In observance of Black History Month, the Oliver Art Center will present "Piece Work: An Exhibition of Contemporary Gee’s Bend Quilts" in its Fisher Room Gallery Feb. 14 through March 22. The unique ...

People donate artwork, objects, and even money to the institution of their choice. But sometimes, museums and galleries wind ...

After more than a year without their popular giant pandas, the Smithsonian's National Zoo is set to debut its two latest black-and-white bears to the enamored masses on Friday. Panda fans will be ...

In response to the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, Wrap the World with Quilts has mobilized to deliver urgently needed aid. Trucks loaded with handmade quilts and hygiene kits are reaching the ...

Olivia Joseph can spot the stories in the stitches in their work as a quilt research fellow for the Mingei International Museum at Balboa Park. The fabrics, the patterns, the designs all reveal ...

He also received an honorary degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and one of his quilts hangs in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and at least a few that may be good for you Amber Dance, Knowable ...

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division Ahead of Inauguration Day on January 20th, learn five interesting inaugural trivia from The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia. 1.

Male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Oct. 24, 2024. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

Hank Willis Thomas' "Freedom" (left) and Carolyn Mazloomi's "Ode to Harriet Powers: Mother of African American Quilting." Courtesy of The High Museum ...

Sara Vance Waddell has built a significant collection of artworks by women, people of color and artists in the LGBTQ community, including the quilts of Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi and Cynthia Lockhart.

With visual arts, performing arts, and new media, the Portrait Gallery introduces you to the people who have shaped the country—poets, presidents, actors, activists, visionaries, villains...and ...