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Events at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), and
Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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, February 10, 2010
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, February 11, 2010
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, February 11, 2010
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby
National Portrait Gallery
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Curator Ann Shumard speaks about a photograph of Lena Horne by Florence Meyer Homolka Thursday, February 11, 2010
6:30 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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 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
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, February 13, 2010
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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 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
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, February 13, 2010
11:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Kogod Courtyard
Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery
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 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
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Map
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
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Map
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
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Map
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
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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 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. ONGOING
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November 6, 2009 - July 5, 2010 National Portrait Gallery Map January 15 - August 8, 2010 Smithsonian American Art Museum Map January 8 - August 29, 2010 National Portrait Gallery Map October 23, 2009 - August 22, 2010 National Portrait Gallery Map UPCOMING
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February 12 - May 9, 2010 Smithsonian American Art Museum Map April 2 - September 26, 2010 Smithsonian American Art Museum Map July 2, 2010 - January 2, 2011 Smithsonian American Art Museum Map November 19, 2010 - May 8, 2011 Smithsonian American Art Museum Map Pictured Above:
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