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NMAI in the News Food and Wine: Best Museum Restaurants in the U.S. LA Times: Museum's Super Bowl bet shows pitfalls that come with Native art Indian Country Today: History or bunk? Huffinton Post: 10 Places Every American Should See CherokeePhoenix: Native American memorial bill signed into law Prisms of the Potomac Prisms set into the south wall of the National Museum of the American Indian provide a colorful indicator of the passing day and the changing seasons. Interviews with museum staff and with Charles Ross, the artist who designed and installed the prisms, connect the beauty of the solar spectrum they cast with universal aspects of indigenous cultures. This video was created by Sarah M. Turner during an internship with the museum. The Art of Storytelling: Pueblo Stories and Songs February 22 & 23:  This family experience will delight all ages as they listen to storyteller and musician Gregg Analla (Isleta/Laguna) as he shares songs and stories from his Pueblo culture. Performances at 12 noon, 2 and 3:30 p.m. Calendar: Sat. & Sun. Making Marks January 17, 2014 - May 26, 2014 Making Marks: Prints from Crow’s Shadow Press features eighteen works by seven Native American contemporary artists working in collaboration with Crow’s Shadow Master Printer Frank Janzen. Now on view in the Sealaska gallery.   More information Indians at the Post Office The NMAI and National Postal Museum have co-sponsored this online exhibit examining the virtues and inaccuracies of 400 historic murals in Post Offices throughout America. photo source Visit here! Go Green! Enjoy your current issue of the "American Indian" magazine on the go by downloading the free iPad app from iTunes.  Don't forget to subscribe by becoming a member! Download Contact the NMAI Membership Department Copyright © 2013 Smithsonian Institution. All rights reserved. NMAI - DC NMAI - NY

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Art & Chocolate Current Exhibition Upcoming Exhibitions

February 2014            Art News!  Art & Chocolate     Current Exhibition     Upcoming Exhibitions

UPCOMING EVENT Art & Chocolate, February 13, 6 - 8 PM   A perfect cure for mid-February blahs, join us for art & chocolate with Sweet Museon Thursday, February 13 from 6 - 8 PM. Enjoy a sampling of delectable brownies & cookie charms by Sweet Muse served with hot cocoa and wine.  Our current exhibitions,Into the Void with works by Anne Marchand, Judith Mullen, Roy Wiemann and Tom Wilson (installation view above) and Homebody, featuring photographs by Sarah Kaufman, will provide the perfect backdrop for mingling with friends, meeting new people and tasting delicious treats.  More information and sign up!   Photograph by Katarzyna Majak Artists in the News Into the Void Balances Masculine, Feminine, Abstract, 3-D, Sculpture and Painting to Create Balance in 2014, Video Interviews with the artists via Progressive Pulse Powerful Portraits of Modern Day Witches (Photographs by Katarzyna Majak via Flavorwire (image right) Jan Hulings Whimsical Sculptures Covered With Thousands of Beads via Beautiful Decay L to R by JaH-HaHa, Johnny Romeo and Jeff Huntington Upcoming Exhibition, A Portrait Apart, Deux Opening Reception, February 27, 6:30 - 8:30 pm The concept for this series of exhibitions is that each artist, although around the globe from one another, is only a portrait apart. In 2011, Porter Contemporary presented A Portrait Apart, an exhibition of 15 artists from over six countries whose views on portraiture gave a diverse overview of the understanding of a well-known art form.  A Portrait Apart, Deux opening February 27 further explores the idea of contemporary portraiture through the works of twenty-two  artists and over ten mediums. More information and a full list of participating artists. Preview All Our Exhibitions on Artsy Did you know you can visit every exhibition at Porter Contemporary on Artsy?  So if you miss one or can't make it to New York you can always view online! Artsy's mission is to make all the world's art accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.  Powered by The Art Genome Project-a way of providing pathways for discovery  for experts and non-experts alike-Artsy hopes to foster  new generations of art lovers, museum-goers, collectors, and patrons.   VISIT OUR PAGE ON ARTSY

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