January at the National Portrait Gallery: Call for Entries to the Teen Portrait Competition, Portraits of the World: Denmark on view, and more!

 

Portraiture 101

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
G Street Lobby 

Join us for an interactive, in-gallery primer on how to look at portraiture. On your next visit, impress your family and friends with all that you've learned!

 

Teen Portrait Competition

Calling all artists ages 13 to 17 in the U.S.
The National Portrait Gallery’s Teen Museum Council invites students to submit original portrait photographs to the Teen Portrait Competition—our answer to the museum’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition! Two grand-prize winners will have their photos displayed in the museum near “The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today,” an exhibition featuring work by Outwin finalists ages 18 and over.
Photos should be submitted via e-mail to NPG-TeenPortraitCompetition@si.edu
The deadline is January 15, 2020.

 

Grab a Friend!

In Focus: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Thursday, Jan. 9, 12:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.
G Street Lobby

Join a Portrait Gallery curator, historian, or educator to explore our favorite portraits in the collection. This time, we will discuss about our "revolutionary" portrait of composer, playwright, and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda.

 

Keynote – The Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture

Friday, Jan. 17, 5:30 p.m.
McEvoy Auditorium

Mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran will offer a moving tribute to Marian Anderson. This program is supported by Daniel Greenberg, Susan Steinhauser, and the Greenberg Foundation.

 

In the neighborhood? Check out our drop-in programs!

Conversation Circles

Fridays, 10:00 a.m.–noon
G Street Lobby

Practice English in small groups while learning more about U.S. history through portraiture.

 

Open Studios

Fridays, 1:00–5:00 p.m.
Education Center, E151

Discover your inner artist. Create an original artwork inspired by the Portrait Gallery’s collection while exploring a different technique or tool each week.

 

On View

The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today

“‘The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today’ features intimate depictions of individuals whose remarkable stories are rooted in the most pressing challenges of our time,” said Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery. “Nearly all of the leading national conversations from the past three years—immigration, the rights of workers, climate change, and the impact of racial violence—are presented here on a personal level. It is a moment to stop, look around, and admire the tenacity and beauty of the American spirit through portraiture.” The exhibition is on view through August 30, 2020.
Don't forget to vote for the 2019 People's Choice Award at the exhibition kiosks or online: portraitcompetition.si.edu

 

Portraits of the World: Denmark

Dec.13, 2019–Oct.12, 2020
"Portraits of the World: Denmark"features the painting "Kunstdommere" (Art Judges) by Michael Ancher, on loan from the Danish Museum of National History in Hillerød, Denmark. This monumental portrait from 1906 pays tribute to a tightly knit group of progressive artists in northern Denmark. A complementary display of American portraits from the first half of the twentieth century highlights the artists' communities in New York City that accelerated the development of modern art in the United States.
This is the third exhibition in the museum’s series "Portraits of the World," which previously focused on works from Switzerland (2017–18) and Korea (2018–19). Curator of Prints and Drawings Robyn Asleson curated the exhibition.