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Records of more than 40,000 artworks in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection will be connected to a digital library of art information in an easily searchable, seamless format LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Information Sciences Institute (ISI) is collaborating with the Smithsonian American Art Museum to provide more detailed and more easily accessed information about artworks in its collection online than was...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Whether in literature, art, song or speech, mankind has always made reverential reference to rivers and waterways, recognizing the essential value of water to life itself. Despite this basic understanding, the waterways of the Earth have often been abused and some of greatest offenses have occurred in cities. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click:...
Asian Art Enthusiasts Descend on D.C. Nov. 28 -- Dec. 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In celebration of 25 years of groundbreaking exhibitions, programs and scholarship in Asian art, the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery will host a week of public events, welcoming international arts and culture aficionados. Visitors can experience an immersive 3-D "cave," meet their favorite authors as well as attend lectures and performances by distinguished scholars...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum presents the exhibition "Reclaiming the Edge: Urban Waterways and Civic Engagement," which looks at the worldwide movement to restore rivers in urban communities through the examination of the efforts targeting the Anacostia River and by extension, similar undertakings in Louisville, Ky., Pittsburgh, London, Los Angeles and Shanghai. "Reclaiming the Edge" is the exhibition portion of an...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum presents the exhibition "Reclaiming the Edge: Urban Waterways and Civic Engagement," which looks at the worldwide movement to restore rivers in urban communities through the examination of the efforts targeting the Anacostia River and by extension, similar undertakings in Louisville, Ky., Pittsburgh, London, Los Angeles and Shanghai. "Reclaiming the Edge" is the exhibition portion of an...
Commentators and Community Members Discuss Stereotypes in Sports WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian presents "Racist Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriation in American Sports," a symposium and community conversation Thursday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. in the museum's Rasmuson Theater in Washington, D.C. "What better place to address this issue than the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American...
NEW YORK and EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV), one of the world's leading providers of digital entertainment services, and CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS), one of the world's leading content providers, today announced renewal of their content carriage agreements. Financial terms were not disclosed. The long-term deal covers retransmission consent for CBS owned stations and continued carriage of Showtime, CBS Sports Network, and...
Activities, Hands-on Demonstrations, Education Displays and Tours Celebrate 20 Years of Smithsonian Teachers' Night WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The annual Smithsonian Teachers' Night is Friday, Sept. 28, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, collectively known as the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. The museums are located at Eighth and F streets N.W. This year is the 20th...
Inuvialuit Sculptor Abraham Anghik Ruben Showcases Works of Stone and Bronze WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian presents "Arctic Journeys/ Ancient Memories: The Sculpture of Abraham Anghik Ruben," an exhibition that explores parallels between the ancient arctic cultures of the Viking/Norse and Inuit through bold sculptures of stone, bronze and bone. The exhibition opens Friday, Oct. 5, in Washington, D.C.,...
WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aggregate Industries US (AIUS), a Holcim Group Company, is pleased to announce its partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Rock On! A Family Festival on Rocks and Geology, an educational event about geology. The event features different activities about rocks and minerals on the Earth and in the solar system. AIUS is gifting a unique rock, rodingite, that is found in one of its local quarries. Rodingite...
