BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Press Preview: WONDER Exhibit

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Description of Pictures: Renwick Gallery Reopens Nov. 13 Following Major Renovation of Historic Building with Inaugural Exhibition "WONDER"
The Renwick Gallery, home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum's craft and decorative arts program, will open to the public Friday, Nov. 13, following a comprehensive two-year renovation. The museum reopens with a refreshed interior aesthetic, restored and newly visible historic features and infrastructural upgrades that preserve the unique historic character of the National Historic Landmark building while updating it for the 21st century. Read the Renwick opening press release here.
The opening exhibition, "WONDER," features site-specific, gallery-sized installations by nine major contemporary artists, including Maya Lin, Leo Villareal and Janet Echelman. These larger-than-life installations feature surprising materials worked in transformative ways--looming spires constructed from hundreds of thousands of index cards, intricately patterned "wallpaper" made of brightly colored insects and a massive hemlock tree recreated in countless tiny wooden blocks are among the works that explore the future of craft and transform the Renwick itself into an immersive work of art. Read the "WONDER" press release here.
Media are invited to a press preview Tuesday, Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Present at the event were six of the artists: Maya Lin ("Folding the Chesapeake"), Leo Villareal ("Volume (Renwick)"), Jennifer Angus ("1.8"), Janet Echelman ("In the Midnight Garden"), Gabriel Dawe ("Plexus, A1"), and John Grade ("Middle Fork (Cascades)").

Same Event: Wait! There's more! Because I took too many pictures, photos from this event were divided among the following pages: [Display ALL photos on one page]:

2020_DC_SIRG_Janet18: DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Janet Echelman's 1.8 Renwick (10 photos from 2020)
2021_DC_SIRG_Janet18: DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Janet Echelman's 1.8 Renwick (17 photos from 2021)
2023_DC_SIRG_Janet18: DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: Janet Echelman's 1.8 Renwick (8 photos from 2023)
2015_DC_SIRG_Wonder: DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: WONDER (218 photos from 2015)
2016_DC_SIRG_Wonder: DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Exhibit: WONDER (27 photos from 2016)
2015_DC_SIRG_WonderPP_151110: DC -- Renwick Gallery -- Press Preview: WONDER Exhibit (93 photos from 2015)
2015_DC_SIRG_HandiHour_151113: Renwick Gallery -- Event: Handi-Hour (2015, WONDER) (101 photos from 2015)
2015_DC_SIRG_Festival_151114: Renwick Gallery -- Event: Renwick Opening Festival (WONDER) (143 photos from 2015)
2015_DC_SIRG_Opening3_151113: Renwick Gallery -- Event: Reopening Day -- Entertainers (WONDER) (52 photos from 2015)
2015_DC_SIRG_Opening2_151113: Renwick Gallery -- Event: Reopening Day -- Folks Inside (WONDER) (64 photos from 2015)
2015_DC_SIRG_Opening_151113: Renwick Gallery -- Event: Reopening Day -- Ribbon Cutting (WONDER) (65 photos from 2015)
2016_DC_Maya_Lin_160226: Renwick Gallery -- Talk: Maya Lin (WONDER) (79 photos from 2016)

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