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Portraits of six people — Diana Al-Hadid, photo by Lisa DeLong; Jacolby Satterwhite, portrait by photographer Sam Waxman; Teresita Fernandez, photo: Natalia Mantini, courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul and London; Catherine Opie, photo credit: Heather Rasmussen; Riva Lehrer, courtesy of the artist; Charles Gaines, © Charles Gaines, courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, photo: Fredrik Nilsen.

Hirshhorn Announces Fourth Season of Free Online Artist Talks, a Series Enjoyed by Over 22,000 Viewers So Far, March 17–May 26

Marking One Year Since Museum Went Virtual, New “Talking to Our Time” Lineup Features Charles Gaines, Catherine Opie and Deana Lawson

03.17.2021

Hirshhorn Museum Public Programs

Smithsonian Folklife Festival Goes Virtual for 2021

03.11.2021

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs

Young girls sits and paints at an easel in her home

Smithsonian Summer Virtual Adventures Offer Live Learning Experiences for Kids

Kids Can Explore, Discover, Create and Go Behind the Scenes at the Smithsonian—Online

03.10.2021

Smithsonian Associates Public Programs

Smithsonian Open Access at One Year: What Have People Created?

02.25.2021

Public Programs

Woman stands and reads as a crowd of women watch — Rahama Wright served in the Peace Corps in Mali from 2002 to 2004. Photo courtesy of Rahama Wright.

Smithsonian Folklife Festival Presents “The Peace Corps at 60 and Beyond: A Towering Task Film Screening & Panel Discussion”

Acting Peace Corps Director Will Join Film Director, Social Entrepreneur and Senior Museum Curator for Panel Discussion

02.25.2021

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Public Programs

National Museum of African American History and Culture building on the National Mall

National Museum of African American History and Culture Presents Its First Virtual Symposium “Making African America”

More Than 40 Panelists Include Haitian American Novelist Edwidge Danticat, Multimedia Journalist Felice León, Dominican American Poet and Bestselling Author Elizabeth Acevedo and Award-winning Filmmaker Julie Dash

02.24.2021

African American Museum Public Programs

Craft Optimism graphic with collage of ornate jewelry — Collage created from magazine cut-outs, by Lelia Cartier

Smithsonian’s ‘Craft Optimism’ Opens April 24

Online Craft Show Is a Curated, Climate-Conscious Makers’ Market

02.24.2021

Public Programs

Close up of cherry blossoms — Debora Moore, Cherry (detail), from the series Arboria, 2018, blown and sculpted glass and natural boulder, approx. 90 x 28 x 20 in., Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Rozarii Lynch.

Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents a Series of Virtual Programs as Part of the 2021 National Cherry Blossom Festival

Cherry Blossom Family Celebrations Online March 20 to April 11

02.19.2021

American Art Museum Public Programs

Woman with bare shoulders and floral headgear stares straight ahead — *Waikiki,* dir. Christopher Kahunahana, 2020.

Smithsonian Presents the Mother Tongue Film Festival, “The Healing Power of Storytelling”

Sixth Annual Festival Will Be Held Online as Free Monthly Screening Series

02.11.2021

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage American Indian Museum Natural History Museum Public Programs

Conical sculpture reflects early morning light in front of National Air and Space Museum building

National Air and Space Museum Celebrates Perseverance Landing

02.01.2021

Air and Space Museum Public Programs

Aged, family group photograph from 1901 — Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams

Book Discussion With Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain Kicks Off Black History Month Programming at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Uplifting the Black Family Social Media Campaign Shares the Experience of the Black Family

01.27.2021

African American Museum Public Programs

Talking To Our Time graphic with image of three women dressed in gorilla masks — Guerrilla Girls at the Abrons Art Center, 2015. Photo © Andrew Hinderaker

Hirshhorn Continues Weekly Series of Free Online Artist Talks Into 2021

Museum’s Winter Season of “Talking to Our Time” Includes Renowned Global Artists Including the Guerrilla Girls and Rachel Rose

01.27.2021

Hirshhorn Museum Public Programs

Degas painting of young ballerinas practicing ballet — Edgar Degas, "The Dance Class," 1874, Oil on Canvas.

Smithsonian Associates Streaming Offers World Art History Certificate Program

01.14.2021

Smithsonian Associates Public Programs Education News

Smithsonian Associates Presents “Mr. President: An Evening with Martin Sheen”

01.13.2021

Smithsonian Associates Public Programs

Illustration of Wonder Woman comics on Ms. Magazine

Smithsonian Launches Season Six of Sidedoor Podcast

01.13.2021

Public Programs

Mirrored image of woman touching her face — Still from Joan Jonas, "Left Side Right Side," 1972. Video (black-and-white, sound), 8:50 min. © 2020 Joan Jonas / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.

Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Announces Monthly Online Screening Series

“Viewfinder: Women’s Film and Video from the Smithsonian” Will Feature Monthly Screenings and Conversations With Artists, Filmmakers and Smithsonian Curators

01.04.2021

American Women's History Museum Public Programs