Past Exhibitions | Smithsonian Institution

Featured Object: Sterling Silver Beverage Pitcher by Frederick A. Miller

Admire a sterling silver beverage pitcher made by American metalsmith Frederick A. Miller.

January 3, 1989 – February 28, 1989

Renwick Gallery

Featured Object: "Oval Chamber" by William Daley

See a large stoneware ceramic piece by the artist, a principal figure in contemporary American ceramics.

November 1, 1988 – February 12, 1989

Renwick Gallery

Stephen de Staebler: The Figure

See 32 clay and bronze works--standing or seated life-size male and female figures as well as torsos and fragments of figures--by the California artist.

October 21, 1988 – February 12, 1989

Renwick Gallery

California Craft

Admire and purchase the diverse objects in this sales exhibition, including wood letter openers and bracelets, quilts, silver and glass jewelry, glass and wood perfume bottles, glass vases, and ceramic bottle forms.

October 14, 1988 – January 22, 1989

Renwick Gallery

Sales Exhibition: Saluting Excellence

Admire and purchase a variety of crafts by Washington-area craftspeople, all of them Creative Crafts Council award winners.

September 1, 1988 – October 9, 1988

Renwick Gallery

Pottery Installation

See 5 porcelain and stoneware works by various potters.

April 22, 1988 – September 15, 1988

Renwick Gallery

Creative Arts Council

Admire and purchase a variety of crafts by Washington-area craftspeople.

June 10, 1988 – September 5, 1988

Renwick Gallery

Clay Revisions: Plate, Cup, Vase

Examine 3 traditional ceramic forms--plate, cup, vase--as they have been transformed into nonfunctional art works.

April 22, 1988 – September 5, 1988

Renwick Gallery

Featured Object (by Tom Patti) Bi-axial Tubated Green Riser

Admire a diminutive, exquisitely conceived piece that is a superb example of the artist's use of glass.

August 1, 1988 – September 5, 1988

Renwick Gallery

Color in Clay: New Expressions in Ancient Art

Admire and purchase cups, plates, and vases created in sculptural forms by artists from across the country.

May 1, 1988 – June 5, 1988

Renwick Gallery

Renwick Featured Object: Orange Swirl (ceramic by Neil Tetowski)

Discover a large-scale wall-mounted disc that features a broad rim, scribed with a series of parallel lines.

November 4, 1987 – April 15, 1988

Renwick Gallery

Lost and Found Tradition: Native American Art 1965-1985

See 380 traditional objects made by Native Americans in the past 20 years, including a full-size tepee, feather war bonnets, powwow dance outfits, and ash-splint basketry.

October 2, 1987 – March 6, 1988

Renwick Gallery

Native American Art: Lost and Found Traditions Sales Exhibition

Admire and purchase rugs, drums, masks, jewelry, pottery, baskets, kachinas, boots, beaded accessories, and miniature totem poles--some created by artists whose work is included in the Renwick exhibition.

October 10, 1987 – March 6, 1988

Renwick Gallery

Renwick Featured Object: Listening to the East Wind

View a ceramic sculpture by Rudy Autio that features robust female nudes and a pair of galloping horses.

December 1, 1987 – March 6, 1988

Renwick Gallery

Cynthia Schira: New Work (Weavings)

See 10 recent large-scale weavings, as well as Schira's work Reflections, from the Renwick's permanent collection.

November 13, 1987 – February 14, 1988

Renwick Gallery

Dan Dailey: Glass, 1972-1987

Admire 42 vases, sculptures, lamps, wall reliefs, tripod assemblies, and distorted vessels as well as 9 related drawings by the artist, who works with hardened plate glass and blown glass.

June 26, 1987 – October 25, 1987

Renwick Gallery

Sales Exhibition: Crafts from West Virginia

Admire and purchase crafts from West Virginia , including quilts, pottery, baskets, and other craft objects.

September 1, 1987 – September 27, 1987

Renwick Gallery

Geo-Metro-Deco

See Art Deco-influenced objects by contemporary American craftspeople, and include vases, perfume bottles, jewelry, and furniture.

May 21, 1987 – August 16, 1987

Renwick Gallery

American Art Deco

See some 180 works including sculpture, furniture, textiles, glass, ceramics, silver, and architectural photographs all representative of Art Deco, the most important decorative style of the late 1920s and 1930s in the U.S.

April 17, 1987 – July 26, 1987

Renwick Gallery

Quilts from the Indiana Amish

See 17 quilts, created between 1875 and 1940 by Amish women in northeastern Indiana, collected by David Pottinger, who became fascinated with the Amish people, moved into their community, and researched the exact dates of many of the quilts and the names of their makers.

March 6, 1987 – June 7, 1987

Renwick Gallery

Body Adornment

Admire and purchase jewelry and accessories, from scarves, belts, and cufflinks, to more unusual items such as formica bowties, paper and safety pin jewelry, and felted jackets.

April 9, 1987 – May 17, 1987

Renwick Gallery

Encore

Admire and purchase jewelry, pottery, fiber, and wooden items by artists and craftspeople selected from previous Renwick sales exhibitions of the past 9 years.

January 8, 1987 – April 6, 1987

Renwick Gallery

Russia, the Land, the People: Russian Painting 1850-1910

View 62 paintings with landscapes, genre and religious scenes, and portraits with predominant topics and themes, on loan from the USSR.

October 17, 1986 – January 5, 1987

Renwick Gallery

Toys for All Ages

Admire and purchase a variety of toys for children and adults, including dolls, wooden puzzles, and kaleidoscopes.

October 9, 1986 – January 4, 1987

Renwick Gallery

Pewter

Admire and purchase a range of objects from functional to sculptural, including boxes with inlaid stones, mirrors, paperweights, candlesticks, vases, and cups.

August 1, 1986 – October 5, 1986

Renwick Gallery