Art O Mat Smithsonian

The art o mat machine has landed in the smithsonian american art museum in washington d c.

Art o mat smithsonian. I was really excited to swap art with other talented artists. On july 23 the smithsonian had its very own art o mat installed in the american art museum s luce foundation center. Our more than 300 educators and 200 affiliate organizations bring smithsonian knowledge compelling stories exhibitions and artifacts and inquiry based lessons to more than 8 million learners across the globe each year. I attended my first art o mat swap meet a couple weeks ago in washington dc at the smithsonian american art museum.

The smithsonian shares the depth and breadth of the institution s extraordinary collections and research with learners of all ages and educators everywhere. I couldn t believe all of the awesome items other art o mat artists create to go into the machines. Travel with me brooklyn art library brooklyn ny world tour. Artists potential hosts please inquire via our primary website.

The smithsonian s art o mat vending machine was installed in 2010 but this recent article by san jose mercury news sjmn shows that d c. The organization that supplies the art o mats was created by clark whittington in 1997. Includes introduction history images of the machines and samples of the artists work. The art o mat ic took off and now whittington oversees 83 over 90 such machines one of which just arrived at the luce foundation center for american art.

Was ahead of the curve institutions across the country are now tagging along using the refurbished cigarette machines to dispense small art pieces for just 5 check out their over 100 of the. Artists are invited to submit an idea in any medium as long as it fits inside a 2 x 3 box. I just love the idea of the art o mat as a really neat way to start your. The contraption an old school cigarette vending machine that dispenses replicas of masterpieces the.

They are so amazing. Featured artist art o mat polk museum of art lakeland fl featured artist art o mat smithsonian museum washington dc featured artist sketchy miami bakehouse studios the awarehouse gallery miami fl selected artist the sketchbook project. Art o mat machines are a series of over 100 cigarette vending machines that have been modified to dispense art located around the world.