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April 2024 - Programs

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April 1 - Monday top
No programs are scheduled for this date.
April 2 - Tuesday top
10:00 AM
Tour
Springtime on the Potomac Heritage Trail: A Wildflower Hike at Turkey Run Park
10:30 AM
Studio Arts Course
Beginning Drawing - In Person
Session 1 of 8
Studio Arts Course
Botanicals in Watercolor II
Session 1 of 8
2:00 PM
Studio Arts Course
Intermediate Drawing - In Person
Session 1 of 8
5:00 PM
Studio Arts Course
Botanicals in Watercolor I
Session 1 of 8
6:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
Contemporary Glass Mosaics
Session 1 of 4
Studio Arts Course
Figure Sculpture - In Person
Session 1 of 8
Studio Arts Course
Introduction to Photography - In Person
Session 1 of 8
Studio Arts Course
The Art of Black-and-White Photography
Session 1 of 4
6:45 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Ever-Evolving Emerson: The Complex Humanity of an American Icon
April 3 - Wednesday top
2:00 PM
Studio Arts Course
Wool Embroidery from the Andes - In Person
Session 1 of 4
2:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
Beginning Oil Painting - In Person
Session 1 of 8
6:30 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Artemisia Gentileschi: Painting Against the Odds
Studio Arts Workshop
Aspect Ratios
Studio Arts Course
Drawing on the Right Side of Your Brain - In Person
Session 1 of 8
Studio Arts Course
Introduction to Photography - In Person
Session 1 of 8
April 4 - Thursday top
10:00 AM
Tour
Springtime on the Potomac Heritage Trail: A Wildflower Hike at Turkey Run Park
12:00 PM
Studio Arts Course
Color Theory for Embroidery Artists
Session 1 of 3
Studio Arts Course
Exploring Abstraction
Session 1 of 8
1:00 PM
Studio Arts Course
Drawing with Silverpoint
Session 1 of 2
6:30 PM
Studio Arts Workshop
Achieving Balanced Compositions in Photography
6:45 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Not the End of the World: The Beginning of a Better Future
7:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
The American Musical: Evolution of an Art Form
April 5 - Friday top
10:00 AM
Tour
Springtime on the Potomac Heritage Trail: A Wildflower Hike at Turkey Run Park
Tour
The National Zoo’s Bird House: Close-up on Avian Conservation
12:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Ravenna: The Twilight of the Roman Empire
7:00 PM
Performance
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
Aspects of Ellington
April 6 - Saturday top
10:00 AM
Studio Arts Course
Keeping up the Sketchbook Habit
Session 1 of 3
10:30 AM
Studio Arts Course
Figure Painting from Life - In Person
Session 1 of 6
11:00 AM
Lecture/Seminar
Art and Kingship in Southeast Asia
Session 1 of 2
1:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
Introduction to Pointed Pen Calligraphy
Session 1 of 8
7:30 PM
Performance
The Axelrod String Quartet: Stradivarius and Amati (Saturday series)
April 7 - Sunday top
7:00 AM
Tour
Jewels of Queens
10:00 AM
Studio Arts Workshop
Introduction to White-Line Woodblock Printing
10:15 AM
Studio Arts Course
Introduction to Watercolor
Session 1 of 8
10:30 AM
Studio Arts Course
Intermediate Oil Painting - In Person
Session 1 of 8
11:00 AM
Studio Arts Course
En Plein Air Painting in a Smithsonian Garden: Post-Impressionism Inspired by Cézanne - In Person
Session 1 of 5
3:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Mark Rothko and the Spiritual in Art
6:30 PM
Performance
The Axelrod String Quartet: Stradivarius and Amati (Sunday series)
April 8 - Monday top
12:00 PM
Studio Arts Course
Artful Mind, Tranquil Mind
Session 1 of 6
4:00 PM
Studio Arts Course
Seeing More: Visual Fitness Workouts
Session 1 of 4
6:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
Beginning Drawing
Session 1 of 8
Lecture/Seminar
How Jazz Captivated France
Studio Arts Course
Techniques in Modernist Painting
Session 1 of 8
Lecture/Seminar
The Battle of the Bulge
Studio Arts Course
The Joy of Photography
Session 1 of 6
6:45 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense
April 9 - Tuesday top
12:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
“It’s a Wonderful Town”: New York City in the Movies
6:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
Basic Weaving on Rigid Heddle Loom
Session 1 of 7
Lecture/Seminar
Figurines of the Ice Age: The Mysteries of Venus
Studio Arts Course
Mixed Media Constructions - In Person
Session 1 of 6
6:45 PM
Lecture/Seminar
“One Life: Frederick Douglass”: Connecting Art and Protest
Lecture/Seminar
Understanding the Human–Canine Connection
April 10 - Wednesday top
11:30 AM
Studio Arts Course
An Introduction to Watercolor: Loose and Beautiful - In Person
Session 1 of 4
12:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Beyond Audubon: Bird Images through the Centuries
6:30 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus
Studio Arts Course
Wildlife Photography: A Crash Course for Success
Session 1 of 2
7:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Law and Order on the Railroad
7:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
The Art of Floral Design
Session 1 of 6
April 11 - Thursday top
12:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Royal History at Hampton Court Palace
6:30 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Frankenstein
Course
Enduring Splendors: Four Historic English Cities
Session 1 of 4
7:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
A National History of Puerto Rico
April 12 - Friday top
12:00 PM
Program
Lunch at Nama Ko: Japanese Essentials: Tuna, Miso, Dashi, and Soy Sauce
April 13 - Saturday top
No programs are scheduled for this date.
April 14 - Sunday top
10:00 AM
Studio Arts Workshop
Fair Isle Knitting - In Person
April 15 - Monday top
6:45 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Artist Spencer Finch in Conversation
7:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Booth's Escape Route
Lecture/Seminar
The Pacific Ring of Fire: A Geologic Overview
April 16 - Tuesday top
6:30 PM
Lecture/Seminar
The Genius of Akira Kurosawa
6:45 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Joan Nathan: My Life in Recipes
7:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Pluto: Ice World Full of Surprises
A Grand Tour of the Solar System
April 17 - Wednesday top
6:00 AM
Studio Arts Workshop
Wildlife Photography in the Field - In Person
10:00 AM
Tour
The National Arboretum in Bloom
12:00 PM
Course
Great Musical Partnerships
Session 1 of 4
1:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
Collage and Mixed Media
Session 1 of 8
6:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
Collage and Mixed Media: Animals and Nature
Session 1 of 8
Studio Arts Workshop
Digital Drawing Fundamentals
Lecture/Seminar
Master of Composition: Hiroshige and His Innovative Woodblock Prints
Lecture/Seminar
The Mysterious History of the Knights Templar
7:00 PM
Studio Arts Course
Portrait Painting in Oil and Acrylic
Session 1 of 6
Lecture/Seminar
The Private Gardens of Philadelphia
April 18 - Thursday top
8:30 AM
Tour
All Things German in DC
12:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Clovis and the Franks: From Roman Gaul to the Creation of France
6:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
Color Theory and Practice
Session 1 of 4
6:45 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Lincoln’s Legacy: A Dual Perspective
April 19 - Friday top
6:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Winning with Walla Walla Wine
April 20 - Saturday top
10:00 AM
Lecture/Seminar
Love and Death in Dante: Reading Inferno
1:00 PM
Studio Arts Course
Playing With Pulp - In Person
Session 1 of 3
April 21 - Sunday top
1:45 PM
Studio Arts Course
On-Location Photography - In Person
Session 1 of 6
April 22 - Monday top
No programs are scheduled for this date.
April 23 - Tuesday top
6:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
Sketching Turner: Expressing Atmosphere and Skies in Watercolor
Session 1 of 3
April 24 - Wednesday top
12:00 PM
Course
The Art of the Italian Renaissance: Form, Function, and Experience
Session 1 of 5
6:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
Drawing Light and How the Masters Did It
Session 1 of 5
Studio Arts Workshop
Exposure and Histograms
7:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Pioneering Women in Architecture
April 25 - Thursday top
6:30 PM
Lecture/Seminar
The Old Man and the Sea
Studio Arts Course
Drawing Light and How the Masters Did It In Color
Session 1 of 5
6:45 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Thinking About the Unthinkable: Planning for Nuclear Conflict in the Early Cold-War Era
April 26 - Friday top
7:30 AM
Tour
Two of Virginia’s Historic Gardens: Oak Spring and Blandy Experimental Farm
12:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Butterflies and Moths: Winged Wonders
Lecture/Seminar
Notre-Dame de Paris
1:00 PM
Studio Arts Course
"Feltrigami": Exploring Folded Felt
Session 1 of 3
April 27 - Saturday top
10:00 AM
Lecture/Seminar
Queens, Crowns, and Conflicts: The Royal Ambitions of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots
7:30 PM
Performance
The Axelrod String Quartet: Stradivarius and Amati (Saturday series)
April 28 - Sunday top
7:30 AM
Tour
Chincoteague and Assateague
6:30 PM
Performance
The Axelrod String Quartet: Stradivarius and Amati (Sunday series)
April 29 - Monday top
10:00 AM
Studio Arts Course
Composition
Session 1 of 4
6:30 PM
Studio Arts Course
Gel Plate Journey Part I
Session 1 of 4
Lecture/Seminar
The Bauhaus: A Brief History
7:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
To Be Is To Be Anxious
April 30 - Tuesday top
6:30 PM
Lecture/Seminar
Hieronymus Bosch: Heaven and Hell
Lecture/Seminar
Steinbeck and the Arthurian Saga
6:45 PM
Lecture/Seminar
The Human Disease: How We Create Pandemics
7:00 PM
Lecture/Seminar
McClellan and the Seven Days Battles