• "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American 

 Sweatshops" for the National Museum of American History. 



• "The Jewels of Lalique" for International Gallery. 



• "The Art of Jack Delano/El Arte de Jack Delano" for Inter- 

 national Gallery and SITES. 



• "We Shall Overcome: Photographs from America's Civil Rights 

 Era" and "Going Strong: Older Americans on the Job" for 

 SITES. 



• A small-format version of "The Jazz Age in Paris, 1914- 

 1940" for circulation by SITES and the American Library 

 Association. 



• "Pomo Indian Basket Weavers" at the National Museum of 

 Natural History. 



• "Speak to My Heart" for the Anacostia Museum and on 

 view in the Arts and Industries Building. 



• "Three Generations of African American Women Sculptors: 

 A Study in Paradox, Resonant Forms," and "In Search of 

 Balance: The Artist Scholar" for the Center for African 

 American History and Culture. 



• "Frontier Photographer: Edward S. Curtis" for the Smith- 

 sonian Institution Libraries. 



• "Orchids of the World" for the Office of Physical Plant's 

 Horticulture Services Division and U.S. Botanic Garden. 



• Design of a new desk for the Visitor Information and Asso- 

 ciates' Reception Center in the Arts and Industries Building. 



Modelmaking 



The modelmaking unit creates scientifically and historically 

 accurate dioramas, models, and mannequins. From the gallop- 

 ing stagecoach horses at the National Postal Museum to the 

 trees and mining environments in the Hall of Geology, Gems, 

 and Minerals, the Model Shop can literally reproduce any 

 animal, vegetable, or mineral. It had a particularly active year 

 with a number of high-profile projects under way and com- 

 pleted. Examples include: 



• Creation of surroundings, termite mounds, and a tree for 

 the tiger habitat diorama, one of the few exhibitions on 

 view during the renovation of the National Museum of 

 Natural History's Mammal Hall. 



• Creation of a cave interior and the naturalistic elements 

 of a rock outcropping for the final phase of the National 

 Museum of Natural History's Janet Annenberg Hooker 

 Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals. 



Fabrication 



The fabrication Unit builds fine cabinetry and display 

 casework, as well as Plexiglas vitrines, object mounts, fix- 

 tures, signage, and heat-fotmed elements. Its finishing shop 

 provides services ranging from quick turnaround painting 

 jobs to restoration work and faux finishes. Packing and crat- 

 ing, installation and deinstallation services, and the coordina- 

 tion and lending of exhibit cases are other unit specialties. 

 These m-house services have enabled SI bureaus and outside 

 organizations to mount exhibitions that might otherwise not 

 be economically feasible. 



Major projects completed during the year include: 



• Installation and deinstallation of numerous exhibitions for 

 the National Museum of the American Indian, Center for 

 African American History and Cultute, International Gal- 

 lery, and Smithsonian Institution Libraries. 



• Fabrication of a new desk for the Visitot Information and 

 Associates' Reception Center in the Arts and Industries 

 Building. 



• A temporary exhibition on Filipino Americans organized 

 by Honolulu's Bishop Museum and on view at the U.S. 

 State Department (OEC's work was coordinated through 

 Si's Asian affairs liaison). 



• "Beyond the Maine: Imaging the New Empire," a National 

 Anthropological Archives exhibition at the Ripley Center 



• Creation of Jabba the Hurt's cave palace, the centerpiece of 

 "Star Wars: The Magic of Myth" at the National Ait and 

 Space Museum. 



• Creation of mannequins, trees, artificial food, and the 

 taxidermy of a life-size buffalo for the National Museum of 

 American History's "Communities in a Changing Nation" 

 exhibition opening in 1999. 



• Cteation of a scale model of a traditional ocean canoe, life- 

 size Ainu traditional house (chise), and diorama with four 

 mannequins of Ainu elders conducting the sacred bear 

 ceremony for the "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People" ex- 

 hibition opening in 1999 at the National Museum of 

 Natural History. An Ainu exhibits specialist spent six 

 months at OEC carving a scale model of a traditional Ainu 

 canoe as well as fabricating othet Ainu artifacts. 



• Taxidermy support, site photography, and specimen collec- 

 tion from the African savanna in preparation for the renova- 

 tion of the National Museum of Natural History's Rotunda 

 and Mammal Hall. 



Miscellaneous Services 



OEC also provides a number of "spot services" for various Institu- 

 tion bureaus. These range from specialized framing assignments 

 fot clients throughout the Institution to signage and banners for 

 the Smithsonian Crafts Show and Folklife Festival. 



Office of Fellowships and Grants 



Roberta W. Rubinoff, Director 



Support from the Office of Fellowships and Grants (OFG) 

 enhances the quality, quantity, and diversiry of research con- 

 ducted at the Smithsonian. Each year, nearly 800 students and 

 scholars come from universities, museums, and research in- 

 stitutes throughout the United States and abroad to use the 



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