<I>Art in Embassies</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2018
name: label: Designed by
content: Anderson Newton Designs, American, founded 2012
label: Published by
content: United States Department of State, American, founded 1789
label: Written by
content: Margaret A. Miller, American
notes: label: Caption
content: Gail Anderson is a New York based designer and partner at Anderson Newton Design. Since 1987, Anderson has worked in the field of design at design firms, advertising agencies, and publications. Her work has received awards from major design organizations, including the Society of Publication Designers and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). In 2008 she received a Lifetime Achievement Medal from the AIGA. Anderson currently works as Creative Director at the School of Visual Arts Press and is on the Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee for the US Post Office. In 2013, the US Postal Service commissioned Anderson to design the commemorative stamp for the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Anderson was only the second African American designer tapped to design a commemorative stamp, the first being Georg Olden who designed the Proclamation’s 100th anniversary stamp in 1963.
label: Description
content: This is a thirty-eight page catalog designed by Gail Anderson titled “Art In Embassies.” The front cover depicts a section of the map of the world, with the continents colored orange and the oceans pale blue. There are numerous circles in a lighter shade of blue and orange scattered over the surface, superimposed on top of the images of the continents. Some of the circles are concentric and some overlap each other. There are also thin faint grey lines that form geometric patterns scattered across the surface of the cover. In the upper top center of the cover is grey ink is the official Seal of the United States, under which is text that reads “U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.” Across the center of the page is large white text that reads “ART IN EMBASSIES/ PROMOTING CREATIVITY/ SUPPORTING COLLABORATION/ BUILDING ON AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.” The back cover is similar to the front cover, with an image of a different section of the world map with the continents colored orange and the oceans pale blue. There are numerous circles in a lighter shade of blue and orange scattered over the surface, superimposed on top of the images of the continents. Some of the circles are concentric and some overlap each other. Small white text along the left-hand margin reads “ART.STATE.GOV.”
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: International affairs
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gail Anderson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.11.14
objectType: label: Type
content: catalogs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 7 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (19.1 × 26.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (open): 7 1/2 × 20 7/8 in. (19.1 × 53 cm)