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Cynthia Daignault’s Light Atlas is a series of 360 paintings memorializing the artist’s trip across the United States, featured in the Landscape Art & Virtual Travel. It serves as an expansive conceptual backdrop for a discussion between two esteemed historians on the Great Migration and the landscapes—welcoming or hostile—through which countless African Americans traveled in

Ring in the holiday season with a celebration of music from around the globe! Internationally renowned soprano Korliss Uecker and baritone and pianist James Rensink will regale you with beloved holiday favorites from a repertoire of folk music, American songbook, musical theater, and opera, including Strauss’ Die Fledermaus and Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. Glenview is

Virginia Mecklenburg, chief curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and curator of African American Art in the 20th Century, explores the work of Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Lois Mailou Jones, Melvin Edwards, and other artists featured in the exhibition. These artists participated in ongoing dialogues about art, Black identity, and individual rights that engaged

Celebrate the harvest season! Create and decorate a scarecrow with popsicles and seasonal accents. Recommended for ages 4–10.

Experiment with sculpture: what are the shapes of your dreams? What is the texture of your most vivid dream, either a happy one, or a nightmare?! Create a miniature sculpture out of clay. Explore ways to capture the textures and shapes you like most in the clay—by rolling it, poking it, and scratching it with

Teaching Artist-in-Residence Jamel Robinson leads a program that links African American Art in the 20th Century and Landscape Art & Virtual Travel through the sensibility and practice of contemporary African American artists. Join Robinson for an interactive tour of the works on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and for a conversation sparked by

Jewelry designer, artist, and quilter Donna Chambers leads the first of a series of programs that link African American Art in the 20th Century and Landscape Art & Virtual Travel through the sensibility and practice of contemporary African American artists. Join Chambers in the galleries for a conversation sparked by the comparison of two landscapes,

Celebrate the exhibition African American Art in the 20th Century on this virtual walking tour that explores the history of Harlem, from its origins as a Dutch village in the seventeenth century through its transformation into the capital of Black America in the early twentieth century. The tour explores the history, architecture, and people of

The Hudson River Museum sits on traditional lands of the Leni Lenape, the First Peoples to inhabit the Lower Hudson Valley. Celebrate Native American Heritage Day with Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, one of the best-known and the oldest resident Native American dance companies in New York, who will perform social dances in two performances. The

Un mundo, un cielo domingo, 26 de septiembre, 12:30pm Taller de arte para la familia: Personajes e íconos Latinos sábado, 2 y 9 de octubre, 1–3:30pm Más allá del sol domingo, 3 de octubre, 3:30pm Sonidos del Paisaje Caribeño sábado, 9 de octubre, 3pm English ↗