Century Consort, and the Smithsonian Chamber Music 

 Society, whose performances continue to set scandards for 

 great musical performance. 



TSA continued its "Radio Theatre — Live!" series with three 

 new productions: The Heiress, based on Henry James' 

 Washington Square: Arthur Miller's All My Sons; and Working, 

 the musical based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book. The 

 series, produced by rhe L.A. Theatre Works and presented 

 by TSA in conjunction with the Voice of America (VOA), 

 treats audiences to unique performances and a behind-rhe- 

 scenes look at radio drama in production. These world- 

 class producrions are recorded for subsequent broadcast on 

 public radio throughout the United States and abroad on 

 VOA. 



TSA presented a wide-ranging array of programs featuring 

 individuals who are leaders in the arts, humanities, and 

 science. Among these were world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, 

 who discussed the cteative process and played a short musical 

 excerpt by Bach to the delight of the audience. Journalist Tad 

 Szulc presented a lecture on composer Fryderyk Chopin, after 

 which celebrated pianist Eugene Istomin performed several 

 Chopin masterpieces. In another unforgettable evening, screen 

 legend Fay Wray spoke of her life as an actress during a spe- 

 cial presentation of the original, full-length adventute classic 

 King Kong. The Honorable Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the 

 U.S. House of Reptesentatives, joined historian Paul Johnson 

 in a unique dialogue on the history of America. Nadine 

 Gordimer, 1991 Nobel laureate in literature, was featured in 

 an interview in which she discussed her life as a writer. 



TSA awarded rwo James Smithson Bicentennial Medals: 

 one to John Hope Franklin in recognirion of his outstanding 

 contributions as a historian of American life, and another to 

 filmmaker George Lucas for his outstanding contributions to 

 the advancement of the an of motion pictures. 



Discovery Theater presented an eclectic array of original 

 plays and touring productions — on subjects ranging from 

 apartheid to dinosaurs — to engage and educate children 

 throughout the Washington area. TSA's summer camps again 

 proved popular, as more than 600 area children enjoyed such 

 programs as "Mornings and Afternoons with che Impres- 

 sionists," "Dig Those Dinos!," and "TV Smithsonian: Journey 

 to Outer Space." And the 3zd Annual Smithsonian Kite Fes- 

 tival, entitled "Boxes in the Sky," appealed to children and 

 kite aficionados of all ages. 



TSA's studio arts classes in painting, drawing, photography, 

 and various handicrafts conrinued to educate and entertain stu- 

 dents from the beginner to the ptoficient. The numerous 

 photography classes, in particular, proved especially popular, 

 offering participants the opportunity to enhance their artistry, 

 as well as to learn darkroom techniques. 



TSA upgraded irs Web site to include an e-commerce 

 capability. Resident Associate memberships, program tickets, 

 and U.S. and Canadian study tours (the catalogs for which 

 were published for rhe first time on the Worldwide Web) 

 could now be ordered online. 



Smithsonian Study Tours 



Forty-two Associates joined with members of the Wotld Wildlife 

 Fund, the California Academy of Science, the American Museum 

 of Natural History, and the National Audubon Society aboard 

 the expedition ship Hanseatic for a voyage ro Antarctica and the 

 Falkland Islands. NMNH curator Jeffrey Post joined experts 

 from each of the other cosponsori ng organizations to provide the 

 onboard educarional program. 



Senegal and Mali were featured for the first time on a study 

 tour designed to highlight the rich history of rhese two na- 

 tions. Twenty-seven Associates, accompanied by study leader 

 John Franklin of the Smithsonian Centet for Folklife 

 Programs and Cultural Studies, visited Dakar, Goree Island, 

 and legendary Timbuktu. 



TSA inaugurared the first in a series of American Snapshors 

 study tours during a four-day program on Amelia Island, 

 Florida. Snapshots feature smaller towns and regions 

 renowned for rheir unique heritage. The Amelia Island pro- 

 gram highlighted the area's well-preserved Victorian archirec- 

 ture. Other Snapshots featured che Amish community in 

 Holmes Counry, Ohio, and the maritime heritage of Puget 

 Sound, Washington. 



Local tours lasring one to four days offered a wide and excit- 

 ing variety of onsite learning experiences in the arts, sciences, 

 and humaniries, on subjects as varied as drama, geology, and 

 hisrory. Civil War programs are among the finest offered 

 anywhere and feature outstanding study leaders who bring to 

 life rhis important period in American history. 



Master's Program in Decorative Arts 



The third year of rhe Master's Program in the History of 

 Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Decorative 

 Arts saw stronger ties forged with othet divisions of the 

 Smithsonian. Graduate students prepared the public lectures 

 for 'The Jewels of Lalique" exhibition at the International 

 Gallery. Closer ties were also developed with the Renwick Gal- 

 lery as classes for the new track in American craft were 

 planned. A cooperative relationship also was established with 

 several departments of George Washington University, allow- 

 ing for exchange of students and a greater range of contextual 

 classes. 



The master's program welcomed its first visiting scholar, 

 Tessa Murdoch, deputy keeper of furniture and woodwork for 

 the Victoria and Albert Museum. Students in Dr. Murdoch's 

 seminar visited the Smithsonian Castle's furniture collection, 

 and interest in the Castle's collection was so strong that 

 several students continued to study it in the spring tetm and 

 chose summer inrernships there. 



National Outreach 



Smithsonian Institutes for Professionals 



TSA formally introduced the Smithsonian Institutes for 

 Professionals program. Geared to corporate audiences, the in- 



