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Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art Announces Winner of 2019 Dedalus Foundation Graduate Research Essay Prize

Oct. 18, 2019

Miriam Grotte-Jacobs, a PhD candidate in the history of art at Johns Hopkins University, has been awarded the 2019 Dedalus Foundation Graduate Research Essay Prize at the Archives of American Art. The prize recognizes original research by a graduate student that engages with the holdings of the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art and focuses on studies related to painting, sculpture, and the allied arts from 1940 to the present day.

The Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Presents What is Feminist Art?

Oct. 14, 2019

The Archives of American Art is pleased to present What is Feminist Art? on view November 26, 2019, through November 2020.

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  • Chiura Obata leading an art class for incarcerated children
    September 10, 2019

    One Spot of Normalcy: Chiura Obata’s Art Schools

    Using the papers of artist Chiura Obata, archivist Rihoko Ueno tells the story of how he established art schools at the Tanforan and Topaz incarceration camps during World War II.

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