Name: Telling Our Story: Bringing Together Diverse Perspectives to Understand Our Present Moment
Start: 2026-08-05T10:45:00-0400
End: 2026-08-05T12:45:00-0400

WISIT Summer Institute 2026

August 3 to 7, 2026
Washington International School, Tregaron Campus

Telling Our Story: Bringing Together Diverse Perspectives to Understand Our Present Moment

LIMITED

Wednesday August 5, 2026 10:45am - 12:45pm EDT

National Portrait Gallery

Limited Capacity seats available

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With so much happening in our communities and in the world today, how can portraiture help us capture and better understand our present? Using the finalists in the triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, we will practice using portraits to explore and reflect on our contemporary moment. We will engage all of our senses to immerse ourselves into a variety of narratives and consider how each unique perspective is needed to complete the picture.

Participants will meet at the 8th & G Street Lobby of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.

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Briana Zavadil White

National Portrait Gallery

Briana Zavadil White oversees the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s education and public programs. Inquiry and object-based learning provide the foundation for programs at the museum. The Portrait Gallery’s programs, gallery experiences, and workshops start with the premise... Read More →

Wednesday August 5, 2026 10:45am - 12:45pm EDT
National Portrait Gallery 8th and G Streets NW Washington, DC 20001

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