Explore American History through American Art

Large-scale installation of corncob piñatas.

Gold-fringed walls and piñata corncobs transform the Grand Salon of SAAM's Renwick Gallery and highlight the role of maize in North American visual culture.

A landscape painting showing sand, a barbed wire fence, and a red sunrise with radiant white sun

Description: Examine artworks in the context of important eras and events in U.S. history, from the 1700s through the present day, with our education resource The American Experience in the Classroom.
Educational Uses: Classroom Resource
Topic: History and Social Studies

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