Event
State Fairs Artist Demonstrations
The beloved tradition of craft demonstrations comes to the Renwick Gallery with artists featured in the exhibition State Fairs: Growing American Craft. Laurel Dabbs will demonstrate the techniques and hand tools she uses to make bird decoys. Rick and Connie Whittier will share the artistic process that goes into their fish decoys. Decoys were traditionally used for hunting and fishing and are renowned for the artistry that goes into these functional artworks.
Image credit: Albert Ting
On View At
Branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum dedicated to exhibiting American contemporary craft, celebrating makers taking both innovative and time-honored approaches to their work.
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
What's on View
State Fairs: Growing American Craft is the first exhibition dedicated to artists’ contributions to the great U.S. tradition of state fairs with more than 240 artworks on view, dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
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