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Let's Begin Black History Month with Edmonia Lewis' Google Doodle

To celebrate Black History Month, SAAM has just launched an online exhibition of Edmonia Lewis' sculpture on Google Arts & Culture. And to promote the exhibition, Google has made Lewis and her sculpture, The Death of Cleopatra, its Google Doodle for today!
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Celebrating the Year of the Rooster at SAAM

This year, SAAM was delighted to host our annual celebration of the Chinese New Year on the first day of the year, Saturday, January 28. So many friends and families (all 7,000 of you!) turned out to enjoy the activities and performances in the Kogod Courtyard.
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Harlem Heroes and Black History Month

The cultural efflorescence that was the Harlem Renaissance is captured in a series of portraits currently on view in the exhibition Harlem Heroes: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten.
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An Evening with Lonnie Holley

Our Luce Unplugged series has been pairing art and music together since 2010. Typically highlighting the work of local musicians, we're excited to present a special pop-up performance with visiting artist Lonnie Holley at the Luce Foundation Center on Friday, February 10, from 5:30-7 p.m. Join us for an art talk and music concert!

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Luce Foundation Center
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Missed Connections for Valentine's Day

At SAAM, we're always connecting people with our artworks. On Valentine's Day, we thought we'd explore one of the more interesting sections of many print and online publications these days: the often poetic, always interesting urban haiku of missed connections. Please check out our Instagram feed for more artful missed connections.
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Luce Artist Talk: Five Questions (+2) with Sparkplug Collective

Each month, the Luce Foundation Center partners with neighboring Flashpoint Gallery to bring local artists to speak about their artwork and how it relates to SAAM's collection. This Sunday, we welcome Sparkplug Collective, eight local artists from the D.C. Arts Center, to discuss how collaboration and continued education help local artists thrive.

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Luce Unplugged: Five Questions with Brushes

For our February Luce Unplugged show, we teamed up with D.C. Music Download to welcome brushes, a rock 'n' roll band from the District, to the Luce Foundation Center.

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Submit Your Game to the 2017 SAAM Arcade!

The Smithsonian American Art Museum is inviting independent video game developers to show their work at the museum's annual SAAM Arcade this August 5-6, 2017.

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Technology
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A woman with her baby monkey, N.J. 1971

Diane Arbus

1971

gelatin silver print

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Dancing Class

Dorothea Greenbaum

1967

bronze

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Dancing Child (Charleston III)

Paul Manship

1927

bronze

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Spring Dance

Arthur F. Mathews

ca. 1917

oil on canvas

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Godly Susan

Roger Medearis

1941

egg tempera on board

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Nam June Paik

Research Material: Correspondence, ephemera and performance documentation; writings on art, history and technology; video and audio tapes; production notes for video and television projects; sketches, notebooks, models and plans for video installations;