WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has met the challenge posed by Lloyd Herman, the founding director of its Renwick Gallery, to create a $2 million endowment to support a new curator of craft position. Herman’s $800,000 challenge gift was the catalyst for attracting $1.2 million in matching funds from private contributors around the country. “Lloyd Herman has inspired us for a generation, first as the Renwick Gallery’s founding director, bringing a passion and expertise to building the museum’s craft collection, and now, fostering that passion through a new curatorial position,” said Elizabeth Broun, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. “I am heartened by the outpouring of support from other craft lovers who helped bring this endowment to fruition,” said Herman. “A second curator will allow the Renwick to explore new directions in our field, highlighting the enor