| We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection
Opens July 1
Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th and G Streets, NW
Open daily: 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. ET
We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection traces the rise of self-taught artists in the 20th century and examines how, despite wide-ranging societal, racial, and gender-based obstacles, their creativity and bold self-definition became major forces in American art. The exhibition showcases forty-three artists, including James Castle, Thornton Dial Sr., Howard Finster, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Nellie Mae Rowe, and Bill Traylor, among others. Acquired by Margaret Z. Robson, the collection reflects her belief that the stories from these artists offered a truer, more complete portrait of our nation's makers. | 