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New: Jim Henson's Fantastic World
July 12, 2008 - October 5, 2008
This exhibition explores the creativity and "visual thinking" of artist, puppeteer, film director, and producer Jim Henson (1936-90). On view are some 100 original artworks, including drawings, cartoons, and storyboards; television and movie props; photographs of Henson and his collaborators at work; original video productions, including excerpts from Henson's early career and experimental films; and Muppets, including Kermit the Frog, Rowlf, Bert, Ernie, and Nutty Bird.

Videos run continuously

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No photography permitted

web Web: www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/henson/main.htm

New: Artists at Work
March 27, 2008 - July 27, 2008
This juried exhibition features 70 works in a variety of media -- paint, canvas, paper, charcoal, pastel, ink, fabric, metal, stone, and clay -- by Smithsonian staff, fellows, interns, and volunteers.
Graphic Eloquence: Limited-Edition Prints from The Smithsonian Associates Art Collectors Program
June 2005 - Permanent
On view are limited-edition works on paper created by American artists -- including Sean Scully, Janet Fish, Wolf Kahn and Elizabeth Catlett -- for the Art Collectors Program, which began in the early 1970's. The works are commissioned annually by the Art Collectors Program and many now hang in the permanent collections of national museums.

Related illustrated list of works

web Web: www.ArtCollectorsProgram.org

Last update: July 18, 2008, 09:54

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