SAAM Stories

Get to know local illustrator, Carlos Carmonamedina, ahead of his Beyond the Studio Workshop on January 26, 2020.

Last chance to see three exhibitions at SAAM's Renwick Gallery is January 5, 2020

Discovering four watercolors by Yayoi Kusama in SAAM's Joseph Cornell Study Center

The founders of Rock Paper Plant, Alicia Mazzara and Cielo Contreras, explain how their business got its roots in this interview before their upcoming Beyond the Studio Workshop.

The Luce Foundation Center's interview with the recently reunited indie-rock band, Washington Social Club, in advance of their Luce Unplugged performance on December 5, 2019.

SAAM's director, Stephanie Stebich, looks to art as a way to elevate stories of our shared humanity

Chiura Obata: American Modern contains some of the artist's rarely seen folded screens.

A closer look at Duke Pearson’s role in creating the "Blue Note sound."

Learn more about the documentary that celebrates the vision and tenacity of women street artists.

A collaboration between SAAM and NPG illuminates the lives and works of women artists in our collections.

A closer look at Black and Latinx art spaces and activism in L.A.

Smithsonian Provost John Davis takes a closer look at the painter Maria Oakey Dewing, who described herself as a "garden-thirsty soul."

Lauren Kalman's challenging work is meant to get under our skin.

Giving America's favorite pastime a run for its money

A closer look at the rich and trans-historical Puerto Rican artworks in the museum.

David Levinthal's photographs shine a light on the darkness of film noir.

SAAM's curator of time-based media examines the importance of a powerful work that speaks to our times...and times past.

Nearly one ton of hand-written tablets collected at the Renwick Gallery were burned at Burning Man earlier in the month.