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Art Museum at Florida International University. This exhi- 

 bition features 70 paintings and sculptures from the 

 Smithsonian American Art Museum's permanent collection. 



January 1 3 



■ Meeting Staff members from the Library of Congress 

 American Folklife Center, the National Endowment for the 

 Aits Folk and Traditional Arts Program, and the Smithson- 

 ian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage met together 

 to discuss issues of mutual concern and interest. Topics in- 

 cluded archives and collections, Web sites, public programs, 

 education, and cultural policy. 



January 15 



■ Exhibition The Maui Arts and Cultural Center in Kahu- 

 lui, Hawaii, was the premiere venue for the SITES exhibition 

 "These Rare Lands." The exhibition presents 44 large-format 

 panoramic photographic porttaits of our national parks, 

 monuments, and battlefields by photographer Stan Jorstad. 



January 16 



■ Award The Archives of American Art receives $25,000 

 from the Inverarity Family Trust, owned by the late Mr. and 

 Mrs. Robert Bruce Inverarity. 



January 1 8 



■ Award The Visitor Information and Associates' Reception 

 Center's "Encyclopedia Smithsonian" Web site was named in 

 PC Week as a pick of the week in its article about "On-line 

 Encyclopedias." 



and orchid artwork by 17 artists including paintings, 

 photographs, illustrations, sculpture, Raku tiles, and glass- 

 work. The entrance to the exhibition featured a floral 

 arrangement of cut orchids, created weekly during a public 

 demonstration. 



January 23 



■ Exhibition The National Museum of African Art opened 

 the exhibition "A Concrete Vision: Oshogbo Art in the 

 1960s," featuring four concrete screens by Adebisi Akanji, 

 one of the founders of the Oshogbo movement in Nigeria. 



January 24 



■ Radio advertising campaign The first radio advertisement 

 ran in the Office of Public Affairs' Black History Month 

 campaign, one of three radio advertising campaigns this year 

 aimed at local African American audiences, ages 25 to 45. 

 Another campaign — a "giveaway" of items from Smithson- 

 ian Museum Stores — was run for Spring Break and a third 

 for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The summer ad fea- 

 tured the voice of Darrell Green of the Washington 

 Redskins. The following stations were used in the three 

 campaigns in different combinations: WHUR, WMMJ, 

 WKYS, WOL, WPGC, and WYCB. 



January 24 



■ Secretary's installation The Office of Public Affairs handled 

 all publicity related to the installation of Lawrence M. Small 

 as the nth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The 

 ceremony was held in a heated tent on the National Mall in 

 front of the Castle. 



January 22 



■ P 'ublic program Gwen Ifill, managing editor of "Washing- 

 ton Week in Review" and senior correspondent for PBS's 

 "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," moderated The Smith- 

 sonian Associates' all-day seminar, "African Americans and 

 the Media." 



January 24-May 2 



■ Traveling exhibition The National Portrait Gallery 

 exhibition "A Durable Memento: Portraits by Augustus 

 Washington, African American Daguerreotypist" was on 

 view at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, 

 Connecticut. 



January 22 



■ Public program Leonard Slatkin and Norman Scribner 

 were among the distinguished conductors who graced a 

 Smithsonian Associates program exploring "The Art of 

 Conducting." 



January 28 



■ Exhibition The Archives of American Art opens the exhi- 

 bition "Getting the Picture: The Art of the Illustrated 

 Letter" in the Gallery Space of the Archives' New York 

 Regional Center. 



January 22-June 4 



■ Exhibition The sixth annual orchid exhibition, "The 

 Artistry of Orchids," opened in the Arts and Industries 

 Building on January 22, 2000, and closed after an extended 

 run on June 4, 2000. The exhibition showcased selections 

 from the vast orchid collections of both the Horticulture 

 Services Division of the Office of Physical Plant and the 

 U.S. Botanic Garden in specially designed garden spaces 



February 



■ Appointment A Preservation Manager was appointed to 

 enhance the Archives' preservation efforts. 



February 



■ Installation A beta version of The Museum System, an 

 automated collections information system is installed at the 



