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Sign up to receive calendar of events by email. Wednesday July 1, 2009
9:00 AM
- 11:00 AM
By appointment
Lunder Conservation Center, Third Floor Mezzanine American Art Museum,National Portrait Gallery 
Do you have questions about the condition of a painting, frame, drawing, print, or sculpture that you own? SAAM conservators are available by appointment to consult with you about the preservation of your art. To request an appointment or to learn more, email DWRCLunder@si.edu and specify CLINIC in the subject line.
Lunder Conservation Center Wednesday July 1, 2009
1:00 PM
- 3:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum  Travel throughout the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at our interactive carts for kids ages 7–12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in
the F Street and G Street lobbies. Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Wednesday July 1, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum  Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Wednesday July 1, 2009
3:00 PM
Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor Mezzanine American Art Museum,National Portrait Gallery 
Learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects from our collections in the Lunder Conservation Center. Group size is limited; meet at the Luce Foundation Center Information Desk by 3 p.m.
Lunder Conservation Center, Third Floor Mezzanine Thursday July 2, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Thursday July 2, 2009
5:00 PM
- 8:00 PM
Kogod Courtyard American Art Museum  Eileen Torres of Salsa Centro kicks off this series with a Panamanian dance party featuring live music and rhythms of deejay Earl International. Torres demonstrates salsa and traditional Panamanian folk dances with the dance group Danzas y Ritmos Panameños. Bring your dance shoes and join them on the dance floor!
Eileen Torres de Salsa Centro empieza esta serie con una fiesta de baile panameño que incluye música en vivo y los ritmos de DJ Earl International. Torres nos enseña a bailar salsa y otros bailes tradicionales con el grupo Danzas y Ritmos Panameños. ¡Traiga zapatos para bailar y únase a ellos en la pista de baile! Friday July 3, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Saturday July 4, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Sunday July 5, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Tuesday July 7, 2009
3:00 PM
- 4:30 PM
Luce Foundation Center, Third Floor American Art Museum 
Draw inspiration from artists sketches as well as the thousands of objects on display in the Luce Foundation Center; then spend time sketching in our workshop. Some materials provided; please bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Repeats weekly.
Tuesday July 7, 2009
6:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum 
Artist Jean Shin sits down with contemporary art curator Joanna Marsh and conservator Hugh Shockey for a conversation about creating art made of ephemeral materials and the challenges and considerations for museums in preserving uniquely constructed works of art.
Wednesday July 8, 2009
1:00 PM
- 3:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at our interactive carts for kids ages 7–12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in
the F Street and G Street lobbies. Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Wednesday July 8, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Wednesday July 8, 2009
3:00 PM
Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor Mezzanine American Art Museum,National Portrait Gallery
Learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects from our collections in the Lunder Conservation Center. Group size is limited; meet at the Luce Foundation Center Information Desk by 3 p.m.
Lunder Conservation Center, Third Floor Mezzanine Wednesday July 8, 2009
6:00 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum 
Join a docent-led, walk-in tour through the special exhibitions Jean Shin: Common Threads.
Thursday July 9, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Thursday July 9, 2009
6:00 PM
Meet in the G Street Lobby American Art Museum  Interested in knowing more about the Public Works of Art Project, initiated by the Roosevelt administration during the Great Depression? Join Deputy Chief Curator George Gurney on a tour of the exhibition 1934: A New Deal for Artists. Gurney discusses conditions that led to the federal relief program and how artists responded to it.
Friday July 10, 2009
12:00 PM
Grand Salon Renwick Gallery  At first glance, works on display in the recently reinstalled Grand Salon may appear unrelated, but there’s a method to Robert Johnston’s groupings. A closer look will reveal themes in the works and relationships among the artists. Join Johnston, a member of the External Affairs staff at the American Art Museum, as he discusses individual artists and their works.
Americans Abroad (Brooks, Shannon, Tanner, and Weeks) Friday, July 10, Noon A Few of The Ten Plus Some Others (Twachtman, Tarbell, Weir, and Ochtman) Friday, August 21, Noon Out of the Past (Cox, Ballin, Loeb, Macomber, and Walker) Friday, September 11, Noon Friday July 10, 2009
12:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum  Organic and sinuous, art nouveau is a style of modern art and design that developed out of the Arts and Crafts and aesthetic movements. In four sessions, Bonita Billman, art history instructor at the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, explores the origins, characteristics, historical influences, and the chief proponents of this style. Registration and fee required: Resident members $60; senior members $54; general admission $95 (Code 1H0-520). To register, call (202) 633-3030, Monday– Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. ($3 handling fee per order), or register online at residentassociates.org.
Friday July 10, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Saturday July 11, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Saturday July 11, 2009
2:30 PM
3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Curious about American art? Interested in expressing your thoughts and raising questions about a painting or sculpture? Join us for a 30-minute gallery conversation in American Sign Language presented by specially trained volunteer Art Signs Gallery Guides.
Meet at the F Street information desk Saturday July 11, 2009
2:30 PM
- 6:00 PM
Luce Foundation Center, Third Floor American Art Museum 
Decipher codes, follow treasure maps, send text messages (bring your text enabled cell phone), and uncover hidden objects in this multimedia scavenger hunt. Register in the Luce Foundation Center between 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on the day of the event. Allow approximately 90 minutes to complete. (Groups of ten or more can play Ghosts of a Chance by appointment; contact GoodlanderG@si.edu to schedule.)
Please note that you only need one cellular phone per group, and that the text-messaging element for the game will not work on a pre-paid phone. Sunday July 12, 2009
1:00 PM
- 3:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at our interactive carts for kids ages 7–12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in
the F Street and G Street lobbies. Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Sunday July 12, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Sunday July 12, 2009
3:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum  Free tickets to the Steinway Series are available in the G Street lobby one hour before each performance.
Romantic and Sacred Songs Tenor and Sgt. First Class Antonio Giuliano, senior vocalist with the U.S. Army Chorus since 1988, and his accompanist, Kathryn Lewis, perform art songs both romantic and sacred by a variety of composers from Liszt to Verdi. Upcoming summer concerts… Elena Ulyanova Sunday, August 9, 3 p.m. Sunday July 12, 2009
4:00 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum
This Docent-led tour includes highlights from American Art’s three special exhibitions. View everyday objects transformed in Jean Shin: Common Threads; become inspired by the uplifting spirit of art during the Great Depression in 1934: A New Deal for Artists; and experience the extraordinary variety and accomplishment of American artists' works on paper in Graphic Masters II.
Tuesday July 14, 2009
3:00 PM
- 4:30 PM
Luce Foundation Center, Third Floor American Art Museum
Draw inspiration from artists sketches as well as the thousands of objects on display in the Luce Foundation Center; then spend time sketching in our workshop. Some materials provided; please bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Repeats weekly.
Wednesday July 15, 2009
1:00 PM
- 3:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at our interactive carts for kids ages 7–12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in
the F Street and G Street lobbies. Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Wednesday July 15, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Wednesday July 15, 2009
3:00 PM
Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor Mezzanine American Art Museum,National Portrait Gallery
Learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects from our collections in the Lunder Conservation Center. Group size is limited; meet at the Luce Foundation Center Information Desk by 3 p.m.
Lunder Conservation Center, Third Floor Mezzanine Wednesday July 15, 2009
6:30 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum  Best known for bringing his passion for art to mainstream America, Lee Sandstead discusses his Travel Channel show “Art Attack with Lee Sandstead,” which featured the American Art Museum in the series’ first season. Sanstead discusses his approach for getting audiences “fired up for art.” Join this enthusiastic speaker for a spirited evening.
Thursday July 16, 2009
12:00 PM
Grand Salon Renwick Gallery 
Faythe Levine, co-author of Handmade Nation, traveled 19,000 miles documenting the do-it-yourself movement across America and has decided to travel a bit further to Washington, D.C. Enjoy a screening and a discussion of her wildly popular documentary Handmade Nation.
Book signing follows. Thursday July 16, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Thursday July 16, 2009
5:00 PM
- 8:00 PM
Kogod Courtyard American Art Museum  Relax and Take Five! With live jazz, cool drinks, and stunning art every third Thursday of the month.
Bay Jazz Project Led by pianist Sean Lane, the dynamic and versatile Bay Jazz Project features Seth Kibel on sax, Bob Abbott, bass, Justine Miller, vocals and trumpet and Wes Crawford, drums. Upcoming concerts… The Lovejoy Group Thursday, August 20, 5–8 p.m. The Smithsonian American Art Museum thanks the patrons of ARTrageous! for their support of Take Five! Thursday July 16, 2009
6:30 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum  The year 1934 was a good one for art and award-winning films. Hollywood captured the attention of a nation seeking a break from difficult times by watching movies. Join us for these memorable cinematic evenings.
Imitation of Life Struggling to support their children during the Depression, a white widow and a black maid team up to form their own business. The pair forges a lifelong bond when they both suffer at the hands of their selfish daughters. This stirring film was nominated for three Academy Awards® including best drama. 1934. Directed by John Stahl; starring Claudette Colbert. 106 minutes. McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level The Man Who Knew Too Much Thursday, August 13, 6:30 p.m. Friday July 17, 2009
12:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum Organic and sinuous, art nouveau is a style of modern art and design that developed out of the Arts and Crafts and aesthetic movements. In four sessions, Bonita Billman, art history instructor at the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, explores the origins, characteristics, historical influences, and the chief proponents of this style. Registration and fee required: Resident members $60; senior members $54; general admission $95 (Code 1H0-520). To register, call (202) 633-3030, Monday– Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. ($3 handling fee per order), or register online at residentassociates.org.
Friday July 17, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Friday July 17, 2009
4:00 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join this fun and engaging family-friendly tour of the Common Threads exhibition. Museum educators use interactive techniques and hands-on materials to explore Jean Shin’s transformation of everyday objects into surprising works of art. Recommended for ages 6-8; all members of the family welcome. This tour will be interpreted in American Sign Language for Deaf visitors.
Saturday July 18, 2009
11:30 AM
- 2:00 PM
Kogod Courtyard American Art Museum,National Portrait Gallery  Join us for a day of baseball through the ages!
Meet players from the Washington Nationals! Dress in your favorite Nats gear for photo-ops and autographs. Play baseball-themed games in the courtyard or take part in a major-league scavenger hunt throughout the galleries to see all-star artists in the American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. Make your own personal trophy and take it to a storytelling with Judith Gravitz in the Jean Shin: Common Threads exhibition. Steve Vozzolo and Jeff Batter will be performing songs about baseball from the CD, "I Love Baseball," which is part of the audio collection in The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Author and KidsPost sports columnist Fred Bowen will be joining in on all the action while signing some of his books for you to take home. Watch an old school pitching demo by the Eclipse Base Ball Club. These ball players use the rules and the uniforms from the 1860s! Stick around to the end of the day for a baseball raffle! You can win prizes such as tickets to a Nats game, autographed baseballs from the Washington Nationals and other great prizes. If you are hungry for lunch, visit the Courtyard Café for a classic ballpark hot dog. Try an authentic frank from three famous baseball cities in America! Upcoming summer family days… Staged Stories Family Day Saturday, August 8, 1–4 p.m. Grand Salon—Renwick Gallery Saturday July 18, 2009
1:00 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum 
Join this fun and engaging family-friendly tour of the Common Threads exhibition. Museum educators use interactive techniques and hands-on materials to explore Jean Shin’s transformation of everyday objects into surprising works of art. Recommended for ages 6-8; all members of the family welcome.
Saturday July 18, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Saturday July 18, 2009
2:30 PM
3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Curious about American art? Interested in expressing your thoughts and raising questions about a painting or sculpture? Join us for a 30-minute gallery conversation in American Sign Language presented by specially trained volunteer Art Signs Gallery Guides.
Meet at the F Street information desk Sunday July 19, 2009
1:00 PM
- 3:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at our interactive carts for kids ages 7–12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in
the F Street and G Street lobbies. Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Sunday July 19, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Sunday July 19, 2009
4:00 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum
This Docent-led tour includes highlights from American Art’s three special exhibitions. View everyday objects transformed in Jean Shin: Common Threads; become inspired by the uplifting spirit of art during the Great Depression in 1934: A New Deal for Artists; and experience the extraordinary variety and accomplishment of American artists' works on paper in Graphic Masters II.
Tuesday July 21, 2009
3:00 PM
- 4:30 PM
Luce Foundation Center, Third Floor American Art Museum
Draw inspiration from artists sketches as well as the thousands of objects on display in the Luce Foundation Center; then spend time sketching in our workshop. Some materials provided; please bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Repeats weekly.
Tuesday July 21, 2009
6:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum,National Portrait Gallery  Joyce Hill Stoner, paintings conservator and director of the University of Delaware Preservation Studies Doctoral Program, is an expert in the history of conservation in the twentieth century. She has a particular interest in collaborations between artists and conservators. Stoner will discuss these collaborations, including her own conservation experiences with legendary artist Andrew Wyeth and his son, Jamie Wyeth.
Wednesday July 22, 2009
1:00 PM
- 3:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at our interactive carts for kids ages 7–12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in
the F Street and G Street lobbies. Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Wednesday July 22, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Wednesday July 22, 2009
3:00 PM
Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor Mezzanine American Art Museum,National Portrait Gallery
Learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects from our collections in the Lunder Conservation Center. Group size is limited; meet at the Luce Foundation Center Information Desk by 3 p.m.
Lunder Conservation Center, Third Floor Mezzanine Wednesday July 22, 2009
6:00 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum
Join a docent-led, walk-in tour through the special exhibitions Jean Shin: Common Threads.
Thursday July 23, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Friday July 24, 2009
12:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum Organic and sinuous, art nouveau is a style of modern art and design that developed out of the Arts and Crafts and aesthetic movements. In four sessions, Bonita Billman, art history instructor at the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, explores the origins, characteristics, historical influences, and the chief proponents of this style. Registration and fee required: Resident members $60; senior members $54; general admission $95 (Code 1H0-520). To register, call (202) 633-3030, Monday– Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. ($3 handling fee per order), or register online at residentassociates.org.
Friday July 24, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Saturday July 25, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Sunday July 26, 2009
1:00 PM
- 3:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at our interactive carts for kids ages 7–12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in
the F Street and G Street lobbies. Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Sunday July 26, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Sunday July 26, 2009
4:00 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum
This Docent-led tour includes highlights from American Art’s three special exhibitions. View everyday objects transformed in Jean Shin: Common Threads; become inspired by the uplifting spirit of art during the Great Depression in 1934: A New Deal for Artists; and experience the extraordinary variety and accomplishment of American artists' works on paper in Graphic Masters II.
Tuesday July 28, 2009
3:00 PM
- 4:30 PM
Luce Foundation Center, Third Floor American Art Museum
Draw inspiration from artists sketches as well as the thousands of objects on display in the Luce Foundation Center; then spend time sketching in our workshop. Some materials provided; please bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Repeats weekly.
Wednesday July 29, 2009
1:00 PM
- 3:00 PM
F Street and G Street lobbies American Art Museum Travel throughout the galleries and handle brushes, palettes, bison hide, and bottle caps at our interactive carts for kids ages 7–12. Pick up your Art à la Cart map and passport at information desks located in
the F Street and G Street lobbies. Education programs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum are supported by its Director’s Circle and contributions from the museum’s members. Wednesday July 29, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Wednesday July 29, 2009
3:00 PM
Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor Mezzanine American Art Museum,National Portrait Gallery
Learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects from our collections in the Lunder Conservation Center. Group size is limited; meet at the Luce Foundation Center Information Desk by 3 p.m.
Lunder Conservation Center, Third Floor Mezzanine Thursday July 30, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
Thursday July 30, 2009
5:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum  Explore rarely seen works from the American Art Museum’s collection of exceptional watercolors, pastels, and drawings from the 1920s to 1960s with Joann Moser, senior curator for graphic arts. This exhibition highlights works on paper by extraordinary artists such as Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Willem de Kooning, Joseph Stella, Grant Wood, and Andrew Wyeth.
Friday July 31, 2009
12:00 PM
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level American Art Museum Organic and sinuous, art nouveau is a style of modern art and design that developed out of the Arts and Crafts and aesthetic movements. In four sessions, Bonita Billman, art history instructor at the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, explores the origins, characteristics, historical influences, and the chief proponents of this style. Registration and fee required: Resident members $60; senior members $54; general admission $95 (Code 1H0-520). To register, call (202) 633-3030, Monday– Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. ($3 handling fee per order), or register online at residentassociates.org.
Friday July 31, 2009
1:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
Meet in the F Street Lobby American Art Museum Join us for a tour or talk at 1:30 in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea in this elegant space. Beverages served until 3:30 p.m. except during special events.
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