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Fabricating for an Exhibition: Jim Baxter and Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color

May 14, 2013

The exhibition Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color opened last month at the Renwick Gallery. Georgina Goodlander chatted with Jim Baxter, an exhibits specialist at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, who created architectural components inspired by Day's...

In This Case: Prairie Chicken

May 9, 2013

Kelly Trop interned at American Art from September 2012 to May 2013. She worked in the Public Programs office and Luce Foundation Center and wrote this post about her experience. Edward Kemeys' Prairie Chicken As an intern at the American...

Preserving the Parlor's Pictures

May 3, 2013

[Three Men and a Woman], Artist unidentified. Few architectural ideas are able to capture a sense of historical romanticism as readily as the notion of the nineteenth century parlor. Dark wood interiors complimented by the delicate white lace of table...

Picture This: Slow Art at American Art

May 1, 2013

Public Programs Coordinator Laurel Fehrenbach, center, leads a discussion with Slow Art participants at American Art American Art participated in this year's Slow Art Day, one of over 265 museums world-wide. One of the paintings we discussed was Untitled by...

The Civil War and American Art: A Confederate View

April 25, 2013

This blog post is part of a monthly Eye Level feature on our exhibition The Civil War and American Art. Curator Eleanor Harvey talks about many of the important intersections between American art and the Civil War. The exhibition runs...