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Face-to-Face is a podcast series from the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Listen to Face-to-Face portrait talks, interviews with artists, and lectures from the museum. Face-to-Face portrait talks occur every Thursday at 6pm, in the museum. For more, see the Face-to-Face blog at…

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  • Jan 6, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
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  • 195 EPISODES


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Selena, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2015 4:17


Guest presenter Alina Collins Maldonado, Head of Education at the Gala Hispanic Theatre in Washington, D.C., discusses a 1993 photograph of Selena by Al Rendon.

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Lucretia Mott, Daguerreotype Portrait

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2015 3:25


Ann Shumard, Senior Curator of Photography at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, discusses an 1851 daguerreotype portrait of Lucretia Coffin Mott.

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Artist Bo Gehring on his portrait of Esperanza Spalding

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2015 6:30


Artist Bo Gehring discusses his 2014 portrait of Esperanza Spalding

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William Tecumseh Sherman, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2014 2:14


The NPG's Warren Perry discusses William Tecumseh Sherman.

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"Out of Many, One" by artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2014 5:05


Giant landscape portrait by artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada.

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"Out of Many, One" -- preview

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2014 1:08


Giant landscape portrait by artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada.

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Charles Willson Peale, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2014 2:29


NPG senior historian David C. Ward discusses Charles Willson Peale.

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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2014 3:36


The NPG's Jewell Robinson discusses Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

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NPG Highlights - Win/Spr 2014

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2014 2:34


A recap of 2014, so far, at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

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Benjamin Butler, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2014 2:52


NPG writer Warren Perry discusses Benjamin Butler

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Vincent Giarrano, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2014 3:12


Interview with artist Vincent Giarrano, Portrait Competition 2013

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Katie O'Hagan, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2014 2:56


Interview with artist Katie O'Hagan, Portrait Competition 2013

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Jason Hanasik, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2014 3:20


Interview with artist Jason Hanasik, Portrait Competition 2013

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Louie Palu, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2014 4:41


Interview with photographer Louie Palu, Portrait Competition 2013

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Tema Stauffer, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2013 1:45


Interview with photographer Tema Stauffer, Portrait Competition 2013

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Jill Wissmiller, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2013 3:13


Interview with artist Jill Wissmiller, Portrait Competition 2013

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Elaine de Kooning, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2013 2:24


The NPG's Warren Perry discusses a 1946 self portrait by Elaine de Kooning.

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2013 at NPG: Highlights from the Year

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2013 5:25


A recap of 2013 at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

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Neil Shigley, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2013 2:53


Interview with artist Neil Shigley, Portrait Competition 2013

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Saeri Kiritani, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2013 2:51


Interview with artist Saeri Kiritani, Portrait Competition 2013

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Bly Pope, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2013 1:24


Interview with artist Bly Pope, Portrait Competition 2013

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Martha Mayer Erlebacher, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2013 1:20


Interview with artist Martha Mayer Erlebacher, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

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"Portraits Alive!" 2013 -- theatrical gallery tour by teens

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2013 4:53


Theatrical tour by local teens that brings the Portrait Gallery's collection to life.

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Heidi Fancher, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2013 1:59


Interview with artist Heidi Fancher, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

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Paul D'Amato, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2013 1:46


Interview with artist Paul D'Amato, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2013 1:32


NPG writer Warren Perry discusses Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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Beverly McIver, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2013 1:57


Interview with artist Beverly McIver, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

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Pauline Sabin and the repeal of prohibition, Historian Dan Okrent

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2013 4:34


Historian Dan Okrent discusses Pauline Sabin and her effort to repeal prohibition

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Robert Frost, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2013 1:48


NPG historian David C. Ward discusses Robert Frost

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Sequoyah Aono, Third Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2013 1:31


Interview with artist Sequoyah Aono, Third Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

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Jennifer Levonian, Second Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2013 2:45


Interview with artist Jennifer Levonian, Second Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

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Bo Gehring, First Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2013 2:40


Interview with artist Bo Gehring, First Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

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Jefferson Davis, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2013 2:56


NPG historian David C. Ward discusses Jefferson Davis,

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Stonewall Jackson, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2013 3:05


NPG historian David C. Ward discusses Stonewall Jackson

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Portrait of John Pelham, Confederate artillery officer

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2013 3:09


Photography curator Frank Goodyear discusses an 1858 portrait of John Pelham by Mathew Brady.

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Marianne Moore, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2013 1:44


David C. Ward, historian at the National Portrait Gallery, discusses poet Marianne Moore.

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Dancing the Dream, exhibition preview

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2013 4:30


Amy Henderson, historian at NPG, discusses the upcoming exhibition "Dancing the Dream" on view from October 4, 2013 - July 13, 2014.

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Ronald Sherr, artist talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2013 52:01


General Colin Powell's portrait, by artist Ronald Sherr, was unveiled and added to the National Portrait Gallery collection on December 2, 2012. Sherr discussed his portrait in this gallery talk, December 3, 2012.

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General Colin Powell, portrait unveiling ceremony and interview with NPR's Michele Norris

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2012 46:06


General Colin Powell's portrait, by artist Ronald Sherr, was unveiled and added to the National Portrait Gallery collection on December 2, 2012. Powell was interviewed by NPR's Michele Norris as part of the ceremony.

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Samuel Morse, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2012 2:58


Amy Henderson, historian at NPG, discusses Samuel F. B. Morse and the painting "Men of Progress" by artist Christian Schussele

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Richard Nixon, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2012 1:56


Warren Perry, writer at NPG, talks about a portrait of Richard Nixon by Norman Rockwell

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Lyndon Johnson, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2012 1:44


Warren Perry, writer at NPG, talks about a portrait of Lyndon Johnson by Peter Hurd

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FDR, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2012 1:25


Warren Perry, writer at NPG, talks about a portrait of FDR by Douglas Chandor

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FDR by sculptor Jo Davidson

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2012 4:11


A look at two busts of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by sculptor Jo Davidson

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2012 1:28


Warren Perry, writer at NPG, talks about F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Ernest Hemingway, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2012 1:28


Warren Perry, writer at NPG, talks about Ernest Hemingway

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Charles Willson Peale self-portrait, Face-to-Face talk

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2012 20:18


David Ward, historian at NPG, talks about artist Charles Willson Peale

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A Conversation with Alice Waters

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2012 50:00


A Conversation with Alice Waters

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Miguel Covarrubias, caricature artist of 1920s America

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2012 4:24


The NPG's Warren Perry discusses artist Miguel Covarrubias

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