Exhibitions
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Lia Cook: Material Allusions
March 12, 1996 – July 7, 1996Renwick GalleryFocus on the last 10 years of Lia Cook's career with 25 wall hangings that depict the illusions of cloth.
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2nd Annual Exhibition of Visual Arts and Crafts by Smithsonian WomenMarch 4, 1996 – March 29, 1996S. Dillon Ripley Center
Reflect on and celebrate the creative lives of women artists within the Smithsonian Institution community, in conjunction with Women's History Month. See 64 works including photography, painting, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, and mixed media.
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Elaine Lustig Cohen: Modern Graphic Designer
February 7, 1995 – May 23, 1995Cooper HewittVisit books, stationery, signage, and other works that reveal Cohen's importance in the evolution of design.
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Brushes with the Literary: Portraits by Washington Artist Marcella Comes Winslow
August 13, 1993 – December 5, 1993Portrait GalleryPortraits of famous writers give an insider's view of life in the nation's capital in the 1940s-50s when Marcella Comes Winslow's Georgetown home was an informal literary salon.
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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Artist and Patron (1875-1942)July 8, 1983 – November 27, 1983Portrait Gallery
See a small exhibition that includes photographs, papers, letters and personal notebooks documenting the art patron's support of American artists— support which culminated in the creation of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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An Interior Decorated: Joyce KozloffAugust 15, 1980 – March 1, 1981Renwick Gallery
Inspired by exotic and intricate motifs of Egyptian, Islamic and American Indian cultures, the New York artist transforms one of the Renwick's galleries into a striking array of color and pattern.
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Portrait of Sarah Porter
May 17, 1976 – June 15, 1976Portrait GalleryView a portrait of the founder of Miss Porter's School.
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