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From the Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association, we learned about the National Portrait Gallery’s (8th and F St NW) August program of activities as below:
Programs
Portraits Alive! Tours
Monday – Friday, August 1 – 5, 12:00 noon and 1:30pm
Teens from the city’s summer intern program who work at the museum lead a theatrical tour that brings the museum’s collection to life through original, student-written monologues. The program, in its tenth year, takes visitors to a variety of portraits where students perform biographical portrayals of the people represented in the artwork. Meet in the F Street LobbySlow Looking
Thursday, August 2, 12:00 noon
Slow looking encourages visitors to slow down and take a look at a single artwork collection. Writing, sketching, music, movement and other activities may be added to enhance the experience. This month, take a slow look at the sculpture of Rosa Parks by Marshall D. Rumbaugh. Meet in the G Street LobbyConversation Circles
Fridays, August 5, 12, 19, and 26, 10:00am – 12:00 noon
Practice English in small groups while learning more about American history through portraiture. The
program begins with a gallery talk led by a Portrait Gallery educator. Participants then form small conversation circles for discussions around the day’s theme. These programs are organized by the museum and the DC Public Library. Meet in the G Street Lobby
Portrait Discovery Kits
Saturdays, August 6, 13, 20, and 27, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Sundays, August 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2:00 – 5:00pm
Portrait Discovery Kits are an interactive and imaginative way for visitors to learn more about people who are in the National Portrait Gallery and their contributions to American history. The kits offer a self-guided tour, Seek and Find cards, Portrait Detective and Historian Guides, and a Compare and Contrast activity using a doll. Kits must be returned prior to 4:00pm Saturdays and 5:00pm Sundays. Meet in the first floor Education Center, Room E151.Portrait InSight
Thursday, August 11, 12:00 noon
Visualize art through a vivid, detailed verbal description of selected works. Tactile objects may also be included. These tours are particularly well-suited to those who are blind or partially sighted, but are open to all who enjoy close looking. Meet in the G Street LobbyPortrait InSight Tour
Saturday, August 13, 12:00 noon
Visualize art through a vivid, detailed verbal description of selected works. Tactile objects may also be included. These tours are particularly well-suited to those who are blind or partially sighted, but are open to all who enjoy close looking. Meet in the G Street LobbyThe Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today – Artist Talk
Sunday, August 14, 3:00pm
Artist Daniel James McInnis discusses his work Heidi and Lily, Ohio 2014, a finalist in The Outwin 2016 competition, focusing on the camaraderie of women in portrait photography. Meet at the The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today exhibitionPortrait Conversation
Thursday, August 18, 12:00 noon – 1:00pm
These conversations are led by an expert on the Portrait Gallery’s popular works. This week Portrait Gallery curator Robyn Asleson leads a discussion on James Henry Hackett’s portrait, Mr. Hackett, in the Character of Rip Van Winkle. Meet in the G Street LobbyExhibitions
In the Groove: Jazz Portraits by Herman Leonard
August 5 – February 20
Enthralled by the music and those who made it, Herman Leonard (1923-2010) began haunting New York’s jazz clubs after opening his first studio in Greenwich Village in 1948. Armed with his Speed Graphic camera, Leonard made images that captured the very essence of a live jazz performance. Soon his photographs were gracing album covers and appearing in the pages of DownBeat and Metronome. Leonard’s photographs are widely regarded as the definitive portraits of many of the 20th century’s greatest jazz artists. This exhibition features Leonard’s iconic images of jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk and Sarah Vaughan.Hollywood and Time: Celebrity Covers
Through September 11
Original cover art commissioned by Time magazine highlights Hollywood personalities who once graced theater marquees across America. Included are vintage portraits of such stars as Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep, as well as Oscar-winning directors Steven Spielberg and Woody Allen. This exhibition focuses on thirty-two celebrities whose vision and talents carried us to different eras.Recent Acquisitions
Through October 30
From Frederick Douglass, Bob Hope, Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Aretha Franklin to Rita Moreno, Matilde Krim, Hank Aaron, Willie Nelson and Rubén Blades, this annual exhibition features 29 objects that tell the story of America through the art of portraiture and showcase some of the newest additions to the museum’s collection.The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today
Through January 8
The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition invites artists from across the country to submit their best works in the art of portrayal. The dazzling variety of media and diverse approaches to the exploration of self and other challenge preconceived notions of portraiture and expand visitors’ imaginations. This juried competition and resulting exhibition showcases excellence and innovation with a strong focus on the variety of portrait media used by artists today.Double Take: Daguerreian Portrait Pairs
Through June 4
Often one associates an image with a person from history, especially in a museum setting. This show highlights the depth of the National Portrait Gallery’s early photography collection, featuring fourteen historic daguerreotypes — two portraits each of famous mid-19th century figures, including Frederick Douglass, Jenny Lind, Zachary Taylor and Jefferson Davis.One Life: Babe Ruth
Through May 21
Before sports superstars became commonplace, Babe Ruth was an American baseball legend. His name and image fueled a media frenzy. Ruth’s memorable persona will be highlighted in a selection of historic prints, photographs, and personal paraphernalia representing him, both as a Yankee slugger and a national celebrity.The Collection on Exhibit
America’s Presidents
This lies at the very heart of the Portrait Gallery’s mission to tell the American story through the office of the president. America’s Presidents showcases an enhanced and extended display of multiple images of the past 43 presidents of the United States, starting with George Washington and continuing to George W. Bush. Five presidents are given expanded attention because of their significant impact on the office: George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt.The Struggle for Justice
This exhibition showcase major cultural and political figures — from key 19th-century historical figures to contemporary leaders — who struggled to achieve civil rights for disenfranchised or marginalized groups. The exhibition, featuring photographs, paintings, posters, buttons and sculptures, includes portraits of civil rights leaders W.E.B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall and Martin Luther King Jr.; women’s-rights advocates Kate Millett and Betty Friedan; Native American activist Plenty Coups; cultural icon and singer Marian Anderson; United Farm Workers organizer César Chávez; AIDS activist Tony Kushner; Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver; and Christopher Reeve, who fought for the rights of people living with disabilities. The exhibition includes a video created exclusively for the exhibition narrated by Soledad O’Brien.American Origins, 1600-1900
This conversation about America begins with the first days of contact between Native Americans and European explorers, through the struggles of independence, to the Gilded Age. The exhibition is presented in a series of 17 galleries and alcoves that are chronologically arranged and include major figures such as Samuel Adams, Henry Clay, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.Jo Davidson: Biographer in Bronze
Fourteen portraits in bronze and terra-cotta made by renowned American sculptor Jo Davidson between
1908 and 1946 include depictions of Gertrude Stein, Franklin D. Roosevelt, artist John Marin and reforming journalist Lincoln Steffens.Twentieth-Century Americans
Four galleries off of the magnificent third-floor Great Hall showcase the major cultural and political hallmarks of the last century. Paintings, sculpture, photographs and prints portray those who were at the center of these moments. People from a wide range of backgrounds — Jane Addams, Douglas MacArthur, Robert F. Kennedy, Toni Morrison, and Michael Jackson, among others — tell the story of America’s 20th century.Bravo! and Champions
Our nation has been shaped by individuals on both the stage and the field. Bravo! tells the story of the performing arts, beginning with P. T. Barnum, who raised the curtain on modern entertainment, and continuing through the twentieth century, with stars such as Maria Callas and Elvis Presley. Champions salutes game-changing American sports figures from Arthur Ashe to Babe Zaharias; individuals who rewrote the rules on the court, course, and field. A winning combination of portraits, artifacts and memorabilia enhances both exhibitions.All programs are open to the public at no charge
For complete program listing and exhibition information go to
www.npg.si.eduNational Portrait Gallery
8th and F Streets, NW
202.633.8300
www.npg.si.edu
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Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown, exit 7th & F or 9th & G streets
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