Pinback Button, "Anacostia Museum 1990"
date: label: Date
content: 1990
notes: label: Caption
content: The Anacostia Museum created this pinback button for visitors to wear. It “artfully” announces an exhibition focusing on “the arts in public places.” The button’s design includes diamonds in blue, red, and yellow, connecting to the building blocks of color and to diamond patterns on the Museum’s facade. The Museum’s name and the exhibition year, 1990, encircle the bottom. The exhibition encouraged visitors to explore the role of art in their communities and to participate in deciding how funds for public arts projects should be spent. Drawing from all four quadrants of Washington, D.C., it featured a variety of public art forms, including murals and sculptures; musical and theatrical performances; and, wearable art, such as hairstyles, clothes, jewelry, and…buttons.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1990.5065.0001
objectType: label: Type
content: pinback button
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, plastic, paper
label: Dimensions
content: 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (0.6 × 6.3 cm)