Strategically to share his values. It was also the golden age of photographer in america and that is why this subject is of interest to us at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and hopefully you. Here at the museum we focus on telling the stories of the American Experience. From folk art to photographer as well as painting and sculpture and skracrafts and media arts. Our exhibition, john f. Kennedys life and times which you can view on the second floor in the graphic arts gallery is a premier event among many organized by the kennedy president ial library in this centennial year. I am stephanie stebich, the director of the american smithsonian art museum. Saam is what we call ourselves for short. We have assembled a group of historians and scholars debating the Kennedy Administration and its legacy. Many of you likely remember the Kennedy Administration and the arc of history. We also have several members of congress in the room with us and i want to pause for a moment and acknowledge
Good evening. Did you know that president John F Kennedy was the most photographed leader of his day. This may not surprise you since he used photography strategically to share his values of america. It was also the golden age of photography in america and thats why this subjec is of interest to us at the Smithsonian International art museum. We focus on telling the stories of the American Experience, from folk art to photography as well as painting and sculptor and crafts and media arts. Our exhibition, american visionary John F Kennedys life and times which you can view on the second floor in the graphic arts gallery is a premier event, among many organized by the kennedy president ial library. Im the mary and director of the smithsonian apaircon art museum and sam is what we call ourselves for short. Youre in for a special treat this evening as weve assembled a distinguished group of historians and scholars debating the Kennedy Administration and its legacy. Many of you likely remem
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Great. Welcome everyone. Im the director for the Americas Program. Its great to have you all here today. We need make requirement of csfs an emergency announcement. Im the emergency officer. Follow me. We dont expect any problems but given were having a problem on hurricanes one never knows. Weve all seen the pictures of the tremendous dama agage that been done on barbuda, the u. S. And British Virgin ielteneds and we shouldnt forget hurricane harvey. They give us an opportunity to refocus our efforts to see where were doing well and where efforts need be improved. Theyve been tested like never before in the u. S. And parts of the caribbean. We organize to bring greater attention to both the impact of the hurricane sdwhz critical local and international response. This is the latest in the series of panels weve been doing on the caribbean. Two months ago we published a report with the most important aspects of the caribbean. With mexico and canada, the caribbean represents our third bor