and Smithsonian Institution Press on the Smithsonian 

 Marine Station at Link Port won a second-place award. 



Honor," a large, vibrantly colored cloth made by an 

 Annang artist. 



January iy 



■ Premiere A screening, panel discussion, and recep- 

 tion were held at the National Museum of American 

 History celebrating the "Smithsonian World" season 

 premiere program, "Gender: The Enduring Paradox." 



February 



■ Bequest The National Museum of American Art was 

 named the major beneficiary of the estate of Florence 

 Davis, widow of noted Washington, D.C., color school 

 artist Gene Davis. 



January 20 



■ Exhibition The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery exhibition 

 "Paper and Clay from Modern Japan" offered the first 

 public presentation of the gallery's growing collection 

 of modern Japanese graphic arts and ceramics. Four pot- 

 ters designated as Japanese Living National Treasures 

 were among the artists whose works were featured. 



January 21 



■ Public Program The annual Martin Luther King, 

 Jr., Birthday Celebration was sponsored by the 

 Smithsonian's Cultural Education Committee at the 

 National Museum of Natural History. Johnnetta 

 Cole, president of Spelman College, delivered the key- 

 note address on "The Struggle for Equity in Ameri- 

 can Education." 



January 2J 



■ Colloquium A Woodrow Wilson Center Evening Dia- 

 logue entitled "The Roles of the Congress and the Exec- 

 utive in the Formulation and Conduct of U.S. Foreign 

 Policy" was particularly timely in the wake of the Per- 

 sian Gulf War. 



February 



■ Publicity! Marketing The Office of Telecom- 

 munications concluded a distribution contract with 

 Public Media, Inc., one of the foremost distributors 

 of video programs, to market Smithsonian video 

 products. 



February 



■ Exhibition The National Museum of African Art 

 opened a new gallery devoted to small, innovative exhi- 

 bitions on unique topics, generally focusing on a single 

 object or theme. The first exhibition was "A Cloth of 



February 



U Cultural Diversity Publicity for Black History 

 Month events at the Smithsonian included an 

 extensive press release on the exhibits, events, and 

 special programs of seven museums and the Resident 

 Associate Program. Paid radio advertisements were 

 aired on four Washington, D.C., radio stations. Re- 

 sponse calls resulted in more than 1,000 packets of 

 Smithsonian information being sent to listeners. 

 Memberships in RAP were purchased by OPA and 

 given to listeners through a call-in promotion at 

 radio station WHUR. 



February 



■ Film A 50-minute film, Nagayati {Be in Peace), was 

 produced by Peter Oud, Film and Photography for 

 Development Work, for the National Museum of Afri- 

 can Art. The film explores the arts and architecture of 

 the Gabra nomads in northern Kenya, East Africa. 



February— August 



■ Public Programs The National Museum of African 

 Art presented a series of free public programs on the 

 Gullah people, a distinctive group of African Americans 

 whose artistic traditions, customs, language, and folk- 

 lore can be traced to West Africa. The series was held in 

 conjunction with the exhibition "Paramount Chiefs of 

 Sierra Leone: Photographic Portraits by Vera Viditz- 

 Ward." 



February 1 



m Opening The Experimental Gallery opened in the 

 Arts and Industries Building. This new gallery will 

 experiment with different exhibition styles and tech- 

 niques. Inaugural exhibitions were "Project Face to 

 Face," an exhibit about AIDS; "Principles of Flight"; 

 and "Casitas: An Urban Cultural Alternative." 



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