“Museo Inmigrante: Stories of Resilience from Somerville’s Padres Latinos” will be the featured exhibition at the Somerville Museum January 11– March 23, 2024.

Somerville Museum presents a Community  Collaboration Project with 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.  For more information about Padres Latinos, please visit www.padreslatinossps.org

— Image by Iaritza Menjivar; graphics by Cynthia Frawley

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 11, 6:00–8:00 p.m. |  Admission: $0; Admission is being generously sponsored by New England Biolabs on behalf of Padres Latinos.

Tickets can be purchased at the Museum or online.

Curator Tour (English): Saturday, January 20 | 10:00–11:00 a.m. | Tour with the Curators in English as they
discuss their process and vision for the exhibition. Admission: $10.

Curator Tour (Spanish + Portuguese): Saturday, January 20 | 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Admission: $10.

What Being an Immigrant Means to Me (Talk): Friday, January 26 | 6:00–7:00 p.m. Admission: $10.

Pintar Maletas Workshop with Laidy Saenz: Saturday, February 24 | 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Admission: $10.

Mental Health in the Latino Community: Wednesday, March 6 | 6:00–7:00 p.m. Admission: $10.

Closing Reception: Saturday, March 23 | 12:00–3:00 p.m. Admission: $5.

Admission fees help the museum cover expenses related to programming, staffing, and overhead.

Community Partners: The Somerville Museum along with Curators, Ivan Abarca-Torres, Marta Fuertes, and Sonia
Conde are pleased to be working with photographers, Mario Quiroz, Iaritza Menjivar and collaborators, Charan
Devereaux, Kristen Gresh, Nick Pioggia, and Somerville Museum staff, Alison Drasner and Laidy Saenz. Participating
vendors include Cambridge Reprographics, J-Hung Graphics, and Flagraphics. A special thank you to all the
participating families and members of Padres Latinos.

About the Somerville Museum: Located in the heart of the city at the intersection of Central Street and Westwood
Road, the Somerville Museum has served as the community’s premier cultural institution for nearly a century. While
specializing in the visual arts — including many exhibits with both historical and local significance – the Museum also
offers various musical and lecture series, a number carried out in collaboration with Somerville’s public schools. An
important meeting place for local historical and cultural organizations, the Museum has a long tradition of
encouraging hands-on learning projects for young and old alike. As the only membership supported, non-profit,
mostly volunteer-run, community-based cultural institution of its kind in Somerville, members and volunteers are
always welcome. For more information visit http://somervillemuseum.org/

Special Thanks
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.

— Somerville Museum