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October 20, 2015

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The Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art has announced the recipients of The Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the Field of American Art History and the Archives of American Art Medal. These annual awards, the Archives of American Art’s highest honors, recognize individuals who have made transformative contributions in the field of American art.

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Detail of a bald man in a white, short-sleeved shirt, olive khakis, and white high-tops stands in an artist’s studio in front of a large painting of a lion lying down. There is large easel next to him with a painting propped up on it, and paint stains and drips on the easel and the wall. Various studio detritus is on the floor, as well as a long orange cord that is coiled up and plugged into the wall.
August 17, 2023

New Collections: Deborah Bright, Virginia Jaramillo, and Walton Ford Oral Histories

Three oral history interviews are highlighted by Ben Gillespie, the Arlene and Robert Kogod Secretarial Scholar for Oral History

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Grayscale image of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Office Building, ca. 1968

Department of Housing and Urban Development Office Building, ca. 1968

February 12, 2016

U.S. General Services Administration, Design Excellence and the Arts Oral History Project

A focused oral history initiative of interviews with twenty artists who produced major works of art for the Fine Arts or Art in Architecture program of the U.S. General Services Administration.

 

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