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New: Women and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America
January 15, 2010 - April 25, 2010 (new closing date)
Rare artifacts and photographs from more than 400 communities are on view to explore the role of Catholic sisters in American life. From the time they first arrived in America nearly 300 years ago, sisters built schools, colleges, hospitals, orphanages, homeless shelters, and many other enduring social institutions. As nurses, teachers, and social workers, they entered professional ranks decades earlier than most other women. They shared common experiences of immigration and migration and endured the same national crises as other Americans. Despite being considered "weak women" by some, these sisters have made a lasting contribution to American life.
New: Panamanian Passages
October 14, 2009 - May 31, 2010
This bilingual (English/Spanish) exhibition traces Panama's human and natural history since the rise of the isthmus over 3 million years ago -- beginning with the isthmus' ancient geological history and culminating with the expansion of a Panama Canal and its challenges for the future -- and highlights key chapters in Panamanian history from early indigenous settlement to Panama's 20th-century struggle for sovereignty.
Graphic Eloquence: Limited-Edition Prints from The Smithsonian Associates Art Collectors Program
- Permanent
On view are limited-edition works on paper created by American artists -- including Sean Scully, Janet Fish, Wolf Kahn, and Elizabeth Catlett -- for the Art Collectors Program, which began in the early 1970's. The works are commissioned annually by the Art Collectors Program and many now hang in the permanent collections of national museums.

Related illustrated list of works

web Web: www.ArtCollectorsProgram.org

Last update: March 11, 2010, 18:43

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