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and architect Robert Powell, opened at the Arthur M. Sack- 

 ler Gallery. 



February 



■ Award Smithsonian Folkways Recordings' Pete Seeger: If I 

 Had a Hammer was honored with a Traditional Folk Bronze 

 Star Award in the 1998- 1999 Crossroads Music Awards 

 Program. 



February 



■ New branch library The Smithsonian Institution Libraries 

 opened its 19th branch at the National Museum of the 

 American Indian Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, 

 Maryland. The branch began offering full-time library serv- 

 ices in June when a library technician joined the Libraries. 

 The branch has a limited collection of materials from the cu- 

 ratorial offices and provides interlibrary loan services. 



February 



■ Public Program OGC, in conjunction with the American 

 Law Association-American Bar Association and the Environ- 

 mental Law Institute, hosted annual environmental law 

 seminar in Washington, D.C. 



February 



■ Award Smithsonian Libraries' Anthropology K-12 

 Inrernet Guide Named "Best" for Students. The Smithson- 

 ian Libraries published Margaret R. Dittemore's on-line 

 guide, "Anthropology on the Internet for K-12," which 

 was designated A Best on the World Wide Web Virtual 

 Library's list of anthropology materials for students. The 

 American Anthropology Association has linked the guide 

 to its home page. Dr. Dittemore is Librarian of the 

 Anthropology Library. Offered as part of the larger Smith- 

 sonian effort to support and advance education for diverse 

 audiences, each secrion is illustrated with photographs 



of Smithsonian anthropologists working in the field or 

 in their laboratories. The K-12 guide is found under 

 Libraries Publications at <www.sil.si.edu/> and is updated 

 regularly. 



February and March 



■ Research expedition Zoologist Dr. Clyde Roper of the Na- 

 tional Museum of Natural History led an expedition to 

 Kaikoura Canyon, New Zealand, to find and film a live gi- 

 ant squid. Although the giant squid continued to elude 

 observation, the researchers were able to document the 

 squid's probable habitat in the deep sea, and to see and film 

 many of its neighbors and prey species. The expedition was 

 featured in the program "Quest for the Giant Squid" on the 

 Discovery Channel. 



February 3 



■ Public program The Smithsonian Associates cosponsored a 

 course with The World Bank, which included a presentation 

 by James D. Wolfensohn, World Bank president. 



February 4 



■ Exhibition and programs "Directions — Julio Sarmento: 

 Fundamental Accuracy," the first solo show in an American 

 museum for rhis Portuguese artist (b. 1948), was launched at 

 the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with an 

 artist's talk about his 12 recently created, never-before- 

 exhibited paintings and sculptures. Sarmento, whose work 

 was based on the eighteenth-century memoirist Giovanni 

 Casanova, a hit of the 1997 Venice Biennale, creates pale, 

 ideographic images of faceless women enacting ambiguous 

 narratives which straddle tenderness and violence. Organized 

 by Hirshhorn Assistant Director for Art and Public Pro- 

 grams Neal Benezra, the exhibition was generously 

 supported by the Luso-American Development Foundation, 

 the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and the Institute for 

 Contemporary Art, Ministry of Culture, Lisbon; Lannan 

 Foundation; and Anthony T Podesta, Washington, D.C. 



February 6-May 1 6 



■ Traveling exhibition "Faces of TIME: Seventy-five Years of 

 TIME Magazine Cover Portraits," organized by the National 

 Portrait Gallery, was on view at the Chicago Historical Soci- 

 ety, Illinois. 



February 7-May 9 



■ Exhibition The National Museum of African Art pre- 

 sented the exhibition "Baule: African Art/Western Eyes," 

 showcasing the outstanding artistic achievements of Baule 

 artists from Cote d'lvoire in West Africa. 



February 9 



■ Exhibition "Graphic Design in rhe Mechanical Age: Se- 

 lections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection," 

 Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. 



February 9 



■ Special event The National Museum of Industrial History 

 affiliate (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) held a press event at the 

 Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building. As the "1876" 

 gallery was being deinstalled, hundreds of artifacts were 

 moved to Bethlehem on long-term loan. 



February 12 



■ Exhibition "Communities in a Changing Nation: The 

 Promise of 19th-century America," a new petmanent exhi- 

 bition, opens at the National Museum of American History. 



