Archives of American Art Smithsonian Institution

A video walk-through of the exhibition by curator Joshua Decter. The exhibition was held at the Project Room of Thread Waxing Space between January 22 and February 26, 1994. From the Thread Waxing Space records, 1980s-2001...

A 1976 experimental video by Robert and Ingrid Wiegand, from the Robert Wiegand papers and video art collection, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

A 1975 experiemental video by Ingrid Wiegand documenting common events in one of the artist's days. From the Robert Wiegand papers and video art collection, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

A 1979 video performance by Robert and Ingrid Wiegand, from the Robert Wiegand papers and video art collection, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

These charming home movies were made by the artists Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo while living in Mexico during the 1930s and early 1940s. Included are seven small reels of black and white film, and two reels of color film,...

Curator of Manuscripts, Liza Kirwin explores the relationship between artist William T. Wiley, and his high school art teacher James McGrath through the lens of a high school year ook (the 1956 "Columbian").

Curator of Manuscripts, Liza Kirwin explores the relationship between artist William T. Wiley, and his high school art teacher James McGrath through the lens of a high school yearbook (the 1955 "Columbian").

Processing Archivist Jayna Hanson shows us the creepiest items she ever found in the Archives.

Archives of American Art Processing Archivist Jean Fitzgerald takes us on the grand tour with the women of the Emmet Family.

This film, produced by architectural historian Esther McCoy, documents the Walter Luther Dodge house in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, and the life of its architect, Irving John Gill. The film was made to advoca...

The Archives of American Art recently preserved the short film Art Discovers America," created by Alfredo Valente, with funding provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation.

The film is a WWII-era documentary a...

Silk screeners apply paint to wall for an exhibition at the Archives of American Art's Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery.

Japanese American sculptor George Tsutakawa discusses his training, WWII Japanese internment camps, views on art, and commissions in Seattle and Japan. The installation of his "Fountain of Lotus" in his ancestral home of F...