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Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, May 24, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, May 24, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Art + Coffee with Megan Greer

Ongoing Tours & Activities Join us today at 1:30 p.m. when Megan Greer, M.A. Candidate from the Smithsonian Associates-George Mason University History of the Decorative Arts program, talks about A Girl's Guide to Fashion Evolution by Ginny Ruffner. Free coffee or tea available. Year-Round: Thurs. through Sun.: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, May 24, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, May 24, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, May 25, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, May 25, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Art + Coffee with Katie Monroe

Ongoing Tours & Activities Join us today at 1:30 p.m. when Katie Monroe, M.A. Candidate from the Smithsonian Associates-George Mason University History of the Decorative Arts program, talks about Cactus Botanical with Spirits by Paul Stankard. Free coffee or tea available. Year-Round: Thurs. through Sun.: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, May 25, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, May 25, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, May 26, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, May 26, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: Thurs. through Sun.: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, May 26, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, May 26, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the special exhibition, Nam June Paik: Global Visionary. Year-Round: Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum • Most Sundays at 4 p.m. Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Nam June Paik: Global Visionary . Sunday, May 26, 2013, 4:00 PM.

CANCELED - Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, May 27, 2013, 12:00 PM.

CANCELED - Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, May 27, 2013, 12:30 PM.

CANCELED - Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, May 27, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM. Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Is This Art? - Guided Looking

One-Time Events Baffled by a lot of contemporary art? Feel like you don’t “get it”? Join us for a new series of gallery talks focused solely on modern and contemporary art. Guided Looking is facilitated by a museum staff member. Open Discussion encourages free-flowing conversation and debate. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Lincoln Gallery, 3rd Floor. Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Nam June Paik: Global Visionary

Ongoing Tours & Activities The artwork and ideas of the Korean-born artist Nam June Paik were a major influence on late twentieth-century art and continue to inspire a new generation of artists. Nam June Paik: Global Visionary offers an unprecedented view into the artist’s creative method by featuring key artworks that convey Paik’s extraordinary accomplishments as a major international artist as well as material drawn from the Nam June Paik Archive, which was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum from the artist’s estate in 2009. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center

Ongoing Tours & Activities The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork. Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections. Year-Round: • Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM Entry Procedures: • Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here. Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures. Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: Thurs. through Sun.: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, May 30, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, May 30, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, May 31, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, May 31, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: Thurs. through Sun.: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, May 31, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, May 31, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Luce Unplugged Community Showcase

One-Time Events Join us for a special Luce Unplugged Community Showcase. Visitors can explore the center’s thousands of art works while listening to sets by local bands America Hearts, Lyriciss, and More Humans, selected with the help of City Paper’s managing editor, Jonathan L. Fischer. A cash bar will offer samples of new beers and local brewery Port City Brewing will offer free tastings from 6 to 7 p.m. to visitors twenty-one and older. Snacks and other beverages are available to all for purchase. Image: America Hearts; Lyriciss; More Humans (Bryan Johns). Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Performances. Co-sponsor: Washington City Paper. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor. Cost: Free. Friday, May 31, 2013, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 1, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 1, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Luce Artist Talk with Victoria Fu

One-Time Events Local artists discuss a work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection and why it resonates with them. Free coffee or tea available. Local artist Victoria Fu explores time and memory in her work. Hear her speak about her art, which ranges from drawings to still and moving images, and how it connects to works on view in the Luce Foundation Center. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Co-sponsor: CulturalDC’s Flashpoint Gallery. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor. Cost: Free. Saturday, June 1, 2013, 1:30 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 1, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 2, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 2, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,000 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 2, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Lecture with Andy Paiko

One-Time Events Andy Paiko, who founded the Central Coast Glass Artists’ Studio, explains how he creates with glass, and continues to explore new methods of coloration, patterning, and form, in everything from vessels and assembled sculpture to installation and custom design. Before and after the program watch local spinner Anne O’Connor operate Paiko’s Spinning Wheel in the gallery. Time Detail: Spinning demonstrations occur approximately 1 hour before and after lecture. Categories: Demonstrations. Lectures & Discussions. Co-sponsor: James Renwick Alliance. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Grand Salon. Cost: Free. Sunday, June 2, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 2, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the special exhibition, Nam June Paik: Global Visionary. Year-Round: Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum • Most Sundays at 4 p.m. Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Nam June Paik: Global Visionary . Sunday, June 2, 2013, 4:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 3, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 3, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 3, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM. Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Nam June Paik: Global Visionary—Gallery Talk

One-Time Events Join associate curator Michael Mansfield for a walk through the Nam June Paik: Global Visionary exhibition and an expert view into the artist’s creative method. Categories: After Five. Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet at Exhibition Entrance, 3rd Floor. Related Exhibition: Nam June Paik: Global Visionary. Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

Conservation Clinic

Ongoing Tours & Activities Have questions about the condition of a painting, frame, drawing, print or object that you own? Our conservators are available by appointment to consult with you about the preservation of your art. Time Detail: By appointment. Categories: Demonstrations. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center. Cost: Free; to request an appointment or to learn more, email DWRCLunder@si.edu and specify CLINIC in the subject line. Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 9:00 AM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center

Ongoing Tours & Activities The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork. Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections. Year-Round: • Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM Entry Procedures: • Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here. Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures. Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 6, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 6, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 6, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Art Signs

One-Time Events Art Signs programs are gallery talks in American Sign Language (ASL) for deaf visitors.  Join us for a conversation presented by a volunteer ASL guide. For additional information on the program, email wilsoncl@si.edu. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free. Thursday, June 6, 2013, 5:30 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Conservation of a Master Craftsman

One-Time Events Tour the Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color exhibitions with furniture conservator Don Williams to learn about the techniques and materials used by the artist and how the works are being treated and preserved for the future. Image: Thomas Day, Sofa, 1845–1855, mahogany with mahogany veneer over yellow pine (upholstery not original), Grecian style, Collection of the North Carolina Museum of History, acquired with funds provided by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: 1st-floor Lobby. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color. Friday, June 7, 2013, 12:00 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 7, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 7, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,000 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 7, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 7, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Craft Camp! Family Day

One-Time Events Grab a scavenger hunt to explore the exhibition, Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color and another hunt to gather inspiration from the permanent collection.  Crafters of all ages and abilities can learn new techniques from our craft coaches to make their own artworks.  Kathleen Manning from Beadazzled demonstrates the art of jewelry making while volunteers from ScrapDC show how "junk" can be upcycled into fun new crafts! Categories: Kids & Families. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Grand Salon. Cost: Free. Saturday, June 8, 2013, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 8, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 8, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,000 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 8, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 8, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 9, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 9, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,000 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 9, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 9, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Steinway Series: Ang Li

One-Time Events Internationally acclaimed piano virtuoso Ang Li’s repertoire includes works from early Baroque to contemporary. With youth, talent, personality, and audience appeal, Li, one of the world’s rising classical piano stars, draws audiences to a deeper understanding and appreciation of classical music. The Steinway Series showcases classical chamber music performed by the finest musicians in the region. Concerts feature the museum’s Steinway Concert Grand model D piano. Limited space; tickets required. Pick up free tickets beginning at 2:30 p.m. in the museum’s G Street Lobby. Categories: Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free tickets are available in the G Street lobby thirty minutes before each program. Sunday, June 9, 2013, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.

Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the special exhibition, Nam June Paik: Global Visionary. Year-Round: Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum • Most Sundays at 4 p.m. Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Nam June Paik: Global Visionary . Sunday, June 9, 2013, 4:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 10, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 10, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 10, 2013, 2:00 PM.

CANCELED - Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 12:00 PM.

CANCELED - Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 12:30 PM.

CANCELED - Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM. Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Conservation of Our Collection: Nam June Paik

One-Time Events Tour the exhibition Nam June Paik: Global Visionary with conservators L. H. “Hugh” Shockey and Kate Maynor. Learn how they care for artworks and artifacts on paper as well as complex sculptures. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the G Street Lobby. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: Nam June Paik: Global Visionary. Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

American Craft Masterpieces

One-Time Events Discover treasures in the museum’s permanent craft collection during our gallery talk series. Individual objects are discussed in an intimate gallery setting. This month, art collectors Paul and Elmerina Parkman discuss Dan Dailey’s Parkman Coupe. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: 1st-floor Lobby. Cost: Free. Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 12:00 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center

Ongoing Tours & Activities The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork. Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections. Year-Round: • Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM Entry Procedures: • Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here. Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures. Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 13, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 13, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 13, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 14, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 14, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Art + Coffee with Nicholas Miller

Ongoing Tours & Activities Join us today at 1:30 p.m. when Nicholas Miller, currently a fellow at the American Art Museum and a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University, talks about artist, William H. Johnson and a selection of Johnson’s work on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Free coffee or tea available. Year-Round: • Thurs. through Sun.: 1:30 PM Image: William H. Johnson, Self-Portrait, 1929, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 14, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 14, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Drawing at Dusk!

One-Time Events 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 materials are provided. Open to all ages and all levels of artistic ability. Free, but space is limited and viewpoints of the model will be on a first-come, first-served basis. No registration required. Categories: After Five. Demonstrations. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor. Cost: Free; walk-in, no registration required. Friday, June 14, 2013, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 15, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 15, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 15, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 15, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 16, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Art Signs

One-Time Events Art Signs programs are gallery talks in American Sign Language (ASL) for deaf visitors.  Join us for a conversation presented by a volunteer ASL guide. For additional information on the program, email wilsoncl@si.edu. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free. Sunday, June 16, 2013, 1:00 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 16, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 16, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 16, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the special exhibition, Nam June Paik: Global Visionary. Year-Round: Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum • Most Sundays at 4 p.m. Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Nam June Paik: Global Visionary . Sunday, June 16, 2013, 4:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 17, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 17, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 17, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM. Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Is This Art? - Open Discussion

One-Time Events Baffled by a lot of contemporary art? Feel like you don’t “get it”? Join us for a new series of gallery talks focused solely on modern and contemporary art. Guided Looking is facilitated by a museum staff member. Open Discussion encourages free-flowing conversation and debate. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Lincoln Gallery, 3rd Floor. Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center

Ongoing Tours & Activities The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork. Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections. Year-Round: • Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM Entry Procedures: • Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here. Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures. Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 20, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 20, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 20, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Take 5! - Tim Whalen Quintet:The Music of Bud Powell

One-Time Events Relax and Take 5! with free, live jazz in the Kogod Courtyard. Stop by the Courtyard Café for refreshments. For added fun, borrow a board game to play during the concert. Feeling inspired to create? During concerts, ArtJamz sets up a temporary studio, offering registered participants an opportunity to paint while the entire audience mingles. For registration information, visit artjamzdc.com. The Tim Whalen Quintet explores the music of Bud Powell, one of the most influential modern jazz pianists and composers. This concert showcases Whalen's arrangements of Powell's compositions, as well as other songs associated with this jazz giant. The quintet features Whalen on piano, Elijah Balbed on tenor saxophone, Paul Pieper on guitar, Eliot Seppa on bass, and Shareef Taher on drums. Categories: After Five. Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free. Thursday, June 20, 2013, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

Luce Design with Heidi Hess

One-Time Events A summer series on design brings in local experts to share their influences and creative process. Visitors will hear about the designers’ aesthetics and glean tips from these experts. Heidi Hess, jewelry designer and owner of Poppy in Georgetown, D.C. will speak about her design process and how storytelling, legacy, and personal myth inform her creative approach to jewelry making. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor. Cost: Free. Thursday, June 20, 2013, 6:15 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 21, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 21, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 21, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 21, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 22, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 22, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 22, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 22, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Gilbert Stuart across the Atlantic

One-Time Events Time Detail: By appointment. Categories: Demonstrations. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium. Cost: Free; to request an appointment or to learn more, email DWRCLunder@si.edu and specify CLINIC in the subject line. Sunday, June 23, 2013, 6:00 AM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 23, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 23, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Luce Unplugged with Vandaveer

One-Time Events A concert series, Luce Unplugged invites local musicians to perform after staff-led art talks. Free coffee or tea available. D.C.-based duo Vandaveer has traveled the world penning and performing folk music. The group performs in the Luce Center at 2 p.m. after an art talk on an object that they feel relates to their melodic Americana. Time Detail: Talk at 1:30 p.m. music at 2 p.m. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Performances. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor. Cost: Free. Sunday, June 23, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 23, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the special exhibition, Nam June Paik: Global Visionary. Year-Round: Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum • Most Sundays at 4 p.m. Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Nam June Paik: Global Visionary . Sunday, June 23, 2013, 4:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 24, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 24, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, June 24, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM. Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Conserving and Exhibiting the Works of Nam June Paik

One-Time Events restoration of works by Nam June Paik. Focusing on the exhibition Nam June Paik: Global  Visionary, a variety of speakers from Paik collections across the country, including John G. Hanhardt, senior curator for media arts, and Michael Mansfield, associate curator of film and media arts, will discuss their experiences with Paik’s works in a series of lectures and panel discussions. Specific artworks will be addressed in relation to broader issues of the conservation of media used to created time-based art. Visit Lunder Programs registration information and additional details. Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Kogod Courtyard. Cost: Free. Advance registration required. Purchase Tickets: http://AmericanArt.si.edu/lunderprograms. Related Exhibition: Nam June Paik: Global Visionary. Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 9:00 AM.

Thomas Day Exhibition Gallery Talk

One-Time Events Explore the exhibition Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color with Nona Martin, manager of public programs. Martin discusses Day’s contributions to the material culture of the nineteenth century. Image: Thomas Day, Sofa, 1845–1855, mahogany with mahogany veneer over yellow pine (upholstery not original), Grecian style, Collection of the North Carolina Museum of History, acquired with funds provided by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Categories: Lectures & Discussions. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: 1st-floor Lobby. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color. Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 12:00 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center

Ongoing Tours & Activities The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork. Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections. Year-Round: • Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM Entry Procedures: • Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here. Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures. Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 27, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 27, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, June 27, 2013, 2:00 PM.

The Films of Nam June Paik

One-Time Events John G. Hanhardt, senior curator of Film and Media Arts, and Michael Mansfield, associate curator, introduces a series of curated film and video works by Nam June Paik and his contemporaries. Stan VanDerBeek, Science Friction, 1959; 9 min. Nam June Paik with Jud Yalkut, Videotape Study No. 3, 1967–69; 4 min. Nam June Paik, Video Commune (Beatles Beginning to End), 1972; 8 min. TVTV Collective, Four More Years, 1972; 61 min. Categories: After Five. Films. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Cost: Free. Related Exhibition: Nam June Paik: Global Visionary. Thursday, June 27, 2013, 6:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 28, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 28, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 28, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, June 28, 2013, 2:00 PM.

A Democracy of Images Curator Talk

One-Time Events Guest Curator Merry Foresta selected 113 photographs from the American Art Museum’s permanent collection to uncover recurring motifs of American life. Join her as she discusses the American experience through the images in the exhibition. Categories: After Five. Lectures & Discussions. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: McEvoy Auditorium, Lower Level. Related Exhibition: Democracy of Images. Friday, June 28, 2013, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 29, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 29, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, June 29, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 30, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 30, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 30, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Sunday, June 30, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Special Exhibitions Highlights Tour of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the special exhibition, Nam June Paik: Global Visionary. Year-Round: Special Exhibition Tours of the American Art Museum • Most Sundays at 4 p.m. Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Related Exhibition: Nam June Paik: Global Visionary . Sunday, June 30, 2013, 4:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, July 1, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, July 1, 2013, 1:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Monday, July 1, 2013, 3:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 1:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Sketching: Draw and Discover: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Join a discussion about artists' sketches, then spend time sketching some of the more than 3,300 artworks on display in the Luce Foundation Center. Bring a small sketchbook and pencils. Every Tues.: 2:30-4:30 PM. Categories: Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Luce Foundation Center, 3rd floor, West Wing. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 3:00 PM.

Conservation Clinic

Ongoing Tours & Activities Have questions about the condition of a painting, frame, drawing, print or object that you own? Our conservators are available by appointment to consult with you about the preservation of your art. Time Detail: By appointment. Categories: Demonstrations. Workshops. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center. Cost: Free; to request an appointment or to learn more, email DWRCLunder@si.edu and specify CLINIC in the subject line. Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 9:00 AM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 1:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 3:00 PM.

Behind-the-Scenes Introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center

Ongoing Tours & Activities The Lunder Conservation Center is a special facility of several laboratories shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery where visitors can watch behind glass walls conservators examining, treating, and preserving artwork. Today, in this behind-the-scenes introduction to the Lunder Conservation Center, learn how museum conservators use science, art history, and skilled hands to preserve objects in both museums' collections. Year-Round: • Most Wed.: 3-3:30 PM Entry Procedures: • Please register at the Luce Foundation Center information desk (3rd floor, west wing, mezzanine) before 3 PM on the day of the program. Participants also meet here. Categories: Demonstrations. Venue: American Art Museum. Portrait Gallery. Event Location: Lunder Conservation Center, 3rd Floor, Mezzanine. Cost: Free, but registration requested; see Entry Procedures. Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM. For more info visit americanart.si.edu.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, July 4, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, July 4, 2013, 1:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, July 4, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Thursday, July 4, 2013, 3:00 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, July 5, 2013, 12:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, July 5, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, July 5, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, July 5, 2013, 1:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, July 5, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Friday, July 5, 2013, 3:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, July 6, 2013, 12:30 PM.

Highlights Tour

Ongoing Tours This highlights tour of the collection at the Renwick Gallery may include highlights of the temporary exhibitions. Notes - No tour on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. - No tours on federal holidays. - Tours subject to docent availability; last-minute cancellations may occur. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: Renwick Gallery. Event Location: Meet in lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, July 6, 2013, 1:00 PM.

Art + Coffee: Luce Foundation Center for American Art

Ongoing Tours & Activities Learn about the more than 3,300 treasures of the Luce Foundation Center for American Art during this tour or talk. Afterwards, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea. Year-Round: • Friday through Sunday: 1:30 PM. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, July 6, 2013, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, July 6, 2013, 2:00 PM.

Highlights of the American Art Museum

Ongoing Tours & Activities Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum. Year-Round: • Most days: 12:30 PM and 2 PM Notes - No tours on 2nd Tuesday of each month. - Tours subject to docent availability. Categories: Gallery Talks & Tours. Venue: American Art Museum. Event Location: Meet in the F Street Lobby. Cost: Free; walk-in. Saturday, July 6, 2013, 4:00 PM.