Making the Most: In the Studio with Carolyn Crump
The artist focused on health and happiness, for herself and others, during the pandemic.
July 2021
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Lessons Learned from Alexander von Humboldt
Senior Curator Eleanor Jones Harvey takes readers behind the scenes of an exhibition’s 17-month runCategories -
Using Science to Uncover Secrets of Alma Thomas
Conservators at SAAM uncover new aspects of the influential artist’s workCategories -
Raising a Glass to Change
SAAM’s third floor galleries for modern and contemporary art are closed to the public temporarily beginning Monday, July 12 to make way for new artworks and new stories.Categories -
Into the Community: A New Exhibition Explores a Changing American Neighborhood
A close exploration of a resilient community through the lens of three women photographersCategories -
A Brush with History: Good Hair Advice Is Never Out of Style
Three years ago we imagined the letters of nineteenth-century portrait sitters to Jonathan Van Ness, star of the Netflix’s series Queer Eye. With so many of us looking for advice about how to tame our unmanageable pandemic hair, we thought we’d take another look.Categories -
Chicanx Graphic Arts in Focus: Between the Leopard and the JaguarArtist Melanie Cervantes explores indigeneity, identity, and activism in her printmaking practiceCategories -
SAAM Arcade 2021: What Is a Game Jam?
SAAM Arcade is back with a new virtual program format, the museum’s first-ever Game Jam. Learn more about what a game jam is in this blog post!Categories -
Exhibition Showcases How Artists Challenge Mythic Conceptions of the American West
Now on tour! Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea, a collaboration among SAAM and four partner museums, offers counterviews of “the West” and showcases modern and contemporary artists who are who are reclaiming the narratives of their region.Categories -
Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with Bartees Strange
Bartees Strange warns us against creating musical silos and describes how DC’s rich legacy of Black musicianship shaped his goals and his worldview.Categories -
Chicanx Graphic Arts in Focus: RIFA, from Méchicano 1977 CalendarioGo in-depth with ¡Printing the Revolution's! iconic imageCategories