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From research to installation to curators’ perspectives, an in-depth look at exhibitions at SAAM and the Renwick Gallery.

The Changing Nature of Chicano Graphic Arts from 1965 to Today

Exploring how Chicanx artists continue to use graphic arts as a response to issues of the time

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Chicano Graphics

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Chicanx Graphic Arts in Focus: From Sun Mad to Sun Raid

A closer look at two iconic artworks featured in “¡Printing the Revolution!”

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Chicano Graphics

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New Acquisitions
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Chicano Graphic Arts and the Making of the Landmark Exhibition ¡Printing the Revolution!

Exploring the origins of the exhibition that combines innovative printmaking practices with social justice

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Chicano Graphics

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From Indigo Farm to Art Gallery with Artist Rowland Ricketts

The work of fiber artist Roland Ricketts, featured in the Renwick Invitational, begins on his farm in Indiana

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Craft and Decorative Arts
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¡Printing the Revolution! at SAAM Celebrates Chicanx Voices

The groundbreaking exhibition explores how Chicanx artists have linked innovative printmaking practices with social justice

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Jeopardy! Champion Ken Jennings on Lessons Learned from Alexander von Humboldt

“I’ll take Alexander von Humboldt for $500, Alex.”

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Standing Together

A Conversation about American Art and Anti-Asian Sentiment in the Age of COVID-19

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Take Me to Church: A Road Trip In Honor of Painter Frederic Edwin Church

Looking back at a remembered road trip to Frederic Church's house, Olana, in celebration of the artist's 194th birthday and the exhibition, Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture

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Chiura Obata: Artist Interrupted

In our time of social distancing, Obata's handwritten notes have us thinking about how we communicate with one another, and how important a simple note can be.

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Hips Don't Lie: The American Incognitum

What's a mastodon doing at SAAM? Dr. Advait Mahesh Jukar, a Deep Time Fellow and Paleontologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, answers our questions.

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A Brush with Nature: Alexander von Humboldt and Frederic Church

Humboldt’s ideas on art, nature, and philosophy helped to shape American artists, including the influential Hudson River school painters

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The Writing on the Wall

Why Hearts of Our People exhibition labels have been translated into dozens of Native languages

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Before There Was Beyoncé, There Was Humboldt

Meet Alexander von Humboldt, the singular superstar of the 1800s

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Nam June Paik and New Media at SAAM

The "Father of Video Art" takes center stage in a new installation and book.

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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, 2020

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Craft and Decorative Arts
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Behind the Screens: Chiura Obata

Chiura Obata: American Modern contains some of the artist's rarely seen folded screens.

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Behind-the-Scenes
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