Museum Environments designs exhibits for museums and cultural institutions. We are award winning designers with 16 years of experience in the museum world.
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Along with designing the gallery exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, we also designed the traveling exhibition.
https://artdaily.cc/news/132608/New-traveling-exhibition-explores-the-history-of-Latinos-and-baseball#.YBmEfy2cZ-V
¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues / En los barrios y las grandes ligas, a new bilingual exhibition showcasing the history and c
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Excited to see progress, here is the sign (still in the shop) for our new exhibit at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian. ¡Pleibol In the Barrios and the Big Leagues/En los barrios y las grandes ligas” Coming this spring 2021!
This is a recording of our presentation for the Smithsonian Molina Latino Galley. The focus is on design of the gallery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOow6De2FqA&feature=youtu.be
We wish to invite you to our "Webinar- Designing the Smithsonian Latino Center’s Molina Gallery" at the National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution. It is sponsored by the Smithsonian Latino Center and La Idea, of the American Insitute of Architects DC. La Idea is group within the AIA of designers of Latin American heritage. The focus will be on the design of the gallery. You will need to register here:
https://www.aiadc.com/event/webinar-designing-smithsonian-latino-center’s-molina-gallery
Date Tuesday, November 10 2020 Time 6:00pm-8:00pm Location Webinar Our inaugural Virtual session of LA.IDEA Design Series will be focused on the design and vision of the Smithsonian Latino Center’s Molina Family Latino Gallery – the first national Latino gallery on the National Mall – at the N...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFnNgTSkHPM
LECTURE @THE SCHOOL OF LIFE: The founder of The School of Life, Alain de Botton examines the purpose of art. We often hear that art is meant to be very impor...
From a few weeks ago. It reminds us to focus on the visitors.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/02/arts/overheard-at-moma.html
Listening in at the newly expanded Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/art-longevity-wellness/index.html
A trip to the theater, museum or art gallery could help you live longer. And the more often you get that culture fix the better, a new study suggests.
I agree with this article. It would serve the museum better if it were placed in different building.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/arts/design/mona-lisa-louvre-overcrowding.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Leonardo’s painting is a security hazard, an educational obstacle and not even a satisfying bucket-list item. It’s time the Louvre moved it out of the way.
The Construction wall graphic announcing the new Molina Family Latino Gallery. ME is responsible for its exhibit design.
Looking for Museum Professional versed in BlockChain for an AAM session proposal
I'm putting together a session for the Time Portals sessions, organized by the Elizabeth Merrit from Center for the Future of Museums. I wish to present the future of museums through the concept of the BlockChain Museum. I believe BlockChain or similar technologies will change the nature of institutions. In the near future, interest groups will organize via BlockChain contracts and produce exhibits and programs in the manner of museums minus the institution, because it will be radically re-organized in the BlockChain.
This will allow for under-represented communities to network and de-colonize wealth in favor of their communities. I could imagine a scene in 2040 where a network of Latinx cultural stakeholders (or other minority groups) have learned to channel resources to empower themselves without the need of institutional brand because the BlockChain's smart contracts secure trust through the transparency guaranteed by smart-contracts that specifiy transactional requirements, benchmarks and goals.
I’m looking for additional partners, please email to [email protected]. Naturally, If you have any experience with BlockChain it would be especially useful.
Regards Mariano Desmaras
Looking for Museum Professional versed in BlockChain for an AAM Session proposal: I'm putting together a session for the Time Portals sessions, organized by the Elizabeth Merrit from Center for the Future of Museums. I wish to present the future of museums through the concept of the BlockChain Museum. I believe BlockChain or similar technologies will change the nature of institutions. In the near future, interest groups will organize via BlockChain contracts and produce exhibits and programs in the manner of museums minus the institution, because it will be radically re-organized in the BlockChain.
This will allow for under-represented communities to network and de-colonize wealth in favor of their communities. I could imagine a scene in 2040 where a network of Latinx cultural stakeholders (or other minority groups) have learned to channel resources to empower themselves without the need of institutional brand because the BlockChain's smart contracts secure trust through the transparency guaranteed by smart-contracts that specifiy transactional requirements, benchmarks and goals.
I’m looking for additional partners, please email to [email protected]. Naturally, If you have any experience with BlockChain it would be especially useful.
Regards Mariano Desmaras
Worked for two of these institution.
https://ny.curbed.com/maps/nyc-museums-ellis-island-immigrant-sites
These museums and monuments honor the legacy and contributions of immigrants in New York City.
Gay Pride in Battery Park
This is not Latino museum news but it is an important development.
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-regents-name-lonnie-bunch-14th-smithsonian-secretary
The Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents announced today it elected Lonnie G. Bunch III, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, as the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian, effective June 16. Bunch is the founding director of the National Museum...
A big deal and awesome news
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-regents-name-lonnie-bunch-14th-smithsonian-secretary
The Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents announced today it elected Lonnie G. Bunch III, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, as the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian, effective June 16. Bunch is the founding director of the National Museum...
America's neighborhoods are more diverse and consequently museums will need to adapt to their communities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/upshot/all-white-neighborhoods-are-dwindling-as-america-grows-more-diverse.html
Segregated nonwhite neighborhoods persist, with consequential exceptions.
Beginning on April 15, activist group Extinction Rebellion has staged protests and acts of civil disobedience in central London locations, leading to over 1,000 arrests.
The ME booth at the Museum Association of New York conference in Cooperstown - connecting with the upstate museums.
Roberto Clements cap at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Happy to see two of my graduate school mates doing great stuff.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/arts/design/3d-printing-building-design.html?fbclid=IwAR0hKZlDA_3YYlwXmge5p6IQo8oGy_mpGO-wZIf3P4yws_5NwjAzZVs0dg4
These married architects are democratizing the 3-D printing process, using materials destined for the trash heap — like curry powder and coffee grounds — in place of drywall and foam.
Graphic design humor, completely identify with this character. From the font I could tell the movie Avatar would only deliver canned emotions and story lines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ
Years after Avatar's release, there's one thing Steven (Ryan Gosling) just can't get over. #SNL #SNLPremiere #SNL43 Subscribe to SNL: https://goo.gl/tUsXwM G...
More press about one of our exhibit design projects. The Latinx community has naturally responded positively to this new gallery - all the more reason to feel proud to support this.
https://hyperallergic.com/475062/smithsonian-opens-its-first-ever-gallery-devoted-to-latinx-experiences/?utm_source=Breakfast+with+ARTnews&utm_campaign=cf13b935bf-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_12_10_03_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c5d7f10ceb-cf13b935bf-293907111&fbclid=IwAR3TehObTufzbk8pO-ZpDyvVn2YkEsVesQnGvkcS1f7dR8CFMzxnaZ4T0Os
"Latino history is American history, and we have a responsibility to reflect the stories and experiences of Latinas and Latinos in the U.S. today," said the Smithsonian Latino Center's director.
Museum Environments is proud to provide design services in such a valuable project.
https://lbpost.com/life/arts-culture/molina-siblings-10-million-gift-will-give-birth-to-smithsonians-first-permanent-latino-gallery-space/?fbclid=IwAR296MIK7K22S4YKCk_my5B4Tr5WyW1-XzXpFfGUPNCf4BR7Ey3xi0LFzKY
On Thursday, Dec. 6, the Smithsonian Institution will announce the creation of its first, permanent gallery space dedicated to telling the story of Latinos in the U.S. The gallery is made possible by a lead gift of $10 million by five Molina siblings from Long Beach.
Happy to be participating in the Museum Association of New York workshop. The name is my session is: Found in Translation, Museums as Part of the Immigrant Experience. I will be joined by
Jennifer Schantz, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, New-York Historical Society
Andrew Rebatta, Assistant Curator, Museum of Chinese in America
Hannah Davis, Upstate New York Regional Representative for Folk Arts, NYS Folklore Society
Patricia Lannes, Director and Founder, CALTA21.
I wish to share my article just published in Museum Magazine, "Navigating the Fence Space, How can museum better speak to the immigrant experience"
https://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=522127&ver=html5&p=14
POINT OF VIEW Navigating the Fence Space How can museums better speak to the immigrant experience? By Mariano Desmarás El chuco y qué ? by Carlos Callejo, seen below, seems to ask. Th mural, in El Segundo Barrio in El Paso, Texas, depicts a landscape around a wood fence guarded by a modern cowboy ...
Tomorrow I will be leading a workshop/lecture for the Smithsonian Latino Center, Latino Museum Studies Program. Very happy and honored to participate in this program with such an important mission.
http://latino.si.edu/Education/Studies
Interesting UK blog on museum sustainability
http://happymuseumproject.org
Recent years have seen a surge in responses to climate change from museums across the world – a movement that found focus in a Symposium on Museums and Climate Change in Manchester in April 2018 – congratulations to Henry McGhie and the other organisers.. Happy Museum was delighted to present a ...
https://matadornetwork.com/read/12-pro-tips-taking-kids-museum/
Your kids will thank you… later.
If you’re a fan off all things twee and Instagrammable, you’re going to want to listen up: the Museum of Ice Cream is launching "The Pint Shop," a grocery store-inspired exhibit where you’ll also be able to buy the Museum of Ice Cream’s newly launche…
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present “The Senses: Design Beyond Vision” exhibition, on view April 13 through Oct. 28, which examines how multisensory design amplifies everyone’s ability to receive information, explore the world, satisfy essential needs and experience joy and w...
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ME designs Gateways/Portales; bilingual exhibit for the Anacostia Community Museum. Ariana Curtis sets a new benchmark in Latinx Exhibits. We are happy to have participated in such marvelous project.
Museum Environments designed for the Museum of Chinese in America the exhibit "Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America." We featured the ceramics by Heidi Lau and Lu Zhang that will link cooking styles to regional culinary traditions.
First app of its kind to teach Visual Literacy. ME produced this digital interactive for El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. The app is fully bilingual and the sample art works were selected from the museum's collection.
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