Gallery Talks: Recent Episodes
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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Guest presenter Alina Collins Maldonado, Head of Education at the Gala Hispanic Theatre in Washington, D.C., discusses a 1993 photograph of Selena by Al Rendon.
Ann Shumard, Senior Curator of Photography at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, discusses an 1851 daguerreotype portrait of Lucretia Coffin Mott.
David C. Ward, historian at the National Portrait Gallery, discusses poet Marianne Moore.
Amy Henderson, historian at NPG, discusses the upcoming exhibition "Dancing the Dream" on view from October 4, 2013 - July 13, 2014.
Amy Henderson, historian at NPG, discusses Samuel F. B. Morse and the painting "Men of Progress" by artist Christian Schussele
Warren Perry, writer at NPG, talks about a portrait of Richard Nixon by Norman Rockwell
The NPG's Cara Fama discusses a portrait of American artist Mary Cassatt by Edgar Degas.
Anjuli Singh of the American Film Institute talks about former president Ronald Reagan as an actor, and a 1942 lobby card for the film "Kings Row."
Susan Eisenhower, descendant of President Dwight Eisenhower, speaks about first lady Mamie Eisenhower and her portrait by Dwight Eisenhower.
Margaret Vining, National Museum of American History curator, talks about Varina H. Davis (1826-1906), first lady of the Confederacy.
Alex Cooper, NPG lighting designer, on lighting the exhibition "Calder's Portraits: A New Language."
Trevor Plante, chief of Reference at the National Archives, talks about Union General William T. Sherman (1820-1891)
Carolyn Carr, chief curator and deputy director of NPG, discusses a portrait of Kate Millett by portrait by Alice Neel
Geri Provost-Lyons, Education specialist, discusses Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts
David C Ward, historian at NPG, discusses the "Wings" Nike poster of Michael Jordan, by Gary Nolton
David C. Ward, historian and co-curator of "Hide/Seek," discusses Marsden Hartley's portrait of Hart Crane titled "Eight Bells Folly: Memorial to Hart Crane"
Claire Kelly, assistant director of exhibitions and collections management at NPG, discusses Ernest Hamlin Baker's portrait of Oveta Culp Hobby
Martin Sullivan, director of NPG, discusses Bernard Safran's portrait of Barry Goldwater
Anne Goodyear, curator at NPG, discusses Jim Torok's self-portrait featured in "Portraiture Now: Communities."
Warren Perry, curator of "Echoes of Elvis," discusses Elvis's time in the army and his portrait by Howard Finster
Amy Baskette, curatorial assistant at NPG, discusses a 1967 photograph of the Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company, by Irving Penn
Warren Perry, curator of "Echoes of Elvis" discusses a portrait of Elvis Presley by Red Grooms
Wendy Wick Reaves, curator at NPG, discusses Gertrude Stein and her portrait by Jo Davidson
Rayna Green, curator at the National Museum of American History, discusses Julia Child and her portrait by David Martin
Amy Henderson, historian at NPG, discusses Katharine Hepburn's four Oscars and her portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler
L. Michael Seidman, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and a former clerk of Justice Marshall's, discusses a portrait of Thurgood Marshall by Betsy Graves Reyneau
Rose Weiss and Braden Paynter of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, discuss a portrait of Frederick Douglass
Francis Flavin, historian at the U.S. Department of the Interior, discusses a portrait of Zitkala-Sa, Native American writer and educator, by Joseph T. Keiley
Jason Schultz, archivist at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, speaks about Richard Nixon and Elvis
Warren Perry, curator of the "Echoes of Elvis" exhibit, discusses a sculpture of Elvis Presley by Robert Arneson
Carolyn Carr, deputy director of the National Portrait Gallery, discusses the photograph "Sarah, David" by artist Yolanda del Amo . She also discussed the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
Ann Shumard, curator of photographs at NPG, discusses Domingo Ghirardelli (of chocolate fame)
Franklin Odo, Director of Smithsonian's APA program, discusses Chinese experience in 19th century American West
Liz Rideal, of London's National Portrait Gallery, discusses John Singleton Copley's self portrait on display in the exhibition "American Origins"
Frank Goodyear,curator at NPG, discusses a portrait of Red Cloud by by Charles M. Bell, on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "Faces of the Frontier"
Frank Aucella, executive director at the Woodrow Wilson House, discusses a portrait of Wilson by John Christen Johansen, on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "America's Presidents"
David Ward, historian at the National Portrait Gallery, discusses a portrait of Albert Einstein by Max Westfield, on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "Twentieth Century Americans"
Chrysanthe Broikos, curator at the National Building Museum, discusses a portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Mather Brown,on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "America's Presidents"
Sid Hart, senior historian at NPG, discusses a portrait of Andrew Jackson by Ralph E. W. Earl,on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "America's Presidents"
NPG director Martin Sullivan discusses a sculpture of Margaret Sanger by Joy Buba, on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "20th Century Americans"
Laura Simo of Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, discusses a portrait of George Washington by artist Robert Edge Pine, on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "America's Presidents"
James McManus, professor of art history, California State University, Chico, discusses Brian O' Doherty's work "Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 3 leads" on view in the exhibition "Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture"
Jennifer Quick, research assistant at NPG, discusses Marcel Duchamp's "Wanted" poster, on view in the exhibition "Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture"
Wendy Wick Reaves, curator of prints and drawings, discusses two self-portraits by Isabel Bishop in the NPG's exhibition "Reflections/Refractions"
Rachael Penman, of the National Museum of Crime and Punishment, discusses images of Lyndon Johnson on view in the NPG's exhibition "Presidents in Waiting"
Sid Hart, senior historian at NPG, discusses a portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Charles Willson Peale
Warren Perry, researcher at NPG, discusses a portrait of Eudora Welty by Mildred Nungester Wolfe
Ben Click, Professor at St. Mary's College, discusses a portrait of Mark Twain by John White Alexander
Ann Shumard, curator of photographs at NPG, discusses a piece of daguerreian jewelry containing a portrait Samuel Morse
Sid Hart, senior historian at NPG, discusses a portrait of Martha Washington by Gilbert Stuart
Ellen Miles, curator of painting and sculpture at NPG, discusses a portrait of Dolley Madison by William Elwell
Reuben Jackson, archivist at the National Museum of American History, discusses Ornette Coleman
NPG curator Ann Schumard discusses a portrait of Michael J. Fox by photographer Steve Pyke
NPG director Martin Sullivan discusses portraits from the exhibition "Four Indian Kings"
NPG curator Anne Goodyear discusses a portrait of Cindy Sherman by photographer Martin Schoeller
NPG deputy director Carolyn Carr discusses the aquisition of the Barack Obama "Hope" poster by Shepard Fairey. Interview by NPG's Warren Perry
NPG curator Anne Goodyear discusses a portrait of Barack Obama by photographer Martin Schoeller
NPG historian David Ward discusses Lincoln, and a selection of portraits in the exhibition "One Life: The Mask of Lincoln"
Francis Flavin, historian at the U.S. Department of the Interior, discusses a portrait of Sequoyah by Henry Inman
NPG historian Sid Hart discusses "Herblock's Presidents: 'Puncturing Pomposity.'" Interview by Warren Perry.
NPG director Martin Sullivan discusses a portrait of George C. Marshall by Thomas Edgar Stephens
NPG historian David Ward discusses "One Life: The Mask of Lincoln." Interview by Warren Perry.
NPG historian Amy Henderson discusses Orson welles and the 70th anniversary of War of the Worlds
NPG reseacher Warren Perry discusses a portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald by David Silvette
NPG researcher Maya Foo discusses a photograph of actor Edwin Booth, by Mathew Brady Studio