for the Smithsonian traveling exhibition "Beyond Cate- 

 gory: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington," received 

 the New York International Multimedia Festival's Silver 

 Award for second place among more than 200 entries. 



September 



■ Video Release The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways Video An- 

 thology of Music and Dana of the Americas was produced 



in collaboration with the Center for Folklife Programs 

 and Cultural Studies' Smithsonian/Folkways Record- 

 ings, JVC, and Multicultural Media. The six videotapes 

 feature 158 examples of music and dance from many tra- 

 ditions throughout the Americas, with accompanying 

 texts. 



September 



■ Publication Award Smithsonian Institution Univer- 

 sity Press's publication The Ecology and Conservation of 

 Neotropical Migrant Landbtrds. edited by John Hagan 

 and David Johnston, was awarded the Wildlife Societies 

 Publication Award for Best Edited Volume. 



September 



m Workshop The Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

 Exhibition Service hosted a workshop in Washington, 

 D.C., to introduce representatives of humanities coun- 

 cils in Arizona, California, Indiana, and Nebraska to the 

 successful SITES-National Museum of American His- 

 tory exhibition "Produce for Victory: Posters on the 

 American Home Front, 1941-1945." The exhibition, cre- 

 ated with rural areas in mind, completed its first tour to 

 five states through those states' humanities councils. 

 This partnership between SITES and state humanities 

 councils is making the Smithsonian's offerings accessi- 

 ble in underserved areas of the nation, one of SITES - 

 primary goals. 



September 



■ Radio Series Folk Masters from the Barns of Wolf Trap. 

 hosted by Nick Spitzer, entered its fifth broadcast sea- 

 son on public radio nationwide and abroad. 



September 



U New Construction The Smithsonian Environmental 

 Research Center began construction of a visitor orienta- 

 tion center that will include classrooms, a teacher 

 resource room, and exhibit space. Public educational ac- 

 tivities such as the Java History Trail, Estuary Chesa- 



peake, and the Discovery Trail will be offered from this 

 facility. 



September 



■ Exhibition "An Ocean Apart: Contemporary 

 Vietnamese Art from the United States and Vietnam" 

 opened at the Ellipse Arts Center in Arlington, Vir- 

 ginia. This exhibition, organized by the Smithsonian 

 Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, is the first 

 major U.S. exhibition of contemporary artworks by 

 Vietnamese and Vietnamese American artists. 



September 



■ Multimedia Projects Under the auspices of the Office 

 of Telecommunications, the Smithsonian launched a re- 

 lationship with Voyager Software to create multimedia 

 programs, beginning with Insect World, and contracts 

 with Macmillan Digital, a division of Simon and Schus- 

 ter, for distribution of the 150th anniversary America's 

 Smithsonian CD-ROM. 



September- 



■ Electronic Outreach Smithsonian Online, coordi- 

 nated by the Office of Elementary and Secondary 

 Education, hosted a real-time chat with Michael 

 Robinson, the first in a three-month series featuring 

 Smithsonian experts. 



September I 



■ Video Release At the annual meeting of the Society of 

 American Archivists, the Conservation Analytical Labo- 

 ratory announced the completion and availability of the 

 videotape Rescuing Records — Recognizing Values and Prob- 

 lems. Intended for collection managers of paper-based 

 research collections in museums, archives, and libraries, 

 the video identifies problems associated with such 

 documents and provides recommendations for their 

 preservation. 



September I 



■ New Facilities On Barro Colorado Island off the 

 coast of Panama, the Smithsonian Tropical Research 

 Institute dedicated new laboratories, living quarters 

 for workers, housing units for scientific visitors, and a 

 pier, completing significant improvements to the 

 island's living and working environment that were 

 begun in 1987. 



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