DEMOCRACY DAY

ART AND DEMOCRACY IN AMERICAN HISTORY

On September 19th, artist-filled public programming kicked off the opening of the traveling exhibition “A More Perfect Union: American Artists and the Currents of Our Time.” Kal Penn, Deborah Kass, Hank Willis Thomas, Sanford Biggers, Alfre Woodard, Alexis Rockman, and more participated in a variety of talks and panels. This day was made possible in partnership with Art in Embassies, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy to present exhibition tours by artists, conversations about the relationship between art and democracy in America, and demonstrations and activities to engage museum visitors.