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• Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women

  

  March 19, 2021 — August 15, 2021

  Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and G Streets, NW)

  The artists in Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women mastered and subverted the everyday materials of cotton, felt, and wool to create deeply personal artworks. This exhibition presents an alternative history of twentieth-century American art by showcasing the work of artists such as Emma Amos, Sheila Hicks, and Faith Ringgold, who, stitch by stitch, utilized fiber materials to express their personal stories and create resonant and intricate artworks.

• I Am an American: Photographs from the East Baltimore Documentary Survey

  

  July 16, 2021 — January 17, 2022

  Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and G Streets, NW)

  I Am an American: Photographs from the East Baltimore Documentary Survey captures a cross-section of East Baltimore residents and businesses in the 1970s, documenting the community’s history and diversity.  These photographs by Elinor Cahn, Joan Clark Netherwood, and Linda Rich were taken as part of a program of photography surveys sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts to celebrate the bicentennial of founding of the United States.

• Steel and Sky: Views of New York City

  

  Opening in 2024

  Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and G Streets, NW)

  Steel and Sky: Views of New York City celebrates the architecture, inhabitants, and imaginative spirit of urban America. The exhibition showcases work by artists such as John Sloan, Isabel Bishop, William H. Johnson, and Paul Cadmus, who practiced in New York through the early and middle years of the twentieth century.