Event

Take 5: Jazz at SAAM with Joshua Bayer

Location
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Performances, After Five
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Celebrate a uniquely American art form with Take 5: Jazz at SAAM, a series of free, live performances. Jazz guitarist, bassist, and composer Joshua Bayer will perform a selection of his 1960s post-bop-influenced original compositions. Bayer currently serves on the faculty of American University, where he is Musician in Residence and director of the AU Jazz Orchestra.  

Borrow a board game to play during the concert and stop by the Courtyard Café to purchase refreshments. The National Portrait Gallery, that shares the building with SAAM, is hosting community chalk art activities by Chalk Riot for attendees to enjoy throughout the performance.

Presented as part of the Smithsonian’s Our Shared Future: 250.

Image Credit: Robert Indiana, The Figure Five, 1963, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1984.51, © 1963, Robert Indiana

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Interior gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum with columns, paintings on the walls, and a large neon map installation
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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
Museum