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Staff of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art offer their perspective on visual arts and music. SAAM’s visible art storage and study center, Luce also hosts local artists and performers.

Expression or Meditation: Coloring Pages for All Ages

Coloring books can offer space for creativity or release for children and adults. Inspired by artwork in SAAM’s collection, while away a quiet afternoon with some art supplies and our coloring sheets.

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Luce Listening Party with Hometown Sounds comes to a close

The Luce Listening Party with Hometown Sounds comes to an end! In this final episode, listen to some outtakes that didn’t make the final podcasts.

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Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with Broke Royals

SAAM's Luce Foundation Center is teaming up with DC local music podcast Hometown Sounds to bring you music and conversations from your favorite artists.

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Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with Astra Via

SAAM's Luce Foundation Center is teaming up with DC local music podcast Hometown Sounds to bring you music and conversations from your favorite artists.

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Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with Maddi Mae

SAAM's Luce Foundation Center is teaming up with DC local music podcast Hometown Sounds to bring you music and conversations from your favorite artists.

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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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Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with Drew Dave

Producer Drew Dave discusses his approach to making beats and how working with one of his heroes changed his self-image.

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Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with Rosie Cima

Rosie Cima of Rosie Cima and What She Dreamed discusses her welcome to DC’s music community and her approach to keeping it real in front of an audience.

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Music and Conversation with Night Train 357

Night Train 357 describes the importance of organization in a creative life and teases his new independent martial arts film.

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Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with WAMMIE Award Winner, Flowerbomb

Rachel Kline and Dan Abh of Flowerbomb discuss the release of their WAMMIE award-winning album, Pretty Dark.

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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.

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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.

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Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with Singer, Actor, Painter, and Emcee Wes Felton

Wes Felton reminisces about his father, jazz legend Hilton Felton, and lets us in on how to freestyle like a pro.

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Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with Experimental Guitarist Yasmin Williams

The composer and instrumentalist shares her thoughts on music and the development of her craft.

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Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with singer-songwriter Jenna Camille

Singer-songwriter, Jenna Camille, discusses how her creative motivations have evolved over the past year.

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Beyond the Studio with Revery Paper Flora

No green thumb? No problem. Hear from local botanical artist and educator, Emily Paluska of Revery Paper Flora, as SAAM's Luce Foundation Center connects with local artists.

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