goSmithsonian - February 2008 - (Page 54) THE BASICS HOURS: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; closed December 25. ADDRESS: Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street, NW TEL: 202.633.1000 (voice/tape); 202.633-5285 (TTY) WEB: AmericanArt.si.edu METRO: metro ® Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum The Renwick Gallery, a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (p. 10) located near the White House at is dedicated to the richness and diversity of American craft and decorative arts from the 19th to the 21st centuries. The gallery features works in glass, ceramic, metal, wood and fiber, and takes its name from the building’s architect, James Renwick Jr., who also designed the Smithsonian Castle on the National Mall. M ● ● ● Farragut West or Farragut North (ORANGE, BLUE AND RED LINES) The best of contemporary American crafts A Grand Salon filled with 19th-century art treasures Tips for Getting Started… • Free walk-in tours are offered weekdays at noon and on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. From June 20 to mid-September, tours are offered at noon only on Fridays and at 1 p.m. on weekends. All tours meet in the Renwick Gallery lobby. To schedule a group tour, call 202-633-8550 at least three weeks in advance. • Paintings in the second-floor Grand Salon re-create the ele- gant setting of a 19th-century collector’s picture gallery. The Grand Salon is flanked by galleries featuring contemporary American crafts. • Ask at the information desk for a calendar of events with details about an array of free public programs, including conversations with artists, demonstrations and musical performances. Don’t miss Kim Schmahmann’s 1993 Bureau of Bureaucracy and Wendell Castle’s 1985 Ghost Clock. WHAT’S GOING ON: “Ornament at Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection” (opens March 14) features 275 pieces of avant-garde jewelry by contemporary artists from around the world. The “George Catlin’s Indian Gallery” includes 288 paintings that offer a record of the life and culture of American Indians living on the Plains in the 1830s (indefinitely). THE CURATOR’S FAVORITES: Ghost Clock by Wendell Castle, Bancketje by Beth Lipman, Game Fish by Larry Fuente and Bureau of Bureaucracy by Kim Schmahmann. www.goSmithsonian.com 54 RENWICK GALLERY, PHOTO BY ROBERT LAUTMAN; © 1993 KIM S. SCHMAHMANN, PHOTO BY DEAN POWELL; © 1985 WENDELL CASTLE, PHOTO BY BRUCE MILLER http://AmericanArt.si.edu http://www.goSmithsonian.com
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