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November 1 to 30, 2025 - Programs

Day Week Month
November 1 Saturday top
10:00 a.m.
Keeping Up with the Sketchbook Habit
Session 2 of 3
Saturday, ​November 1, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Poetry Reborn: Reading Dante’s Purgatorio
Saturday, ​November 1, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 3:00 p.m. ET​
Online Seminar
1:00 p.m.
Masterpieces of the Middle Ages: A Romanesque Reawakening
Session 1 of 2
Saturday, ​November 1, 2025 - ​1:00 p.m. ​to 3:30 p.m. ET​
Online Seminar
1:30 p.m.
Introduction to Pointed-Pen Calligraphy
Session 1 of 4
Saturday, ​November 1, 2025 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
November 2 Sunday top
10:15 a.m.
Autumn Sketching in the Smithsonian Gardens - In Person
Session 2 of 2
Sunday, ​November 2, 2025 - ​10:15 a.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
1:45 p.m.
On-Location Photography - In Person
Session 4 of 6
Sunday, ​November 2, 2025 - ​1:45 p.m. ​to 4:45 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
November 3 Monday top
10:00 a.m.
Drawing Light and How the Masters Did It In Color
Session 3 of 5
Monday, ​November 3, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
12:00 p.m.
Artful Mind, Tranquil Mind
Session 5 of 6
Monday, ​November 3, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Fairy Tales in Classical Music
Session 1 of 4
Monday, ​November 3, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Course
1:30 p.m.
Mixed Media Art Warmups
Session 2 of 3
Monday, ​November 3, 2025 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
2:30 p.m.
Sketching Turner: Expressing Atmosphere and Skies in Watercolor
Session 3 of 5
Monday, ​November 3, 2025 - ​2:30 p.m. ​to 4:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Introduction to Watercolor
Session 6 of 8
Monday, ​November 3, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:45 p.m.
Beginning Oil Painting
Session 2 of 4
Monday, ​November 3, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:45 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Persepolis
Monday, ​November 3, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
7:00 p.m.
A Physicist’s Journey: From Hiroshima to the Extinction of the Dinosaurs
Monday, ​November 3, 2025 - ​7:00 p.m. ​to 8:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
Looking Up: Rise of the Modern Skyscraper
Monday, ​November 3, 2025 - ​7:00 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 4 Tuesday top
10:00 a.m.
Landscape Elements in Watercolor
Session 6 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 4, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art
Tuesday, ​November 4, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 11:30 a.m. ET​
Online Course
1:00 p.m.
Still Life in Oil: Exploring Color Through Observation
Session 4 of 5
Tuesday, ​November 4, 2025 - ​1:00 p.m. ​to 3:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
3:00 p.m.
Introduction to Photography - In Person
Session 7 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 4, 2025 - ​3:00 p.m. ​to 5:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
5:00 p.m.
Exploring Color in Watercolor
Session 6 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 4, 2025 - ​5:00 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:00 p.m.
Beginning Acrylic Painting - In Person
Session 6 of 6
Tuesday, ​November 4, 2025 - ​6:00 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Contemporary Glass Mosaics
Session 4 of 4
Tuesday, ​November 4, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Painting in France
Session 5 of 5
Tuesday, ​November 4, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Course
Introduction to Photography - In Person
Session 7 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 4, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
Knitting for Beginners - In Person
Session 6 of 6
Tuesday, ​November 4, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
November 5 Wednesday top
10:00 a.m.
Essence Over Detail: Expression and Sketching in Watercolor
Session 2 of 4
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
10:15 a.m.
An Introduction to Watercolor: Loose and Beautiful - In Person
Session 4 of 4
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​10:15 a.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
10:30 a.m.
Cave Art to the Renaissance
Session 4 of 4
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​10:30 a.m. ​to 12:00 p.m. ET​
Online Course
11:00 a.m.
Introduction to Biological Illustration
Session 5 of 6
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​11:00 a.m. ​to 2:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
1:00 p.m.
Still Life in Charcoal
Session 4 of 5
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​1:00 p.m. ​to 3:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:15 p.m.
Digital Drawing: Remixing the Collection
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​6:15 p.m. ​to 9:15 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Workshop
6:30 p.m.
Composition Studies
Session 1 of 3
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:45 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
The History of the British Monarchy: From Royal Power to Pomp and Ceremony
Session 4 of 5
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Course
6:45 p.m.
A History of Fantasy
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:15 p.m. ET​
Online Course
7:00 p.m.
China Camp: A Landscape of California History
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​7:00 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
Portrait Painting in Oil and Acrylic
Session 5 of 6
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​7:00 p.m. ​to 9:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Reverse Painting on a Glass Clock
Session 1 of 2
Wednesday, ​November 5, 2025 - ​7:00 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
November 6 Thursday top
10:30 a.m.
Continued Watercolor
Session 7 of 8
Thursday, ​November 6, 2025 - ​10:30 a.m. ​to 12:45 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
12:00 p.m.
Exploring Abstraction
Session 6 of 8
Thursday, ​November 6, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 3:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Sketching the Smithsonian: Weekly Lunchtime Drawing Series
Thursday, ​November 6, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
The Frick Collection, Then and Now: Helen Clay Frick's Vision Renewed
Thursday, ​November 6, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
1:30 p.m.
Landscapes in Collage and Mixed Media
Session 3 of 5
Thursday, ​November 6, 2025 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Main Street USA
Session 1 of 2
Thursday, ​November 6, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Smithsonian Chorus: Legends of Song
Session 10 of 12
Thursday, ​November 6, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Special Programs
The Art Spy: World War II Resistance Hero Rose Valland
Thursday, ​November 6, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 7:45 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
6:45 p.m.
Drawing Birds from Around the World
Session 3 of 5
Thursday, ​November 6, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Revealing Lost Texts in the Sinai Desert
Thursday, ​November 6, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:45 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 7 Friday top
10:00 a.m.
Lincoln’s Legacy at Congressional Cemetery
Friday, ​November 7, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 12:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Tour
12:00 p.m.
Beyond Blue and White: Exploring Women’s Stories Through Dutch Delftware
Friday, ​November 7, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 8 Saturday top
8:30 a.m.
An Art + History Mystery Tour
Saturday, ​November 8, 2025 - ​8:30 a.m. ​to 6:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Tour
10:00 a.m.
Takuga: Botanical Prints in Sumi Ink and Watercolor
Saturday, ​November 8, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Workshop
Lincoln's Legacy at Congressional Cemetery
Saturday, ​November 8, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 12:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Tour
1:00 p.m.
Lincoln's Legacy at Congressional Cemetery
Saturday, ​November 8, 2025 - ​1:00 p.m. ​to 3:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Tour
Masterpieces of the Middle Ages: A Romanesque Reawakening
Session 2 of 2
Saturday, ​November 8, 2025 - ​1:00 p.m. ​to 3:30 p.m. ET​
Online Seminar
1:30 p.m.
Introduction to Pointed-Pen Calligraphy
Session 2 of 4
Saturday, ​November 8, 2025 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
November 9 Sunday top
7:00 a.m.
Jewels of Queens
Sunday, ​November 9, ​2025 - 7:00 a.m., ​to Monday, ​November 10, ​2025 - 9:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Overnight Tour
10:15 a.m.
Beginning Drawing
Session 7 of 8
Sunday, ​November 9, 2025 - ​10:15 a.m. ​to 12:45 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
1:00 p.m.
Postwar Italian Cinema
Sunday, ​November 9, 2025 - ​1:00 p.m. ​to 2:30 p.m. ET​
Online Course
1:45 p.m.
On-Location Photography - In Person
Session 5 of 6
Sunday, ​November 9, 2025 - ​1:45 p.m. ​to 4:45 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
3:00 p.m.
Quiltmaking for the Non-perfectionist
Session 1 of 3
Sunday, ​November 9, 2025 - ​3:00 p.m. ​to 5:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
November 10 Monday top
10:00 a.m.
Drawing Light and How the Masters Did It In Color
Session 4 of 5
Monday, ​November 10, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
12:00 p.m.
Artful Mind, Tranquil Mind
Session 6 of 6
Monday, ​November 10, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Fairy Tales in Classical Music
Session 2 of 4
Monday, ​November 10, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Course
The Splendor of Words: An Introduction to Manuscript Illumination
Monday, ​November 10, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
1:30 p.m.
Mixed Media Art Warmups
Session 3 of 3
Monday, ​November 10, 2025 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
2:30 p.m.
Sketching Turner: Expressing Atmosphere and Skies in Watercolor
Session 4 of 5
Monday, ​November 10, 2025 - ​2:30 p.m. ​to 4:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Introduction to Watercolor
Session 7 of 8
Monday, ​November 10, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Night Photography in Washington, D.C.
Session 1 of 2
Monday, ​November 10, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
The Church and Museum of Santa Croce
Monday, ​November 10, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
6:45 p.m.
Beginning Oil Painting
Session 3 of 4
Monday, ​November 10, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:45 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Rescued Thousands
Monday, ​November 10, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 11 Tuesday top
No programs are scheduled for this date.
November 12 Wednesday top
10:00 a.m.
Essence Over Detail: Expression and Sketching in Watercolor
Session 3 of 4
Wednesday, ​November 12, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
11:00 a.m.
Introduction to Biological Illustration
Session 6 of 6
Wednesday, ​November 12, 2025 - ​11:00 a.m. ​to 2:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
12:00 p.m.
Peggy Guggenheim and the Art of Collecting
Wednesday, ​November 12, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
1:00 p.m.
Still Life in Charcoal
Session 5 of 5
Wednesday, ​November 12, 2025 - ​1:00 p.m. ​to 3:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Composition Studies
Session 2 of 3
Wednesday, ​November 12, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:45 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Dorie Greenspan in Conversation with Carla Hall
Wednesday, ​November 12, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 7:45 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
The History of the British Monarchy: From Royal Power to Pomp and Ceremony
Session 5 of 5
Wednesday, ​November 12, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Course
6:45 p.m.
A History of Fantasy
Wednesday, ​November 12, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:15 p.m. ET​
Online Course
7:00 p.m.
Portrait Painting in Oil and Acrylic
Session 6 of 6
Wednesday, ​November 12, 2025 - ​7:00 p.m. ​to 9:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Reverse Painting on a Glass Clock
Session 2 of 2
Wednesday, ​November 12, 2025 - ​7:00 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
November 13 Thursday top
10:30 a.m.
Continued Watercolor
Session 8 of 8
Thursday, ​November 13, 2025 - ​10:30 a.m. ​to 12:45 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
12:00 p.m.
Exploring Abstraction
Session 7 of 8
Thursday, ​November 13, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 3:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Sketching the Smithsonian: Weekly Lunchtime Drawing Series
Thursday, ​November 13, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
1:30 p.m.
Landscapes in Collage and Mixed Media
Session 4 of 5
Thursday, ​November 13, 2025 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
A Revolutionary Triumvirate: Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatley, and Mercy Otis Warren
Thursday, ​November 13, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 7:45 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
A Whirlwind History of the English Language
Thursday, ​November 13, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
Main Street USA
Session 2 of 2
Thursday, ​November 13, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Smithsonian Chorus: Legends of Song
Session 11 of 12
Thursday, ​November 13, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Special Programs
6:45 p.m.
Drawing Birds from Around the World
Session 4 of 5
Thursday, ​November 13, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
William T. Sherman and the Settling of the West
Thursday, ​November 13, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 14 Friday top
12:00 p.m.
King James VI and I: Uniter of Kingdoms
Friday, ​November 14, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
Venice and Water: A Hydrological History
Friday, ​November 14, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
6:00 p.m.
Madeira, a Gift From an Island to the World
Friday, ​November 14, 2025 - ​6:00 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 15 Saturday top
10:00 a.m.
Art Nouveau: New Style for a New Century
Saturday, ​November 15, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 4:00 p.m. ET​
Online Seminar
10:30 a.m.
Handmade Holiday Cards
Saturday, ​November 15, 2025 - ​10:30 a.m. ​to 2:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Workshop
1:30 p.m.
Introduction to Pointed-Pen Calligraphy
Session 3 of 4
Saturday, ​November 15, 2025 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
November 16 Sunday top
7:30 a.m.
Unearthing Egypt at The Met and the Brooklyn Museum
Sunday, ​November 16, ​2025 - 7:30 a.m., ​to Monday, ​November 17, ​2025 - 10:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Overnight Tour
10:15 a.m.
Beginning Drawing
Session 8 of 8
Sunday, ​November 16, 2025 - ​10:15 a.m. ​to 12:45 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
1:45 p.m.
On-Location Photography - In Person
Session 6 of 6
Sunday, ​November 16, 2025 - ​1:45 p.m. ​to 4:45 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
3:00 p.m.
Quiltmaking for the Non-perfectionist
Session 2 of 3
Sunday, ​November 16, 2025 - ​3:00 p.m. ​to 5:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
November 17 Monday top
10:00 a.m.
Drawing Light and How the Masters Did It In Color
Session 5 of 5
Monday, ​November 17, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
12:00 p.m.
Fairy Tales in Classical Music
Session 3 of 4
Monday, ​November 17, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Course
2:30 p.m.
Sketching Turner: Expressing Atmosphere and Skies in Watercolor
Session 5 of 5
Monday, ​November 17, 2025 - ​2:30 p.m. ​to 4:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Introduction to Watercolor
Session 8 of 8
Monday, ​November 17, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Night Photography in Washington, D.C.
Session 2 of 2
Monday, ​November 17, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:45 p.m.
Beginning Oil Painting
Session 4 of 4
Monday, ​November 17, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:45 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Humanish: A Crash Course on Anthropomorphism
Monday, ​November 17, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
7:00 p.m.
Rock Creek Park: A Virtual Exploration
Monday, ​November 17, 2025 - ​7:00 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 18 Tuesday top
10:00 a.m.
Landscape Elements in Watercolor
Session 7 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 11:30 a.m. ET​
Online Course
10:30 a.m.
Beginning Drawing - In Person
Session 4 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​10:30 a.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
11:00 a.m.
Wonder of Watercolor - In Person
Session 4 of 6
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​11:00 a.m. ​to 2:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
12:00 p.m.
Masterworks of the Choral Tradition
Session 1 of 5
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Course
12:30 p.m.
Watercolor Magic: Historic House Portraits - In Person
Session 4 of 6
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​12:30 p.m. ​to 3:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
1:00 p.m.
Still Life in Oil: Exploring Color Through Observation
Session 5 of 5
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​1:00 p.m. ​to 3:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
2:00 p.m.
Beginning Drawing - In Person
Session 4 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​2:00 p.m. ​to 5:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
3:00 p.m.
Introduction to Photography - In Person
Session 8 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​3:00 p.m. ​to 5:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
5:00 p.m.
Exploring Color in Watercolor
Session 7 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​5:00 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:00 p.m.
Figure Sculpture - In Person
Session 4 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​6:00 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Contemporary North American Native Art: Tradition and Experimentation, Tragedy and Humor
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
Crossing Borders: Art, Trade, and Pilgrimage in Pre-Modern Asia
Session 1 of 4
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Course
Introduction to Photography - In Person
Session 8 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
6:45 p.m.
Romancing the Regency: Fantasies and Realities of 19th-century England
Tuesday, ​November 18, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 19 Wednesday top
10:00 a.m.
Essence Over Detail: Expression and Sketching in Watercolor
Session 4 of 4
Wednesday, ​November 19, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
12:00 p.m.
Envisioning the Future: How the 19th Century Predicted Today
Wednesday, ​November 19, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
How Weather Works
Wednesday, ​November 19, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
6:00 p.m.
Aloha Palette: Watercolor Escape to Hawai’i
Session 1 of 2
Wednesday, ​November 19, 2025 - ​6:00 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Composition Studies
Session 3 of 3
Wednesday, ​November 19, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:45 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
The Blitz: How England Met Germany’s Air Assault
Wednesday, ​November 19, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 7:45 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
6:45 p.m.
A History of Fantasy
Wednesday, ​November 19, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:15 p.m. ET​
Online Course
November 20 Thursday top
12:00 p.m.
Exploring Abstraction
Session 8 of 8
Thursday, ​November 20, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 3:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
12:30 p.m.
Rooted in Fire with Pyet DeSpain: A Celebration of Native American and Mexican Cooking
Thursday, ​November 20, 2025 - ​12:30 p.m. ​to 1:45 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
1:30 p.m.
Landscapes in Collage and Mixed Media
Session 5 of 5
Thursday, ​November 20, 2025 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:00 p.m.
Aloha Palette: Watercolor Escape to Hawai’i
Session 2 of 2
Thursday, ​November 20, 2025 - ​6:00 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Gene Kelly: Singin’ and Dancin’ in the Rain
Thursday, ​November 20, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 7:45 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
Louis XVI: The Tragic Monarch Reconsidered
Thursday, ​November 20, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
6:45 p.m.
Drawing Birds from Around the World
Session 5 of 5
Thursday, ​November 20, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind the Curtain
Thursday, ​November 20, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
7:30 p.m.
Smithsonian Chorus: Legends of Song
Session 12 of 12
Thursday, ​November 20, 2025 - ​7:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Special Programs
November 21 Friday top
8:30 a.m.
Honor and Legacy: A Journey Through the 250 Years of U.S. Army History
Friday, ​November 21, 2025 - ​8:30 a.m. ​to 5:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Tour
12:00 p.m.
Siena: A Gothic Dream
Friday, ​November 21, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
2:00 p.m.
Churchill the Writer
Friday, ​November 21, 2025 - ​2:00 p.m. ​to 3:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 22 Saturday top
10:00 a.m.
Keeping Up with the Sketchbook Habit
Session 3 of 3
Saturday, ​November 22, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 1:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
1:30 p.m.
Introduction to Pointed-Pen Calligraphy
Session 4 of 4
Saturday, ​November 22, 2025 - ​1:30 p.m. ​to 4:30 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
November 23 Sunday top
11:00 a.m.
The 1860s Vision of Cézanne: Figures, Portraits, Landscapes, and Still Lifes - In Person
Session 1 of 3
Sunday, ​November 23, 2025 - ​11:00 a.m. ​to 4:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
3:00 p.m.
Quiltmaking for the Non-perfectionist
Session 3 of 3
Sunday, ​November 23, 2025 - ​3:00 p.m. ​to 5:00 p.m. ET​
Online Studio Arts Course
November 24 Monday top
12:00 p.m.
Fairy Tales in Classical Music
Session 4 of 4
Monday, ​November 24, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Course
6:30 p.m.
The American Revolution and the Fate of the World: A Global History of a Not-so Global War
Monday, ​November 24, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:00 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 25 Tuesday top
10:00 a.m.
Write Into Art: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art
Tuesday, ​November 25, 2025 - ​10:00 a.m. ​to 11:30 a.m. ET​
Online Course
10:30 a.m.
Beginning Drawing - In Person
Session 5 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 25, 2025 - ​10:30 a.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
11:00 a.m.
Wonder of Watercolor - In Person
Session 5 of 6
Tuesday, ​November 25, 2025 - ​11:00 a.m. ​to 2:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
12:00 p.m.
Masterworks of the Choral Tradition
Session 2 of 5
Tuesday, ​November 25, 2025 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:30 p.m. ET​
Online Course
12:30 p.m.
Watercolor Magic: Historic House Portraits - In Person
Session 5 of 6
Tuesday, ​November 25, 2025 - ​12:30 p.m. ​to 3:30 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
2:00 p.m.
Beginning Drawing - In Person
Session 5 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 25, 2025 - ​2:00 p.m. ​to 5:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
6:00 p.m.
Figure Sculpture - In Person
Session 5 of 8
Tuesday, ​November 25, 2025 - ​6:00 p.m. ​to 9:00 p.m. ET​
In-Person Studio Arts Course
6:30 p.m.
Crossing Borders: Art, Trade, and Pilgrimage in Pre-Modern Asia
Session 2 of 4
Tuesday, ​November 25, 2025 - ​6:30 p.m. ​to 8:30 p.m. ET​
Online Course
6:45 p.m.
Margaret Fuller: An Extraordinary Transcendental Woman
Tuesday, ​November 25, 2025 - ​6:45 p.m. ​to 8:15 p.m. ET​
Online Lecture
November 26 Wednesday top
No programs are scheduled for this date.
November 27 Thursday top
No programs are scheduled for this date.
November 28 Friday top
No programs are scheduled for this date.
November 29 Saturday top
No programs are scheduled for this date.
November 30 Sunday top
No programs are scheduled for this date.