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National Gallery of Art Hosts US Poet Laureate Ada Limón and For Freedoms Artist Collective

You’re invited to join art lovers of all ages next Saturday, October 5, at a FREE daylong event with internationally renowned artists.

📖 At 11 a.m., US Poet Laureate Ada Limón and Caldecott Honoree Peter Sís read “In Praise of Mystery,” a children’s book and poem which is traveling to Jupiter and its moons next month on the side of the Europa Clipper spacecraft! Register now.

👩‍🚀 We will also be joined by NASA, with an informational table outside of the talk.

🧑‍🎨 At 2 p.m., join artist-led collective For Freedoms, including co-founders Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas, along with local artist Nekisha Durrett, for a panel about how creativity is a democratic value. Register now.

🖌️ Make art of your own or become a work of art with free face painting!

See the full First Saturday schedule on our website.

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