and the Native American Public Broadcasting Consor- 

 tium for production of two special programs in the 

 "Spirits of the Present" radio series. 



July 24 



■ Exhibition "Noble Heritage: Five Centuries of 

 Portraits from the Hosolcawa Family" opened at the 

 National Portrait Gallery. This exhibition featured 

 family portraits from the 14th to the 19th centuries and 

 included significant associated objects such as armor, 

 costumes, and scrolls. 



July 27 



■ Appointment Charles A. Hines of Fort McClellan, 

 Alabama, commanding general of the U.S. Army 

 Military Police and Chemical Centers, was appointed 

 director of the Office of Protection Services, effective 

 August 24. 



July 28 



■ Performance The National Dance Institute gave a 

 performance in the Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden 

 of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Museum of Design. 

 The institute is the creation of Jacques D'Amboise 

 and features inner-city schoolchildren as dancers. 



July 28-September 50 



■ Exhibition An exhibition of 20 Resident Associate 

 Program— commissioned art works, "From the Wall of 

 the Smithsonian," was on view at the Children's Hospi- 

 tal in Washington, D.C., in its first showing outside 

 the Smithsonian. 



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■ Spaceflight The Tethered Satellite System (TSS-i), con- 

 ceived by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 

 made its first flight aboard the space shutde Atlantis. 



August 



■ Award Smithsonian magazine was awarded the Na- 

 tional Association of Black Journalists' first place award 

 of excellence for "Outstanding Coverage of the Black 

 Condition" for the article "Against All Odds, Black 

 Seminole Won Their Freedom." 



August 



■ Publication The Smithsonian Book of Washington, D. C. 

 was released by Smithsonian Institution Press. The 

 book is a multiauthored look at the cultural, historical, 

 and political city of monuments and parks, of neighbor- 

 hoods and nature trails, and home to the Smithsonian. 



August 



■ Grant Smithsonian National Associate Program 

 fund-raising efforts resulted in a generous grant from 

 the California State Humanities Council for events in 

 nine California cities in 1993. 



August 



■ Fund Raising Net unrestricted income from a Smith- 

 sonian National Associate Program's spring 1992 fund- 

 raising appeal to Contributing Members regarding the 

 Smithsonian's Native American programs exceeded 

 $200,000. 



August 



■ Contract The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 

 was awarded a one-year contract for more than $400,000 

 from the Marine Spill Response Corporation to continue 

 the critical research documenting the effects of oil pollu- 

 tion on tropical coral reefs and mangrove communities. 



August 



■ Public Programs As part of a new series of public 

 programs at the National Museum of African Art titled 

 "Living Traditions," Gilbert Bobbo Ahiagble, a Ewe 

 weaver from Ghana, spent a week at the museum 

 demonstrating Ewe weaving on a traditional narrow- 

 strip loom. 



August p 



■ Exhibition "Diverse Concepts," an exhibition of 

 works by artists who live in the Anacostia community 

 and surrounding neighborhoods, opened at the Anacos- 

 tia Museum. 



August p 



m Exhibition "Ancient Japan," the first loan exhibition 

 from Japan held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 



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