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August 6, 2008

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
AUGUST-FEBRUARY 2009

Through Sep. 3 (Dates vary for each exhibition)
The Harris Treaty, Ping Pong Diplomacy and the Treaty of Paris: On display this summer at the National Archives, this exhibition highlights the Harris Treaty with Japan (thru July 31), Ping Pong Diplomacy (Aug. 1 thru 28) and the anniversary of the Treaty of Paris (Aug. 29 thru Sep. 3).

Through Oct. 5
Jim Henson's Fantastic World: The S. Dillon Ripley Center's International Gallery offers visitors a rare glimpse into the imagination of Jim Henson - the artist, puppeteer, film director and producer best known for his creation of Kermit the Frog, Big Bird and other characters.

Through June 2009
G-Men and Journalists: Top News Stories of the FBI's First Century: Spanning the FBI's first 100 years, the Newseum explores the role of the media in shaping the Bureau's image. The exhibition includes approximately 200 artifacts and nearly 300 photographs, along with dozens of historic newspaper front pages and magazines.

Through Jan. 3, 2010
Dig It! The Secrets of Soil: The National Museum of Natural History examines the study of soil science and demonstrates the vital role soil plays in human lives through dioramas, soil cross-sections, cultural artifacts and hands-on activities.

Aug. 22 - Feb. 3, 2009
Beyond Tradition: The Pueblo Pottery of Tammy Garcia: The National Museum of Women in the Arts features a selection of pottery by one of the most recognizable figures in Southwestern ceramics, Tammy Garcia, who has merged traditional Pueblo pottery into mainstream contemporary art.

Aug. 23 - Feb. 22, 2009
Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Freer Gallery of Art displays Chinese landscape paintings spanning a 700-year period - from the mid-11th century to the mid-18th century - illustrating recluses and recreational travelers as well as free-roaming mountain sages or gentlemen living in retirement.

Aug. 25 - Dec. 14
Black Box: Semiconductor: Dazzling documentaries and film shorts by the British-based artists Ruth Jarman and Joseph Gerhardt, or “Semiconductor,” will be on view at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. The pieces were created during the artists' residency at the NASA Space Sciences Laboratories at the University of California, Berkeley.

Sept. 12 - Jan. 25, 2009
Four Indian Kings: In commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution, the National Portrait Gallery displays the earliest surviving full-length oil portraits of four men, or “kings,” who were chosen to represent the Iroquoian Confederacy of the Mohawk River Valley before Queen Anne.

Sept. 13 - Jan. 25, 2009
Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power: In this exhibition, Corcoran will bring together Avedon’s political portraits for the first time. Juxtaposing images of elite government, media and labor officials with counter-cultural activists and ordinary citizens caught up in national debates, "Portraits of Power" will include approximately 250 photographs displayed chronologically and grouped within Avedon’s specific editorial projects. The exhibition will include many rarely-seen and some never-before-exhibited or published photographs of public figures including Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Karl Rove and Barack Obama.

Sep. 14 - Jan. 4, 2009
George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings: The display features more than 25 American Indian paintings created during his time spent living with native tribes in Wyoming and Montana in the early 1880s.

Sep. 16 - TBD
Fragile Persuasion: Hillwood Museum & Gardens displays nearly 80 objects depicting the complicated and turbulent period of late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Russia, including sculptures, vessels and other eclectic objects.

Sept. 17 - Jan. 18, 2009
Puerto Rican Posters of DIVEDCO: Produced by artists enlisted by a government agency known as DivEdCo (Division de Educacion de la Comunidad), selections of Puerto Rican poster art are displayed from the late 1940s to the late 1980s, part of a broader effort to stimulate artistic production on the island while transforming its rural population into a model of modern, democratic citizenry.

Sep. 17 - TBA
VSA Arts 7th Annual National Juried Exhibit for Young Artists with Disabilities, Ages 16-25: A collection of artworks reflect the experience of youth artists with disabilities and reveal how those disabilities impact the artists' lives.

Sep. 26 - TBA
Alphabetilately: Unveiled in celebration of the National Postal Museum's 15th anniversary are stamps, ephemera and artifacts that document the spectrum of the American experience and tell stories spanning the history of postage as well as the globe.

Sep. 26 - Jan. 4, 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities: The Smithsonian American Art Museum features approximately 40 paintings and 50 photographs celebrating the deep commitment to the American landscape demonstrated by these two iconic artists.

Opening Sep. 27 (New permanent exhibition)
Sant Ocean Hall: This major permanent installation at the National Museum of Natural History demonstrates how the ocean is fundamentally connected to other global systems and to people's daily lives. It also examines changes in the Earth's environment and illustrates how to conserve resources to meet the country's economic, social and environmental needs.

Oct. 3 - Nov. 29
2008 Kreeger Museum Artist Award: This exhibition will display works by Washington, DC based artist Ledelle Moe, recipient of the 2008 Kreeger Museum Artist Award for consistently demonstrating artistic excellence, exceptional creativity and for her strong influence on the DC arts community.

Oct. 3 - Jan. 11, 2009
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Glass: The Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery hosts the first exhibition to thoroughly examine the art of the master of glass blowing, Lino Tagliapietra. More than 160 works from his 40-year career will be on display, some for the first time.

Oct. 10 - Feb. 1, 2009
Women of Our Time: Twentieth Century Photographs: A collection of photographs of women who have reached the pinnacle of achievement in politics, business, the arts, sports, performance, music and science are displayed. Featured subjects include Margaret Wise Brown, Amelia Earhart, Althea Gibson, Billie Holiday, Helen Keller, Marilyn Monroe and Georgia O'Keeffe.

Oct. 11 - Jan. 4, 2009
Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur: The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery showcases approximately 60 paintings - many for the first time - exploring the dramatic shift that occurred in 19th-century Jodhpur, along with a gorgeous silk-embroidered tent.

Oct. 11 - Jan. 25, 2009
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over the River: This exhibition features a collection of more than 150 photographs, collages, drawings and maps chronicling the artists' processes as they prepared to assemble and suspend massive shimmering fabric panels over the Arkansas River in Colorado.

Oct.17 - Jan. 25, 2009
Role Models: Feminine Identity in Contemporary American Photography: This exhibition, at the National Museum for Women in the Arts, features the work of two generations of artists whose portraiture, self-portraiture and narrative photographs have changed our understanding of gender and identity over the past 30 years.

Oct. 18 - March 8, 2009
Timbuktu to Tibet: Rugs and Textiles of the Hajji Babas: The Textile Museum celebrates the 75th anniversary of the oldest rug-collecting group in the U.S. with a display of more than 70 textiles and rugs originally made in North Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Oct. 19 - March 22, 2009
Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples: Premiering at the National Gallery of Art are approximately 150 works revealing the artistic styles and cultural ideals of the villa owners and townspeople, particularly their reverence for the arts of ancient Greece.

Oct. 23, 2008 - Oct. 25, 2009
Green Community: The exhibition spotlights sustainable communities in the U.S. and around the world, from neighborhoods to major cities. The display also illustrates how and why we plan, design, and construct the world between our buildings, along with ways to build healthy, eco-friendly communities for generations to come.

Oct. 23 - Jan. 11, 2009
The Panza Collection and Ways of Seeing: Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza: This exhibition, at the Hirshhorn Museum, highlights 39 conceptual, light-and-space and environmental works from Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo. The collection of contemporary American and European art is hailed internationally and date to the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Oct. 24 - June 21, 2009
Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers: Drawn primarily from the collection of Larry J. West, this poignant exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, will feature rare and exquisite jewelry containing portraits in the 19th century's four main photographic processes - daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes and paper prints.

Oct. 26 - Jan. 11, 2009
Jan Lievens: Out of Rembrandt's Shadow: The National Gallery of Art presents 45 fine paintings, along with a select group of drawings and prints by one of the most intriguing Dutch artists of the 17th century, Jan Lievens.

Nov. 1 - Sept. 28, 2009
Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian: The National Museum of the American Indian highlights the works of contemporary artist, Fritz Scholder. A range of media examines the artist's interests and deep personal experiences.

Nov. 5 - March 22, 2009
Directions - Terence Gower, Public Spirit: The Hirshhorn Project: This installation tells the story of the original proposal for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through photographs, a digitally animated video projection, a large-scale sculptural model and other documentation.

Nov. 7 - July 5, 2009
One Life: The Mask of Lincoln: The National Portrait Gallery examines how Lincoln used the new art of photography to convey his image to Americans and commemorates the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, drawing on the Gallery's extensive collection of Lincoln portraits.

Nov. 8 - March 9, 2009
Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968: Presented in coordination with the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, this exhibition includes unforgettable images that changed a nation, covering the 12-year period between the Rosa Parks case in 1955-1956 and Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968.

Nov. 8 - March 9, 2009
The Civil Rights Legacy and Contemporary Art: This exhibition illustrates the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and social changes that resulted, including issues of racial identity, commodity culture and political action in response to the legacy of the year 1968, when political unrest and social upheaval took over the urban landscape.

Dec. 4 - May 10, 2009
Portraiture Now: Feature Photography: The works of six critically-acclaimed photographers representing publications including The New Yorker, Esquire and The New York Times Magazine will be on display. Featured photos will depict the photographers' longstanding tradition of photographic portraiture of notable press.

Dec. 5 - March 1, 2009
Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke: The Smithsonian American Art Museum's retrospective on the American landscape photographer includes 85 photographs spanning the artist's career from the early 1970s through 2004.

Dec. 7 - Oct. 4, 2009
Jubilee: African American Celebrations: The Anacostia Community Museum highlights emerging as well as obsolete African-American holidays and celebrations around the country. Images of captured moments from throughout the years, along with traditional songs and music and regional folklore related to holidays, will be presented.

Jan. 18 - April 26, 2009
Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans": This exhibition and the National Gallery of Art celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1958 publication of Robert Frank's iconic photography book, "The Americans." The book includes 83 photographs of objects symbolizing contemporary American life such as jukeboxes, gas stations and diners.

Jan. 20, 2009 - Jan. 3, 2010
Presidents in Waiting: The National Portrait Gallery highlights American vice presidents who succeeded to the presidency and proved themselves to be capable political figures with the experience and aptitude to be president.

Feb. 7, 2009 - July 29, 2010
Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th Century: Sparked by the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, the exhibition features archaeological discoveries and addresses life and death in the colonies, activity and physical labor, health and disease and stories of the peoples affected by North American colonization.

Feb. 26 - May 17, 2009
Louise Bourgeois: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden presents the first major retrospective since 1995 of the work of Louise Bourgeois. Born in France in 1911, Bourgeois was a powerfully inventive artist who worked in dialogue with most of the major international avant-garde artistic movements of the 20th century, from Surrealism to Conceptual art.

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