February I— 4 



■ Public Program John Singleton, director of the ac- 

 claimed Boyz n the Hood, was among the participants 

 at the conference "100 Years of Black Film: Imaging 

 African American Life, History, and Culture" at the 

 National Museum of American History 1 . 



February 6-p 



■ Course "Exhibit, Storage, and Handling of Furniture 

 Collections," a preservation-oriented specialist course 

 for caretakers of furniture collections, was organized at 

 the Conservation Analytical Laboratory. 



February 8 



■ Television Broadcast Millions of early-morning tele- 

 vision viewers had a good look at the National Museum 

 of American History when it was the site of a special 

 broadcast of Good Morning America on ABC. 



February 10— November ip 



■ Exhibition "Majestic in His Wrath: The Life of Fred- 

 erick Douglass," coorganized with the National Park 

 Service, was on view at the National Portrait Gallery. 

 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of civil rights 

 crusader Douglass' death, this exhibition evoked his life 

 and legacy. The accompanying catalog, Majestic in His 

 Wrath: A Pictorial Life of Frederick Douglass, by Portrait 

 Gallery historian Frederick S. Voss, received the Blue 

 Pencil Award from the National Association of 

 Governmenr Communicators. 



February 10 



■ Public Program In a Cultures in Motion program at 

 the National Portrait Gallery entitled "The Painted 

 Gourd: Red and Black Voices," Penny Gamble Wil- 

 liams (Wampanoag/Chappaquiddick), ZSun-nee 

 Matema (Choctaw/African), and Victoria Price 

 (Cherokee/African) shared stories, histories, drama, 

 and music from their mixed Native American and 

 African American heritage of the Southeast. 



February /J 



■ Exhibition First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton 

 addressed students, teachers, and several White House 

 workers at Shaed Elementary School in northeast Wash- 

 ington, D.C., in conjunction with the opening of the 

 exhibition "Workers at the White House" at the school. 



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. 



February /J 



■ Exhibition "Asbestos: Promise, Problems, Panic, Pru- 

 dence" opened ar the National Museum of American 

 History as part of the museum's "History in the News" 

 series. 



February 17 



■ Exhibition "Impressions of Another Land," an exhibi- 

 tion of children's art, opened in the National Zoo's 

 Education Building. The artists, fourth graders from 

 Sydney, Australia, and Chevy Chase, Maryland, drew a 

 remarkable series of pictures of Australian animals — the 

 Sydney students from firsthand experience, the Mary- 

 landers from photographs and videotapes. 



February 2 3 



■ Television Broadcast Workers at the White House aired 

 on Washington public television station WETA as part 

 of the commemoration of Black History Month. The 

 video was produced by the Center for Folklife Programs 

 and Cultural Studies in cooperation with the White 

 House Historical Association and the National Archives. 



February 28— March I 



■ Conjerence The National Science Resources Center 

 and the Academia de la Investigacion Cientffica, the 

 Mexican counterpart of the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences, cosponsored Mexico's first Forum on Science Edu- 

 cation. The 75 participants, including corporate 

 executives and educators, explored how business and 

 industry in Mexico could become involved in science 

 education reform. 



March 



■ Visit South African Minister of Arts, Culture, 

 Science, and Technology Baldwin Ngubane visited the 

 Smithsonian. 



March 



■ Exhibition "Full Deck Art Quilts" opened at the 

 Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American 

 Art. Developed by Maryland-based artist Sue Pierce and 



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