Events at the Library of Congress
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Event | special eventsFrom Conflict to Creativity: Veteran Artists Showcase (Morning Session)
Wednesday
June 29, 2022
10:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT LJ-119 Watch live demonstrations of fiber art, painting, metal work and photography by veteran artists Gail Belmont, Mary “Tayliegh” Lopez De Morales, Leigh Cortez, Lewis Howard, Steve Kost and Wayne Williams. At 11:30am, Gail Belmont and Lewis Howard will share their experiences and answer questions.This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External. -
Event | special events
From Conflict to Creativity: Veteran Artists Showcase (Afternoon Session)
Wednesday
June 29, 2022
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT LJ-119 Watch live demonstrations of writing, painting, photography and woodworking by veteran artists Cyrus Quadland, Erin Colson, Kimberly Johnson, Margaret Ann Viboolsittiseri and Michael Higgs. At 2:30pm, Miguel Chavez and Phyllis Thomas Miller will share their experiences and answer questions.This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External. -
Event | exhibits and toursHere to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
Wednesday
June 29, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT George and Ira Gershwin Room Experience the glamour and sophistication of the 1920s and 1930s in this permanent tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin, who helped provide a musical background to the period. The exhibition contains a wealth of materials that provide insight into their careers and personalities, including manuscript and printed music, lyric sheets and librettos, correspondence, photos, paintings, and drawings, all from the Library's Gershwin Collection,... -
Event | exhibits and toursMapping a Growing Nation: From Independence to Statehood
Wednesday
June 29, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT Northwest Gallery A part of this major exhibition, Abel Buell’s "New and Correct Map of the United States of North America" is the first map of the newly independent United States compiled, printed, and published in America by an American. The exhibition comprises maps of the northeastern and southeastern regions of the United States. -
Event | exhibits and tours"Not an Ostrich" and Other Images from America's Library
Wednesday
June 29, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT Southwest Gallery A major exhibition organized by the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles and drawn from the photo collections of the Library of Congress, "Not an Ostrich" presents a taste of this institution’s spectacular holdings of more than 14 million images. Photos reproduced for this exhibition, made between 1839 and today, trace the evolution of photography, from daguerreotypes and other early processes to contemporary... -
Event | exhibits and toursThomas Jefferson's Library
Wednesday
June 29, 2022
10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT Southwest Pavilion Take a trip through this major exhibition, a re-created version of Jefferson’s library, which assembles 6,487 volumes that founded the Library of Congress, and learn how one of America’s greatest thinkers was inspired through the world of books.