Webcasts
The Smithsonian American Art Museum regularly broadcasts and records talks by artists, scholars and curators, panel discussions, and other educational programs. Below are links to recent online events. See our calendar for upcoming webcasts and online programs.
Upcoming Webcasts and Online Programing
- Converse with a Conservator | Paintings Care (January 13, 2021)
- ¡Printing the Revolution! Virtual Conversation Series: Cross-Generational Activist Networks in Chicanx Graphics Arts (January 21, 2021)
- Renwick Invitational 2020 Virtual Artist Conversation with Debora Moore (January 28, 2021)
- Viewfinder Virtual Screening Series: Joan Jonas and the Inner Worlds of Video (February 4, 2021)
- Renwick Invitational 2020 Virtual Workshop with Timothy Horn (February 11, 2021)
- Lunar New Year Virtual Celebration (February 13, 2021)
- Charles C. Eldredge Prize Virtual Lecture with Linda Kim (February 17, 2021)
- ¡Printing the Revolution! Virtual Conversation Series: From Black and Brown Solidarity to Afro-Latinidad (February 18, 2021)
Recent Webcasts and Online Programing
- Converse with a Conservator | Folk & Self-Taught Art (January 3, 2021)
- Double Take Online: Native Artists Creating during the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 29, 2020)
- Renwick Invitational 2020 Virtual Conversation: Artist Rowland Ricketts and Curator Emily Zilber (December 8, 2020)
- Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture: Artist Bisa Butler (November 20, 2020)
- Clarice Smith Virtual Lecture Series: Jolene Rickard (Tuscarora) (October 29, 2020)
- Lecture Series: “The World of Alexander von Humboldt” with George Steinmann, artist, musician, and researcher (October 28, 2020)
- Lecture Series: “The World of Alexander von Humboldt” with Tom Lovejoy, professor (October 21, 2020)
- Lecture Series: “The World of Alexander von Humboldt” with Dario Robleto, artist (October 14, 2020)
- A Half Century of Fellowship: Wyeth Foundation for American Art Symposium (October 9, 2020)
- Converse with a Conservator | Video & Performance Art with Dan Finn (October 8, 2020)
- Lecture Series: “The World of Alexander von Humboldt” with Randall Griffin, professor of art history (October 7, 2020)
- “Hearts of Our People” Curator and Artist Conversation (October 1, 2020)
- Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture: Critic Aruna D’Souza (September 23, 2020)
- Lecture Series: “The World of Alexander von Humboldt” with Eleanor Jones Harvey, senior curator (September 16, 2020)
- Converse with a Conservator | Outdoor Sculpture (September 2, 2020)
- Humboldt (Virtual) Happy Hour (August 18, 2020)
- Book Talk: Nam June Paik’s We Are in Open Circuits (July 20, 2020)
- Double Take: One Mastodon, Two Viewpoints (July 15, 2020)
- Responding to Arthur Jafa’s Love is the Message, The Message is Death (July 9, 2020)
- A Conversation with Lizzie Borden, part of the Women Filmmakers Festival at SAAM (March 7, 2020)
- Heritage at Risk: A Dialogue on the Effects of Climate Change (March 6, 2020)
- Symposium - Stemming the Tide: Global Strategies for Sustaining Cultural Heritage Through Climate Change (March 5, 2020)
- Panel Discussion - A Closer Look at African American Artists in SAAM’s Collection (February 8, 2020)