Results for "African Cosmos: Stellar Arts (Online exhibition)"
Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building in the 21st Century
- Date: November 18, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: The Arts and Industries Buildings reopens this weekend with FUTURES, the first building-wide exploration of the future on the National Mall. Though we've written plenty about the building's past on our blog, today, we're diving into its more recent history in the 21st century.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Sharon F. Patton
- Date: September 25, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Dr. Sharon F. Patton, Director, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, 2003-2008, oversaw the museum’s 9,000 African art objects and welcomed the distinguished Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection. Under her leadership, the museum opened its first traveling exhibition and established a visiting artists program. #Groundbreaker
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Tuliza Fleming
- Date: December 26, 2018
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Dr. Tuliza Fleming, Curator of American Art at the National Museum of African American History and Culture since 2007, worked to build the museum's foundational American art collection, served as the lead curator for the inaugural exhibition Visual Art and the American Experience, curated Clementine Hunter: Life on Melrose Plantation, and co-curated the traveling exhibition
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Freida Austin Johnson
- Date: February 3, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Remembering the Work of Claudine K. Brown
- Date: March 23, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: In a 1991 issue of the Prophet, the Smithsonian African American Association’s newsletter, Claudine Kinard Brown called on staff to support Black museums across the country.
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What’s in a Name? The Anacostia Community Museum
- Date: June 16, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: On June 16, 2006, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum changed its name for the third time, signaling a renewed focus on local Black history and beyond.
When did the Smithsonian Begin Celebrating Juneteenth?
- Date: June 9, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: African American communities have celebrated Juneteenth for more than 150 years. When did the Smithsonian begin hosting programs to commemorate the nation’s second independence day?
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We Don't Know about You, But We’re Feeling (20)22
- Date: December 30, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Despite another year of telework and limited physical access to our collections, the Smithsonian Institution Archives has continued to serve our researchers and share more of our collections with the public.
#AskAnArchivist 2021
- Date: October 14, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: You asked. We answered. And we had a whole lot of fun doing it. On October 13, 2021, Archives staff answered questions on Twitter and Instagram for #AskAnArchivist Day 2021.
Celebrating Kwanzaa at the Anacostia Community Museum
- Date: December 5, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: One of the ways the Anacostia Community Museum has served its community is through celebrations and educational programming about Kwanzaa.
Here at the Smithsonian: Tusks and Tentacles
- Date: July 27, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: As Smithsonian museums reopen this summer, let’s revisit two main attractions at the National Museum of Natural History.
Link Love: 7/19/2019
- Date: July 19, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.