ICYMI; Highlights from the week that was June 8 – 12, 2020
No one can keep up with everything, so let us do it for you. We’ll gather the top Smithsonian stories from across the country and around the world each week so you’ll never be at a loss for conversation around the water cooler.
“All Americans need to own this”—the Smithsonian perspective on racial justice.
This is a sampling of approximately 5,380 media clips covering the Smithsonian.
Art and Design
City Lights: Explore a Native Photographer’s Online Exhibition
Washington City Paper – June 11, 2020
Get Out There: The Role Of Art At D.C.’s Protests
WAMU 88.5 – American University Radio – June 11, 2020
The New York Times – Floyd Case Forces Arts Groups to Enter the Fray
History, Culture and Education
Kente Cloth: From Royals To Graduation Ceremonies … To Congress?
National Public Radio – June 11, 2020
Building a movement
USA TODAY – June 10, 2020
LGBT The best online exhibitions for pride month
The Guardian – June 10, 2020
Amid Black Lives Matter protests, D.C. filmmakers seek to up the heat on the Redskins
The Washington Post – June 6, 2020
Protest Collecting
To prevent whitewashed history, a scramble to archive voices of pandemic, protests
ABC News – June 12, 2020
Smithsonian museums collecting White House protest signs to preserve slice of history
ABC News – June 11, 2020
The Smithsonian started saving signs from Black Lives Matter protests outside the White House
CBS News – June 11, 2020
Volunteers, Smithsonian want to save White House protest art
Associated Press – June 11, 2020
Smithsonian Curators Are Beginning The Process Of Collecting Signs, Art, And Stories From D.C. Protests
DCist – June 10, 2020
‘People Are Unaware of Their History’: Why Museums Are Collecting Artifacts From the Black Lives Matter Protests as They’re Happening
Artnet – June 9, 2020
The New York Times – Museums Collect Protest Signs to Preserve History in Real Time
The Wall Street Journal – Museum Curators Sift Through History of George Floyd Protests in Real Time
Secretary Bunch
History in the Making: Smithsonian Museums’ New Initiative
News4 – NBC Washington – June 12, 2020
Nightly News Full Broadcast
NBC Nightly News – June 11, 2020
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch On Confronting America’s ‘Tortured, Racial Past’
The Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU) – June 9, 2020
Lonnie Bunch: ‘All Americans need to own this’
NBCNEWS.com – June 7, 2020
Various Subjects
Smithsonian gets $25 million grant for program on race
The Washington Post – June 8, 2020
Smithsonian’s new initiative tackles how Americans ‘understand, experience and confront race’
WTOP.com – June 9, 2020
Smithsonian launches $25m “Race, Community and Our Shared Future” initiative
Blooloop – June 9, 2020
The New York Times – Museums Are Finally Taking a Stand. But Can They Find Their Footing
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Posted: 12 June 2020
