Presidential Family Fun Day
WHAT: Presidential Family Fun Day
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 17 / 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
WHERE: Kogod Courtyard / Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery / Eighth and G streets N.W.
WHO: Donna Castellanos, artist / DJ Farrah Flosscett / Linton Hall School Fife & Drum Corps / Mindy Farmer, historian, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
To kick off Presidents’ Day weekend, the National Portrait Gallery will present its annual Presidential Family Fun Day. The public is welcome to celebrate and discover the U.S. presidents at this free festival for all ages. They can get in the spirit with a performance by the Linton Hall School Fife & Drum Corps and music provided by DJ Farrah Flosscett.
Story times, art activities and workshops will also be offered, including presidential portraiture collage with artist Donna Castellanos, stovepipe hat workshop with the President Lincoln’s Cottage, White House building blocks, Lincoln-inspired sculptures—and more.
Historian Mindy Farmer will also offer tours of the museum’s signature exhibition, “America’s Presidents.” The tours are free; no registration is required.
Media RSVP is required for film crews. RSVP to: Gabbie Obusek, 202-633-8299, obusekge@si.edu
La Galería Nacional de Retratos
La Galería Nacional de Retratos del Smithsonian cuenta la historia de los Estados Unidos a través de retratos de individuos que han definido su cultura. Por medio de las artes visuales, las artes escénicas y los nuevos medios, la Galería Nacional de Retratos presenta a poetas y presidentes, visionarios y villanos, actores y activistas cuyas vidas relatan la historia estadounidense.
La Galería Nacional de Retratos es parte del Centro Donald W. Reynolds de Arte y Retratos Americanos que se encuentra en las calles Octava y F N.W., Washington, D.C. Información sobre Smithsonian: (202) 633-1000. Sitio web: npg.si.edu; Facebook; Instagram;blog; Twittery YouTube.
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