July 4 Will Be a Big Day

As many of you know, a work of art that Doug Hendrickson and I made in 1974, will go on permanent display at the Smithsonian this summer. The Smithsonian American Art Museum's Luce Foundation Center for American Art will be the first visible art storage and study center in Washington. The new Luce Foundation Center will feature 3,500 objects in 64 secured glass cases which will quadruple the number of artworks from the permanent collection on public view. The center will feature paintings densely hung on screens, sculptures, crafts and folk art objects arranged on shelves, and miniatures and medals in drawers that open. Large-scale sculptures will be installed on the first floor of the center. Interactive computer kiosks and individual hand-held computers will provide the public with information on every object in the center, including a discussion of each artwork, artist biographies, audio interviews, video clips and still images.

I received a mailing today and went to this site to see a little more about the work that is going on to get ready for July 4.