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ICYMI: Highlights from the week of March 6 – March 10, 2023

This is a sampling of approximately 2,700 media clips covering the Smithsonian this week.

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Art and Design

‘The Exhibit’ Recap: The Reality TV Competition for the Next Great Artist Launches With a Clash of Egos and a ‘Botticelli Banana’  
artnet News – March 6, 2023

Behind the Scenes of the New Reality Series, ‘The Exhibit’  
Smithsonian Magazine – March 3, 2023

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History, Culture, and Education

America: The Entertainment Nation
The Washington Post – March 10, 2023

Smithsonian ‘Afrofuturism’ exhibit to include objects from Marvel’s ‘Black Panther,’ Outkast  
WTOP-FM – March 10, 2023

Controversial 1970s “Crying Indian” ad donated to the National Congress of American Indians  
CBS News – March 8, 2023

New museum on American women’s history is about more than documenting ‘the firsts’  
The 19th – March 8, 2023

Japanese American Artists Recall the Trauma of Wartime Incarceration  
Smithsonian Magazine – March 7, 2023

Science and Technology

Get Out There: The National Zoo’s bird house reopens next week  
WAMU-FM – March 9, 2023

Panama ocean conference draws $20 billion, marine biodiversity commitments  
Mongabay News – March 9, 2023

A 3 Million-Year-Old Discovery May Rewrite the History of Intelligent Life on Earth  
VICE – March 9, 2023

National Zoo tries artificial insemination to help Siberian tigers reproduce  
WAMU-FM – March 6, 2023

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Various Subjects

“ArtNation” premieres tomorrow on Smithsonian Channel  
CBS News – March 6, 2023

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Posted: 13 March 2023
About the Author:

Madeleine “Maddie” Weyand-Geise recently joined OPA as the public affairs assistant, though she’s yet to step foot into the Castle as an employee. After starting work mid-pandemic, Maddie can’t wait for coworkers other than her aloe plant. Maddie comes to OPA with a background working in communications for local arts organizations and higher education. With degrees in art history and public relations, Maddie sees the Smithsonian as the perfect workplace to combine her passions for art, public access and education.