visors co che Secretary' and Under Secretary, as well as through 

 personal financial support and fund-raising activities. 



This year a Fund for the Future and Capital Campaign 

 Planning Committee under the leadership of Allison Cowles 

 commenced work ro structure the Smithsonian's first-ever 

 Institution-wide capital campaign. 



In calendar year 1996, Jane Bradley chaired the Board's 

 Annual Giving Committee. Under her leadership, board 

 members' cumulative annual contributions tocaled Si. 183 mil- 

 lion, the largest amount to date. This support wenr toward 

 Smithsonian science research and biodiversity projects for 

 which the Secretary had designated support, benefit events for 

 the America's Smithsonian exhibition, and other projects across 

 the Institution designated by board members. 



Smithsonian Women's Committee 



Paula Jeffries, Chair 



The Smithsonian Women's Committee serves as an ongoing 

 source of support for a variety of Institutional programs 

 through volunteer fund-raising and public relations services. 

 In 1997, the Committee distributed $295,000 in competitive 

 grants to 25 projects in 11 museums and offices across che 

 Smithsonian. The commirtee's awards program is rhe result of 

 its successful and profitable annual Smithsonian Craft Show, 

 which this year celebrated its fifteenth anniversary and was 

 held at the National Building Museum April 24—27. From 

 over 1,300 applicants, 120 exhibitors in all media were selected 

 ro show rheir wares. The annual event presencs the nation's 

 finest contemporary crafts and also raises money for che 

 committee's educational and outreach programs beneficing 

 the Smithsonian. 



Scephen Marc," "Life on che Road: The Phocography of Mile 

 Hinton," and "Caribbean Vision: Contemporary Painting and 

 Sculpture." 



The Museum's commitment to community-based educa- 

 tional programs is evinced in ics six-year parcnership with the 

 Lucy Ellen Moten Elementary School. The parcnership is 

 based at the school where the Museum staff has builc relation- 

 ships with administrators, teachers, students, and parents. 

 The parcnership incegraces learning activities in African 

 American history and culture with the day-co-day educational 

 offerings of the school. The project engages scudencs in a 

 broad variecy of accivicies including an undemanding of che 

 hiscory of rhe local communicy through field study projeccs 

 and engagemenc wich communicy hiscorians, an under- 

 scanding of African American hisrocy and culcure through spe- 

 cial projects, and field trips to local cultural resources. The 

 partnership is funded through a generous grant from the Fred- 

 die Mac Foundation and has been ciced by Leland C. Brendsel, 

 chairman and CEO of Freddie Mac and chairman of che Fred- 

 die Mac Foundacion, as "providing an engaging, creacing 

 learning environment." Additional assistance comes from the 

 Smithsonian Institucion Educational Outreach Fund. 



The exhibition project "Speak co My Hearc: African 

 American Communicies of Faich and Concemporary 

 Society" is under development. The project cakes a unique 

 approach co engaging che communicy in exploring che 

 dynamic relationship between African American com- 

 munities and religious institutions. This project has 

 received a generous granc from che Lilly Endowmenc, 

 Inc., in che amount of $600,000. 



Archives of American Art 



Anacostia Museum and Center for 

 African American History and Culture 



Steven Cameron Newsome, Director 



The Anacostia Museum and Cencer for African American 

 Hiscory and Culcure expanded the tradicion of leadership in 

 increasing public underscanding of che hiscorical experiences 

 and culrural expressions of people of African descenc living in 

 che Americas. Ac the same time, the museum enhanced its 

 stracegies for engaging constituencies in the development of 

 research projects, public programs, and exhibitions, especially 

 chose chac focus on concemporary social and culcural issues. 



During the year, rhe Museum presenced cricically ac- 

 claimed exhibitions including "Feeling che Spirit: Searching 

 che World for che People of Africa," "Invoking che Spirit: 

 Worship Tradirions in che African World," "The Black Trans- 

 adantic Experience: The Photography of Chester Higgins and 



Richard J. Wattenmaker. Director 



Fiscal Year 1997 was a year of oucscanding achievement for rhe 

 Archives of American Art as it concinued co affirm its posi- 

 cion as che world's largesc reposicory of original documencs 

 relacing to American arc and culcure by acquiring imporcanc 

 new colleccions. In addicion, it furthered ics mission of serv- 

 ing che research communicy chrough increased accessibility to 

 colleccions, facilitated by several new publicacions and on- 

 going colleccions processing projeccs. In che area of oucreach 

 and educacion, che Archives used the gallery space in rhe New 

 York Regional Cencer co showcase documents both from irs 

 own colleccions as well as chose of ocher arc inscicutions. The 

 Archives also coordinated an ambitious internship program, 

 wich parcicular emphasis on Lacino participanrs. Throughouc 

 che year che Archives managed a nacionwide program of col- 

 leccing and reference services ac ics various cencers in 

 Washingcon, D.C., New York, Boscon, Decroic, San Francisco, 

 and San Marino, California. 



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