PRESS
The Press Area posts press releases about El Museo's exhibitions and programs. We will soon upload our archives including previous press releases. For additional information and/or image requests, please contact:
Inés Aslan
Communications Officer
El Museo del Barrio
212-660-7102
iaslan@elmuseo.org
Director Julián Zugazagoitia Departs After Seven Years of Successful Leadership
New York, NY, March 5, 2010—Tony Bechara, Chairman of the Board of El Museo del Barrio, announced today that the museum’s Director and CEO, Julián Zugazagoitia, will be leaving the institution this summer to assume the position of Director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City Missouri, considered one of the most prestigious encyclopedic museums in the United States.
Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement
March 2010 - El Museo del Barrio Presents Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement March 24 - May 9, 2010. Contemporary works by Margarita Cabrera, Juan Capistran, Sandra de la Loza, Alejandro Diaz, Nicola López, Rubén Ortiz-Torres, Eduardo Sarabia, and others. Only Showing on East Coast Culminates Traveling Exhibition. Press Preview March 23, 2010 @ 11:00am.
Spring Calendar 2010
Take a look at El Museo del Barrio's programs and events of the Spring season.
February Super Sabado! Target Free Third Saturdays at El Museo
February, 2010 - Once a month, El Museo del Barrio opens its doors to everyone interested in exploring the vibrancy and diversity of Latino Culture. Through free concerts, exhibitions, gallery tours, art making workshops, walking tours, film screenings, and Spoken Word recitals, SUPER SABADO! showcases traditions, cultural expressions, and the latest in Latino art. In February, Super Sábado celebrates La vida es un carnaval!
January Super Sabado! Target Free Third Saturdays at El Museo
January, 2010 - Once a month, El Museo del Barrio opens its doors to everyone interested in exploring the vibrancy and diversity of Latino Culture. Through free concerts, exhibitions, gallery tours, art making workshops, walking tours, film screenings, and Spoken Word recitals, SUPER SABADO! showcases traditions, cultural expressions, and the latest in Latino art. In January, Super Sábado celebrates VOCES Y VISIONES: Four Decades through El Museo del Barrio’s Permanent Collection, currently on-view.
33rd Annual Three Kings Day Parade
In celebration of the holiday season, El Museo presented two days of themes programming, including the time-honored, legendary Three Kings Day Parade. The festivities featured a cast of Honorary Kings, Madrinas and Padrinos as well as live camels and sheep, a donkey and gigantic handmade puppets, all filling the streets of El Barrio with lively music, colorful dancing, and parrandas (street parties).
December Super Sabado! Target Free Third Saturdays at El Museo
December, 2009 - Our first Target Super Sábado was a huge success! More than two thousand visitors enjoyed a 10-hour marathon day of fun-filled programs, including gallery tours, indoor and outdoor live music, photo-taking, art-making, storytelling, spoken word, and tasty food. Get ready for our 2nd installment, coming up on December 19!
Super Sabado! Target Free Third Saturdays at El Museo
November, 2009 - El Museo del Barrio kicks-off a new series of day-long free cultural programs, to be held the Third Saturdays of each month from November 2009 through August 2010. Super Sábado welcomes everyone interested in exploring the vibrancy and diversity of Latino culture through free concerts, exhibitions, gallery tours, art making workshops, walking tours, film screenings, and spoken word.
Día de Los Muertos
October, 2009 - El Museo marks Día de los Muertos with a free, full day of performances, events and public programs, including a special performance by Mexican actress Susana Alexander.