Key	Imgs	Short Description
2018_DC_Solstice_DRC_In_180623	73	DC -- America Now Solstice Saturday @ DRC -- Inside: Miscellaneous Continue the night at SAAM and National Portrait Gallery for a block party and beer garden. A live concert at 9:30 p.m. closes out an unforgettable evening in the Kogod Courtyard. Admission is free, festive food and drinks available for purchase.   America Now is a three-museum collaboration between...
2018_DC_Solstice_DRC_Odd_180623	42	DC -- America Now Solstice Saturday @ DRC -- Inside: Oddisee Continue the night at SAAM and National Portrait Gallery for a block party and beer garden. A live concert at 9:30 p.m. closes out an unforgettable evening in the Kogod Courtyard. Admission is free, festive food and drinks available for purchase.   America Now is a three-museum collaboration between...
2018_DC_Solstice_DRC_RVS_180623	107	DC -- America Now Solstice Saturday @ DRC -- Inside: Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics Continue the night at SAAM and National Portrait Gallery for a block party and beer garden. A live concert at 9:30 p.m. closes out an unforgettable evening in the Kogod Courtyard. Admission is free, festive food and drinks available for purchase.   America Now is a three-museum collaboration between...
2018_DC_Solstice_DRC_BD_180623	68	DC -- America Now Solstice Saturday @ DRC -- Outdoors: Batala Drummers Continue the night at SAAM and National Portrait Gallery for a block party and beer garden. A live concert at 9:30 p.m. closes out an unforgettable evening in the Kogod Courtyard. Admission is free, festive food and drinks available for purchase.   America Now is a three-museum collaboration between...
2018_DC_Solstice_DRC_Out_180623	15	DC -- America Now Solstice Saturday @ DRC -- Outdoors: Miscellaneous Continue the night at SAAM and National Portrait Gallery for a block party and beer garden. A live concert at 9:30 p.m. closes out an unforgettable evening in the Kogod Courtyard. Admission is free, festive food and drinks available for purchase.   America Now is a three-museum collaboration between...
2018_DC_Solstice_DRC_TM_180623	5	DC -- America Now Solstice Saturday @ DRC -- Outdoors: Tasty Morsels Continue the night at SAAM and National Portrait Gallery for a block party and beer garden. A live concert at 9:30 p.m. closes out an unforgettable evening in the Kogod Courtyard. Admission is free, festive food and drinks available for purchase.   America Now is a three-museum collaboration between...
2023_DC_SIPG_1898R_230427	58	DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Opening Reception: 1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions
2015_DC_SIPG_ADA	19	Reynolds Center -- ADA steps Honoring leaders of the Disability Rights Movement on steps across Washington DC. On March 12, 1990, activists with disabilities abandoned their crutches and wheelchairs to pull themselves up the 83 stone steps at the Capitol Building and demanded passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. On July...
2015_DC_SIPG_Lincoln_150414	30	Reynolds Center -- Event: Lincoln 150th Event Screening of Spielberg’s Lincoln At the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Join us for a free screening at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery of Steven Spielberg’s 2012 film Lincoln. Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis in this revealing drama that focuses...
2006_DC_SIPG_Ceremony_060701	52	Reynolds Center -- Event: Opening -- Building Reopening Day Ceremony Grand Opening Family Festival: Sponsored by Target: Celebrate the opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture with a fun-filled day of activities and music. Meet actors impersonating individuals from the collections, tour the galleries, and see the new Lunder Conservation...
2006_DC_SIPG_Opening_060701	49	Reynolds Center -- Event: Opening -- Building Reopening Day Events
2007_DC_SIPG_OpeningS_071118	32	Reynolds Center -- Event: Opening -- Kogod Courtyard -- Stage Events Entertainers included: - Jacques Johnson (Jazz ensemble) - The Washington Chorus Outreach Singers (Variety of musical selections) - Los Quetzales (Traditional Mexican dance ensemble) - Crowtations (Motown puppet group) - Doug McKelway Band (bluegrass) - The Grandsons (Rock 'n' roll) -...
2007_DC_SIPG_Opening_071118	169	Reynolds Center -- Event: Opening -- Kogod Courtyard (2007) -- Events
2011_DC_ExperimentO_110714	66	Reynolds Center -- Event: Opening Reception -- Great American Experiment Exhibit (donor event)
2011_DC_Ault_Opening_110310	57	Reynolds Center -- Event: Opening Reception -- "To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America"
2017_DC_Skorton_171120	10	Reynolds Center -- Secretary Skorton Checks Out Visitor Services
2015_DC_Amer_Now_Music_150627	157	Reynolds Center -- Special -- America Now! Innovation in Art -- Good Co. and DJ Eliazar America Now! Innovation in Art: Come explore how artists are using technology to propel their work! Join: * Digital paint pioneer Jeremy Sutton as he paints on an iPad, with the image projected on a large screen using motion capture technology. He paints to the beats of electro-swing band Good Co....
2015_DC_Amer_Now_Sutton_150627	59	Reynolds Center -- Special -- America Now! Innovation in Art -- Jeremy Sutton America Now! Innovation in Art: Come explore how artists are using technology to propel their work! Join: * Digital paint pioneer Jeremy Sutton as he paints on an iPad, with the image projected on a large screen using motion capture technology. He paints to the beats of electro-swing band Good Co....
2015_DC_Amer_Now_Misc_150627	53	Reynolds Center -- Special -- America Now! Innovation in Art -- Miscellaneous (incl courtyard floating ribbon) America Now! Innovation in Art: Come explore how artists are using technology to propel their work! Join: * Digital paint pioneer Jeremy Sutton as he paints on an iPad, with the image projected on a large screen using motion capture technology. He paints to the beats of electro-swing band Good Co....
2015_DC_Amer_Now_Starry_150627	36	Reynolds Center -- Special -- America Now! Innovation in Art -- Starry Heavens and Ribbon America Now! Innovation in Art: Come explore how artists are using technology to propel their work! Join: * Digital paint pioneer Jeremy Sutton as he paints on an iPad, with the image projected on a large screen using motion capture technology. He paints to the beats of electro-swing band Good Co....
2015_DC_Amer_Now_Video_150627	23	Reynolds Center -- Special -- America Now! Innovation in Art -- Video Games America Now! Innovation in Art: Come explore how artists are using technology to propel their work! Join: * Digital paint pioneer Jeremy Sutton as he paints on an iPad, with the image projected on a large screen using motion capture technology. He paints to the beats of electro-swing band Good Co....
2015_DC_Drawing_150213	22	Reynolds Center -- Special -- Drawing At Dusk Drawing at Dusk Join us for a special evening session of our Draw and Discover! program. Sketch from a live clothed model in the Luce Foundation Center or take inspiration from one of the thousands of artworks on view. Basic drawing material are provided. Open to all ages and levels of artistic...
2011_DC_KirbyDRC	15	Reynolds Center -- Special -- Michael Kirby's "Chalk4Peace" chalk art Michael Kirby preparing his chalk piece for the upcoming "Chalk4Peace" family event.
2009_DC_Cupcakes_090214	180	Reynolds Center -- Special -- Presidential Cupcakes Presidential Cupcakes: Artist and baker Zilly Rosen's medium of choice isn't paint or clay; she prefers flour, frosting, and fondant. In honor of Presidents Day, Zilly will create a portrait, A New Birth of Freedom, made entirely of cupcakes, which celebrates President Barack Obama's inauguration and...
2014_DC_SIPG_Cool_140208	6	Reynolds Center -- Tour -- American Cool crowd w/Frank Goodyear Frank Goodyear, co-director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, leads a tour of the American Cool exhibition.
2013_DC_SIPG_CWBS_130201	21	Reynolds Center -- Tour -- Backstage Civil War tour
2015_DC_WPA_Tour_150617	34	Reynolds Center -- Tour -- WPA New Deal tour Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton from 217 Films present the premiere of Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA. The film celebrates the eightieth anniversary of the Works Progress Administration and the Federal Art Project and tells the story of how the New Deal used the arts to bring a message of...
2015_DC_HandiHour_150723	228	Reynolds Center & James Renwick Alliance -- Event: Handi-Hour Handi-hour DC’s premier DIY hour is back for a fun evening of all-you-can-craft activities. Enjoy craft beers specially selected for the event and live music by Practically Einstein. Use paint pens to create your own coffee mug design and concoct a tea blend you can enjoy from your mug with teas from...
2024_01_28B1_Day_Of_Action	51	Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: A Day of Action! Join the National Portrait Gallery and our partners for A Day of Action! Art is activism, portraiture is powerful, and knowledge is empowerment. Honor the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and his commitment to community action by joining the Portrait Gallery and our partners for A Day of...
2019_DC_APG_191117	225	Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: American Portrait Gala 2019 On Nov. 17, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will host its third biennial American Portrait Gala. The black-tie, red carpet affair will bestow the Portrait Gallery’s coveted “Portrait of a Nation Prize” to six notable honorees whose accomplishments have made an impact on the nation’s shared...
2010_DC_Peanuts_101001	116	Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: Charles M. Schulz portrait unveiling event National Portrait Gallery Presents Portrait of Charles M. Schulz: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of “Peanuts” Debut A photograph of “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000) will be presented to the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in a ceremony for invited guests Oct. 1. The event...
2023_DC_ForcesNature_231114	146	Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: Forces of Nature: The Future of Environmentalism Panel “Forces of Nature: The Future of Environmentalism” Panel In conjunction with the exhibition “Forces of Nature: Voices That Shaped Environmentalism,” join the Portrait Gallery and co-host Monterey Bay Aquarium in a pivotal discussion around the future of climate action and environmental justice. Hear...
2013_DC_Gates_Portrait_130222	207	Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: Henry Louis Gates Jr. portrait celebration Please join Wendy Wick Reaves, Interim Director, National Portrait Gallery and Sheila and Steven Hamp at a portrait celebration for Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Yugi Wang
2018_DC_NSO_Orch_180106	66	Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: NSO Day of Music and Art at the National Portrait Gallery NSO Day of Music and Art at the National Portrait Gallery: Enjoy a day of performances and educational activities that explore the connections between music and portraiture. The program is organized in partnership with the National Symphony Orchestra.
2009_DC_Boochever_Awards_091022	121	Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: Opening -- 2009 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition The Director of the National Portrait Gallery invites you to the awards presentation and cocktail reception celebrating The Outwin Boochever 2009 Portrait Competition
2014_DC_SIPG_Pop_Quiz_140514	13	Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: Pop Quiz: Space: The Final Frontier Can you unlock the mysteries of the universe? Prove it at a space-themed trivia night featuring the out-of-this-world collection of the National Portrait Gallery. The winning team receives a prize at the end of the evening.
2014_DC_Viewpoint	141	Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Event: Viewpoint of Billions: Portrait of America (w/Google Glass) (two days) Viewpoint of Billions: Portrait of America Saturday, Feb. 15 through Monday, Feb. 17 Portrait of America, from David Datuna’s “Viewpoint of Billions” series, is a 12-foot multimedia Google Glass activated American flag covered in hundreds of eyeglass lenses. See the portrait in the Great Hall, third...
2016_DC_Strike_161103	4	Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Strike a Prose: Cultural Identity Strike a Prose: Cultural Identity Spark your imagination and let "The Outwin 2016" inspire you in an informal creative writing session for adults. Materials are provided; register at www.eventbrite.com…
2010_DC_FenceR_100401	117	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Donor Event :Remembering the Running Fence This event happened the night before the Remembering the Running Fence exhibit opened to the public. It included a chance to see the exhibition itself but also included a reception in the Kogod courtyard.
2019_DC_RespondPMA_190315	135	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Artists Respond: A Symposium -- Afternoon Artist Panel 1 Artists Respond: A Symposium Join us for a day of discussions and lectures on topics related to Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965–1975. A group of distinguished scholars provides insights into how artists of the Vietnam War era sought to engage—with their current moment, with the...
2019_DC_RespondPMB_190315	88	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Artists Respond: A Symposium -- Afternoon Artist Panel 2 Artists Respond: A Symposium Join us for a day of discussions and lectures on topics related to Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965–1975. A group of distinguished scholars provides insights into how artists of the Vietnam War era sought to engage—with their current moment, with the...
2019_DC_RespondAM_190315	143	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Artists Respond: A Symposium -- Morning Session Artists Respond: A Symposium Join us for a day of discussions and lectures on topics related to Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965–1975. A group of distinguished scholars provides insights into how artists of the Vietnam War era sought to engage—with their current moment, with the...
2016_DC_Hot_Beat_161119	168	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Gene Davis: Hot Beat at SAAM! You're Invited! Join DC's coolest cats for a 1960's-inspired dance party celebrating the opening of Gene Davis: Hot Beat at SAAM! We're throwing a party inspired by Davis's colorful, rhythmic paintings from the 1960's! Dance to retro beats by DJ Harry Hotter and enjoy delicious party fare,...
2014_DC_Indie_Arcade_141207	213	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Indie Arcade (2014) Indie Arcade For one day, MAGFest and American University’s Game Lab are turning American Art’s courtyard into an Indie Arcade! This takeover includes free classic arcade games like Asteroids, Pac Man, Tron, Star Wars, Arkanoid, Donkey Kong and many more. Visitors can play old favorites, learn to build...
2016_DC_Indie_Arcade_160116	167	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Indie Arcade (2016) For one day, MAGFest, American University's Game Lab and SAAM present an indie arcade! Play some of your favorite video games, participate in game building workshops, and try new indie games—courtesy of the International Game Developers Association's Indie Arcade: Coast to Coast competition. Classic...
2016_DC_Indie_ArcadeC_160116	30	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Indie Arcade (2016) -- Class For one day, MAGFest, American University's Game Lab and SAAM present an indie arcade! Play some of your favorite video games, participate in game building workshops, and try new indie games—courtesy of the International Game Developers Association's Indie Arcade: Coast to Coast competition. Classic...
2010_DC_RockmanR_101120	35	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Opening Reception -- "Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow" exhibition -- Reception in the Kogod Courtyard Elizabeth Broun, Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum invites you to a preview reception: Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, with generous support from The Cowles Charitable Trust, Wayne Fingerman, Dorothy Tapper Goldman, Barbara and...
2021_DC_SIPG_SargentO_211007	75	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: Private Exhibition Preview: Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass Private Exhibition Preview: Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass We look forward to you joining us for the In-Person Exhibition Preview of "Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano," on Thursday, October 7 6:00pm Private Exhibition Preview 7:00pm Private...
2015_DC_SweetARTS_150213	52	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Event: SweetARTS and Valentines SweetARTS and Valentines Need something special for your sweetie? Looking for a snarky card to send to your BFF? Tired of the same ol’ Valentine’s Day options? Look no further; American Art has what you need. Come on by to make the perfect, personalized card—we supply all the necessary materials at no...
2018_DC_InclusionAM_180914	156	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Symposium: Radical Inclusion and Tales from the Playa: Talks on Art, Inspiration, and the History of Burning Man -- (Page 1 of 2) Morning Sessions Radical Inclusion and Tales from the Playa: Talks on Art, Inspiration, and the History of Burning Man Join SAAM, five of the original founders of Burning Man, artists from No Spectators: the Art of Burning Man, and other Burners for a day of storytelling, short films, and discussions about the history...
2018_DC_InclusionPM_180914	263	Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Symposium: Radical Inclusion and Tales from the Playa: Talks on Art, Inspiration, and the History of Burning Man -- (Page 2 of 2) Afternoon Sessions Radical Inclusion and Tales from the Playa: Talks on Art, Inspiration, and the History of Burning Man Join SAAM, five of the original founders of Burning Man, artists from No Spectators: the Art of Burning Man, and other Burners for a day of storytelling, short films, and discussions about the history...
2020_DC_Date_Lab_200214	183	Washington Post @ Smithsonian American Art Museum -- DATE LAB: Night at the Museum DATE LAB: Night at the Museum by The Washington Post Join us as The Washington Post Magazine’s popular Date Lab column comes to life this Valentine’s Day at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Get a behind the scenes look at how Date Lab writers make matches and coordinate dates plus what makes a...

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