SAAM Stories
04/27/2023
We revisit a panel discussion from 2018 with Trevor Paglen, who incorporates questions around AI into his artistic practice
Amy Fox
Social Media and Digital Content Specialist
03/30/2023
Announcing the artists included in the 2023 series of Drawn to Art
Emma Hitchcock
Howard Kaplan
Writer
03/10/2023
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.
Howard Kaplan
Writer
03/01/2023
Curator Mary Savig details an artist’s journey to create the powerful performance work Metabolizing the Border that explores the physical and psychological experiences migrants face while crossing the borderlands.
Mary Savig
Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft
02/28/2023
A tribute to the photorealist painter and Vietnam War veteran by SAAM Curator Melissa Ho, who recalls the story behind his extraordinary self-portrait Mi Vida
Melissa Ho
Curator (20th-Century Art)
02/17/2023
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work
Howard Kaplan
Writer
02/01/2023
Craftsman David “Dave” Drake, enslaved for most of his life, produced uncommonly large ceramic jars in 19th-century South Carolina adorned by his poetic verses
Jill Vaum Rothschild
Luce Curatorial Fellow
Leslie Umberger
Curator (Folk and Self-Taught Art)
01/26/2023
Director Stephanie Stebich looks forward to the year ahead
Stephanie Stebich
The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery