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Renwick Gallery

Historic red-brick building with ornate architectural details, banners reading “WONDER,” and a sign labeled “Renwick Gallery.”
Renwick Gallery

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.

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Crop art with the title State Fairs: Growing American Craft and a cow's head in the center.
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. Each gallery . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Artist Justin Favela on a lift, working on a pinata-style art installation in the shape of maize.
Capilla de Maíz (Maize Chapel), a site-specific installation by Justin Favela, transforms the Rubenstein Grand Salon at SAAM’s Renwick Gallery into a fantastical world, with shimmering gold-fringed walls and piñata corncobs that highlight the . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Large square art piece made of repurposed wood, wood glue, high-density polyethylene, and acrylic.
Handwork: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery features objects from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s permanent collection that explore the meaning and relevance of craft in American culture. The installation includes several new . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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