can American Museum on the National Mall, contin- 

 gent on the identification of collections that would di- 

 rect the research and exhibitions of such a museum. 



May p 



■ Benefit Cooper-Hewitt, National Museum of Design 

 received the proceeds from the 20th annual Roscoe 

 Awards. The awards, which are sponsored by Interior De- 

 sign magazine, honor outstanding achievement in resi- 

 dential and contract product design. 



Associates' Reception Center.andeducational outreach 

 activities. 



May 1$ 



■ Exhibition The National Air and Space Museum 

 opened "Art of the Cosmic Age," which brought to- 

 gether more than 70 paintings, drawings, and other 

 works by Soviet, North American, and Western Euro- 

 pean artists for whom the universe is a source of 

 inspiration. 



May 10 



■ Birth A four-pound western lowland gorilla was 

 born at the National Zoological Park, the first gorilla 

 birth there in 19 years. 



May 10 



U Award The Charles C. Eldredge Prize for outstand- 

 ing scholarship in the history of American art was 

 awarded to Michele Helene Bogart, associate professor 

 of art history at the State University of New York at 

 Stony Brook. 



May 10 



m Exhibition "Group Portrait: The First American 

 Avant-Garde" opened at the National Portrait Gallery. 

 This exhibition focused on the circles of four individu- 

 als who were essential to the creation of an American 

 avant-garde movement from 1913 to 1917: Alfred 

 Stieglicz, Marcel Duchamp, Gertrude Stein, and Ezra 

 Pound. Emphasis was on the group's portrayal of itself 

 through photographs, paintings, sculpture, and draw- 

 ings of and by its members. 



May 10 



■ Exhibition "Giants," an interactive exhibit on body 

 size, opened in the Elephant House at the National Zoo- 

 logical Park. 



May 1} 



■ Appointment James Early was appointed assistant 

 secretary for public service to oversee a number of de- 

 partments, including the offices of Folklife Programs 

 and Public Affairs, the Visitor Information and 



May 16 



■ Benefit Friends of the National Zoo held ZooFari — 

 Feline Fantasia, a gala evening event to raise funds for 

 the Theodore H. Reed Animal Acquisition Fund. 



May 17 



■ Concert The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orches- 

 tra, funded by Congress and led by conductors David 

 N. Baker and Gunther Schuller, premiered its first sea- 

 son of concerts in the National Museum of American 

 History's Carmichael Auditorium to a standing-room- 

 only audience, becoming the first jazz orchestra resident 

 in a museum. 



May 17—2$ 



■ International Public Program The Smithsonian Na- 

 tional Associate Program sponsored the third Smithson- 

 ian program in Japan. Events were held in Tokyo, Nara, 

 and Osaka and included public lectures and special pro- 

 grams in Japanese junior high schools. 



May 18-20 



■ Endangered" Species National Zoological Park staff car- 

 ried out the first successful artificial insemination of 

 black-footed ferrets. 



May ip 



a Exhibition The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery joined the 

 nationwide 18-month Festival of Indonesia with the 

 opening of "Court Arts of Indonesia," an exhibition or- 

 ganized by the Asia Society, New York City, in associa- 

 tion with the Sackler Gallery. As a part of the 

 exhibition, the Education Department organized free 

 daily performing arts events, including Indonesian 



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