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News Blog Support Us May 8–12, 2019 The 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Finalists Congratulations to the 46 finalists of our fith triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition! Their work will be presented in The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today, a major exhibition premiering Oct. 26. “Nine Women's Exhibits to See This Year” include the Portrait Gallery’s Votes for Women (viaSmithsonian Magazine).   We celebrated National Cartoonists Day with this Time cover from April 9, 1965 (via the National Portrait Gallery's Twitter).   Roger Shimomura explores the experiences of Asian Americans in this striking painting (via the National Portrait Gallery's Instagram). Take a Tour Highlights of the National Portrait Gallery  Thursday & Friday, noon Saturday & Sunday, 11:45 a.m. & 3:15 p.m. Docent's Choice  Thursday & Friday, 2:30 p.m.  Saturday & Sunday, 1:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m. Programs and Events Thursdays at Noon: 3 in 30| Thursday, May 9|noon|G St. Lobby Join us for this thirty-minute tour exploring representations of "The New Woman" in Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence. Conversation Circles| Friday, May 10 |10 a.m. – noon| G St. Lobby Practice English in small groups while learning more about American history through portraiture.  Open Studio| Friday, May 10|1– 5 p.m.|Education Center This week we’re making burlap figures! Be creative and sculpt a figure with wire, burlap, and glue. Portrait Discovery Kits |Sunday, May 12| 1 – 4 p.m. | Education Center Pick up an activity kit that guides you through the museum and learn more about influential Americans. Portrait Story Days: Roger Shimomura| Sunday, May 12| 1 – 4 p.m. | Education Center Listen to a story about Roger Shimomura. During World War II, he and his family were relocated from their home in Seattle to an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Eye to I Featuring artworks from the National Portrait Gallery’s collection, Eye to I explores how American artists have portrayed themselves since 1900. This new publication is available at the museum's store and website. See the related exhibition at the Portrait Gallery before Aug. 18.   Current Exhibitions Portraits of the World: Korea Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, 2019. Ida B. Wells-Barnett (detail) by Sallie E. Garrity, c. 1893. Peanuts (detail) by Charles Schulz, 1965. Gift of Time magazine. © Charles Schultz. Self-Portrait (detail) by Roger Shimomura, 2010. Gift of Raymond L. Ocampo Jr., Sandra Oleksy Ocampo, and Robert P. Ocampo. © Roger Shimomura. Mary E. Church Terrell (detail) by H.M. Platt, 1884. Courtesy of the Oberlin College Archives. Conversation Circles (detail) by Matailong Du, 2016. Open Studio (detail) by Matailong Du, 2016. Portrait Discovery Kits (detail) by Gabriela Samá, 2019. Self-Portrait(detail) by Roger Shimomura, 2010. Gift of Raymond L. Ocampo Jr., Sandra Oleksy Ocampo, and Robert P. Ocampo. © Roger Shimomura. Eye to I: Self Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery (detail) by the National Portrait Gallery, 2019. Mother III by Yun Suknam, acrylic on wood, 1993 (2018 version). Courtesy of Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul. Photo: Yun Suknam. New York, New York (detail) by Tseng Kwong Chi, 1979 © 1979. Muna Tseng Dance Projects Inc. Votes for Women (detail) by Bertha Margaret Boyé, 1911. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. All images belong to the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, unless otherwise noted.