SAAM Stories

Remixing classical ceramics and underrepresented figures with a hip-hop style

Exploring the life of a celebrated labor rights activist through his portrait

The decadent inspiration behind Lauren Mabry's ceramics

The Little Friends of Printmaking have created posters for the Renwick Gallery including for the current exhibition, This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World

Creating visual descriptions to help blind or low vision visitors experience and appreciate works of art

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.

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.

Celebrate the ways these essential art elements show up in video games.

Multimedia artist Sharon Kerry-Harlan pieces together portraits of contemporary Black American life using materials and symbols from the past and present

Discover how the creativity and bold self-definition of untrained artists became major forces in American art.

In his all too short career, the photographer rejected conventional codes of identity and insisted on new, ambiguous conditions of being.

Artist L.J. Roberts integrates queer theory with traditional “domestic crafts” such as knitting and embroidery.

Celebrating Pride with paintings by two artists whose lives intersected and whose artworks explore similar themes

Online volunteers learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by creating or updating articles related to the history of fifty women sculptors in the United States

Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work

Sculptor Wanxin Zhang explores history, politics, and culture through clay

New exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of SAAM’s Renwick Gallery

SAAM’s director on the exhibition This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World