Onsite adult programs at the National Portrait Gallery provide opportunities to socialize and engage with art, history, and biography through a wide variety of workshops, performances, events and tours.
Adults
Conversation Circle
Every other Friday, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
G Street Lobby
Are you learning to speak English? Join this weekly program that encourages visitors from all over the world – whether you have been in the United States for a week or a decade – to practice their English conversational abilities, learn new vocabulary, and meet friends.
This program begins promptly at 10 a.m. in the G St lobby.
Please email EvansB@si.edu if you are interested.
Writing Workshops
Monthly on select evenings from 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. or Saturdays, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
G Street Lobby
Portraiture can spark more than just your imagination; portraits can tell us a story about someone’s life. Writing Workshops is an interactive creative writing program facilitated by local writer Willona Sloan for adults at the National Portrait Gallery.
Free —Registration required.
Sketch Break
Select Thursdays from 11:30am-1:30pm or 5:00-7:00pm
In the galleries
Join us in the galleries for a drop-in sketching session with an artist educator! Create, connect, and sketch with fellow artists, while drawing inspiration from the Portrait Gallery's collection. These drop-in style workshops will include all supplies. Open to artists of all levels, ages 18 and up.
