Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 15-293
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Communications and Marketing.
Publicity Records, circa 1980-2015
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Communications and Marketing. |
| Title: | Publicity Records |
| Dates: | circa 1980-2015 |
| Quantity: | 3.69 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box) |
| Collection: | Accession 15-293 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of records documenting publicity and outreach activities for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and its exhibitions, events, programs, and activities. Materials include brochures, flyers, pamphlets, invitations, announcements, guides, press packets, educational materials, advertisement mockups, stationary, planning documents, survey results, and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format. Some materials were created while the unit was known as the Office of Public Affairs, c. 1976-2003. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting publicity and outreach activities for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and its exhibitions, events, programs, and activities. Materials include brochures, flyers, pamphlets, invitations, announcements, guides, press packets, educational materials, advertisement mockups, stationary, planning documents, survey results, and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format. Some materials were created while the unit was known as the Office of Public Affairs, c. 1976-2003.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
Subject
- Art, Modern
- Art museums
- Special events
- Publicity
- Exhibitions
- Museums -- Educational aspects
- Museums -- Public relations
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 15-293, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Communications and Marketing., Publicity Records
Container List
Box 1
Survey Results (Various)
Writing Samples
"Identity and Perception: Building You Museum's Brand Inside and Out," American Association of Museum Conference, November 4-5, 2005
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Disaster Preparedness Plan, May 1988
Feasibility Study of Gas-Fired Boiler and Chilled Water Storage for Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, May 8, 1985
ArtLab+ Employee Handbook and Operations Manual, 2012
Hirshhorn Ingredients Advertisement, 2006
"Art Surrounds You" Advertisement Campaign, 2008
Hirshhorn Stationary
Hirshhorn Greeting Cards
Education Samples, 1985-1993
Education Samples, 1996-2004
Education Samples, 1999-2000
Education Samples, 1999-2004
"Westermann's Wonderful World: A Family Guide to H. C. Westermann," 2002
"H. C. Westermann," February 14-May 12, 2002 - Press Packet
"Directions: Ernesto Neto," March 31-June 23, 2002 - Press Packet
"Hiroshi Sugimoto," February 16-May 14, 2006 - Press Packet
"Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth," June 22-September 10, 2006 - Press Packet
General Press Packet, c. 2009
"Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers," May 20-September 12, 2010 - Press Packet
"Blinky Palermo: Retrospective, 1964-1977," February 24-May 15, 2011 - Press Packet
"Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space," February 23-August 12, 2012 - Press Packet
"Andy Warhol: Shadows," September 25, 2011-January 15, 2012 - Press Packet
"Ai Weiwei: According to What?," October 7, 2012-February 24, 2013 - Press Packet (folder used for packet only, no content)
"Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913 to the present," April 18-September 8, 2013 - Press Packet
"Damage Control: Art and Destruction since 1950," October 24, 2013-May 26, 2014 - Press Packet (folder used for packet only, no content)
"Salvatore Scarpitta: Traveler," July 17, 2014-January 11, 2015 - Press Packet
Museum Guides and Catalogs, undated
Invitations and Announcements, 1983-1993 (2 folders)
Box 2
Invitations and Announcements, 1994-1997 (2 folders)
Invitations and Announcements, 1998-1999
Invitations and Announcements, c. 1999-2000
Invitations and Announcements, c. 2000
Invitations and Announcements, c. 2000-2005 (3 folders)
Miscellaneous Handouts, c. 1980-2003 (3 folders)
"The Fifties: Aspects of Painting in New York," May 22-September 21, 1980
"Artistic Collaboration in the Twentieth Century," June 9-August 19, 1984
"Nancy Graves: A Sculpture Retrospective," February 19-April 26, 1987
"Sol LeWitt Works," December 2, 1987-February 28, 1988
"Expressiv: Central European Art since 1960," February 18-April 17, 1988
"Vernon Fisher Works," June 22-October 10, 1988
"Kryzysztof Wodiczo Works," October 25, 1988-January 22, 1989
Focus Gallery Talks, 1989
"Robert Moskowitz: 1959-1989," June 21-September 17, 1989
"Francis Bacon," October 12, 1989-January 7, 1990
"Matt Mullican Works," December 6, 1989-March 11, 1990
"Dennis Adams Works," April 25-July 8, 1990
"Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965," June 13-September 9, 1990
"John Baldessari," October 18, 1990-January 6, 1991
"Comparisons: An Exercise in Looking," December 11, 1990-June 30, 1991
"Awards in the Visual Arts 10," June 12-September 2, 1991
"Martin Puryear," February 5-June 21, 1992
"Directions: Francesc Torres: Memorial," February 13-May 3, 1992
"Directions: Thomas Struth: Museum Photographs," May 21-August 16, 1992
"Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers," June 11-September 7, 1992
"Joseph Kosuth Works," October 1, 1992-January 25, 1993
"Eva Hesse: A Retrospective," October 15, 1992-January 10, 1993
Currents, 1993
"Susan Rothenberg: Paintings and Drawings," February 11-May 9, 1993
"Directions: Alison Saar," April 1-July 25, 1993
"Jean Dubuffet, 1943-1963: Paintings, Sculptures, Assemblages," June 17-September 12, 1993
"Willem de Kooning: From the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," October 21, 1993-January 9, 1994
"Gary Hill," February 17-May 8, 1994
"Directions: Sue Coe," March 17-June 19, 1994
"Directions: Jeanne Dunning," July 21-November 2, 1994
Currents, 1995
"Sean Scully: Twenty Years, 1976-1995," June 14-September 10, 1995
"Stephen Balkenhol: Sculptures and Drawings," October 19, 1995-January 15, 1996
"Directions: Carmen Lomas Garza," November 18, 1995-February 18, 1996
"Directions: Beverly Semmes," March 21-June 23, 1996
"Richard Lindner: Paintings and Watercolors, 1948-1977," October 17, 1996-January 12, 1997
"Jeff Wall," February 20-May 11, 1997
"Directions: Juan Munoz," March 6-June 15, 1997
"Directions: Louise Lawler 'Monochrome'," July 17-October 19, 1997
"Stanley Spencer: An English Version," October 9, 1997-January 11, 1998
"Directions: Toba Khedoori," November 19, 1997-February 22, 1998
"George Segal, A Retrospective: Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings," February 19-May 17, 1998
"Triumph of Spirit: Carlos Alfonzo, a Survey (1975-1991)," June 18-September 13, 1998
"Directions: Tony Oursler: Video Dolls with Tracy Leipold," July 2-September 7, 1998
"Chuck Close," October 15, 1998-January 10, 1999
"Directions: Sam Taylor-Wood," July 15-October 17, 1999
"Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late Twentieth Century," October 17, 1999-January 17, 2000
Mordes Lecture in Contemporary Art: "The 1999/2000 Carnegie International" by Madeleine Grynsztejn, December 5, 1999
"Dali's Optical Illusions," April 19-June 18, 2000
"Meet the Artist," c. 2001-2008
"William Kentridge," February 28-May 13, 2001
"Directions: Tim Hawkinson," March 15-July 1, 2001
"Juan Munoz," October 18, 2001-January 13, 2002
"Directions: Marina Abramovic," November 15, 2001-February 18, 2002
"H. C. Westermann," February 14-May 12, 2002
"Directions: Ernesto Neto," March 21-June 23, 2002
"Open City: Street Photographs since 1950," June 20-September 8, 2002
"Directions: Ron Mueck," July 18-October 27, 2002
"Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera, 1962-1972, October 24, 2002-January 20, 2003
"Directions: Cecily Brown," November 14, 2002-March 2, 2003
"Gerard Richter: Forty Years of Painting," February 27-May 18, 2003
Art Night on the Mall, Summer 2003
"Directions: Dan Steinhilber," September 25, 2003-January 4, 2004
"Roy Lichtenstein's Brushstroke," October 25, 2003
"Gyroscope," May 19, 2003-January 4, 2004
"Douglas Gordon," February 12-May 9, 2004
24 Hour Access/24 Hour Psycho, February 28, 2004
"Meet the Artist: Douglas Gordon," February 29, 2004
Art Night on the Mall, Summer 2004
"Meet the Artist: Gabriel Orozco," June 10, 2004
"Meet the Artist: Nikki S. Lee," July 22, 2004
Box 3
"Ana Mendieta: Earth Body, Sculpture and Performance 1972-1985," October 14, 2004-January 2, 2005
"Directions: Cai Guo-Qiang: Traveler," October 30, 2004-April 24, 2005
"James T. Demetrion Lecture: Olafur Elisasson," November 17, 2004
Hirshhorn Art Nights, 2005
Evan Holloway, 2005
Franz West, 2005
"Meet the Artist: Carolee Schneeman," January 25, 2005
"Isamu Noguchi: Mast Sculptor," February 10-May 8, 2005
"Meet the Artist: Leo Villareal," June 23, 2005
Cosmic Drift Late Access/Light Show Visual Music Experience, June 25, 2005
"Visual Music," June 23-September 11, 2005 (includes electronic records)
"Directions: Janet Cardiff," August 3-October 30, 2005
"Directions: Jim Hodges," August 19, 2005-April 17, 2006
"Hirshhorn on View: Guide to the Museum," Fall 2005
"Meet the Artist: Hakon Austbo," September 11, 2005
James T. Demetrion Lecture: Glenn D. Lowry, October 26, 2005
"Gyroscope," November 3, 2005-January 8, 2006
Anselm Kiefer Programs, 2006
"Hiroshi Sugimoto," Feburary 16-May 14, 2006
"Directions: Oliver Herring," April 29, 2006
"In Coversation: Artangel," May 3, 2006
Hirshhorn After Hours - "Directions: Jim Lambie," May 12, 2006
"Directions: Jim Lambie," May 13-October 4, 2006
Hirshhorn Summer Thursdays, June 8-July 20, 2006
"Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth," June 22-September 10, 2006
"Ways of Seeing: John Baldessari Explores the Collection," July 26, 2006-September 20, 2007
American Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly, September 30, 2006
"In Conversation: The Current State of Sculpture," October 26, 2006
"The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas: Recent Sculpture," October 26, 2006-January 7, 2007
James T. Demetrion Lecture: Robert Storr: Opposites Attract, November 17, 2006
"Directions: Virgil Marti and Pae White," March 9-July 29, 2007
"Meet the Artist: Wolfgang Tillmans," May 10, 2007
"Wolfgang Tillmans," May 10-August 12, 2007
White Martini Party in the Sculpture Garden, August 23, 2007
National Benefactors Weekend in Washington, September 19-21, 2007
"Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited," September 20, 2007-January 6, 2008
"Artist to Artist: Pablo Helguera," September 29, 2007
Hirshhorn Director's Circle Inaugural Washington Weekend, September 29-October 1, 2007
"Meet the Artist: Mircea Cantor," October 2, 2007
Benefactors Weekend, October 19-21, 2007
"Meet the Artist: Troy Brauntach," December 3, 2007, and "Meet the Artist: Wangechi Mutu," January 31, 2007 (2008?)
"The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image: Part I - Dreams," February 14-May 11, 2008
"Directions: Amy Sillman: Third Singular Person," March 13-July 6, 2008
"Meet the Artist: Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler," March 27, 2008
After Hours, April 4, 2008
Lecture: Dietrich Neumann on the Illuminated Building, April 12, 2008
A Dirty Martini Party, May 29, 2008
"Meet the Artist: Isaac Julien: Creolizing Vision: Part II," June 19, 2008, and "Meet the Artist: Candice Breitz," June 26, 2008
National Benefactors Weekend, September 25-28, 2008
"The Panza Collections and Ways of Seeing: Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza," October 23, 2008-January 11, 2009
"Meet the Artist: Joseph Kosuth," October 28, 2008
Lecture: "Museum as Art: David Wilson," November 1, 2008
"Directions: Terence Gower, Public Spirit: The Hirshhorn Project," November 5, 2008-March 22, 2009
"Meet the Artist: Semiconductor," November 6, 2008
After Hours, November 7, 2008
Contemporary Acquisitions Council, November 14-15, 2008
"Meet the Artist: Lawrence Weiner," December 11, 2008
"In Conversation," 2009
"Louise Bourgeois," February 26-May 17, 2009
Dinner with James Turrell and Richard Adams, March 12, 2009
Richard Koshalek Reception, April 15, 2009
Richard Koshalek Reception, April 23, 2009
"Directions: Walead Beshty: Legibility on Color Backgrounds," April 30-September 13, 2009
Contemporary Acquisitions Council, May 8-9, 2009
Martini with a Twist - Reception for Richard Koshalek, June 18, 2009
Richard Koshalek Reception, June 26, 2009
"Meet the Artist: Guido van der Werve," October 1, 2009
"National Benefactors Weekend," October 7-10, 2009
"Anne Truitt: Perception and Reflection," October 8, 2009-January 3, 2010
"Meet the Artist: Brian Jungen," October 16, 2009
"Directions: John Gerrard," November 5, 2009-May 31, 2010
"Meet the Artist: Yinka Shonibare MBE," November 12, 2009
Yves Klein Application, 2010
Yves Klein Programs, 2010
"Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers," May 20-September 12, 2010
"Transparency: Sound Performance by Richard Chartier," October 7, 2010
"Guillermo Kuitca: Everything - Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980-2008," October 21, 2010-January 16, 2011
"Directions: Cyprian Gaillard and Mario Garcia Torres," November 10, 2010-March 27, 2011
"Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space," February 23-August 12, 2012
"Doug Aitken: Song 1," March 22-May 20, 2012
"Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads," April 9, 2012-March 17, 2013
"Barbara Kruger: Belief and Doubt," August 20, 2012-ongoing
James T. Demetrion Lecture: Jeff Koons, April 18, 2013
"Directions: Jennie C. Jones: Higher Resonance," May 16-October 27, 2013
"Meet the Artist: Ann Hamilton," May 17, 2013
"Peter Coffin: Here and There," June 29-October 6, 2013
"Damage Control: Art and Destruction since 1950," October 24, 2013-May 26, 2014
40th Anniversary Celebration, 2014
40th Anniversary Innovation Poster, 2014
James T. Demetrion Lecture: "Claes Oldenburg, Spirit of Monument," 2014
"Meet the Artist: Spencer Finch," January 22, 2014
"Meet the Artist: Jeremy Deller," March 20, 2014
"Meet the Artist: Christian Marclay," March 29, 2014
"Surrealism and the Object: Exploring the Marvelous," April 3-August 3, 2014
"Disasterthon!" Film Festival, April 26, 2014
"Salvatore Scarpitta: Traveler," July 17, 2014-January 11, 2015
Hirshhorn's 40th Anniversary Launch Celebration, October 16, 2014
"Days of Endless Time," October 16, 2014-April 6, 2015
"Days of Endless Time: In Conversation with Lapham's Quarterly," October 22, 2014
"Curators in Conversation: 33 Artists in 3 Acts," November 20, 2014
"Meet the Artist: Charles Simonds," December 10, 2014
"Curators in Coversation: Hirshhorn: Past, Present, and Future," Melissa Chiu and James T. Demetrion, April 2, 2015
"Shirin Neshat: Facing History," May 18-September 20, 2015
After Hours
Andrea Cohen
Anne Truitt
Annual Circle
Annual Circle Martini Party
ArtLab+
Bjorn Dahlem
Credit Suisse
Dinner with Simon Schama
Donald Kuspit Lecture: "The Phallic Woman: Conflict and Fragmentation in Louis Bourgeois's Conception of the Female Body"
Francesco Bonami: "Dreams and Conflicts"
Hirshhorn Enews
Hirshhorn Museum Library Bookmark
"In Conversation: The Many Guises of Public Art"
James T. Demetrion Lecture: James Turrell
James T. Demetrion Lecture: Yve-Alain Bois
Join and Engage - Annual Circle
Join Our Circle
Lecture: Kerry Brougher on the Cinema Effect
Lunchtime Lecture: Vasif Kortun
"Meet the Artist: Alfredo Jaar"
"Meet the Artist: Byron Kim"
"Meet the Artist: Christoph Girardet"
"Meet the Artist: Flatform: A Meditation on Imaginary Landscapes"
"Meet the Artist: Gary Simmons"
"Meet the Artist: Glenn Ligon"
"Meet the Artist: Hiraki Sawa"
"Meet the Artist: Jesper Just"
"Meet the Artist: Jim Hodges"
"Meet the Artist: John Currin"
"Meet the Artist: Jonah Freeman"
"Meet the Artist: Jonas Mekas"
"Meet the Artist: Julie Mehretu"
"Meet the Artist: Matthew Barney"
"Meet the Artist: Terry Gillam"
"Meet the Artist: Virgil Marti and Pae White"
Noontime Films
Rachel Harrison
Stephen Balkenhol
Summer Camp Film Series
"Surveillance, Security, and the Net," Goethe Institute
Box 4
Hirshhorn After Hours, March 9, 2007
"The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image," Parts 1 and 2, February 14-May 11 and June 19-September 7, 2008
"Directions: Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular," March 13-July 6, 2008
"Doug Aitkin: Song 1," March 22-May 13, 2012
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