raiy photojournalism, was interviewed by Marc Pachter. 

 A celebrated author, filmmaker, and composer, Parks re- 

 ceived the National Medal of Arts from President 

 Reagan in 1988. 



JunelS 



■ Conference The Office of Museum Programs held a 

 collections care conference in San Jose, Costa Rica, in 

 collaboration with United States Information Agency 

 and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. 



June 2$ 



■ Tribute Secretary Robert McC. Adams presided at a 

 reception in honor of Freer Gallery of Art benefactor 

 Prof. Ikuo Hirayama of Tokyo in the renovated Freer 

 Gallery of Art courtyard. The tribute was given in grati- 

 tude for Hirayama 's major role in arranging a gift of 

 $1.5 million toward the reinstallation of the Freer collec- 

 tion following the gallery's renovation. The celebrated 

 Japanese artist, who is also president of the National 

 University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, was the 

 major donor in a consortium he organized. The group 

 also included the Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. and the 

 Nomura Cultural Foundation. 



June 25-Septemher 20 



■ Exhibition "Blanche Lazzell: A Modernist Rediscov- 

 ered" was on view at the New York Regional Center of 

 the Archives of American Art. The exhibition was 

 curated by Nancy Malloy and Dominic Madormo and 

 was accompanied by a small catalog. 



June 26-28 



■ Workshop A new Conservation Analytical Laboratory 

 workshop, "Modern Artists' Materials and Their Conser- 

 vation Implications," included 11 lecturers and attracted 

 21 participants from throughout the United States and 

 Canada. 



June 28-July 7 



■ Folklife Festival The 25th annual Festival of Ameri- 

 can Folklife, produced by the Office of Folklife Pro- 

 grams, featured programs on "Roots of Rhythm and 

 Blues: The Robert Johnson Era," "Family Farming in 

 the Heartland," "Forest, Field, and Sea: Folklife in Indo- 



nesia," and the Columbus Quincentenary program, 

 "Land in Native American Cultures." 



July 



■ Conference The second Natural Science Institute for 

 Teachers of Minority Students, organized by the Na- 

 tional Museum of Natural History's education specialist 

 Carmel Ervin, was held for elementary and secondary 

 school teachers in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan 

 area. This year's institute included a component for 

 teachers interested in geology. 



July 



U Cultural Diversity The Office of Public Affairs partic- 

 ipated in the Washington, D.C., Latin American Festi- 

 val with a paid ad in the brochure/program and a 

 two-page story on an exhibition then installed in the 

 Smithsonian Experimental Gallery of works by Chicana 

 artist Judy Baca. 



Jub 



■ Broadcast "Speakers Corner," hosted by Roger 

 Mudd, debuted on public radio stations nationwide. 

 This weekly series of lectures and discussions on the 

 arts and humanities, the sciences, politics, and public 

 affairs is a coproduction of the William Benton Broad- 

 cast Project of the University of Chicago and Radio 

 Smithsonian. 



July 



■ Quincentenary The Office of Telecommunications 

 completed production of "Montserrat" and "Crow Fair," 

 two videos for the exhibition "Seeds of Change" at the 

 National Museum of Natural History. 



J»b 



■ Automated Circulation The Smithsonian Institution 

 Libraries issued borrowers' cards to its users when it 

 implemented the automated circulation module of 

 the online system at the Botany Branch and the 

 Mollusks Library of the National Museum of 

 Natural History Branch. Borrowers' cards are also 

 being used with automated circulation support at 

 nine other SIL branches. SIL circulates some 50,000 

 items annually. 



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