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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Don't miss our summer Handi-hour, this Wednesday!
Bring your friends (ages 21 and up) to the Renwick for an evening of
DIY crafting projects, craft beer tasting, and live music. On Saturday, round up the family for Photo Family Day! Tour our new exhibition, A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
then head down to the Kogod courtyard to snap your own photos, make a
cyanotype, and take our photo quiz. Text your images to the museum and
we'll include them in a digital mosaic!
-- Courtney
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This Week's Featured Programs
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Crafts and craft beer at Handi-hour!
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This Week at the Renwick:
Handi-hour
Wednesday, July 10, 5:30 p.m. 
Handi-hour, DC's premier DIY hour, brings together the city's
craftiest folks for an evening of all-you-can-craft activities,
world-class art paired with craft beer selected by Greg Engert of
ChurchKey, and live music. This month we are featuring garden
crafts! Decorate terra cotta pots, create a cork plant holder for your
refrigerator, and more. Get some ideas from our newest Handi-hour
video here. *Admission is $20 at the door, includes two drink tickets, snacks, and all you can craft. Ages 21 and older.
This Week at American Art:
Photo Family Day
Saturday, July 13, 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
 Enjoy educational fun for kids of all ages! Tour our new exhibition , A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
take our photo quiz, and make a cyanotype of your own. Snap photos of
the Courtyard, text them to the museum, and have your shots added to a
digital mosaic that you can download at home!
Kogod Courtyard
Luce Unplugged with Carolyn Malachi
Sunday, July 14, 1:30 p.m.
A free acoustic concert
series, Luce Unplugged invites local musicians to perform after
staff-led art talks. Grammy-nominated D.C. musician Carolyn Malachi
draws inspiration from jazz, hip-hop, spoken word, and her own
imagination. Hear her perform an hour-long set after an art talk on a
piece she feels relates to her unique sound.
Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
Steinway Series, All For One Piano Duo
Sunday, July 14, 3 p.m.
Alexander A. Wu and Sasha
Papernik perform on one piano with four hands. They will present
classics, from an arrangement of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik to excerpts from George Bizet's opera Carmen, from Slavic dances and tango music to a medley of songs by Ira and George Gershwin. Limited space; tickets required. Pick up free tickets beginning at 2:30 p.m. in the museum's G Street Lobby.
McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level
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Ongoing Programs
Sketching: Draw and Discover
Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m.
American Art Museum
Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center
Wednesdays at 3 p.m.
American Art Museum
Art + Coffee
Fridays through Sundays at 1:30 p.m. Check the online calendar for featured speakers.
American Art Museum
Highlights of the American Art Museum Daily at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.
American Art Museum
Highlights of the Renwick Gallery Weekdays at 12 p.m., weekends at 1 p.m.
Renwick Gallery
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Now Open!
Marking the thirtieth anniversary of the
establishment of the museum's pioneering photography collection, the
exhibition examines photography's evolution in the United States from a
documentary medium to a full-fledged artistic genre and showcases the
numerous ways in which it has captured the American experience.
June 28, 2013 - January 5, 2014
Opening Soon!
Landscapes In Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes 
This selection of photographs created
by three great American photographers in the 1960's and 70's depict the
American landscape in passing, as drive-through scenery rather than the
entrancing wilderness of the nineteenth century. Photographs by Steve
Fitch, from his series "Diesels and Dinosaurs," capture the typical
sights and attractions that defined roadside America. Robbert Flick's
pieces are drawn from photographs of Los Angeles neighborhoods taken
while he traversed the streets and arranged in horizontal rows as in a
contact sheet or filmstrip. Elaine Mayes's photographs, from her
"Autolandscapes" series, present America as seen from a moving car window.
July 26, 2013 - January 20, 2014
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Image Credits:
William Eggleston, Tricycle (Memphis), ca. 1975, printed
1980, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Amy Loeserman Klein ©
1975 Eggleston Artistic Trust. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Elaine Mayes, Autolandscape, Colorado, September 1971, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase © 1971, Elaine Mayes
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, D.C. 20013
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