WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Institution Libraries opens its new exhibition “Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn” in the National Museum of American History June 14. The exhibition features the art of paper engineering in the prod…
Works at Freer Gallery Showcase Nine Centuries of Artistic Tradition
WASHINGTON, DC.- Twenty-seven iconic works of Chinese painting from the Freer’s permanent collection will be on view June 12 – Nov. 28. “Masterpieces of Chinese Painting” offers an exquisite selection of rarely exhibited, light-sensitive works by …
Works at Freer Gallery Showcase Nine Centuries of Artistic Tradition
WASHINGTON, DC.- Twenty-seven iconic works of Chinese painting from the Freer’s permanent collection will be on view June 12 – Nov. 28. “Masterpieces of Chinese Painting” offers an exquisite selection of rarely exhibited, light-sensitive works by …
"Masterpieces of Chinese Painting" at The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- Twenty-seven iconic works of Chinese
painting from
the Freer’s permanent collection will be on view June
12 through November 28, 2110. “Masterpieces of Chinese Painting”
offers an exquisite selection of rar…
The Smithsonian and Synchrotron Soleil Join to Analyze Antiquities, Cultural Heritage Materials
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Institution and Synchrotron Soleil of France announced a new partnership between the organizations to use the power of the third-generation synchrotron to study and preserve priceless collections at the Smithsonian. Thi…
Largest Festival of Disabled Artists Opens in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, DC (AP).- Jesse Higman’s paintbrush isn’t a brush at all.
With limited mobility in his hands because of a car crash 27 years ago, this
Seattle-based artist has created a painting method all his own. To control his
colors, Higman …
American Folklife Center Announces 2009 Season of Concerts at the Library of Congress
Washington, DC – The American
Folklife Center in the Library of Congress kicks off its 2009 season with a
concert featuring New Hampshire fiddle music in May and a lecture on the 1963
documentary “The High Lonesome Sound.” The 2009 Homegrown
c…