Event

What is Africa to Me? Gallery Talk

Join Dalila Scruggs, the Augusta Savage Curator of African American Art at SAAM, for a special evening gallery discussion. Scruggs will invite participants to look closely and share their own interpretations of modern and contemporary works on display by African American artists.

Tickets available April 6.

Image credit: Aaron Douglas, Inspiration, 1967, oil on canvas panel, 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Steven L. Jones in memory of his father Dr. William M. Jones Sr., Chicago educator and a storyteller for the soul, and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2024.36 

On View At

Interior gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum with columns, paintings on the walls, and a large neon map installation
The nation’s first collection of American art offers an unparalleled record of the American experience, capturing the aspirations, character and imagination of the American people throughout three centuries.
Location
Washington, DC
11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily