Smithsonian American Art Museum - Exhibition Podcasts
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Podcast Description
Podcasts highlighting art and the American experience at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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CleanCabinet - Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House | This exhibition will allow visitors to explore the history of the decorative arts in the nation's foremost home. It will include 95 objects—furniture, ceramics, metals, glass and textiles—from the permanent collection of the White House. Many of these objects were made by the most celebrated craftsmen of their time, and some have never been seen outside of the White House. William Allman, Curator of the White House talks about many of the objects in this show. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCabinet, Chigai Dana - Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House | This exhibition will allow visitors to explore the history of the decorative arts in the nation's foremost home. It will include 95 objects—furniture, ceramics, metals, glass and textiles—from the permanent collection of the White House. Many of these objects were made by the most celebrated craftsmen of their time, and some have never been seen outside of the White House. William Allman, Curator of the White House talks about many of the objects in this show. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWallpaper - Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House | This exhibition will allow visitors to explore the history of the decorative arts in the nation's foremost home. It will include 95 objects—furniture, ceramics, metals, glass and textiles—from the permanent collection of the White House. Many of these objects were made by the most celebrated craftsmen of their time, and some have never been seen outside of the White House. William Allman, Curator of the White House talks about many of the objects in this show. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanClock - Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House | This exhibition will allow visitors to explore the history of the decorative arts in the nation's foremost home. It will include 95 objects—furniture, ceramics, metals, glass and textiles—from the permanent collection of the White House. Many of these objects were made by the most celebrated craftsmen of their time, and some have never been seen outside of the White House. William Allman, Curator of the White House talks about many of the objects in this show. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCoverlet - Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House | This exhibition will allow visitors to explore the history of the decorative arts in the nation's foremost home. It will include 95 objects—furniture, ceramics, metals, glass and textiles—from the permanent collection of the White House. Many of these objects were made by the most celebrated craftsmen of their time, and some have never been seen outside of the White House. William Allman, Curator of the White House talks about many of the objects in this show. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHiawatha Boat - Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House | This exhibition will allow visitors to explore the history of the decorative arts in the nation's foremost home. It will include 95 objects—furniture, ceramics, metals, glass and textiles—from the permanent collection of the White House. Many of these objects were made by the most celebrated craftsmen of their time, and some have never been seen outside of the White House. William Allman, Curator of the White House talks about many of the objects in this show. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMantel - Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House | This exhibition will allow visitors to explore the history of the decorative arts in the nation's foremost home. It will include 95 objects—furniture, ceramics, metals, glass and textiles—from the permanent collection of the White House. Many of these objects were made by the most celebrated craftsmen of their time, and some have never been seen outside of the White House. William Allman, Curator of the White House talks about many of the objects in this show. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMonroe Plateau - Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House | This exhibition will allow visitors to explore the history of the decorative arts in the nation's foremost home. It will include 95 objects—furniture, ceramics, metals, glass and textiles—from the permanent collection of the White House. Many of these objects were made by the most celebrated craftsmen of their time, and some have never been seen outside of the White House. William Allman, Curator of the White House talks about many of the objects in this show. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSconce - Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House | This exhibition will allow visitors to explore the history of the decorative arts in the nation's foremost home. It will include 95 objects—furniture, ceramics, metals, glass and textiles—from the permanent collection of the White House. Many of these objects were made by the most celebrated craftsmen of their time, and some have never been seen outside of the White House. William Allman, Curator of the White House talks about many of the objects in this show. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSide Chair - Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House | This exhibition will allow visitors to explore the history of the decorative arts in the nation's foremost home. It will include 95 objects—furniture, ceramics, metals, glass and textiles—from the permanent collection of the White House. Many of these objects were made by the most celebrated craftsmen of their time, and some have never been seen outside of the White House. William Allman, Curator of the White House talks about many of the objects in this show. | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPart 8: Conclusion - The Great American Hall of Wonders | Part 8: Conclusion. The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the nineteenth-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPart 7: The Big Tree - The Great American Hall of Wonders | Part 7: The Big Tree. The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the nineteenth-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPart 6: The Railroad - The Great American Hall of Wonders | Part 6: The Railroad. The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the nineteenth-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPart 5: The Buffalo - The Great American Hall of Wonders | Part 5: The Buffalo. The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the nineteenth-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPart 4: The Gun - The Great American Hall of Wonders | Part 4: The Gun. The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the nineteenth-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPart 3: Niagara Falls - The Great American Hall of Wonders | Part 3: Niagara Falls. The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the nineteenth-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPart 2: The Clock - The Great American Hall of Wonders | Part 2: The Clock. The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the nineteenth-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPart 1: Introduction - The Great American Hall of Wonders | Part 1: Introduction. The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the nineteenth-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | CleanVideoShop Talk | Collector Fleur Bresler has formed unique relationships with each of the artists in A Revolution in Wood: The Bresler Collection. Today, she and wood artists Michelle Holzapfel, Mark Lindquist, and Norm Sartorius share their stories in this round-table discussion moderated by curator Nicholas Bell. Taped at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum on September 24, 2010. | 12/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | CleanVideoA Revolution in Wood: The Bresler Collection | A Revolution in Wood celebrates the magnificent gift of sixty-six pieces of turned and carved wood to the Smithsonian American Art Museum by the noted collectors, Fleur and Charles Bresler | 9/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | CleanVideoTelling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg | Introduction to the exhibition and Rockwell’s career; George Lucas and Steven Spielberg on why they collect Rockwell’s work. | 6/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | CleanVideoKaren LaMonte Artist Talk | Internationally recognized glass artist Karen LaMonte, whose work Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery was recently acquired by the museum, has developed a unique process in creating her hauntingly sensual glass garments. She discusses her work, her experiments with material and process, and artistic influences. | 6/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | CleanVideoFraming the West | Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840–1882) was a photographer for two of the most ambitious geographical surveys of the nineteenth century. This exhibition podcast is narrated by the Curator of Photography Toby Jurovics, and published on the occasion of the exhibition "Framing the West: Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan". Musical accompaniment by Erik Friedlander. | 2/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Scaring the Babies | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Club Nice (Live at Kats Place) | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Improvo | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Whether Station | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Here I Stand | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Way Faring Stranger | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Abstract Woman | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Cleaning Out The Studio | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Timing | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: I'm in Creative Mood Tonight | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: I Live My Life As An Artist | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Agent Orange (Training Film) | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: I'm in a Creative Mood Today | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Momma Don't Allow | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 10/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Wayfaring Stanger | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Christmas in California | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: D-E-A-D | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Out Me Take | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Blind Mickey Blues | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Harmonica Meddle | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Yum Yum Song | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Don't Be Afraid of the Dork | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Wiley: Take Your Soul To The River | The artist William T. Wiley has made music and musical references persistent features of his art, whether in performance or in visual references and titles. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is proud to release lyrical works by artist William Wiley on the occasion of the artist's retrospective, What's it all mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect. | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVisual Art and Music | Taking three objects now on display at the American Art Museum explore not only the role music has played in the creation visual art but the inspiration art has been to composers. | 8/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | CleanVideo1934: A New Deal for Artists | In this illustrated presentation, Co-Curator Anne Wagner discusses the Public Works of Art Project and its impact on artists working during the Great Depression. She touches on the federal government and its program to support artists, the artist's lives working on the federal pay roll, and select paintings from the exhibition 1934: A New Deal For Artists. | 6/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Temple of Invention | Learn about the magnificent building that houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Built in the mid-nineteenth century in the the Greek tradition of the Parthenon, the museum's building was one of the first three federal buildings in Washington, DC. | 4/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | CleanVideoAccomodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke | Following a short introduction by the American Art Museum's Curator of Photography, Toby Jurovics, Photographer Frank Gohlke discusses his body of work spanning more than 30 years. He describes the methodology and approach when photographing the American lanscape. From his hometown of Wichita Falls, Texas; the grain elevators that punctuate the vast spaces of the Midwest; the effect of the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington; or the neighborhoods of Queens, NY, Gohlke deftly captures the tension between humanity and the natural world, exploring how people adapt to the forces of nature both great and small, even within the confines of their own backyards. | 12/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNatural Affinities: Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams | The Smithsonian American Art Museum presents this audio companion to the exhibition Natural Affinities, Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams. Chief Curator Eleanor Harvey and Curator of Photography Toby Jurovics discuss the paintings of O’Keeffe and the photography of Adams, as well as the personal and professional relationship between these two giants of American modernism. | 10/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPhotography at American Art | The American landscape has always been a rich subject for photography. American Art's photography curator, Toby Jurovics talks about his favorite photographs at the museum, including Lee Friedlander and William Christenberry. In addition Jurovics discusses the "deadpan" dog photographs of William Wegman while Conservator Kate Maynor talks about how the museum protects photographs while on exhibition. And finally we take a look at a recent show here called "We the People." | 3/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSculpture at American Art | Explore how curators and exhibition designers decide which sculpture to display and how. Learn about specific pieces of 19th century and contemporary sculpture in our collection. And hear from one artist whose work is more than it appears to be on its surface. | 12/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | CleanVideoThe Lunder Conservation Center | At the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Lunder Conservation Center visitors have the unique opportunity to see conservators at work in five different laboratories and studios. The Center features floor-to-ceiling glass walls that allow the public to view all aspects of conservation work— work that is traditionally done behind the scenes at other museums and conservation centers. | 9/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Prints of Sean Scully | Take a private tour of the prints of internationally acclaimed artist Sean Scully. The geometric elements of his compositions, rectangles, strips and squares, are abstractions that express emotion and atmosphere. This podcast explores the concepts conveyed by the works and the special collaborative relationships Scully has with master printers around the world. | 9/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Renwick Gallery | The Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery collects, interprets, and exhibits work in American Craft. Jane Milosch, curator at the Renwick, discusses some of the works at the Gallery; high school students create podcasts about works at the Renwick; Ruth Duckworth discusses her art, a recent exhibition at the Gallery. | 8/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe American South | The American South is a region rich in artistic tradition. In this podcast we will discuss the work of contemporary artist William Christenberry. We will also explore the world of James Hampton and his artwork "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly." Finally, we will look at other southern artists from our museum's folk art collection. | 7/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe American West | In this Podcast, travel back with us to the early days of the American West in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark. Hear from our curators about the doctor who kept their expedition healthy and a painter who followed their trail to document Native American tribes. | 5/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEarly 20th Century American Art | In this Podcast, we explore the early twentieth century art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. From William H. Johnson’s Harlem to Alexandre Hogue's Dust bowl, gain insights from Chief Curator Eleanor Harvey and Senior Curator Virginia Mecklenburg, on why these artists tell such important stories about the American art from both rural and urban spaces. | 1/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAmerican Art's Opening Episode | We're excited to introduce the first in a series of podcasts. In our inaugural podcast, we celebrate the opening of our historic building with reflections from Chief Curator Eleanor Harvey and Senior Curator Virginia Mecklenburg, and features on several popular paintings in the collection. Hear about our famous Edward Hopper paintings, on display at the entrance to our galleries, and summertime favorite, Baseball at Night. | 6/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 60 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
There are slide shows and video
MasterOche, there are slide shows with each audio podcast. You have to download the podcast to see the images that accompany each piece. In addition, we just posted our first videocast on our Lunder Conservation Center. [full disclosure: I work at SAAM and help produce these podcasts.]
Please keep these coming!
I have enjoyed these so much. Bravo!
Nice
Short but informative. Nice photos to go along with the podcast. Guest speakers add flair to the show. Worth downloading. I like it!
