nan, curator, gallery owner, and critic, Kuh champi- 

 oned the cause of modernism throughout her life. 



December 18 



■ Special Event Three hundred fifty donors attended an 

 afternoon holiday reception hosted in the Castle by 

 Secretary I. Michael Heyman and his wile, Therese 

 Heyman. 



December 24 



■ Exhibition opening "Paintings from Shiraz," an exhibi- 

 tion selected from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's 

 Vever Collection ot Islamic Arts of the Book featured 

 works from Shiraz, the city in southwestern Iran that 

 was one of the great centers of Persian painting in the 



14 through 16' century. 



January- March, April— October 



■ Exhibition "Workers at the White House" was on 

 exhibit at the Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, 

 Georgia, and at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Cali- 

 fornia. The exhibition was produced by the Center for 

 Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies in cooperation 

 with the White House Historical Association and the 

 National Archives. 



January 



■ Education Program The National Museum of African 

 Art launched an ongoing series for young audiences 

 called "Let's Read about Africa." The weekend pro- 

 grams introduce young visitors to African culture, 

 visual traditions, and the joy of reading. 



January 



■ New Research Facility The Solar Radiation Group of 

 the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center moved 

 into a newly completed laboratory addition at the 

 center's main facility near Edgewater, Maryland. This 

 group focuses on the measurement of solar radiation, es- 

 pecially ultraviolet radiation, and on the effects of this 

 radiation on living things. 



for access on the Internet as part of the Libraries' online 

 catalog. Responding to the public's growing interest in 

 non-Western art, the index of 52,000 citations was cre- 

 ated by Libraries staff to identify source materials in 

 this expanding field. 



January 



■ Research A submillimeter telescope developed by a 

 consortium of research institutes including the 

 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory was installed 

 and operated at the South Pole to study giant molecular 

 clouds in the Milky Way. 



January 



■ Curriculum Development The National Science 

 Resources Center began nationally field-testing the pre- 

 liminary edition of Animal Studies, a fourth-grade unit 

 in the Science and Technology tor Children hands-on 

 science curriculum program. 



January 



■ Electronic Outreach The Smithsonian Institution 

 Libraries online catalog became available on the 

 Internet at telnet://siris.si.edu. 



January 



■ Radio Series Jazz Smithsonian, hosted by Lena Home, 

 began its third season on the air. It is being broadcast 

 by Radio Smithsonian on a record 185 radio stations. 



January 



■ Exhibition The Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

 Exhibition Service's small-format, free-standing version 

 of "Saynday was coming along . . . Silverhorn's Draw- 

 ings of the Kiowa Trickster" opened at the Kiowa 

 Tribal Museum in Carnegie, Oklahoma. Organized 

 with the National Museum of Natural History in collab- 

 oration with and with participation ttom the Kiowa 

 community, "Saynday" will travel to Native American 

 centers and small exhibit centers during the next three 

 years. 



January 



■ Grant The Smithsonian Institution Libraries was 

 awarded $197,250 from the Getty Grant Program to 

 fund an online index and finding guide to the literatute 

 of African art and culture. The index is being developed 



January 



■ Teachers' Publication Art to Zoo. the quarterly teaching 

 guide for elementary and middle schools published by the 

 Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, adopted a 

 new design, editorial, and distribution strategy. 



