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Presenter(s)
Fanny Blauer, Cultural Advocate/Consultant, former Director of Artes de México en Utah
Annie Burbidge Ream, Co-Director of Learning & Engagement, Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Ashley Farmer, Co-Director of Learning & Engagement, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

 

For three years, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Artes de México en Utah, and a community work group endeavored ot change the so-called "Mesoamerican" gallery. Through reciprocal learning and shared purpose, museum staff and community members-artists, advocates, educators, historians, and others connected to Mexico, Central & South America-created a dramatic reinstallation called "Transformación Cultural: Nuestro Pasado es Presente." This collaboration illuminates important possibilities for how an organization and community can work together.