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
- A Cloth of Honor (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- A Concrete Vision: Oshogbo Art in the 1960s (Exhibition) (1999-2000: Washington, D.C.)
- A King and His Cloth: Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- A Personal Journey: Central African Art from the Lawrence Gussman Collection (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.)
- A Spiral of History: A Carved Tusk from the Loango Coast, Congo (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Adire: Resist-Dyed Cloths of the Yoruba (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Africa Illustrated: Fantasy and Reality Before 1900 (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- African Art in Color (Exhibition) (1983: Washington, D.C.)
- African Forms in the Furniture of Pierre Legrain (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- African Gold from the Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Exhibition) (2006: Washington, D.C.)
- African Islam (Exhibition) (1983-1984: Washington, D.C.)
- African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire (Exhibition) (1991-1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)
- Art from the Forge (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Asen: Iron Altars from Ouidah, Republic of Benin (Exhibition) (1993-1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Astonishment and Power: Kongo Minkisi and the Art of Renee Stout (Exhibition) (1993-1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Audible Artworks: Selected African Musical Instruments (Exhibition) (2000-2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Baule: African Art/Western Eyes (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Beaded Splendor (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Beautiful Bodies: From and Decoration of African Pottery (Exhibition) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- Between Man and the Gods: Sacrifice and Ceremony on a Cast Metal Ring (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Ceramic Gestures: New Vessels by Magdalene Odundo (Exhibition) (1996-1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Chant Avedissian: A Contemporary Artist of Egypt (Exhibition) (2000-2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Claiming Art/Reclaiming Space: Post-Apartheid Art from South Africa (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Crowning Achievements: African Arts of Dressing the Head (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Dreaming the Other World (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Echoes of the Kalabari: Sculpture by Sokari Douglas Camp (Exhibition) (1988-1989: Washington, D.C.)
- Elmina: Art and Trade on the West African Coast (Exhibition) (1992-1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Encounters with the Contemporary (Exhibition) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora (Exhibition) (2003: Washington, D.C.)
- Face of the Spirits: Masks from the Zaire Basin (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Gifts and Blessings: The Textile Arts of Madagascar (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.)
- Gifts to the National Collection of African Art (Exhibition) (1997-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Go Well, My Child: Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee in Collaboration with Alan Paton (Exhibition) (1985-1986: Washington, D.C.)
- Gold of Africa: Jewelry and Ornaments from Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal (Exhibition) (1989: Washington, D.C.)
- Grace Kwami Sculpture: An Artist's Book by Atta Kwami (Exhibition) (1994-1995: Washington, D.C.)
- Hats Off! A Salute to African Headwear (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa (Exhibition) (1989-1990: Washington, D.C.)
- Identity of the Sacred: Two Nigerian Shrine Figures (Exhibition) (2000-2001: 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.)
- Images of Power and Identity (Exhibition)
- In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960 (Exhibition) (2002-2003: Washington, D.C.)
- In the Presence of Spirits: African Art from the National Museum of Ethnology, Lisbon (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Kalabari Ancestral Screens: Levels of Meaning (Exhibition) (1988-1989: Washington, D.C.)
- Making the Grade: Arts of Initiation (Exhibition) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History (Exhibition) (1996-1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Mohammad Omer Khalil, Etchings; Amir I. M. Nour, Sculpture (Exhibition) (1994-1995: Washington, D.C.)
- New Acquisitions: Gifts from the Lawrence Gussman Collection (Exhibition) (1998-1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Olowe of Ise: A Yoruba Sculptor to Kings (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Paramount Chiefs of Sierra Leone: Photographic Portraits by Vera Viditz-Ward (Exhibition) (1990-1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Purpose and Perfection: Pottery as a Woman's Art in Central Africa (Exhibition)
- Ravenhill, Philip L.
- Recent Acquisitions/New Dimensions (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Seydou Keita, Photographer: Portraits from Bamako, Mali (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Shoowa Design: Raffia Textiles from Zaire (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)
- Sokari Douglas Camp: 'Church Ede,' A Tribute to Her Father (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Sounding Forms: African Musical Instruments (Exhibition) (1989: Washington, D.C.)
- South Africa, 1936-1949: Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee (Exhibition) (1998-1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Spectacular Display: The Art of Nkanu Initiation Rituals (Exhibition) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- The African Desert, 1975-1977: Photographs by Bernard Plossu (Exhibition) (1989-1990: Washington, D.C.)
- The Ancient Nubian City of Kerma, 2500-1500 B.C. (Exhibition) (1995-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- The Ancient West African City of Benin, A.D. 1300-1897 (Exhibition)
- The Art of Personal Object (Exhibition)
- The Artistry of African Currency (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.)
- The Essential Gourd (Exhibition) (1989-1990: Washington, D.C.)
- The Fabric of Moroccan Life (Exhibition) (2003: Washington, D.C.)
- The Poetics of Line: Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group (Exhibition) (1997-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Three Explorations: Yoruba, 'Temne,' and Baga (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Transatlantic Dialogue: Contemporary Art In and Out of Africa (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.)
- Treasures from Tervuren: Selections from the Belgian Royal Museum for Central Africa (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Walker, Roslyn A.
- Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity (Exhibition) (1999-2000: Washington, D.C.)
- Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.)
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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