Museo Inmigrante: Closing Reception
When:
Saturday, Mar 23, 2024 12:00p -
3:00p
Saturday, Mar 23, 2024 12:00p -
3:00p
Where:
Somerville Museum
1 Westwood Road
Somerville, MA 02143
Admission:
$5
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Kid Friendly, Photoworthy, Social Good
Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1080460186573053?ref=newsfeed
Join us for a closing reception celebrating our current exhibition, Museo Inmigrante: Stories of Resilience from Somerville's Padres Latinos!
Padres Latinos is a mutual aid group of more than 230 Spanish and Portuguese-speaking parents with children in the Somerville Public Schools (SPS). The group formed during the COVID-19 pandemic to advocate for SPS Latino students and reduce or eliminate the achievement gap between Latino students and their peers. The group also strengthens its community by sharing information about food, education, cultural opportunities, and housing resources. For this exhibit, Padres Latinos partnered with award-winning photographers Mario Quiroz and Iaritza Menjivar to explore stories from its members about immigration, home, family, memory, community, and finding purpose. Padres Latinos invites all Somerville residents and visitors across the region to the exhibition. Many thanks to Mass Humanities, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and The Leonian Foundation for their support. For more information about Padres Latinos, please visit www.padreslatinossps.org.
Admission: $5; all tickets purchased at the door.
Free to visitors 12 years of age and under
Free to active members of the Somerville Museum
Free to members of Padres Latinos (please let us know when you arrive)
NOTE: The museum will be open for this closing reception from 12–3pm. It will not be open for regular open hours from 12–5pm, but instead will be closing promptly at 3pm. The is the last chance to view this exhibition.
Parking: Please note that there is no dedicated parking at the Somerville Museum. For more information and how to get to the Museum please review our website: https://www.somervillemuseum.org/gettinghere
Accessibility: The Somerville Museum is now handicapped accessible. The ADA entrance can be found on the ground level at 1 Westwood Road. For more information please check out our website at https://www.somervillemuseum.org/gettinghere or email us at [email protected].
_____________________
About Somerville's Padres Latinos:
Padres Latinos de las Escuelas Públicas de Somerville es un grupo de ayuda mutua conformado por un grupo de más de 200 padres portugués e hispano-hablantes que han estado apoyándose al compartir información, recursos sobre educación, alojamiento, salud, y apoyo comunitario a través de social media, WhatsApp, durante la pandemia.
Latino Parents of Somerville Public Schools is a mutual aid group made up of a group of more than 200 Portuguese and Spanish-speaking parents who have been supporting each other by sharing information, resources on education, housing, health, and community support through social media, WhatsApp, during the pandemic.
_____________________
*Admission fees help the museum pay for programming, staffing, and overhead. We appreciate your support in helping us continue to create community programming.
Funded [in part] by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the City of Somerville.
This program is made possible [in part] by a grant from Mass Humanities.
This program is made possible [in part] by a grant from the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation.
