National Portrait Gallery
As is often the case, our museum seminar series ended with a trip to the National Portrait Gallery. As is always the case, it was a spectacular afternoon. The focus of the day was the current exhibit, Eye to I:…
Opening Panel at NMAH Kicks off 2019 Museum Seminars!
On February 28, our museum seminars got underway with the Opening Panel, once again hosted at the National Museum of American History (NMAC). The afternoon began with introductions as Philippa Rappaport, Manager of Community Engagement, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access…
Announcing the 2019 Smithsonian Faculty Fellows!!!!
This was a bumper year for applications for the Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship, and the Committee charged with selecting the new group of fellows deliberated long and hard . With a limited number of spots avaiable, and a record number of…
Calling all Faculty!!!
We are re delighted to announce the theme for the 2019 Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship! Is this your year to apply???? THE SEARCH FOR AN AMERICAN IDENTITY: BUILDING A NATION TOGETHER What do you say if asked: Who is an American? What does an American…
Summertime!
Mimi and I have been busy working in two directions: 1) getting ready for our fall meetings with our 2018 SFF Cohort when they will be implementing their projects with their students and 2) developing the theme for 2019. The…
21st Anniversary Celebration
On a beautiful Spring day in May, we had our annual celebration of the Montgomery College-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship at the Smithsonian Castle. Current and past Fellows, curators, Smithsonian staff, and friends were on hand to celebrate this highly successful partnership.…
National Museum of American History
On April 12 the Fellows traveled to the National Museum of American History (NMAH) for a very special afternoon. As has been our good fortune for the last 20 years, Harry Rubenstein, Curator, Division of Political History, was our guide…
National Museum of African American History and Culture
April 5 found our group at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) where our topic for the afternoon was "Using Technology to Explore Our Nation's Difficult Past". The afternoon began with Dr. Rex Ellis, Associate Director…
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH)
After a gap in our museum trips due to Spring Break and SNOW(!), the Fellows were eager for our trip to the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH). The topic for this seminar was The Social Power of…
National Portrait Gallery
After last week's fabulous opening panel, the Fellows were looking forward to our trip to the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), and our seminar, The Democratization of Portraiture: Prints and Drawings of all the People by the People. Following a brief introduction by…