January 11 – March 23, 2024
A Community Collaboration Exhibition with Padres Latinos
What Being an Immigrant Means to Me (Talk)
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.
General Admission: $5; free to Museum members and visitors 12 years of age and under.
Event Admission: varies; Museum members receive discounts where applicable.
Admission fees help the museum cover expenses related to programming, staffing, and overhead. These fees literally help us keep the doors open to the public.
Upcoming Programming
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 11, 6pm–8pm | $0; Admission is typically $5/person and free to members and visitors 12 years of age and under. However, the Padres Latinos group is covering the cost of admission for this event.* Please feel free to make a suggested donation of $5+ to help offset overhead costs; Tickets can be purchased at the Museum or online.
Curator Tour (English): Saturday, January 20 | 10am–11am | $10 admission fee.* Tickets for this event must be purchased in advance; space is limited.
Curator Tour (Spanish + Portuguese): Saturday, January 20 | 11am–12pm | $10 admission fee.* Tickets for this event must be purchased in advance; space is limited.
What Being an Immigrant Means to Me (Talk): Friday, January 26 | 6pm–7pm | $10 admission fee.* We encourage purchasing tickets in advance, space is limited.
Pintar Maletas Workshop with Laidy Saenz: Saturday, February 24 | 10am–12pm | $10 admission fee.* Space is very limited and tickets must be purchased in advance. Due to limited space walk-ins will not be allowed.
Mental Health in the Latino Community: Wednesday, March 6 | 6pm–7pm | $10 admission fee.* We encourage purchasing tickets in advance, space is limited. Read more about Jennifer Ochoa and Jessica C. Gutierrez.
Closing Reception: Saturday, March 23 | 12pm–3pm | $5 admission fee.*
For the Museum’s open hours and events check out our event schedule.
*free to Museum members and visitors 12 years of age and younger with code MEMBER.
About Padres Latinos de Somerville:
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.
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.
