interested in knowing more about the Public Works of Art Project, initiated by the Roosevelt administration during the Great Depression? Join Deputy Chief Curator George Gurney on a tour of the exhibition 1934: A New Deal for Artists. Gurney discusses conditions that led to the federal relief program and how artists responded to it. ONGOING
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