PRIDE @ The Smithsonian American Art Museum

June 9, 2019
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11:30 am
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7:00 pm
Smithsonian American Art Museum

About The Event

Celebrate Pride with a day showcasing artists using performance, music, media art and traditional painting to explore LGBTQ+ histories and futures.

Schedule of Events
11:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. Feminist Pride Media Art Gallery, MacMillan Education Center, First Floor
Noon – 3:00 p.m. Collection Highlights Gallery Talks, Meet in G Street Lobby
Noon Saisha Grayson, SAAM  Curator of Time-Based Media, on Sadie Benning’s early videos (1990)
1:00 p.m. Joe Madura, Former SAAM Curatorial Researcher, on Paul Cadmus, Bar Italia (1953-55)
2:00 p.m. Tess Korobkin, James Smithson Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institute, on Mickalene Thomas, Portrait of Mnonja (2010)
3:00 p.m. Claudia Zapata, SAAM Curatorial Assistant, Latino Art , on Carlos Almaraz, I Dreamed I Could Fly (1986)
2:00–7:00 p.m. American University’s Humanities Truck, F Street Plaza
3:00–6:00 p.m. Brendan Fernandes’s Free Fall 49 with DJ Lauren Flax,  Kogod Courtyard

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