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Save the Date for the 2013 Annual Benefit

On Tuesday, October 22, 2013, the Archives will present the Archives of American Art Medal to Alice Walton and James Turrell at our annual Benefit. That same evening, art historian Richard J. Powell will be presented with the Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History. For details, see Archives of American Art Annual Benefit.

New York Research Center Reopens in New Location

The Archives of American Art’s New York City Research Center has moved to 300 Park Avenue South, Suite 300 (View Map).

Come visit our Microfilm Reference Room from 9-5, Monday - Friday. Appointments are not necessary, but it is recommended that you contact the New York office staff in advance of your visit at 212-399-5015 or goodwinj@si.edu.

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Kate Haw Named New Director of Archives of American Art

Kate Haw has been named the director of the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, effective May 13, 2013

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Interim Director Dr. Liza Kirwin Awarded the 2012 Secretary’s Research Prize

Award acknowledges Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumerations from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art

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Archives of American Art Awarded a Windgate Museum Student Internship Grant from the Center for Creativity, Craft & Design for 2013

The Windgate Museum Intern will conduct research in the Archives’ craft-focused collections and oral history interviews

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