Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole hosted celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson for the second edition of the National Museum of African Art's Director's Discussion Series on Friday, July 27 at the Hirshhorn Museum. We are delighted so many of you were able to attend. Video coverage from the talk and the VIP reception that followed at NMAfA will be available soon. In the meantime, here are some photographs from the discussion. Enjoy! Johnnetta Betsch Cole, director of the National Museum of African Art sits with acclaimed philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah (Princeton University) to discuss and interrogate the category of race and the future of museums. Appiah shares his personal reflections and philosophical investigations on race and considers notions of cultural identity and shared humanity. On Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C., Dr. Cole was among the proud recipients of the African American Women in Excellence award, presented by publishing company Who's Who. On Monday, August 23, 2009, NMAfA Director Johnnetta B. Cole hosted a group of Trinity Washington University freshman gave them a tour of the museum and imparted her wisdom as only she can! Read more Dr. Cole's biography Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole was appointed the Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) in March, 2009. Founded as a small museum on Capitol Hill in 1964, NMAfA became a part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1979, and in 1987 it moved to its current location on the National Mall. The museum's collection of