Interested in how an artist sees human evolution? Curious about how to bring fossils to life? Come to the Hall of Human Origins to speak with Lynn Sures, DC-based artist and research associate in the Human Origins Program, to discover how art contributes to an understanding of hominin fossils. Bring your artistic and inquisitive mind! 

Lynn Sures’ multi-media works examine geology/physics/human origins. A SARF Fellow in Kenya and US State Department American Artist Abroad in Sri Lanka, her residencies include Museu Molí Paperer de Capellades, Spain; the Press at the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM. Exhibitions include American University Museum-DC; Isik University Gallery-Istanbul. Collections include US Dept. of State; US Library of Congress; Yale University; Schomburg Collection-NY Public Library; Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum; Museo della Carta e della Filigrana-Italy; Museum of Art & Photography-MAP, Bangalore, India; Bibliotheca Alexandrina-Egypt. Sures is co-author of Radical Paper: Art and Invention with Colored Pulp, published by The Legacy Press, winner of the 2025 Eric Hoffer Award, category of Art.

The Expert Is In program provides opportunities for museum visitors to have informal conversations with scientists, and is not a formal lecture program. Drop in and join the conversation!