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Uncovering Hidden World
February 7, 2012 - 7:30pm
NG MEMBER: $18/ 3-PART SERIES: $51, GENERAL PUBLIC: $20/ 3-PART SERIES: $57
The Rejection of Elizabeth Mason: The Case of a “Free Colored” Revolutionary Widow
Damani Davis, archivist, discusses the rejection and appeals in a pension file and illuminates African American participation in the Revolutionary War.
February 7, 2012 - 11:00am
Spring Arts Colloquia presents Broadly Speaking: Working Across Disciplines featuring artist Tim Davis
Broadly Speaking: Working Across Disciplines brings together four artists whose interests and creative work transcend the tradition of working in a single medium. These dynamic individuals pursue their creative ideas by exploring...
February 21, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Free
Arts Management Spring Colloquium presents The Future of the Arts featuring Jamie Bennett
In an era of dramatic and rapidly accelerating change, where everything from the way tickets are sold to the definition of “art” is under reconsideration and transformation, it's time for a public discussion of the Future of the Arts...
February 17, 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Free
Gallery Talk with Raoul Middleman at the Katzen Arts Center
Join artist Raoul Middleman and the American University Museum in a talk about Middleman's newest exhibition. Baltimore maestro Raoul Middleman's nudes are not pretty; they are sagging, dimpled, and real. His cityscapes reveal the underbelly of...
February 11, 2012 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Free
Spring Arts Colloquia presents Broadly Speaking: Working Across Disciplines featuring artist Mira Schor
Broadly Speaking: Working Across Disciplines brings together four artists whose interests and creative work transcend the tradition of working in a single medium. These dynamic individuals pursue their creative ideas by exploring multiple...
February 7, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Free
William Pope.L
The work of celebrated multidisciplinary artist William Pope.L is known for being provocative, controversial, funny, accessible, and relevant. Join the self-designated "Friendliest Black Artist in America" as he discusses his career and...
February 1, 2012 - 7:00pm
$15 members; $20 public
Gallery Talk with Anil Revri at the Katzen Arts Center
Anil Revri’s paintings function as aids to meditation, while at the same time the process of their creation is itself an act of meditation. They are beautiful, their craft is breathtaking, but their success depends on whether they further...
January 28, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Free
Introduction to Genealogy
Archives staff present a lecture on basic genealogical research in Federal records on the first Wednesday of the month. February focuses on civil records.
February 1, 2012 - 11:00am
African-American Life and Labor in the White House Neighborhood
In 2010, the White House Historical Association assumed management of the historic Decatur House on Lafayette Square. Plans call for the property to be reestablished as...
February 27, 2012 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Free
The Aesthetics and Meaning of Geometric Patterns on Kuba Textiles
Dorothy Washburn; Consulting Scholar, University Museum, American Section, University of Pennsylvania; will discuss how the Kuba create geometric patterns that represent animals, plants, and people in their world.
January 25, 2012 - 12:00pm
A Glimpse Into the Archives: A Case Study in Civil War Medicine with Laura Cutter, Assistant Archivist at NMHM
Noted 19th century pathologist William Williams Keen gained worldwide fame for his innovative techniques and is known as one of America’s first brain surgeons. But his career started on the battlefields of the...
January 24, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Free
Spotlight on Design Lecture with Jim Eyre, RIBA
Jim Eyre, RIBA, is a founding director of London-based Wilkinson Eyre Architects. The firm won the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize two years in a row. Some of the firm's best known designs are Gardens by the Bay in Singapore...
January 12, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
$12 Member | FREE Student | $20 Non-member
Pythagoras and Art History from Antiquity to the Renaissance
Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier, professor emerita of art history, The University of New Mexico; scholar in residence, American University; and visiting scholar, George Washington University
January 8, 2012 - 2:00pm
The French Eighteenth-Century Art of Jean François de Troy
Yuriko Baccon, assistant curator of French paintings, in conversation with Diane Arkin, lecturer, National Gallery of Art (40 minutes); West Building Main Floor, Rotunda
January 24, 2012 - 12:00pm
January 25, 2012 - 12:00pm
January 30, 2012 - 12:00pm
Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes
Eric Denker or David Gariff (60 minutes); East Building Ground Level, Information Desk
January 11, 2012 - 2:00pm
January 12, 2012 - 2:00pm
January 13, 2012 - 2:00pm
January 17, 2012 - 2:00pm
January 18, 2012 - 2:00pm
Focus: The Collection
James Meyer, associate curator, department of modern and contemporary art, and Sally Shelburne (50 minutes); East Building Ground Level, Information Desk
January 5, 2012 - 12:00pm
January 11, 2012 - 12:00pm
Picture This: Old Master Paintings for People with Visual Impairments
Education staff (50 minutes); West Building Main Floor, Rotunda
January 25, 2012 - 1:00pm
European Painting in the 1950s: Dubuffet and His Contemporaries
Adam Davies (50 minutes); East Building Ground Level, Information Desk
January 17, 2012 - 12:00pm
January 20, 2012 - 12:00pm
January 27, 2012 - 12:00pm
January 24, 2012 - 1:00pm
January 26, 2012 - 1:00pm
Pictures in Paintings
Eric Denker (60 minutes); West Building Main Floor, Rotunda
January 13, 2012 - 12:00pm
January 14, 2012 - 12:00pm
January 15, 2012 - 12:00pm
January 16, 2012 - 12:00pm
Free
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