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Two women and a girl playing a game
ProgramsSAAM Arcade07/14/2022
Drawing the Lines to Connect Video Games and Art
Celebrate the ways these essential art elements show up in video games.
This is an image of Lauren Kolodkin.
Lauren Kolodkin
External Affairs and Digital Strategies Assistant
Image of a boy doing lunar new year crafts
Craft Making ActivitiesPrograms02/01/2022
Ring in the Year of the Tiger with Craft Activities
Celebrate Lunar New Year with fun virtual activities designed for the whole family!
Ashley Reese
An illustration of an inclusive girl band.
ProgramsLuce Foundation Center01/20/2022
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.
Anne Wilsey
Program Specialist for the Luce Foundation Center
Portrait of a woman with blood dripping form her head.
ProgramsWomen Artists11/30/2021
Body and Blood in Ana Mendieta’s Filmwork
Learn about the legacy of groundbreaking artist Ana Mendieta and how she examined urgent political, personal, and artistic questions through her artwork
This is a photograph of curator Saisha Grayson
Saisha Grayson
Curator of Time-Based Media
Black and white Image of boy and girl with back to camera blurred
From the CollectionOne Smithsonian08/03/2021
Leslie Thornton and the Art of Surviving
Leslie Thornton’s feminist punk reset of experimental filmmaking’s aims and inclusions tackles issues we still grapple with today.
This is a photograph of curator Saisha Grayson
Saisha Grayson
Curator of Time-Based Media
An image with mountains in the background and a hand in the foreground
Programs03/01/2021
Virtual Women Filmmakers Festival Inaugurates Women’s History Month at SAAM
Cecila Vicuña, Coco Fusco, and Miriam Ghani address climate change, social justice, and the pandemic
This is a photograph of curator Saisha Grayson
Saisha Grayson
Curator of Time-Based Media
A still photo of a video screen.
Programs07/09/2020
Additional Reflections on Arthur Jafa’s Love is the Message, The Message is Death
Highlighting the voices of Black people and people of color within our local arts and creative community.
A photograph of a woman with a green blazer and brown hair.
Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell
Community Engagement Specialist
A shot of Duke Pearson at the piano
Programs11/20/2019
Take Five! Duke Pearson and Blue Note Records
A closer look at Duke Pearson’s role in creating the "Blue Note sound."
Bertrand Überall
People stand in front of murals created by street artists
Programs11/07/2019
Meet the Director: Street Heroines' Alexandra Henry
Learn more about the documentary that celebrates the vision and tenacity of women street artists.
A photograph of a woman with short brown hair and glasses.
Ryan Linthicum
Public Programs Assistant
Jazz bassist Amy Shook
Programs09/19/2019
Take 5! Shook and Russo
It's all about the bass: Musician Amy Shook on influences, her quartet, and women in jazz.
Bertrand Überall
Musician Tyrone Allen standing with his bass.
Programs08/13/2019
Take 5! Celebrating Musician Butch Warren
An interview with bassist Tyrone Allen who performs at Take 5! on August 15.
Bertrand Überall
Photo of jazz singer Integriti Reeves who will take part in Take 5! at SAAM
Programs07/18/2019
Unforgettable: Jazz Singer Integriti Reeves Sings Nat King Cole
Jazz singer Integriti Reeves on her art, inspiration, and her upcoming Take5! concert performing songs of Nat King Cole.
Bertrand Überall
A photograph of a woman paying music with a purple hue.
Programs06/21/2019
The Art of Hip-Hop
A brief look at Hip-Hop and Contemporary Art in conjunction with America Now
Shanti Boyle
A photo of a man dancing on a stage.
PridePrograms06/06/2019
Artist Brendan Fernandes On the Dance Floor as a Space for Resistance and Resilience
Dancer/choreographer Brendan Fernandes talks about his work, including Free Fall 49, making its East Coast debut at SAAM on June 9.
This is a photograph of curator Saisha Grayson
Saisha Grayson
Curator of Time-Based Media
A photograph of the outside of the Smithsonian American Art Museum at night with rainbow lights shining on the building.
PridePrograms05/24/2019
Popping (Up) With Pride at SAAM
Saisha Grayson, curator of time-based media at SAAM, discusses the pop-up exhibition for the June 9 celebration of Pride.
This is a photograph of curator Saisha Grayson
Saisha Grayson
Curator of Time-Based Media
The face of soldier with a helmet that says "make war not love"
Programs05/08/2019
Artists Respond: Vietnam on Film
SAAM is presenting three films on the Vietnam War in honor of the exhibition, "Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975."
A photograph of a woman with short brown hair and glasses.
Ryan Linthicum
Public Programs Assistant