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Members’ Opening Celebration: The Outwin 2016
Saturday, February 4, 7–10 pm
Celebrate the first-ever national tour of this prestigious portrait competition at the opening of The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today. TAM is the only West Coast location for this exhibition! See innovative contemporary works by 43 artists, listen to lively music, and pose for an instant portrait. Enjoy appetizers and a no-host bar.
Members’ Opening in-kind support provided by Heritage Distilling Co. and Northwest Costume.
Curator Conversation: Dorothy Moss
Saturday, February 4, 3–5 pm
The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition is one of the most prestigious art competitions in the nation! More than 2,500 artists entered in 2016. How do jurors decide which works are the winners? What makes an individual work stand out among the many entries? How did the competition begin? Discover the answers to these questions and more with curator Dorothy Moss. See The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today, opening today!
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The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today is organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. The competition and exhibition have been made possible by generous support from the Virginia Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Endowment. Local seasonal support for this exhibition provided by ArtsFund.
Image Credit: Amy Sherald, Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance), 2013. Oil on canvas, 54 × 43⅛ inches. Frances and Burton Reifler. Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2016 First Prize winner as seen in The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today.