SAAM Stories
![Illustrated portrait of Sister Gertrude Morgan singing and playing the tambourine.](http://cdn.saam.media/_DOWV0NxYtCIjledBBdfVNAbA6M/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1709567844%2FHuntonS_SisterGertrudeMorgan_20230424_RGB_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
Women Artists
03/07/2024
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
Howard Kaplan
Writer
![Detail of a wooden carving of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (Our Lady of Sorrows). She is looking up and away with her hands clasped in prayer.](http://cdn.saam.media/Q5G3hiU9biNRCV0fi_ex-5_pJJM/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1707845527%2FSAAM-1996.91.55_2_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
Conservation
02/15/2024
Conservation methods reveal layers of history behind Puerto Rican Santos.
Briana Teran
![Close up of the face of an African American woman looking off into the distance. Fists are raised behind her in a show of solidarity.](http://cdn.saam.media/ytHYKaiKvtS5JI37cmC_-YFEqmo/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1707236595%2FMerchantZ_BarbaraJonesHogu_2023430_cover_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
Women Artists
02/08/2024
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
Howard Kaplan
Writer
![Detail of abstract painting showing different bands of different colors.](http://cdn.saam.media/pjUzjXvpIgVie4T8md7PvuQf80E/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1706898036%2FSAAM-1970.324_1_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
A garden blooms in Alma Thomas's exuberant painting.
![A photograph of a woman.](http://cdn.saam.media/SpXV_2KVhc7bLAE-5F0VAcZvLLw/640/640/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2FKatie.jpeg)
Katie Hondorf
Public Affairs Specialist
![A photograph of a woman in front of artwork](http://cdn.saam.media/sfCR8_2c5xIBxq99OTEsnR0y7ys/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2021-03%2Fstephanie-homepage-feature.jpg)
From the Director
01/22/2024
Making artful connections in the new year ahead
![Stephanie Stebich, SAAM's Margaret and Terry Stent Direction in the museum's Lincoln Gallery. Photo by Gene Young.](http://cdn.saam.media/ZXyCmqh0oNPcGZJLSONP2ucExWs/640/640/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2FStephanie-Stebich.jpg)
Stephanie Stebich
The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery
![Abstract sculpture](http://cdn.saam.media/XRKrurYInmdVoleHiAZ7N8fo_nM/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1703090212%2FSAAM-1977.47.14_3_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
From the Collection
12/21/2023
Head curator Randy Griffey remembers artist Richard Hunt, who died December 16, 2023
![Photograph of Randall Griffey](http://cdn.saam.media/YtvKm3nYtWOaBSYNi-UxbpGqkM0/640/640/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2FMejoradoR%2540si.edu%2Frandall%2520griffey.jpeg)
Randall Griffey
Head Curator
![Detail of an illustration of the artist Miriam Schapiro. She is surrounded by flowers.](http://cdn.saam.media/5HwEiPiyKlyB8syBjzaxwB8uLd0/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1702489672%2FChandlerS_MiriamSchapiro_20230425_cover%2520detail_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
Celebrating the art and life of artist Miriam Schapiro
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
Howard Kaplan
Writer
![Landscape of U.S. capital with marsh land in front of it.](http://cdn.saam.media/Dz4haV7BHok2sUKk1kcjWHFNtM8/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1701722606%2FSAAM-1989.90_1_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
From the Collection
12/04/2023
A look at landscapes in SAAM's collection and the wildlife that lives beyond the paintings
Brynn Garner
![A wide angle shot of six prints on the wall, divided by a hanging glass cylindrical artwork](http://cdn.saam.media/jG3o8idf1rKVRHuCU-UdqOpg8r0/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1700578778%2F2023_5_19_renwickinvitational2023-153_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
Contemporary Craft
11/20/2023
Drawing inspiration from traditional methods of collecting natural resources, artist Joe Feddersen serves as a voice for the Plateau peoples
SAAM
![Illustration of the artist Wendy Red Star](http://cdn.saam.media/i-wVq_AAh9TqeSd8y-9kjyfEup4/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1699984071%2FParraAna_WendyRedStar_20230601_RGB%2520Cover_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
Women Artists
11/15/2023
Celebrating the renowned artist whose work questions misconceptions around Native identity
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
Howard Kaplan
Writer
![Side by side artworks displaying symbols in a musical arrangement.](http://cdn.saam.media/7NL8vY1k5LWxK6EH4igcCR5mkGQ/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1699023098%2FFor%2520Zitka%25CC%2581la%25E2%2580%2591S%25CC%258Ca%25CC%2581_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
Exhibitions
11/03/2023
Award winning composer Raven Chacon combines Diné (Navajo) worldviews with Western classical and avant-garde music traditions
SAAM
![A group of students taking a selfie in front of a projected screen.](http://cdn.saam.media/h4BjHkLCNk7Dk_7wSv8DzxItzf4/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1698417835%2FCreating%2520American%2520Stories%2520group%2520picture_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
Education
10/31/2023
Students at DC public schools create stories based on artworks in SAAM's collection
![Illustration of a woman surrounded by flowers.](http://cdn.saam.media/f8mZIcZ3vPRZG3huGiRDELdGuOA/960/0/center/cover/png/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1697119988%2FVoC_ConsueloJimenezUnderwood_2023051_home%2520page%2520crop%25201.png)
Women Artists
10/12/2023
Celebrating the renowned textile artist with a comic about her life and work
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
Howard Kaplan
Writer
![View of SAAM gallery.](http://cdn.saam.media/iEokt03SN-qEnvEH4LIjxmgcK1Q/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1695907776%2FAlma%2520Thomas_Albert%2520Ting_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
Go inside the galleries of Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas
![A photograph of a woman.](http://cdn.saam.media/SpXV_2KVhc7bLAE-5F0VAcZvLLw/640/640/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2FKatie.jpeg)
Katie Hondorf
Public Affairs Specialist