| More visitors and new exhibitions highlight a season of change at SAAM. |
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In her latest letter, Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, looks at spring as a time to share new exhibitions and exciting programs with SAAM's visitors. And there are a lot of visitors! Based on the recently published annual survey of attendance at art museums by The Art Newspaper, SAAM has the distinction of being the fourth most visited art museum in the United States with more than 1.4 million visitors walking through SAAM's doors.
Stebich invites readers to learn more about the current exhibitions Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice and Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women, while looking ahead to Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women opening at the Renwick Gallery on May 31. |
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Whether or not you experienced the eclipse, you can still view the phenomenon through the eyes of Alma Thomas, a singular figure in the story of twentieth-century American art. Read more about her iconic artwork The Eclipse and SAAM's current exhibition Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas. |
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The Smithsonian American Art Museum is able to create and share experiences like these thanks to funding from generous supporters like you. Thank you for ensuring that American art is available to all. Donate to support SAAM. |
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Image Credits: SAAM's director, Stephanie Stebich, in front of Louise Nevelson's Sky Cathedral. Photo by Libby Weiler
Alma Thomas, The Eclipse, 1970, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1978.40.3 |
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