Museum from Home: Crafting Edition
Instructions for an easy cherry blossom craft to make at home
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Blog Category: Craft and Decorative Arts
Featuring contemporary craft and decorative arts at SAAM and the Renwick Gallery.
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Saying Goodbye to Artworks by David Best, Ginny Ruffner, and Michael Sherrill
Last chance to see three exhibitions at SAAM's Renwick Gallery is January 5, 2020Categories -
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50 Things about OBJECTS: USA at 50
Public programs coordinator Gloria Kenyon revisits the influential Objects: USA exhibition on its 50th anniversaryCategories -
Artist Ginny Ruffner Reimagines Nature
Ginny Ruffner's exhibition conjures up notions of beauty and frailty through her use of glass, drawing, and augmented reality (AR) technology.Categories -
Mom's the Word with artist Tyler Fuqua
A blog post in honor of Mother's Day, featuring Burning Man artist Tyler Fuqua and his mother talking about his work in "No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man."Categories -
Sneak Peek: Renwick Invitational 2018
Disrupting Craft: Renwick Invitational 2018 opens Friday, November 9, and might be just what you need this week. -
Truth Is Beauty
“What would the world be like if women were truly safe?” This is the question Marco Cochrane challenges both male and female audiences to consider when viewing his sculpture "Truth is Beauty."Categories -
The Renwick's (David) Best Temple
David Best creates temples for Burning Man that are made of recycled wood that are ritually burned at the end of the annual festival. In this video Best discusses the Temple he created for the Renwick Gallery’s Bettie Rubenstein Grand Salon, as a sacred space for people to reflect on loss.Categories -
Discover the Art of Burning Man at the Renwick
"No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man" brings the large-scale, participatory work from this desert gathering to the nation’s capital for the first time.Categories -
Sneak Peek: Burning Man's Temple at the Renwick
No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man, opens on Friday, March 30, and features large-scale installations--the artistic hallmark of Burning Man--at the core of the exhibition. These include a temple designed for the Renwick's Grand Salon by David Best.Categories -
Who Wore it Better? Burning Man Dresses up the Renwick
In addition to the large-scale artworks currently being installed at No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man, opening at the Renwick Gallery of Art on March 30, the exhibition features hand-made jewelry and clothing such as Iranian-born designer, Gelareh Alam's "warrior chic."Categories -
Sneak Peek: Burning Man Unfolds at the Renwick
What's going on behind-the-scenes at the Renwick Gallery? While the Renwick is closed, it's far from dark: artists are installing the large-scale works that will be a part of No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man, opening on March 30.Categories -
Here Be Dragons
Duane Flatmo's mutant vehicle, "Tin Pan Dragon," is not your average ride.Categories -
Wendell Castle: Timeless
Master woodworker, furniture maker, and artist Wendell Castle died on January 20, at the age of 85. During his long and illustrious career, he helped define and redefine craft furniture in America.Categories -
Feel the Burn: The Art of Burning Man comes to the Renwick in March
Eye Level spoke with Nora Atkinson, the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, to learn more about her upcoming exhibition No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man, opening at t