Public Programs

A large screen is suspended in an empty room. The walls are white with gold trim and ornament, and the ceiling has crown molding.
11/23
Saturday
Sat. November 23, 2024
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET
For this conversation, artist Amie Siegel speaks with Professor Jasmine Nichole Cobb, a leading scholar of African American cultural production and visual representation whose published writings trace the emergence of Black freedom as both an idea and as an image in popular culture. Together, Siegel and Cobb will consider the visual and social signification of panoramic wallpapers. The program will explore each of their approaches to questioning depictions of people, landscapes and cultures in material culture across time. .
Event Address:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 East 91st Street
New York, NY 10128
12/11
Wednesday
Wed. December 11, 2024
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
Experience Cooper Hewitt’s collection and exhibitions through drawing! In this session, we'll sketch in the galleries of Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial, which explores design’s role in shaping the physical and emotional experiences of home across the United States, US Territories, and Tribal Nations. The exhibition is the seventh offering in the museum’s Design Triennial series, which was established in 2000 to address the most urgent topics of the time through the lens of design. This exhibition is full of visual imagery to spark the imagination for sketching!  .
Event Address:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st Street New York, NY 10028
Free with museum admission
A large room with 3 dark leather sofas throughout. The walls are filled with framed artwork. The floor is carpeted in a bright blue. The image has a light purple border. Text at the bottom of the image reads: Making Home Smithsonian Design Triennial.
12/13
Friday
Fri. December 13, 2024
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET
Have you ever taken a “shelfie”? A “shelfie” is a photograph of a bookshelf in which the bookshelf’s contents reflect a portrait of the person to whom the contents belong. For this interactive workshop, join Black Artists + Designers Guild (BADG) to think about the power of home libraries, in conjunction with their installation “The Underground Library” in Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial. .
Event Address:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 East 91st Street
New York, NY 10128