Exhibitions
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Calico and Chintz: Antique Quilts from the Patricia Smith CollectionSeptember 13, 1996 – January 12, 1997Renwick Gallery
Experience the genteel quilting tradition that predates the folk art quilting tradition in these 26 rare American quilts made before 1850.
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Lost & Found: Edmonia Lewis's CleopatraJune 7, 1996 – April 14, 1997American Art Museum
See the life and work of Edmonia Lewis, a nineteenth-century African American sculptor.
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Lia Cook: Material AllusionsMarch 12, 1996 – July 7, 1996Renwick Gallery
Focus on the last 10 years of Lia Cook's career with 25 wall hangings that depict the illusions of cloth.
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Directions: Cindy Sherman: Film StillsMarch 15, 1995 – June 25, 1995Hirshhorn
View 69 black-and-white photographs made between 1977 and 1980 that suggest stills from Grade-B, Hitchcock-esque, noir films.
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North American Wildflowers: Watercolors by Mary Vaux WalcottApril 15, 1994 – August 29, 1994American Art Museum
Admire 50 original watercolors from North American Wildflowers published in 1925 by the Smithsonian Institution, that represent a fraction of the over 700 watercolors Walcott created.
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Gathered Visions: Selected Works by African American WomenNovember 18, 1990 – April 28, 1991Anacostia Community Museum
This exhibition gathers works by a diverse group of African American women artists based in metropolitan Washington, DC.
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Mary McLeod Bethune and Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet"January 24, 1982 – September 30, 1982Anacostia Community Museum
In commemoration of the centennial of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s birth (1882), learn more about the contributions of world-renowned educator Mary McLeod Bethune to FDR’s New Deal administration.
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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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Black Women: Achievement Against the OddsFebruary 8, 1976 – January 2, 1977Anacostia Community Museum
Learn about black women whose accomplishments have changed our lives, from 1700 to 1977.
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Lilly Martin Spencer (1822-1902): The Joys of SentimentJune 15, 1973 – September 3, 1973American Art Museum
See the first exhibition of the works of one of America's formost 19th century woman artists, including some 30 paintings, 28 drawings and 10 prints, all of pretty, sentimental and anecdotal subjects.
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Collection of Period Costumes1914 – Before 1955Arts and Industries Building
The Collection of Period Costumes exhibition opened in 1914 in the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building.
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