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Friday, May 9
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In Conversation with Michael Bell-Smith
Friday Gallery Talk |
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Artist and curatorial research associate Ryan Hill organized the weekly gallery talks and introduces each program. In today's talk, artist Michael Bell-Smith discusses works in the exhibition Cinema Effect: Part I: Dreams.
Free
Continues most Fridays
Related Exhibition: Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Meet at information desk
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| Tour, 6:45 PM; Concert, 7:30 PM: (enter Independence Ave.)
The Legacy Tour: Partha and Purbayan Chatterjee; Anindo
and Anubrata Chatterjee: Performance with preconcert tour |
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Two of the leading father-son teams in Indian music join forces for this celebration of the venerable guru-disciple tradition. The great tabla artist Partha Chatterjee and his son Purbayan are joined by the great tabla artist Anindo Chatterjee and his son Anubrata.
Note: Free tickets (up to 4 per person) can be reserved in advance through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 202-397-7328 or 800-551-7328 beginning at 10 AM two Mondays before the event. A handling fee is applied. Tickets (up to 2 per person) will also be available at the auditorium door 1 hour before the event begins on a first-come, first-served basis.
Free, but tickets required; see Note
Related Exhibition: Arts of India (at Freer) & MURAQQA' (in Sackler Gallery)
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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Saturday, May 10
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| Screening, 1 PM; Tour (Galleries 1 & 2), 2:30 PM
The Compassionate Art of Indian Temple Sculpture
Video Screening, Conversation, and Tour |
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Art historian and filmmaker Benoy K. Behl discusses connections among aesthetics, philosophy, religion, and architecture in Indian life. He then screens one of his documentaries and leads a question-and-answer session on the sculpture of India. Later join Behl for a gallery talk in the Freer to learn more about Indian temple sculpture.
Free; first come, first served
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a guided tour. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Saturdays and Sundays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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Sunday, May 11
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a guided tour. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Saturdays and Sundays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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Wednesday, May 14
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Self-Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Take a self-guided tour of the works in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Wednesdays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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Thursday, May 15
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Art + Coffee: American Craft & Folk Art
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Hear about some of the artwork housed in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and learn about American art and culture from professors and graduate students from the Masters in the History of Decorative Arts (HDA) program, which is offered by the Smithsonian Associates in partnership with Corcoran College of Art Design. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Thursdays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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| 4 PM
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii
Gallery Talk |
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Carol Wilson (docent coordinator) discusses the huge video map of the United States by Nam June Paik, the first to use the phrase "electronic superhighway." Paik's installation reminds us that each state has a distinct identity and culture, even in today's information age. Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Free
Repeats May 29
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in Lincoln Gallery, 3rd Floor, in front of work
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| 6-6:30 PM
Portrait of Douglas Fairbanks
"Face to Face" Portrait Talk |
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The weekly portrait talk highlights a portrait selected by a National Portrait Gallery staff member or guest speaker.
Lauren Johnson (Gallery's executive assistant) talks about the portrait of Douglas Fairbanks, a leading actor of early Hollywood and co-founder of United Artists, by the Ullman Manufacturing Company in the related exhibition.
Free
Continues most Thursday evenings
Related Exhibition: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: Meet at F Street Lobby
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Friday, May 16
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Molly Donovan on Black Box: Kimsooja
Friday Gallery Talk |
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Artist and curatorial research associate Ryan Hill organized the weekly gallery talks and introduces each program. In today's talk, Molly Donovan (National Gallery assistant curator of modern and contemporary art) discusses Black Box: Kimsooja.
Free
Continues most Fridays
Related Exhibition: Black Box: Kimsooja
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Meet at information desk
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Saturday, May 17
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| 9 AM-3:30 PM
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
Open House |
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Come learn about your environment from Smithsonian scientists and educators who work at this unique outdoor laboratory on the Chesapeake Bay. Take guided boat and canoe trips, walk on nature trails, climb a weather-monitoring station, tour laboratories and field research sites, see birds of prey, and enjoy live music. Other family programs include nature crafts, a scavenger hunt, face painting, and an art show. Don't miss the annual Wade-In, where a staff member tests the clarity of the water by wading in wearing white shoes until the shoes are no longer visible.
Note: There will not be on-site parking. Free parking will be available only at Central Middle School, 221 Central Avenue East in Edgewater (intersection of Mayo Road, 1.2 miles east of Maryland Route 2) and, beginning at 9 AM, buses will shuttle visitors to and from SERC.
Free
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Special Smithsonian Sponsored
Location: Edgewater, MD; for directions, call 301-238-2737; see Note
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a guided tour. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Saturdays and Sundays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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| 6-9:30 PM
Night at the Museum -- A Behind-the-Scenes Experience
After-Hours Family Program |
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Spend an evening with curators, archivists, educators, restoration staff, and other experts who research, preserve, and restore the museum's amazing aviation and space exploration artifacts. Take a tour to learn how the museum operates and hear stories about the artifacts. Don't forget your camera so you can take a special tour with photographer Dane Penland, who advises on the finer points of capturing the perfect picture of your favorite artifact.
Note: For tickets, visit the Web at www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/ticketsform.cfm or call 202-633-2398.
Free, but tickets required; see Note
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Throughout the museum
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| Tour, 6:15 PM; Concert, 7 PM: (enter Independence Ave.)
Birth of a nASIAN
Performance with preconcert tour |
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Note: This program is intended for mature audiences.
Trip hop spoken word duo Kate Rigg and Lyris Hung of Slanty Eyed Mama return to the Freer with their electrifying music and politicomic monologues that explore questions of race, culture, identity, and the contemporary Asian American urban landscape. The play Birth of a nASIAN, written by Kate Rigg and Leah Ryan, features edgy, surreal characters, such as a World Trade Center street hawker, a "China Latina" who can't seem to tick the right box at the unemployment office, and a 32-year-old cheerleader who finally has enough confidence to go to cheerleading camp.
Free, but tickets (2 per person) distributed 1 hour before
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Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
Location: Freer, Meyer Auditorium
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Sunday, May 18
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a guided tour. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Saturdays and Sundays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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Wednesday, May 21
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Self-Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Take a self-guided tour of the works in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Wednesdays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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Thursday, May 22
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Art + Coffee: American Craft & Folk Art
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Hear about some of the artwork housed in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and learn about American art and culture from professors and graduate students from the Masters in the History of Decorative Arts (HDA) program, which is offered by the Smithsonian Associates in partnership with Corcoran College of Art Design. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Thursdays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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| 6-6:30 PM
Portrait of Admiral William Frederick "Bull" Halsey
"Face to Face" Portrait Talk |
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The weekly portrait talk highlights a portrait selected by a National Portrait Gallery staff member or guest speaker.
Robert Cressman (Navy Historical Center) talks about the portrait of Admiral William Frederick "Bull" Halsey, a U.S. Naval officer and commander of the United States Third Fleet in the Pacific during World War II, by an unidentified artist in the related exhibition.
Free
Continues most Thursday evenings
Related Exhibition: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: Meet at F Street Lobby
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Friday, May 23
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Milena Kalinovska on Tim Rollins + K.O.S.
Friday Gallery Talk |
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Artist and curatorial research associate Ryan Hill organized the weekly gallery talks and introduces each program. In today's talk, Milena Kalinovska (director of programs) discusses Tim Rollins + K.O.S. portfolio Creation.
Free
Continues most Fridays
Related Exhibition: Currents: Recent Acquisitions
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Meet at information desk
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Saturday, May 24
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a guided tour. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Saturdays and Sundays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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Sunday, May 25
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a guided tour. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Saturdays and Sundays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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Wednesday, May 28
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: Self-Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Take a self-guided tour of the works in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Wednesdays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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Thursday, May 29
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| 1:30 PM
Art + Coffee: American Craft & Folk Art
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Hear about some of the artwork housed in the Luce Foundation Center for American Art and learn about American art and culture from professors and graduate students from the Masters in the History of Decorative Arts (HDA) program, which is offered by the Smithsonian Associates in partnership with Corcoran College of Art Design. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Thursdays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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| 4 PM
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii
Gallery Talk |
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Carol Wilson (docent coordinator) discusses the huge video map of the United States by Nam June Paik, the first to use the phrase "electronic superhighway." Paik's installation reminds us that each state has a distinct identity and culture, even in today's information age. Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Free
Last day
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in Lincoln Gallery, 3rd Floor, in front of work
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| 6-6:30 PM
Portrait of Dorie Miller
"Face to Face" Portrait Talk |
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The weekly portrait talk highlights a portrait selected by a National Portrait Gallery staff member or guest speaker.
Historican Jim Barber talks about the portrait of Dorie Miller, an African American cook in the U.S. Navy known for his heroism during the Pearl Harbor attack, by David Stone Martin in the related exhibition.
Free
Continues most Thursday evenings
Related Exhibition: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture
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National Portrait Gallery
Location: Meet at F Street Lobby
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Friday, May 30
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Al Miner on Dan Graham
Friday Gallery Talk ***New Date*** |
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Artist and curatorial research associate Ryan Hill organized the weekly gallery talks and introduces each program. In today's talk, curatorial assistant Al Miner discusses Dan Graham's Sculpture Garden commission.
Free
Continues most Fridays
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Meet at information desk
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Saturday, May 31
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Art + Coffee: Guided Tour
Luce Foundation Center Activity |
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Discover the treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during a guided tour. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea.
Free
Repeats most Saturdays and Sundays
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby
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Saturday, June 14
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Reach for the Sky: Become a Pilot!
Family Day and Aviation Display |
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Outside, check out over 50 visiting vintage aircraft -- from recreational, to military, and to homebuilt -- and talk to pilots to find out what skills you need to fly. Inside, test your piloting skills in flight simulators, meet model airplane experts, hear a variety of guest speakers, and enjoy performances by the U.S. Air Force band Airmen of Note.
Free, but fee for parking
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National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Location: Outdoors (rain or shine) and throughout the museum
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