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Explore Amish Quilts at SAAM
Did you know SAAM has the largest collection of Amish quilts of any art museum? Discover this beautiful and vibrant collection with Janneken Smucker, professor of history, as she guides you through the tradition and artistry of the Amish quiltmaking practice. Smucker explores how the quilts, which were pieced together with precise skill by women artists for everyday use in the home, became celebrated art objects in the mid-twentieth century.
The collection is featured in SAAM’s exhibition “Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women,” which celebrates a major gift of Amish quilts to the museum by Faith and Stephen Brown. In this video, hear from the Browns as they discuss their collecting journey, which spans more than 50 years and 130 objects. For more information, visit americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/pattern-and-paradox.
The collection is featured in SAAM’s exhibition “Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women,” which celebrates a major gift of Amish quilts to the museum by Faith and Stephen Brown. In this video, hear from the Browns as they discuss their collecting journey, which spans more than 50 years and 130 objects. For more information, visit americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/pattern-and-paradox.
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Meet the Artist: Audrey Flack
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Go into the studio of renowned artist Audrey Flack (1931-2024) for an engaging personal interview. Flack discusses the quest for truth in her work and the significance behind her iconic artwork “Queen,” part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection. She explores the uplifting nature of her last body of work, which blends historic and pop culture references with religious iconography....
Virtual “Fighters for Freedom” Juneteenth Conversation
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Explore how artist William H. Johnson depicted the history behind the fight for freedom and the abolition of slavery in the United States in this compelling discussion. Learn about the role the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), like Hampton University, have played in preserving William H. Johnson’s work as well as the connections between th...
Handi-hour Crafting: Pressed Flower Lantern
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Brighten your space with a charming DIY lantern using pressed flowers and tissue paper. In this instructional video, Mary Lesher, Public Programs Coordinator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, teaches crafting techniques featured at Handi-hour, D.C.’s original crafting happy hour.
Meet the Artist: Carrie Mae Weems
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Take a contemplative look into artist Carrie Mae Weems’s upstate New York studio as she discusses the ideas we carry throughout our lives, how she grapples with injustice, and the resolve and compassion she is bringing to her next phase in life and as an artist. Her immersive multimedia installation “Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me-A Story in 5 Parts” and photographs from her series “Constructing Histo...
Meet the Artist: Alison Saar
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Sculptor Alison Saar reflects on her artistic practice, from the collaborative process she develops with her materials to the influence of her family including her children and her parents, artists Betye and Richard Saar. She shares some of the meaning and symbolism behind her work, “Rouse,” part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection, and invites the viewers to find their own mean...
Artist Spencer Finch in Conversation
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Multidisciplinary artist Spencer Finch joins Sarah Newman, James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in conversation about his body of work. Finch is best known for his large-scale, site-specific works that explore changing landscapes, such as the Hudson River and Great Salt Lake. Through his work, he touches on the ideas of memory, environmentalism, the pa...
Exploring Art Conservation and the Preservation of the “Fighters for Freedom” Series
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How do you preserve important paintings to ensure they last into the future? Keara Teeter, the Lunder Fellow in Paintings Conservation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, discusses the role of an art conservator and shares her journey into the field. At SAAM, Teeter worked on the two-year process of carefully preserving artworks in William H. Johnson’s “Fighters for Freedom” series. Created...
Preserving William H. Johnson’s “Fighters for Freedom”
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How do you preserve important paintings to ensure they last into the future? Keara Teeter, the Lunder Fellow in Paintings Conservation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, explains the two-year process of carefully preserving artworks in William H. Johnson’s “Fighters for Freedom” series. Created in the mid-1940s and showing signs of age, Teeter describes the painstaking steps of treating th...
Virtual Studio Tour with Ursala Hudson
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Go into the studio of artist Ursala Hudson (Tlingit) for a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of her studio, followed by a conversation on her materials and artistic process. Hudson, who was given the name Kadusné by her mother, which means “they are weaving,” is a transdisciplinary artist of Caucasian, Filipina, and Tlingit descent. She explores her interrelated worldview and philosophies through ...
Handi-hour Crafting: Pom Pom Garland
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Add color and whimsy to your space with handmade pom pom garlands. Learn two types of popular pom poms: needle felted and yarn. A great use of leftover scraps! In this instructional video, Mary Lesher, Public Programs Coordinator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum teaches crafting techniques featured at Handi-hour, D.C.’s original crafting happy hour.
“Fighters for Freedom” Across the Smithsonian: Jack Johnson’s Glove
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“Fighters for Freedom” Across the Smithsonian: Jack Johnson’s Glove
“Fighters for Freedom” Across the Smithsonian: Harriet Tubman’s Shawl
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“Fighters for Freedom” Across the Smithsonian: Harriet Tubman’s Shawl
“Fighters for Freedom” Across the Smithsonian: Nat Turner’s Bible
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“Fighters for Freedom” Across the Smithsonian: Nat Turner’s Bible
“Fighters for Freedom” Across the Smithsonian: Nannie Helen Burroughs’s Cash Register
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“Fighters for Freedom” Across the Smithsonian: Nannie Helen Burroughs’s Cash Register
“Fighters for Freedom” Across the Smithsonian: Marian Anderson’s Fur Coat
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“Fighters for Freedom” Across the Smithsonian: Marian Anderson’s Fur Coat
“Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice” Introduction
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“Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice” Introduction
Teacher Workshop: History's Habits of Mind: The American West
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Teacher Workshop: History's Habits of Mind: The American West
Conversation with the Partner Museums of “Many Wests”
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Conversation with the Partner Museums of “Many Wests”
Handi-hour Crafting: Embroidery Basics
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Handi-hour Crafting: Embroidery Basics
The Writing on the Wall: Visitor-Centered Labels in Art Museums
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The Writing on the Wall: Visitor-Centered Labels in Art Museums
Virtual Artist Conversation with Erica Lord and Maggie Thompson
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Virtual Artist Conversation with Erica Lord and Maggie Thompson
Welcome to American Voices and Visions
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Welcome to American Voices and Visions
"Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas" Introduction
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"Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas" Introduction
“Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies" Introduction
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“Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies" Introduction
“Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023” Introduction
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“Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023” Introduction
Distinctly Geo: Wabanaki Basketry of Today
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Distinctly Geo: Wabanaki Basketry of Today
I love this video and all her amazing history and informative details about the art of quilts!!
Absolutely Wonderful…Ms Thomas. Thank you for sharing! ❤
Work of incredible beauty and impact.
I remember seeing quilts at the Renwick museum once as well. those were amazing. I'm not sure if I ever had a chance to see the Amish quilts. but those look beautiful. I agree that they compare to modern, abstract art. some of the colors and patterns are amazing... thank you
You are amazing!❤️❤️❤️
what a film, i love it and well miss you Audrey
I was first introduced to Audrey Flack's work at Louisville's Speed Museum in 1992. I was so enthralled by her work. I went with friends first then I took my mother to see.
🙂🌹❤
Orgullosa de ser mexicana. Que magnifico trabajo.
Rest in power, Queen.🌹
Hermoso trabajo. Muy inspirador, una paleta muy sobria que trasmite paz.
AWESOME! Thanks for showing.
With the greatest respect, John. Your art has been inspiring through the years.
I visited her exhibit at The Broad today. So inspiring and gorgeous pieces! 🖤
A rainbow you can touch.
Wow. Just wow.
Inspiring art❤
Makes my day ….. thank you 🤩
This is amazing! Thank you!!!
Everything is data
Amazing! The shawl, and Harriet Tubman.
Wow. ❤
Carrie Mae was my DivIII advisor at Hampshire College in 1989. It was an honor to work with her. We lost contact so it is exciting to see this!
Beautiful and innovative
Amazing artist! Equally amazing that he's done this for so long without safety glasses and isn't blind! So sad he's no longer creating his magic sculptures due to his untimely auto accident.
That sculpture, “Rouse,” is phenomenal. Thanks so much for posting. (P.S. As a non-professional artist, I really appreciated hearing Ms. Saar discuss her evolving ideas about the identify of the figure held aloft in the woman’s antlers. Sometimes when I’m working on a piece I think it is about one thing, but then afterwards I realize it’s about something very different. I’ve assumed that’s because I’m new at art and unsure of myself. But maybe even established artists don’t always know at the outset.) (P.P.S. The entire Saar family is incredible. We are so lucky to have their body of work to look at.)
Excellent! Everyone needs to see this. Thank you, SAAM!
Such wisdom. Inspiring.
beautiful photo frame what style? what is the name?
wish i have had the chance
Nam June paiks cable management 🤌
Gaphite is like, yaaaaa
Very moving …. ❤
Much love for Kay Being an amateur artist myself I am deeply moved by her encouraging everyone to paint
Tyler Shine, you did a fabulous presentation and brought the chapter to us. "There is no end to out Ecological Art and Black Geography" - Alma Thomas. Will your work be turned into a book? I would love to read the complete dissertation.
Nick Congratulations 🎉. You are so talented and unique and are so loved by so many of us who got to know you.... You have made many people so proud of you 🙏. Continue your journey! God bless you and your wife and family 😇.... You are a inspiration to many people all over the world....
Wonderful and inspiring -- thank you for this video.
more-more-more
Nice video!
Who was the frames craftsperson? Does anyone know? Does anyone care?
I hope to go see it. This man created something remarkable. Thank you for the video.
I really wouldn't just call him an artist, he's an profit. In the few instances of him sharing his work, he did so as a profit. He was getting messages from angels who told him to create his work, he wrote an entirely new section of the Bible, he may have even created his own language. He believed in the idea that God is giving his plans for humanity slowly over time via different profits, this is called dispensationism, hense the name of the throne and it's almost certain Hampton believed he was this new eras profit, akin to Moses. He even went to churches and tried to convince them to include his texts and parts of the throne in their service but was denied. He wasn't an artist. He was profit. And that part of the story is integral to understanding his work
Prophet. Instead of profit.
Thank you! I have a beautiful gilded antique frame (&painting) that has started to come apart. I don’t want a new frame. I want to conserve the one originally on the painting.
This was great! I have been a fan of his work for years. I had the honor of meeting him when I was about 10 years old. My father was an art dealer and was picking up some prints from him in Sacramento. He was kind and warm to me. I will always hold the memory close.
That was wonderful! Great job
He has amazing speaking skills, I can't help but observe how well his words flow...
I saw this clip on a stand at the National Portrait Gallery during the women's festival this weekend... *but Where is the Shawl?* we would love to see the actual shawl itself! is it on display anywhere the public can see it?
Excellent work Ms. Mary Elliott! The shawl is truly an American treasure. Thank you.
Beautiful gift
Wow!