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For Josh Berer, a D.C.-based professional calligrapher currently co-leading a calligraphy and bookmaking workshop at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery, there’s much to see in the museum’s new exhibition
Long considered austere, labyrinthine institutions, museums are keeping pace in today’s cultural landscape with new educational programming focused squarely on visitors.
The Smithsonian’s Recovering Voices Initiative will present films from across the globe on the occasion of its second annual Mother Tongue Film Festival.
In “The Urgency of Empathy and Social Impact in Museums,” Mike Murawski, director of education and public programs at the Portland Art Museum, called on museums to foster dialogue
We decided to turn the reception into a “Healing High Tea” with finger foods featuring medicinal herbs.
On April 18, 1977, President Jimmy Carter delivered sobering news to the nation: “The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly.”
My internship at the Center is focused on The Will to Adorn, a project developed by Folklife curator Diana N’Diaye exploring African American dress and identity.
The early years of the Folklife Festival prominently featured a series of programs showcasing “Old Ways in the New World,” which began in 1973 and continued through 1981.
As mascots go, a dead rat found in an alley on the way to the Metro train, slowly becoming flatter every day it was passed, might not seem very inspiring.
For the past two years, I have supervised the annual visitor survey for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
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