SAAM Stories
Women Artists
03/27/2024
Celebrating the renowned artist whose community-based practice involves interactions at the border.
Howard Kaplan
Writer
Explore the themes of Music and Nature in Composing Colors: Paintings by Alma Thomas.
Katie Hondorf
Public Affairs Specialist
Women Artists
03/07/2024
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.
Howard Kaplan
Writer
Conservation
02/15/2024
Conservation methods reveal layers of history behind Puerto Rican Santos.
Briana Teran
Women Artists
02/08/2024
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.
Howard Kaplan
Writer
A garden blooms in Alma Thomas's exuberant painting.
Katie Hondorf
Public Affairs Specialist
From the Director
01/22/2024
Making artful connections in the new year ahead
Stephanie Stebich
Former Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum
From the Collection
12/21/2023
Head curator Randy Griffey remembers artist Richard Hunt, who died December 16, 2023
Randall Griffey
Head Curator
Celebrating the art and life of artist Miriam Schapiro
Howard Kaplan
Writer
From the Collection
12/04/2023
A look at landscapes in SAAM's collection and the wildlife that lives beyond the paintings
Brynn Garner
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
Women Artists
11/15/2023
Celebrating the renowned artist whose work questions misconceptions around Native identity
Howard Kaplan
Writer
Exhibitions
11/03/2023
Award winning composer Raven Chacon combines Diné (Navajo) worldviews with Western classical and avant-garde music traditions
SAAM