September 19 



Seminar Series: The Office of Interdisciplinary Studies presented a seminar, 

 "Oceans, Icons, and Genes: Ownership at Issue," as part of the "Ways of Knowing" 

 series. 



September 20 



Publication: The Archives of American Art published The Papers of African 

 American Artists, which describes the Archives' holdings of personal papers, 

 sketchbooks, scrapbooks, and tape-recorded interviews of African American 

 artists. The Archives holds papers of more than fifty African American artists 

 dating from the late nineteenth century to the present. 



September 20 



Celebration: In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Smithsonian Resident 

 Associate Program hosted the Washington premiere of one of of the most respected 

 bands from Central America, Yolocamba I Ta, who performed for an audience that 

 included many members of the Hispanic community of Washington, DC. 



September 22-23 



Special Event: The James Smithson Society's annual weekend was held in 

 conjunction with the fall meeting of the National Board of the Smithsonian 

 Associates. Gay F. Wray, chairman of the National Board, announced the projects 

 receiving 1989 Society grants and awarded the Society's Founder Medal to Mercer 

 Ellington for his donation of the Duke Ellington Collection to the National 

 Museum of American History. 



September 25 



Acquisition: A bust of President George Bush, sculpted by Marc Mellon, was 

 unveiled in the National Portrait Gallery's Hall of Presidents by Mrs. Vincent 

 Melzac, who, with her husband, donated the bust to the gallery. 



September 27 



Special Event: The New England Regional Center of the Archives of American Art 

 held an open house in the early nineteenth-century home that houses the 

 Archives's Boston office. Tom L. Freudenheim, Smithsonian assistant secretary 

 for museums, spoke at a seminar titled The Impact of the Archives of American 

 Art on the American Art World." 



September 28 



Film Series: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden's highly acclaimed free 

 film program began the 1989-1990 season with screenings of art documentaries, 

 independent or experimental productions, and animated shorts. 



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