Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 16-115
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Department of Education
Program Files, 1988-2014
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Department of Education |
| Title: | Program Files |
| Dates: | 1988-2014 |
| Quantity: | 6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Accession 16-115 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of records documenting the planning, development, and execution of educational activities, workshops, events, and other outreach at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, as well as the administration of tours, docents, and the ImaginAsia and ExplorAsia programs. In approximately 2007, the department was renamed Education and Public Programs, but it reverted back to the Department of Education in 2014. Materials include exhibition and activity guides; flyers, calendars, brochures, and other promotional materials; audio and video recordings and photographs of activities and events; correspondence and memoranda; notes; statistics; proposals; floor plans; clippings; and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the planning, development, and execution of educational activities, workshops, events, and other outreach at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, as well as the administration of tours, docents, and the ImaginAsia and ExplorAsia programs. In approximately 2007, the department was renamed Education and Public Programs, but it reverted back to the Department of Education in 2014. Materials include exhibition and activity guides; flyers, calendars, brochures, and other promotional materials; audio and video recordings and photographs of activities and events; correspondence and memoranda; notes; statistics; proposals; floor plans; clippings; and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2030; Transferring office; 10/05/2001 memorandum, Alers to Hennessey; Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Education and Public Programs
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. ExplorAsia
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. ImaginAsia
Subject
- Art museums
- Art, Asian
- Exhibitions
- Museums -- Educational aspects
- Museums -- Public relations
- Special events
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-115, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Department of Education, Program Files
Container List
Box 1
Adult Tour Ideas, 1993
Porcelain for Empire Video (DVD, 12:35), 1993
Clips from Rukmini Gopal Interview, 1994 (electronic records)
Story Recordings, 1994, 2008 (electronic records)
Alice S. Kandell Recording, 1994, 2010 (electronic records)
Education Classroom Facilities, 1995
Hindu Teenagers Recordings (2 audiocassettes), November 11, 1995
School Tours, 1998
Program Strengths and Weaknesses, 2000
Ancient China Video, 2000 (electronic records)
Style and Status Program Photographs, 2000-2006 (electronic records)
Style and Status Recordings (2 Mini DVs)
Tactile Resource Team Meetings and Notes, 2000
Tactile Gallery Teaching Program for Persons with Visual Impairments
Peacock Room Tactile Tour, 2001
Women's Committee Proposals, 2000-2001
Japanese Art and Culture, 2001
Linda Fang Recording (DAT), July 25, 2001
Pimmit School Recording (Mini DV), December 4, 2001
Mr. Whistler's Galleries Education and Programming, 2001-2003
Community Outreach, 2001-2004
Staff and Program Photographs, 2001-2004 (electronic records)
Web Proposal to Women's Committee, 2002
Presentations: Maryland Art Education Association, 2002
Hamza Storytelling Photographs and Recordings (audiocassette and 3 Mini DVs), 2002
3 Minute Storytelling Videos (VHS and Mini DV), 2002
Transemantics Recording (Mini DV), January 31, 2002
AA Lead and Second Storytelling Workshop (Mini DV), February 9, 2002
Chola Teen Interviews (3 Mini DVs), May 2002
Temple Visit Recording (Mini DV), May 17, 2002
Indian Miniature Painting Demonstration Recording (2 Mini DVs), July 2, 2002
Website Proposal, June 28, 2002
Ghost Stories Recording (Mini DV), November 3, 2002
Box 2
Silk Road Stories: Folklife Festival Performances Video (VHS), 2002
Silk Road Stories Recordings (13 Mini DVs, 1 audiocassette, and electronic records), 2002 (3 folders)
Turning the Page, 2003
Isamu Noguchi Education and Programming, 2003 (includes electronic records)
Presentations: Laurel High School Career Day, 2003
Education Department Staff Photographs, 2003 (electronic records)
Workshop Photographs, 2003-2004 (electronic records)
Wildflowers Recording (Mini DV), June 7, 2003
Dancing Across Cultures Recordings (8 Mini DVs), 2003 (2 folders)
Dancing Across Cultures Comment Books
Wordplay/Xu Bing Laughter Project Recordings (4 Mini DVs), 2001-2002
Wordplay/Xu Bing Laughter Project, 2003 (includes electronic records)
Wordplay-related Videos (4 VHS and 1 Mini DV), 1993-2002 (2 folders)
Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure Programming, 2003-2004
Itum Bahal Paintings, 2003-2005
South Asia - Preliminary Teacher Packet Planning, 2003-2008
Li Koo Farewell Film, 2004 (electronic records)
Teaching East and West Conference, April 2, 2004
Presentations - Behind the Scenes, 2004
Presentations - Middle States Council for the Social Studies, 2004 (includes electronic records)
Box 3
Love and Yearning Poetry Slam Photographs, 2004
Asian Pacific American Event Recording (DAT), June 19, 2004
Project Zero, 2005
Forking Tongues Women's Committee Grant Proposal, 2006
Dance Baby Slide Show, 2006 (electronic records)
Presentation - Gardens in Asia, 2006 (electronic records)
Valerie Steele Recording (audiocassette), January 9, 2006
Cha Cha Cha! Recordings (3 audiocassettes and 1 DAT), 2006
Walter Denny Recording (audiocassette), January 9, 2006
Mary McFadden Recording (audiocassette), February 18, 2006
Asian Pacific American Recordings (2 audiocassettes), May 6, 2006
Capricious Comics Recordings (2 Mini DVs), May 14, 2006
Contemplating Buddhism Recording (audiocassette), June 3, 2006
Julian Raby Presents Portugal and the World, Education Department Meeting Recording (audiocassette), August 2, 2006
Interview with Bruno (audiocassette), August 15, 2006
8 Area Programs, 2006-2010
Surface Beauty Docent Training, 2007 (electronic records)
Presentation - Art Brings Writing to Life!, Arts Integration Workshop, Brent Elementary School, 2007 (electronic records)
Tea Ceremony, 2007
Garden and Cosmos Programming, 2007
Presentation - National Art Education Association, 2007
School Event Recording (DAT), April 25, 2007
Strategic Planning, 2007-2008
Indian Art Resource Funding, 2007-2009
Perspectives: Y. Z. Kami, 2008
Indian Art Website, 2008
Joanna Event Recording (DAT), May 10, 2008
Children Playing Gods Recordings (DAT and electronic records), 2008
Box 4
Yellow Mountain Programming, 2008
Yellow Mountain - Gary Snyder Program (DAT and electronic records), 2008 (electronic records)
Interpretive Programming Planning, 2008-2009
MacGoddess Photographs, 2009 (electronic records)
Handmade Book Workshop Photographs, 2009 (electronic records)
Dakshina Dance Photographs, 2009 (includes electronic records)
Writing, Rubbing, and Carving Calligraphy Workshop Photographs, 2009 (includes electronic records)
Vijay Natham Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Photographs, 2009
Hopes for the Future Workshop (Falnama Exhibit) Photographs, 2009
School Programs - Live It Learn It Pilot, 2009-2010
George Washington University Evaluation Project, 2010
MC Yogi, 2010 (includes electronic records)
Teen Poetry Workshop: The Journey to Mecca Photographs, 2010
Clay Sculpture Workshop Photographs, 2010 (includes electronic records)
Stones of the Gods: Cambodian American Heritage Ensemble Photographs, August 7, 2010 (includes electronic records)
Ikebane Workshop Photographs, 2011 (electronic records)
Empress Dowanger Workshop Photographs, 2011 (electronic records)
Education Department Photographs - Office Redesign, 2011 (includes electronic records)
Sculpting the Seasons Workshop Photographs, 2011
Yoga Education and Programming, 2011-2013
Live It Learn It, 2012
Contemporary Voices Education and Programming, 2013-2014
Program Images
The Museum Experience: Questioning the Effect of New Media on the Traditional Role of Museum Education
A Guide to Group Visits at the Freer and Sackler Galleries
Elena Bell - Dances of Central Asia Video (VHS)
Chola Project Recordings (2 audiocassettes)
Box 5
Bing and Britte Recordings (Mini DV and audiocassette)
Northern Virginia Community College Recording (Mini DV)
Rukmini Gopal Recording (Mini DV)
Carina Losono Recording (audiocassette)
Rebecca Morales Pagsibigan Recording (audiocassette)
Rukhsana Khan Demo Tape - "The Clever Wife" and "The Mighty Power" (audiocassette)
Ariel Balevi Recording - Love Stories from 12th Century Persian Nomads (audiocassette)
Point of View: Susan Hobbs Recording (audiocassette)
ExplorAsia Proposal
ExplorAsia Administration, 2001
ExplorAsia Development, 2000
ExplorAsia Space, 2000
ExplorAsia General Memoranda, 2000-2001
ExplorAsia Management Committee Notes, 2000-2001
ExplorAsia Notes
ExplorAsia Design, 2000-2001
ExplorAsia MFM Design, 2000-2001
ExplorAsia Photographs, 2010 (electronic records)
ImaginAsia First Year Review, 1992
ImaginAsia Attendance and Ideas, 1992
ImaginAsia Statistics, 1994-1995
ImaginAsia Memoranda, 1995
ImaginAsia Memoranda, 1995-1999
ImaginAsia Memoranda, 1996
ImaginAsia Marketing Project, 1998
ImaginAsia Memoranda, 1998
ImaginAsia Report, Summer 1998
ImaginAsia on the Web, 1998-1999
ImaginAsia Planning Schedule, 1998-1999
ImaginAsia Statistics, 1998-1999
ImaginAsia Reports, 1998-2000
ImaginAsia Attendance, FY 1999-FY 2002
ImaginAsia Survey of Basic Operations, June 2000
ImaginAsia Annual Reports, 2000-2004
ImaginAsia Statistics, FY 2001
ImaginAsia Website Proposal, 2002
ImaginAsia Ethnicity Statistics, August-September 2003
Box 6
ImaginAsia Statistics, 2003-2004
ImaginAsia Participant Statistics, 2005-2006
ImaginAsia Webpage Screenshots, 2006-2007
ImaginAsia - Sources of Information Regarding Programs
Family Guide - The Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period, 1988
Family Guide - Timur and the Princely Vision: Persian Art and Culture in the Fifteenth Century, 1989
Activity Guide - Yani: The Brush of Innocence, 1989
Teacher's Packet - The Noble Path: Buddhist Art of South Asia and Tibet, 1989-1990
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Monsters, Myths, and Minerals, 1992
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - When Kingship Descended from Heaven, 1992
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Ancient Japan, 1992
Activity Guide - Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain, 1993
Family Guide - Splendor and Simplicity: Korean Arts of the Eighteenth Century, 1994
Teacher's Guide - Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion, 1996
Activity Guide - Japanese Screens, 1996-2003
Activity Guide - Bridge: Illusion in Clay, 1997
ImaginAsia Calendar, Fall 1998
ImaginAsia Calendar, Winter 1998
ImaginAsia Calendar, 1998-1999
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Devi: The Great Goddess, 1999
ImaginAsia Calendar, Summer 1999
Tea Ceremony Demonstration, October 1999
ImaginAsia Flyer, Fall 1999-Winter 2000
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Fly with Me, 2000
ImaginAsia Flyer, Spring 2000
ImaginAsia Flyer, Summer 2000
ImaginAsia Flyer, Fall 2000
ImaginAsia Flyer, Winter 2000
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Word Play, 2001
ImaginAsia Flyer, Spring 2001
ImaginAsia Flyer, Summer 2001
ImaginAsia Flyer, Fall 2001
Family Guide - Buddhist Mandalas, 2002
Activity Guide - Year of the Horse, 2002
Activity Guide - Year of the Sheep, 2002
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Playful Clay, 2002
Activity Guide - Pakistani Truck Painting, 2002
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Masterful Illusions, 2002
ImaginAsia Flyer, Spring 2002
ImaginAsia Flyer, Summer 2002
ImaginAsia Flyer, Fall 2002
ImaginAsia Flyer, Winter 2002-2003
ImaginAsia Internship Guidebook, 2003
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Mr. Whistler's Galleries, 2003
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - The Adventures of Freer, 2003
ImaginAsia - Mudras and Hand Gestures of Manjushri as Demonstrated by Bhim Dahal, 2003
ImaginAsia Flyer, Summer 2003
ImaginAsia Flyer, Fall 2003
ImaginAsia Flyer, Winter 2003
ImaginAsia Internship Guidebook, 2004
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Flying Kites, 2004
Activity Guide - Return of the Buddha, 2004
Activity Guide - Year of the Rooster, 2004
Activity Guide - Year of the Monkey, 2004
ImaginAsia Flyer, Spring 2004
ImaginAsia Flyer, Summer 2004
ImaginAsia Flyer, Fall 2004
ImaginAsia Flyer, Winter 2004
Activity Guide - Cai Guo-Qiang Traveler, 2004-2005
ImaginAsia - Japanese Poetry Workshop Lesson Plan, 2005
ImaginAsia Flyer, Spring 2005
ImaginAsia Flyer, Summer 2005
ImaginAsia Flyer, Winter 2005
Activity Guide - Shades of Black and White, 2005-2006
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Bodhisattva, 2006
ImaginAsia Family Guide - Voyages, 2007
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Moonlight and Clouds, 2007
ImaginAsia Family Guide - Anime Adventure, 2007
ImaginAsia Family Guide - Patterned Feathers, Piercing Eyes, 2008
ImaginAsia Family Guide - Yellow Mountain, 2008
ImaginAsia Family Guide - Journey to the West with Monkey King, 2008
ImaginAsia Family Guide - Seascapes: Hiroshi Sugimoto, 2008
ImaginAsia Family Guide - Garden and Cosmos, 2008
Activity Guide - Finding Gold in Ancient Vani, 2008
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Perspectives: Y. Z. Kami, 2008
ImaginAsia Flyer, Spring 2008
ImaginAsia Flyer, Summer 2008
Nowruz Booklet, March 7, 2009
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Prayers in the Wind, 2010
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - A Cornucopia of Flowers, 2010
ImaginAsia Brochure - Tsering Phuntsok: Paintings for Meditation, 2010
Asia After Dark Flyer, April 29, 2010
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Journey into the Future, 2011
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Guardians of the Mountain of Echoing Halls, 2011
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Masters of Mercy: Buddha's Amazing Disciples, 2012
Activity Guide - Arts of Korea
Activity Guide - Artful Play in Japan
Object Information Cards
Yotsume Toji Bookmaking Workshop
Peacock Room Publications
ImaginAsia Brochure - Iconometric Drawings
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Buddhist Mandalas
Activity Guide - Peacocks, Patterns, and Paint
Story of the Beautiful
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Curious Creatures
Origami Instructions
Game Instructions
Ganesha's Guide to the Galleries
Teacher's Packet - The Noble Path: Buddhist Art of South Asia and Tibet
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - The Lure of Spices
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - The Arts of China
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - A Celadon Springtime
Activity Guide - Ancient Chinese Art
ImaginAsia Activity Guide - Animal Hunt
ImaginAsia Flyers, undated
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