Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Annual Video Game Festival “SAAM Arcade” Builds Community by Breaking Down Barriers Free, Two-Day Public Event Highlights Underrepresented Creators in the Gaming Community July 25, 2019 American Art Museum Public Programs
Smithsonian American Art Museum Receives Major Grant for Five-Year Collaboration With Five Partner Museums Across the American West Grant From Art Bridges + Terra Foundation Initiative Supports Sharing of Artworks With Audiences Throughout the United States July 8, 2019 American Art Museum Exhibitions Administrative News
“Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination” Transforms the Renwick Gallery Into a Post-Apocalyptic Haven of Hope Exhibition of Traditional Craft and Augmented Reality Opens June 28 June 21, 2019 American Art Museum Exhibitions
“Michael Sherrill Retrospective” Features Extraordinary Sculptures Inspired by Botanical Wonders Exhibition Opens June 28 at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum June 20, 2019 American Art Museum Exhibitions
“American Myth & Memory: David Levinthal Photographs” Opens June 7 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Exhibition Explores Cultural Mythologizing of Iconic Symbols of American Identity May 29, 2019 American Art Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces 2019–2020 Fellowship Appointments May 22, 2019 American Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum To Establish New Curatorial Training Fellowships With a Major Grant From the Henry Luce Foundation May 22, 2019 American Art Museum
“Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965–1975” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Examines How the Vietnam War Changed American Art March 7, 2019 American Art Museum Exhibitions Exhibitions
“Vietnam, Past Is Prologue” by Internationally Acclaimed Artist Tiffany Chung Opens March 15 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Exhibition Includes New Work Commissioned by the Museum March 4, 2019 Smithsonian American Women's History Museum American Art Museum Exhibitions
Smithsonian American Art Museum Extends Critically Acclaimed Exhibition “Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor” for Three Weeks Through April 7 Museum Was Closed for 27 Days During Partial Government Shutdown February 7, 2019 American Art Museum Exhibitions Exhibitions
Hirshhorn, Smithsonian American Art Museum Jointly Acquire Arthur Jafa’s Breakout Work “Love is the Message, The Message is Death” Marks First Joint Acquisition Between the Two Smithsonian Museums November 16, 2018 American Art Museum Hirshhorn Museum New Acquisitions New Acquisitions
Renwick Gallery Showcases Contemporary Artists Tanya Aguiñiga, Sharif Bey, Dustin Farnsworth and Stephanie Syjuco in “Disrupting Craft: Renwick Invitational 2018” November 7, 2018 American Art Museum Renwick Gallery Exhibitions Exhibitions