Separate lectures by all three artists in connection with 

 their exhibitions were followed by enthusiastic audience dis- 

 cussions. Two other public programs keyed into the "Direc- 

 tions" series were produced by educators for young visitors to 

 the museum. Children who participated in a "Young at Art" 

 program titled "Puppets, Crates, and Prints" on February 5 

 visited the Glenn Ligon exhibition, saw the puppet show 

 "The Underground Railroad" by Schroeder Cherry, and at- 

 tended a hands-on printing workshop. In conjunction with 

 "Directions — Sue Coe" the museum invited a group of ninth- 

 graders from D.C.'s Jefferson High School to meet Sue Coe in 

 the galleries on March 17; some students then wrote a critique 

 of the exhibition, while others painted compositions inspired 

 by Coe's themes. The presentation was enlivened by an im- 

 promptu dialogue with Washington Post art critic Paul Rich- 

 ard, who happened to be visiting the show in preparation for 

 his review when the students were in session with the artist. 

 "The Collection Reviewed," the Hirshhorn's reinstallation 

 of its collection with a new emphasis on contemporary art, in- 

 cluded single-gallery educational presentations of works by 

 Alexander Calder and Thomas Eakins as well as the develop- 

 ment of an area in the garden primarily for whimsical and fan- 

 ciful sculptures. Programs in conjunction with "The 

 Collection Reviewed" included lectures by two celebrated art- 

 ists represented in the museum's permanent collection. "The 

 Collection Reviewed: Armajani on Armajani" (February 23) 

 featured a talk by Minneapolis-based sculptor Siah Armaiani 

 titled "Public Sculpture in the Context of American Democ- 

 racy." In "The Collection Reviewed: Murray on Murray" 

 (April 13), Elizabeth Murray, known for her vibrant, eccentri- 

 cally shaped canvases, spoke about her sources, technique, and 

 imagery. 



Unique programs in the Hirshhorn's film series included a 

 showing in the ciry-wide presentation of Edgar Reitz's 26- 

 hour epic Heimat II; the U.S. premiere of Tian Zhuang 

 Zhuang's landmark film The Blue Kite: Luna Park and The 

 Last Bolshevik, both related to current events in Eastern Eu- 

 rope; and continued showings of the works of British filmma- 

 ker Derek Jarman, whom the Hirshhorn had introduced to 

 Washington audiences eight years ago. Among the speakers 

 on international avant-garde cinema were Bengali director 

 Shayam Benegal and Asian-cinema expert Somi L. Roy. 



In March 1993 a Public Programs Department was created 

 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, effecting a 

 merger of the education and curatorial departments. Chief Cu- 

 rator Neal Benezra also became Director of Public Programs, 

 while Education Chief Edward P. Lawson remained head of 

 the education division. Publications and public affairs staffs 

 also belong to the Department. 



Art historical research on objects in the permanent collec- 

 tion continues as museum staff prepares to reactivate the 

 Artist's Object Record program, which will document the his- 

 tory of each work of art by obtaining information directly 

 from some 300 living artists. The program will be launched 

 in 1995. In other areas, new research on rare early works by 



Josef Albers, acquired through the Hirshhorn bequest, helped 

 strengthen the museum's position as a major repository for 

 this German artist's work. 



The curatorial staff continued its involvement in research 

 in contemporary art by jurying four shows in as many states, 

 serving on panels, consulting or lecturing in eleven states, and 

 traveling abroad to visit galleries, studios, and colleagues in 

 twelve countries on three continents (Europe, Latin America, 

 and Asia). In addition, the six curators kept current on the 

 broad scope of modern and contemporary art through periodi- 

 cals, catalogs, monographs, as well as interchanges with fel- 

 low curators. Finally, curatorial staff members carried forward 

 their research and writing on selected works from the collec- 

 tion for a major book to be published in 1996. 



Institutional Studies Office 



Zahava D. Doering, Director 



The Institutional Studies Office (ISO) is a pan-Institutional 

 resource dedicated to the scientific study of the characteris- 

 tics, attitudes, opinions and experiences of Smithsonian con- 

 stituencies. The small staff includes professionals with 

 expertise in sociology, demography, research methods, survey 

 statistics, and a variety of quantitative and qualitative data 

 analysis and evaluation techniques. 



Since its founding in 1987, ISO has designed, developed, 

 and implemented a general research program which includes 

 long-term visitor studies at the Smithsonian museums, back- 

 ground studies and assessments of Smithsonian exhibitions 

 and public programs, and studies of Smithsonian staff. For 

 each study, ISO is responsible for all aspects of survey design, 

 implementation of data collection, analysis and report writ- 

 ing. Institutional clients are asked to assume the costs of data 

 collection and data entry. In addition, the office provides tech- 

 nical consultation to cultural organizations throughout the 

 country and professional review of applied research conducted 

 for these organizations. The staff is also available, on a limited 

 basis, to conduct seminars in various aspects of applied quanti- 

 tative and qualitative research and program evaluation. 



The results of ISO studies are disseminated in several for- 

 mats. The primary vehicle is a Report series that discusses 

 study results and includes technical appendices which both 

 document the work and can be used as methodological mod- 

 els. The Reports are distributed both within and outside of SI 

 and the results are presented at professional meetings or in 

 journal publications. For example, a paper, The Power of Maps - 

 One Exhibit, Two Sites was presented at the Seventh Annual Vis- 

 itor Studies Conference, July 1994 and a presentation at the 

 American Association of Museums 1994 Annual Meeting sum- 

 marized ISO demographic studies in Visits and Visitors to the 

 Smithsonian Institution: A Summary of Studies (Report 94-I), as 



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