Exploring SAAM's Collection

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Curators and experts from the Smithsonian American Art Museum share stories from the museum's exhibitions and permanent collection. Image: Edmonia Lewis, "The Death of Cleopatra" (detail) Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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    • Feb 14, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 32 EPISODES


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    "I Baptize Thee" by William H. Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 4:36


    "Hermia and Helena" by William Allston

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 4:09


    "The Girl I Left Behind Me" by Eastman Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 3:39


    "Vaquero" by Luis Jiménez

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 5:32


    "Flying Dutchman" and Jonah by Albert Pinkham Ryder

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 5:52


    "Storm King on the Hudson" by Samuel Colman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 2:27


    "Vegetable Dinner" by Peter Blume

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 3:46


    "Looking for the Mountain" by Pat Steir

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 4:18


    "Achelous and Hercules" by Thomas Hart Benton

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 3:35


    "Recording Sound" by Theodore Roszak

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 4:12


    "Interior With Portraits" by Thomas LeClear

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 5:25


    "The Sick Child" by J. Bond Francisco

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 3:38


    "Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler" by John Singer Sargent

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2014 2:50


    Howard Finster's "Bible Flying"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2014 3:40


    Video interview with the collectors Chuck and Jan Rosenak produced for the Luce Foundation Center in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

    Jimmy Lee Sudduth's "Self Portrait with Banjo"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2014 3:36


    Video interview with the collectors Chuck and Jan Rosenak produced for the Luce Foundation Center in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

    Highlights from the Contemporary American Folk Art Collection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2014 2:28


    Video interview with the collectors Chuck and Jan Rosenak produced for the Luce Foundation Center in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

    Steve Fitch - Landscapes in Passing - Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2013 2:30


    In this series Lisa Hostetler, McEvoy Family Curator for Photography, discusses the exhibition "Landscapes in Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes." This exhibition presents forty-eight photographs that depict the American landscape in passing, as drive-through scenery rather than the entrancing wilderness of the nineteenth century.

    Robbert Flick - Landscapes in Passing - Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2013 2:11


    In this series Lisa Hostetler, McEvoy Family Curator for Photography, discusses the exhibition "Landscapes in Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes." This exhibition presents forty-eight photographs that depict the American landscape in passing, as drive-through scenery rather than the entrancing wilderness of the nineteenth century.

    Elaine Mayes - Landscapes in Passing - Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2013 2:29


    In this series Lisa Hostetler, McEvoy Family Curator for Photography, discusses the exhibition "Landscapes in Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes." This exhibition presents forty-eight photographs that depict the American landscape in passing, as drive-through scenery rather than the entrancing wilderness of the nineteenth century.

    Introduction - Landscapes in Passing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2013 2:18


    In this series Lisa Hostetler, McEvoy Family Curator for Photography, discusses the exhibition "Landscapes in Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes." This exhibition presents forty-eight photographs that depict the American landscape in passing, as drive-through scenery rather than the entrancing wilderness of the nineteenth century.

    The Prints of Sean Scully (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2012 11:36


    Listen to American Art's podcast, "The Prints of Sean Scully".

    Visual Art and Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2010 9:15


    What is the intersection between art and music? Our podcast, "Visual Art and Music," explores three art pieces currently on display at American Art and their connection with music.

    Sculpture at American Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2010 8:55


    Listen to American Art's podcast on "Sculpture at American Art".

    The American South

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2010 11:11


    Listen to American Art's podcast on "The American South".

    The American West

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2010 10:20


    Listen to American Art's podcast on "The American West".

    Early 20th-Century American Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2010 8:41


    Listen to American Art's podcast on "Early 20th-Century American Art".

    Introduction to the American Art Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2010 9:37


    Listen to American Art's first podcast, "American Art's Opening Episode," to get an introduction to the museum.

    The Renwick Gallery of American Crafts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2010 7:02


    Listen to American Art's podcast on "The Renwick Gallery".

    Photography at American Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2010 10:18


    Listen to our podcast on "Photography at American Art" to learn about our photo collections.

    Temple of Invention (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2010 14:16


    List to our podcast on the exhibition, "Temple of Invention," to learn about the magnificent building that houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

    1934: A New Deal for Artists

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2010 30:32


    In our illustrated presentation, "1934: A New Deal for Artists," Co-Curator Anne Wagner discusses the Public Works of Art Project and its impact on artists working during the Great Depression. She touches on the federal government and its program to support artists, the lives of artists working on the federal pay roll, and select paintings from the exhibition "1934: A New Deal For Artists."

    Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2010 15:29


    This podcast features a conversation between curators Eleanor Harvey and Toby Jurovics about the work and lives of Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams.

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