SAAM Stories
Caring for an American Art Treasure A peek into the world of conservation and the meticulous care of James Hampton’s The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly.
![Detail of illustrated portrait of Emma Amos.](http://cdn.saam.media/oluc35rG4k5_aUcanHSqX4CoFT8/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1714061812%2FBintiSainiJeffery_EmmaAmos_20230503_cover_RGB_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
04/26/2024
Painter, printmaker, and textile artist Emma Amos created colorful multi-media works that explore themes of identity.
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
Howard Kaplan
Writer
![Detail of Phoebe Kline. She is sitting in front of orchids and smiling.](http://cdn.saam.media/9P8LuqfEp57yx4ujOLs5Qp-gk-I/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1713301808%2FPhoebeKlineDocent_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
04/18/2024
Docent Phoebe Kline began at SAAM in 1974 and she's still going strong.
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
Howard Kaplan
Writer
![A photograph of a woman in front of artwork](http://cdn.saam.media/sfCR8_2c5xIBxq99OTEsnR0y7ys/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2021-03%2Fstephanie-homepage-feature.jpg)
04/08/2024
More visitors and new exhibitions highlight a season of change.
![Stephanie Stebich, SAAM's Margaret and Terry Stent Direction in the museum's Lincoln Gallery. Photo by Gene Young.](http://cdn.saam.media/ZXyCmqh0oNPcGZJLSONP2ucExWs/640/640/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2FStephanie-Stebich.jpg)
Stephanie Stebich
The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery
![Marian Anderson and symbols that surround her life](http://cdn.saam.media/zSVifk4z8rP-mRQl4LsqrLVF_BQ/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1666109422%2FMarian%2520Anderson_homepage%2520crop.jpg)
04/05/2024
William H. Johnson portrayed the singer in multiple paintings, including in his Fighters for Freedom series.
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
Howard Kaplan
Writer
![A detail of a vibrant painting with a dark navy blue circle on the right surrounded by concentric circles of reds, oranges, and yellow.](http://cdn.saam.media/B2qoCcL2KWqfI675bwGhe44y33Y/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1711981044%2FThomas_Eclipse_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
04/02/2024
As we gather to celebrate this year’s eclipse, Alma Thomas, whose painting The Eclipse is featured in SAAM's collection, noted the influence of natural phenomena on her work.
![A photograph of a woman.](http://cdn.saam.media/SpXV_2KVhc7bLAE-5F0VAcZvLLw/640/640/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2FKatie.jpeg)
Katie Hondorf
Public Affairs Specialist
![Detail of an illustration showing a person wearing glass art standing in front of a slatted fence. The text says "Border Stories."](http://cdn.saam.media/pDTlIfSKRSumQ2za9x5e4AKrfSM/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1711559413%2FIrenep_Tanya%2520Agui%25C3%25B1iga_20230430_RGB_cover_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
03/27/2024
Celebrating the renowned artist whose community-based practice involves interactions at the border.
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
Howard Kaplan
Writer
![Detail of abstract painting showing red tiles of paint on a white background.](http://cdn.saam.media/8AEoZUcFNOMe9tJhJMjojsG3V8M/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1710422881%2FSAAM-1978.40.5_1.jpg)
03/14/2024
Explore the themes of Music and Nature in Composing Colors: Paintings by Alma Thomas.
![A photograph of a woman.](http://cdn.saam.media/SpXV_2KVhc7bLAE-5F0VAcZvLLw/640/640/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2FKatie.jpeg)
Katie Hondorf
Public Affairs Specialist
![Illustrated portrait of Sister Gertrude Morgan singing and playing the tambourine.](http://cdn.saam.media/_DOWV0NxYtCIjledBBdfVNAbA6M/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1709567844%2FHuntonS_SisterGertrudeMorgan_20230424_RGB_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
03/07/2024
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
Howard Kaplan
Writer
![Close up of the face of an African American woman looking off into the distance. Fists are raised behind her in a show of solidarity.](http://cdn.saam.media/ytHYKaiKvtS5JI37cmC_-YFEqmo/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1707236595%2FMerchantZ_BarbaraJonesHogu_2023430_cover_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
02/08/2024
Celebrating the renowned artist with a comic about her life and work.
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
Howard Kaplan
Writer
![Detail of abstract painting showing different bands of different colors.](http://cdn.saam.media/pjUzjXvpIgVie4T8md7PvuQf80E/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1706898036%2FSAAM-1970.324_1_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
02/06/2024
A garden blooms in Alma Thomas's exuberant painting.
![A photograph of a woman.](http://cdn.saam.media/SpXV_2KVhc7bLAE-5F0VAcZvLLw/640/640/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2FKatie.jpeg)
Katie Hondorf
Public Affairs Specialist
![A photograph of a woman in front of artwork](http://cdn.saam.media/sfCR8_2c5xIBxq99OTEsnR0y7ys/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2021-03%2Fstephanie-homepage-feature.jpg)
01/22/2024
Making artful connections in the new year ahead
![Stephanie Stebich, SAAM's Margaret and Terry Stent Direction in the museum's Lincoln Gallery. Photo by Gene Young.](http://cdn.saam.media/ZXyCmqh0oNPcGZJLSONP2ucExWs/640/640/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2FStephanie-Stebich.jpg)
Stephanie Stebich
The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery
![Abstract sculpture](http://cdn.saam.media/XRKrurYInmdVoleHiAZ7N8fo_nM/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1703090212%2FSAAM-1977.47.14_3_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
12/21/2023
Head curator Randy Griffey remembers artist Richard Hunt, who died December 16, 2023
![Photograph of Randall Griffey](http://cdn.saam.media/YtvKm3nYtWOaBSYNi-UxbpGqkM0/640/640/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2FMejoradoR%2540si.edu%2Frandall%2520griffey.jpeg)
Randall Griffey
Head Curator