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Smithsonian American Art Museum

Open daily, 11:30 a.m.–7 p.m.

The nation’s first collection of American art, an unparalleled record of the American experience.

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Renwick Gallery

Open daily, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Located just feet from the White House, a branch of the museum that is home the nation's collection of contemporary craft and decorative art.

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How Do I Research My Art?

Want to learn more about the painting you found while clearing out the attic? For answers, be prepared for a little detective work.

How to Care for Your Collections

Regardless of the monetary value of your artwork, if it is personally meaningful, you should consider having the object conserved.

Recording a Changing Nation

This resource uses images from photographic surveys in 55 communities in 30 states across the United States as source documents to spark sustained inquiry.

Critical Thinking in Action

These 60-to-95-minute units pair thinking patterns with works of art to instill a thinking disposition transferable across classroom curriculum and into the wider world.

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Detail of brown ceramic jar with writing and the signature "Dave" inscribed around the top.

David “Dave” Drake: Potter and Poet

Craftsman David “Dave” Drake, enslaved for most of his life, produced uncommonly large ceramic jars in 19th-century South Carolina adorned by his poetic verses

A black case that is open to reveal smaller compartments and utensils mounted in the lid. Boxes wrapped in brown paper are stacked on the side.

Contemporary Craft in Focus: The Weight of Deferred Gratification

Metalsmith David Harper Clemons creates art that gives new meanings to everyday objects

Director’s Circle

A national membership group of museum friends who share a love of American art and craft and our commitment to celebrating the extraordinary creativity of our nation’s artists.

A membership group for young professionals who are interested in immersing themselves in the American art experience.

FOLDSCLXVIII

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Copied Jeannine Marchand, FOLDS CLXVIII, 2019, clay, wood, and powder-coated steel frame, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joseph P. Logan, 2021.99, © 2019, Jeannine Marchand

Artwork Details

Title: FOLDSCLXVIII
Artist: Jeannine Marchand
Date: 2019
Location: Renwick Gallery
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2nd Floor
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Room 202
Dimensions: 24 in. × 12 ¹⁄₈ in. × 5 ³⁄₄ in. (61 × 30.8 × 14.6 cm)
Copyright: © 2019, Jeannine Marchand
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph P. Logan
Mediums: steel
wood
clay
Mediums Description: clay, wood, and powder-coated steel frame
Keywords: Abstract
Object Number: 2021.99
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2021.99

Exhibitions

Quilt featuring the portrait of a woman

This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World

May 13, 2022–April 2, 2023

Renwick Gallery

This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World showcases the dynamic landscape of American craft today. The exhibition highlights the role that artists play in our world to spark essential conversations, stories of resilience, and methods of activism—showing us a more relational and empathetic world. It centers more expansive definitions and acknowledgments of often-overlooked histories and contributions of women, people of color, and other marginalized communities.