Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 11-005
National Museum of African Art. Office of External Affairs
Publicity Records, 1983-2006
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the publicity of exhibitions and special events at the National Museum of African Art. Also included are materials relating to the opening of the museum in its mall location, the building's 10th anniversary celebration, and biographical information for Roslyn A. Walker (Director, 1997-2002) and Philip L. Ravenhill (Chief Curator, 1987-1997). Materials include media reports, press releases, exhibition information, correspondence, clippings, brochures, flyers, event guides, invitations, and photographs.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Walker, Roslyn A.
- Ravenhill, Philip L.
- The Fabric of Moroccan Life (Exhibition) (2003: Washington, D.C.)
- Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora (Exhibition) (2003: Washington, D.C.)
- Spectacular Display: The Art of Nkanu Initiation Rituals (Exhibition) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- Making the Grade: Arts of Initiation (Exhibition) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- A Personal Journey: Central African Art from the Lawrence Gussman Collection (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.)
- New Acquisitions: Gifts from the Lawrence Gussman Collection (Exhibition) (1998-1999: Washington, D.C.)
- African Gold from the Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Exhibition) (2006: Washington, D.C.)
- Hats Off! A Salute to African Headwear (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity (Exhibition) (1999-2000: Washington, D.C.)
- In the Presence of Spirits: African Art from the National Museum of Ethnology, Lisbon (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.)
- A Concrete Vision: Oshogbo Art in the 1960s (Exhibition) (1999-2000: Washington, D.C.)
- The Artistry of African Currency (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.)
- Go Well, My Child: Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee in Collaboration with Alan Paton (Exhibition) (1985-1986: Washington, D.C.)
- African Art in Color (Exhibition) (1983: Washington, D.C.)
- African Islam (Exhibition) (1983-1984: Washington, D.C.)
- Encounters with the Contemporary (Exhibition) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- Beautiful Bodies: From and Decoration of African Pottery (Exhibition) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- Gifts and Blessings: The Textile Arts of Madagascar (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.)
- In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960 (Exhibition) (2002-2003: Washington, D.C.)
- Chant Avedissian: A Contemporary Artist of Egypt (Exhibition) (2000-2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Identity of the Sacred: Two Nigerian Shrine Figures (Exhibition) (2000-2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Transatlantic Dialogue: Contemporary Art In and Out of Africa (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.)
- Claiming Art/Reclaiming Space: Post-Apartheid Art from South Africa (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Baule: African Art/Western Eyes (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- African Forms in the Furniture of Pierre Legrain (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Olowe of Ise: A Yoruba Sculptor to Kings (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Gifts to the National Collection of African Art (Exhibition) (1997-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- A Spiral of History: A Carved Tusk from the Loango Coast, Congo (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- The Poetics of Line: Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group (Exhibition) (1997-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Treasures from Tervuren: Selections from the Belgian Royal Museum for Central Africa (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Adire: Resist-Dyed Cloths of the Yoruba (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- A King and His Cloth: Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History (Exhibition) (1996-1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Ceramic Gestures: New Vessels by Magdalene Odundo (Exhibition) (1996-1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Crowning Achievements: African Arts of Dressing the Head (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Seydou Keita, Photographer: Portraits from Bamako, Mali (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Three Explorations: Yoruba, 'Temne,' and Baga (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Art from the Forge (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)
- The Ancient Nubian City of Kerma, 2500-1500 B.C. (Exhibition) (1995-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Grace Kwami Sculpture: An Artist's Book by Atta Kwami (Exhibition) (1994-1995: Washington, D.C.)
- The Ancient West African City of Benin, A.D. 1300-1897 (Exhibition)
- South Africa, 1936-1949: Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee (Exhibition) (1998-1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Audible Artworks: Selected African Musical Instruments (Exhibition) (2000-2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Sokari Douglas Camp: 'Church Ede,' A Tribute to Her Father (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Mohammad Omer Khalil, Etchings; Amir I. M. Nour, Sculpture (Exhibition) (1994-1995: Washington, D.C.)
- Beaded Splendor (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Face of the Spirits: Masks from the Zaire Basin (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Asen: Iron Altars from Ouidah, Republic of Benin (Exhibition) (1993-1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Dreaming the Other World (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Astonishment and Power: Kongo Minkisi and the Art of Renee Stout (Exhibition) (1993-1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Images of Power and Identity (Exhibition)
- Elmina: Art and Trade on the West African Coast (Exhibition) (1992-1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Recent Acquisitions/New Dimensions (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Between Man and the Gods: Sacrifice and Ceremony on a Cast Metal Ring (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
- The Art of Personal Object (Exhibition)
- Purpose and Perfection: Pottery as a Woman's Art in Central Africa (Exhibition)
- African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire (Exhibition) (1991-1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Africa Illustrated: Fantasy and Reality Before 1900 (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- A Cloth of Honor (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Paramount Chiefs of Sierra Leone: Photographic Portraits by Vera Viditz-Ward (Exhibition) (1990-1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.)
- The African Desert, 1975-1977: Photographs by Bernard Plossu (Exhibition) (1989-1990: Washington, D.C.)
- Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa (Exhibition) (1989-1990: Washington, D.C.)
- Gold of Africa: Jewelry and Ornaments from Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal (Exhibition) (1989: Washington, D.C.)
- The Essential Gourd (Exhibition) (1989-1990: Washington, D.C.)
- Sounding Forms: African Musical Instruments (Exhibition) (1989: Washington, D.C.)
- Echoes of the Kalabari: Sculpture by Sokari Douglas Camp (Exhibition) (1988-1989: Washington, D.C.)
- Kalabari Ancestral Screens: Levels of Meaning (Exhibition) (1988-1989: Washington, D.C.)
- Shoowa Design: Raffia Textiles from Zaire (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)
- Images from Bamum: German Colonial Photography at the Court of King Njoya, Cameroon, West Africa, 1902-1915 (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-005, National Museum of African Art. Office of External Affairs, Publicity Records