Converse with a Conservator: Fighters for Freedom Thursday, November 5, 5:30 p.m. ET Free, Registration required via Eventbrite Learn how a paintings conservator preserves and protects William H. Johnson’s iconic Fighters for Freedom series from the effects of time. Converse with a Conservator: Folk & Self-Taught Art Wednesday, December 2, 5:30 p.m. ET Free, Registration required via EventbriteJoin our objects conservator for a lively discussion on the unique conservation challenges behind preserving the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s wide breadth of folk and self-taught art.

Art & Me Preservation Family Workshop: Unlocking Secrets of the Past Tuesday, November 17, 11:30 a.m. ET Free, Registration required via EventbriteSaturday, November 21, 11 a.m. ET Free, Registration required via EventbriteMake no bones about it—learn how Smithsonian conservators take care of ancient objects made from bone in this hands-on, artmaking workshop for ages 3–8 and their caretakers. This online workshop is being offered twice. Registration is limited. Please select only one time and one registration per family.

Program Credit: 
Art & Me Preservation Family Workshop – This series is co-hosted by SAAM and the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Image Credits: 
Conservation staff dusting James Hampton’s The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly, ca. 1950–64; photo by Laura Hoffman.

Wearable Art workshop; photo by Traci Christensen.