EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO RECEIVES $8 MILLION GIFT FROM PHILANTHROPIST MACKENZIE SCOTT Largest award in Museum's history will support long-term stability |
El Museo del Barrio is proud to announce an $8 million gift from philanthropist, author, and activist MacKenzie Scott, marking the largest single gift received in the Museum's history. Recognized as one of 286 high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked, the transformative grant will support the Museum's work to uphold its mission and provide long-term stability for the legacy institution--the first museum in the country committed to celebrating Latinx and Caribbean art and culture.
"This monumental gift represents a significant recognition of the historical and cultural contributions of more than 60 million Latinxs in this country, and of the mission and legacy of El Museo del Barrio. For more than 50 years, the Museum has been dedicated to this inspiring community, and artists who have made El Museo their home. We are inspired by the generosity of MacKenzie Scott and her team and honored to continue expanding and advancing the artistic and cultural legacy of Latinxs. Pa'lante!," said Patrick Charpenel, Executive Director, El Museo del Barrio. |
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SUPER SÁBADO! Celebrate Afro Caribbean Joy + Resilience Saturday, June 19, 2021 | 2pm - 6pm Hope Gardens Community Center (422 Central Ave, Brooklyn)
El Museo del Barrio is going to Brooklyn! This Juneteenth, in celebration of Afro-Caribbean joy and resilience, joins us for our first in-person Super Sabado, featuring roller-skating presented by Butter Roll; an art-making workshop centered on printmaking, collage, and African textile patterns; a samba reggae lesson led by Calvin Aragon; and music by DJ's Ultraviolet, Nina Vicious, and Bembona. Skate rentals will be provided by Skaterobics on a first-come, first-serve basis. All ages welcomed. Rain or shine. In collaboration with El Puente and Hope Community Garden.
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ESTAMOS BIEN - LA TRIENAL 20/21 On View NOW in Las Galerías
Explore El Museo's first national large-scale survey of Latinx contemporary art featuring 42 artists from across the United States and Puerto Rico. Curated by El Museo del Barrio's Chief Curator Rodrigo Moura and Curator Susanna V. Temkin, along with New York-based artist Elia Alba as Guest Curator, the exhibition centers on an intersectional approach to the concept of Latinx, representing diverse generations, genders, ethnic and racial backgrounds, and foregrounding Indigeneity, African and non-European heritages; gender nonconformity, and other multiplicities. |
La Trienal Talks - FORM Wednesday, June 23, 2021 | 6pm - 7pm With their works installed within the same gallery as part of ESTAMOS BIEN - LA TRIENAL 20/21, artists Eddie R. Aparicio, Yanira Collado, and Manuela González bring their artistic dialogue to life in a conversation moderated by El Museo's Chief Curator, Rodrigo Moura. Centered on ideas of form and abstraction, the talk will examine the infusion of vernacular, indigenous, and other non-Eurocentric visual codes in these artists' interdisciplinary practices, processes, and materials.
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#LATRIENAL INSTAGRAM TAKEOVERS |
| | Taller Boricua: A Political Printshop in New York On View NOW Online
Explore the virtual presentation
of Taller Boricua: A Political Printshop in New York complete with works and narrative celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Taller Boricua, the East-Harlem based collective studio and alternative space.
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On View NOW Online El Museo's first online exhibition examines the contribution of 30 artists working on the margins of modernism and the mainstream art world in the Americas and the Caribbean. The virtual survey also features works from the Museum's Permanent Collection, several of them presented to the public for the first time. |
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La Trienal Talks - REPRESENTATION
Hear from La Trienal artists Dominique Duroseau, Luis Flores, and María Jose in a conversation, moderated by Guest Curator Elia Alba, centered on the topic of representation. Working in different artistic modes including photography, installation and sculpture, and performance, the artists will each consider how issues of race, gender, and sexuality inflect their practices. Together, they also considered how the role of exhibitions such as ESTAMOS BIEN - LA TRIENAL 20/21 impact representation, as well as how they use their art to navigate, challenge, and operate within various institutional, communal, and alternative spaces.
You can now re-watch this past program and others on El Museo's YouTube channel.
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Get the perfect gift at La Tienda!
Celebrate Father's Day and your favorite grad with the perfect gift! Visit La Tienda Online for a growing selection of books to hand-picked art-inspired items. Get gifts for family, friends, y más! Use promo code CELEBRATE2021 for 15% off all items until June 20th!
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SUPPORT EL MUSEO Join our efforts to preserve and present Latinx art and culture by making a gift or becoming a member today!
Your contribution and participation will help us expand the El Museo en tu Casa initiative and enable us to continue serving communities. |
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Images (from top to bottom): Visitor viewing Joey Terrill's, "Just What Is It About Today's Homos That Makes Them So Different, So Appealing?" (Detail) c. 2009 - 2011, Photo Courtesy of Michael Palma Mir; Photo Courtesy of Michael Palma Mir; Installation view (Left to Right): Manuela González, Eddie R.Aparicio (hanging center), and Yanira Collado, Photo Courtesy of Martin Seck; Photo Courtesy of Mario Ruben; Artwork by Carlos Osorio and Marcos Dimas, ¿Este tren para en Delancey?, Teatro de Orilla [Does This Train Stop at Delancey?, Theater on the Edge], c.1973, Collection of Marcos Dimas; Artwork by Agostinho Batista de Freitas, Edidício São Tomás e Edifício Itália, c.1975, Collection Museu de Arte de Sã0 Paulo Assis Chateaubriand; and all other images are courtesy of El Museo del Barrio. |
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