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Musical Thinking explores the powerful resonances between recent video art and popular music.
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born Georgetown, SC 1779-died Cambridgeport, MA 1843
William Dunlap says of Washington Allston that he was "number one" in the catalogue of American painters or at least only second to his great master and precursor, Benjamin West.
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Checking in with the artist who creates lively and unexpected sculptures from clay.
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Discover how you can integrate American art into your social studies classroom. The Smithsonian American Art Museum's educational materials are free for your use. Teacher Guides are downloadable PDFs, listed with corresponding standards and grade levels for your convenience.
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Finding ourselves in art, objects, and stories.
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born St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1828-died Providence, RI 1901
Bannister created a sensation when one of his paintings won first prize at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876. He was also a respected and knowledgeable art critic.
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born Rochester, NY 1912-died Hawthorne, NY 2000
Born in New York. Has led a double life as both an abstract painter whose work has been exhibited in museums and as a commercial artist who has designed print advertisements and magazine covers.
Nora Panzer, ed.
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It's no secret that the District's music scene buzzes with diverse talent. Yet, how do we harness this creativity in the Luce Foundation Center? With help from DC Music Download's Stephanie Williams for our Thursday shows, and insight from Matt Cohen, arts editor for the Washington City Paper, for our Friday showcases!
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born Linstead, Jamaica 1942
Artist, teacher, critic, and curator, Keith Morrison is also a philosophical optimist.
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Jill Vaum takes a close look at Thomas Waterman Woods' painting, "Sunday Morning," as part of the Art Bites series.
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1988
Moroles’s granite sculptures originate deep in the earth, born of fire and the volcanic action that created the very crust of the planet. Moroles began “weaving” granite in the late 1980s.
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Artists honor victims of social injustice and create a space for communal grieving
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SAAM's REACH program allows educators to reach out to remote learners....no matter where they are
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September 18, 2020 — November 22, 2020 and May 14, 2021 — July 11, 2021
Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture reveals how the influential naturalist and explorer shaped American perceptions of nature and the way American cultural identity became grounded in our relationship with the e
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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
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