People Profile/Perfiles

Meet the folks that do the work: community organizers, curators, cultural producers, artists, educators, arts educators, community partners from a variety of fields, advisors, development consultants, administrators, and of course great interns. Without them, the museum wouldn’t be able to meet up with and work with so many people, and do the vital bridging work that leads to strong social networks, a cohesive sense of neighborhood identity, and really engaging socially collaborative art projects.

These are the folks that bring the community into the museum, and the museum into the community – making it a home for events and exhibitions that are meaningful to the surrounding neighborhoods, and at the same time, introducing the museum to a whole range of artists that for many reasons (language barriers, lack of networking opportunities, not knowing how things work in a new cultural environment and economy, etc) have not been able to access museum spaces before. These are also the folks that work with our commissioned artists to create works that challenges everyone’s conception of the art object, the process of artmaking, the role of the artist in an urban milieu, the connection between art and everyday life, and how to determine whether an art project is successful. We all struggle together to figure out the role of arts and culture in our everyday lives and how they can be tools towards building consensus around our vision for the future and towards creatively solving socioeconomic challenges. Above all we strive to make the museum a good neighbor, a neutral space where differences are both acknowledged and worked through, a home for grounding cultural practices in this chaotic, dense, and sometimes isolating city.