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Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination
June 28, 2019–January 5, 2020
Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)
Ginny Ruffner (b. 1952) is a glass artist best known for her elegant sculptures and mastery of glass techniques. Recently, she has created work that combines traditional glass sculpture with Augmented Reality (AR) technology to create an interactive viewer experience. Visitors to the exhibition "Reforestation of the Imagination" will use a downloadable app that superimposes digital information over seemingly barren sculptures, creating two distinct realities to explore.
Luce Unplugged Mixtape | Luce Center Audio Tour
Enjoy a sampling of Luce Unplugged concerts on the museum’s audio tour. Luce Unplugged is a monthly series that pairs live musical performances by D.C.-area musicians with artworks in the museum’s collection. Each concert features an “opening act,” a staff-led talk on an artwork selected by the performer.
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
March 29, 2019 - Ongoing
Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world. The installation includes iconic favorites alongside new acquisitions.
Orchids: Amazing Adaptations
February 16–April 28, 2019
Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)
Orchids: Amazing Adaptations is a joint collaboration with SAAM, the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Gardens, and the U.S.
Sculpture Down to Scale: Models for Public Art at Federal Buildings, 1974–1985
May 31, 2019 - March 28, 2021
Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)
Artists used preliminary models—or maquettes—to communicate their ideas.
Modern American Realism: Highlights from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection
This exhibition presents some of the most treasured paintings and sculpture from SAAM’s permanent collection, including artworks by Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, George Tooker, among others.
Folk & Self-Taught Art Stops | Luce Center Audio Tour
Professionally-narrated audio tour stops about folk and self-taught art, in the Luce Foundation Center of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.Sculpture Stops | Luce Center Audio Tour
Professionally-narrated audio tour stops about sculpture, in the Luce Foundation Center of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.Craft Stops | Luce Center Audio Tour
Professionally-narrated audio tour stops about craft, in the Luce Foundation Center at SAAMPainting Stops | Luce Center Audio Tour
Professionally-narrated audio tour stops about paintings, in the Luce Foundation Center of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.Self- Guided Civil War Audio Tour
A hundred and fifty years ago the Civil War engulfed Washington. This museum building, then the Patent Office Building, was at times a barracks, a hospital, and the location of President Lincoln’s inaugural ball. Join Charles Robertson, Deputy Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, for an exploration of these historic events.
Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
October 13, 2017 — March 11, 2018
Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)
This exhibition of prints from SAAM’s collection features the artist’s provocative take on the Civil War.
Rick Araluce: The Final Stop
October 20, 2017 – January 28, 2018
Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)
Araluce is an artist and scenic designer based in Seattle.
American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times
May 3, 2017 – September 17, 2017
Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)
President John F.
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