February 1 



Lecture Series: Daniel Buren, the French conceptual artist, discussed his newly 

 completed Hirshhorn WORKS project and other commissions in the inaugural talk in 

 a new "Focus" series. Providing a monthly forum for artists and curators 

 involved with Hirshhorn exhibitions, the "Focus" series later featured artists 

 Ericka Beckman, Buster Simpson, Mel Chin, Houston Conwill, Keith Sonnier, 

 Director James T. Demetrion, and Ned Rifkin, chief curator for exhibitions. 



February 3 



Milestone: The development of a collaborative program in conservation studies 

 involving Japanese and U.S. scientists was announced by the Smithsonian and the 

 Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs. 



February 10 



Visit: Members of the Donetsk State Opera and Ballet Theater visited the 



National Air and Space Museum. Secretary Adams hosted a reception for the troupe 



in the Castle building. 



February 16 



Concert: An evening of Persian music on the tar and setar by Dariush Dolat-shahi 

 was the first event in a free, public two-month celebration of Persian art and 

 culture cosponsored by the Arthur M. Sackier Gallery and the Foundation for 

 Iranian Studies. Also included in the celebration were calligraphy and 

 illumination workshops, lectures, and an evening of reading from the tenth- 

 century Persian epic poem, the Shahnama. 



February 17 



Exhibition: The Art of Paul Manship" opened at the National Museum of American 

 Art. The exhibition was illuminated by a book on Manship by National Museum of 

 American Art curator Harry Rand. The exhibition will tour to seven locations over 

 the next three years, concluding at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. 



February 19 



Black History Month: As part of a series of public programs at the National 

 Museum of American Art, the Howard University Jazz Ensemble presented a concert 

 that was foDowed by a lecture on the influence of jazz on twentieth-century art. 

 The lecture was given by Gwen Everett of the museum staff. Later in the month, 

 E. Ethelbert Miller, director of the Afro-American Resource Center at Howard 

 University, gave a reading of his poems, and Dr. Regenia A. Perry, professor of 

 art history at Virginia Commonwealth University, lectured on masterworks by 

 Afro-American artists in the museum collection. 



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