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Ringing in the New Year with Venetian Glass Goblets: “Auld Lang Syne” Edition

Take a closer look at four fabulous glasses to inspire a virtual celebratory toast to 2022

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Exhibitions

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Chicanx Graphic Arts in Focus: The Bounty of the Calendario de Comida

Exploring tradition, place, and social justice through food

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Chicano Graphics

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Drawn to Edmonia Lewis

Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work
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Teaching a More Complete Picture of MLK

While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was a pivotal moment in U.S. history, there’s more to his life and legacy than that single story. Smithsonian educators share approaches to expand classroom lessons and student understanding of this great civil rights leader.

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Education
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Elinor Cahn: Photographer and Poet of East Baltimore in the 1970s

Exploring the spirit of one American neighborhood in a time of change

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Using Your Voice: Songwriting and Community Action with Girls Rock! DC

Noel Schroeder and Shady Rose, Co-Executive Directors of Girls Rock! DC, discuss their approach to collaborative creative experiences.

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Luce Foundation Center

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Edmonia Lewis and Her Stamp on American Art

Explore the life and work of this groundbreaking American sculptor

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New Glass Now vs. New Glass Then

Discover the history of SAAM’s Renwick Gallery through Glass

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Contemporary Craft

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Craft and Decorative Arts
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Drawn to Mickalene Thomas

Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work
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Media - 1983.95.62 - SAAM-1983.95.62_1 - 7339

Approaching Storm

Edward Mitchell Bannister

1886

oil on canvas

Media - 1966.85 - SAAM-1966.85_1 - 2421

Jester

Byron Browne

1952

oil on canvas

Media - 1983.95.162 - SAAM-1983.95.162_1 - 64767

Landscape with Campsite

Robert S. Duncanson

n.d.

oil on canvas mounted on paperboard

Media - 1995.22.2 - SAAM-1995.22.2_1 - 65785

Green Window

Frederick Brown

1970

oil, silica, and glue on canvas

Media - 2004.33.8 - SAAM-2004.33.8_1 - 67977

Rabbits at Home (illustration for Peter Rabbit)

Everett Shinn

n.d.

ink on paper

Media - 2018.7.2 - SAAM-2018.7.2_1 - 135553

The Jester

Tito Canepa

1940

oil on canvas