Related Programs

Some programs require registration. All programs are free.

Solstice Saturday

Saturday, June 21, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Sculpture Garden
Join us and our partners from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History for a day of outdoor activities surrounding the exhibition. Activities will include nature-based artmaking, performances, and talksexploring the plants and animals around us. Kids’ and family-centered activities will take place from 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

First Saturday

Saturday, September 6, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
East Building and Sculpture Garden
Join us and our partners from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) for a day of indoor and outdoor activities surrounding the exhibition. Activities will include nature-based artmaking, performances, and a conversation between artist and exhibition curator Dario Robleto and conservation scientists.

Talks

Introduction to the Exhibition
Sunday, May 18, 12:00 p.m.
East Building Auditorium and virtual
Artist Dario Robleto and exhibition curators Alexandra Libby, Brooks Rich, and Stacey Sell give an overview of the exhibition.

Film

By Land, Sea, and Lens: Creatures on Film
This six-part film series displays historic and contemporary international videos and films inspired by the insects, sea creatures, birds and other animals. Each title is an example of how humanity’s curiosity about non-human inhabitants of land, sea, and air, leads filmmakers to use technical, scientific, and creative means to explore insights into the natural world.

The Night Visitors (Michael Gitlin, 2023)
Saturday, June 21, 2:00 p.m.
East Building Auditorium

How Deep is Your Love? (Elena Mortimer, 2025)
Saturday, July 12, 2:00 p.m.
West Building Lecture Hall

It Is Night in America (É Noite na América, Ana Vaz, 2022)
Saturday, July 26, 2:00 p.m.
West Building Lecture Hall

Nocturnes (Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasa, 2024)
Saturday, August 16, 2:00 p.m.
East Building Auditorium
                       
The Cameraman's Revenge and Other Shorts 
Saturday, August 23, 2:00 p.m.
East Building Auditorium
Titles include several works Jean Painleve, The Camerman’s Revenge (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1912), Mothlight (Stan Brakhage, 1963), and several shorts by contemporary film artists.

Ancient Beacons Long for Notice (Dario Robleto, 2024)
Sunday, September 7, 2:00 p.m.
East Building Auditorium
Post-screening discussion with artist and filmmaker Dario Robleto and writer Ann Druyan. There will also be a video installation of a new work by Robleto commissioned by the National Gallery in Little Beasts throughout the run of the exhibition.