SAAM Stories
From the Collection
06/17/2021
Take the father figure in your life on an online tour of sports in SAAM’s collection
Rebekah Mejorado
Public Relations Specialist
Artists in ¡Printing the Revolution! explore pressing issues of the LGBTQ+ community
Claudia Zapata
Former Curatorial Assistant of Latinx Art
Pride
06/10/2021
Bernard Perlin’s The Bar makes us reflect on the spaces we’ve carved out as our own.
Andrew Rondinone
Explore Dominican York Proyecto GRAFICA, a New York art collective inspired by Chicano print centers
Rebekah Mejorado
Public Relations Specialist
Kit Paulson is currently a resident artist at the Penland School of Craft in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. She makes intricate and whimsical glassworks that embody histories of ornamentation, material culture, and natural history. SAAM is acquiring her work, Lungs.
Mary Savig
Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft
Education
05/28/2021
Discover how a partnership between SAAM and the American Battle Monuments Commission commemorates the honor, service and sacrifice of America’s fallen in wars abroad.
The composer and instrumentalist shares her thoughts on music and the development of her craft.
Anne Wilsey
Program Specialist for the Luce Foundation Center
From the Collection
05/21/2021
Our video series American Art Moments takes a closer look at an important New Deal painting in SAAM’s collection
Howard Kaplan
Writer
Chicanx artists elevate national and global historic figures to inspire activism
Rebekah Mejorado
Public Relations Specialist
Artists honor victims of social injustice and create a space for communal grieving
E. Carmen Ramos
Former Curator of Latinx Art
From the Director
05/14/2021
Stephanie Stebich, the Margaret and Terry Stent Director, welcomes visitors back to the museum and looks at artworks on view by Asian American artists in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Stephanie Stebich
Former Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Education
05/11/2021
Discover how a partnership between SAAM and the American Battle Monuments Commission revealed an unexpected connection between Paul Manship sketches and a U.S. military cemetery located outside of Rome.
Shizu Saldamando explores identity and representation through portraiture
Rebekah Mejorado
Public Relations Specialist
Chicano artists use graphics to reframe history with new perspectives
Claudia Zapata
Former Curatorial Assistant of Latinx Art
Singer-songwriter, Jenna Camille, discusses how her creative motivations have evolved over the past year.
Anne Wilsey
Program Specialist for the Luce Foundation Center