Newman, Director, Office of Public Health, National Park Service to learn more about this nearly 100-year partnership as well as the role of DOI officers have in protecting people in parks from major disease outbreaks and from natural disasters. Since 1921, the United States Public Health Service, one of the United States' seven uniformed services, has partnered with the National Park Service (NPS) to protect and promote the health of employees and visitors in public lands. Protecting People in Parks: 100 Years of Partnership between the National Park Service and the United States Public Health Service
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Museum Moment: Ansel Adams and the Mural Project of 1941-1942Ĭatch a 20-minute "Museum Moment" with the Interior Museum's chief curator Tracy Baetz during your lunch break! Did you know that celebrated photographer and conservationist Ansel Adams was briefly a per diem employee with the Department of the Interior? You'll hear the story of how he was commissioned by the Department to produce a series of photographs showcasing the "grandeur and influence of the Natural Scene" and have an opportunity to view a selection of the more than 200 images he created for the project. Lawrence Island carvers at the Indian Arts and Crafts Board’s Sioux Indian Museum in Rapid City, South Dakota, from Octoto January 20, 2020. Lawrence Island Yupik). Pungowiyi's carvings are featured in an exhibition of St.
and Ken Van Wey, with special guest speaker Alaska Native master carver Ben Pungowiyi (St. A presentation about Alaska Native ivory carving history and contemporary issues will be provided by Indian Arts and Craft Board Program Specialists Lars Krutak, Ph.D. In the late 19th century, a marketplace for ivory objects and art emerged, and over time it became an important economic resource for local artists. Lawrence Islandįor thousands of years, Alaska Native carvers utilized Pacific walrus, fossil mammoth, and mastodon ivory to produce a large variety of tools to help them survive the difficult and often hostile Arctic environment. Media support provided by: The Seattle Times, KCTS 9, Crosscut, and KUOW.Song of the Sea: Carvings of St. Generous support for Ansel Adams: Masterworks in Seattle is made possible by Laird Norton Wealth Management, REI Co-op, Mike Repass, the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Maureen Frisch, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and the MOHAI Exhibits Fund. Called “The Museum Set,” the featured photographs reveal the importance Adams placed on the awe-inspiring power and beauty of the natural world. Hand-selected, late in his life, the photographs serve as a representation of what Adams deemed the best work of his career.
This traveling exhibit, organized by The Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding, CA, in association with Landau Traveling Exhibitions in Los Angeles, CA, features a collection of 48 photographs by Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams profoundly influenced the course of 20th century photography through the example of his lavish and technically precise images, as well as by his devotion to advancing photography as an art form with his uniquely innovative approach to the medium. Experience the power of nature through the lens of America’s most revered photographer.
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