Valentine's Day at the Somerville Museum

Grab your spouse, partner, roommate, bestie, sibling, or anyone you love and join us for a very special event. Open for special hours this Valentine's Day come visit the current exhibition, Museo Inmigrante, and enjoy a photoshoot with award-winning photographer, Iaritza Menjivar. We'll provide the props, background, and expertise. This Valentine's Day do something a little different, support your local museum, and share the love with professional photos. Admission: $16/person; $12 for active Somerville Museum members (use code VDAYMEMBER for discount) Timing: Purchasing tickets does not guarantee a specific time slot. This event is first come, first served.  Parking: Please note that there is no dedicated parking at the Somerville Museum. For more information and how to get to the Museum please review our website: <a href="https://www.somervillemuseum.org/gettinghere">https://www.somervillemuseum.org/gettinghere</a> Accessibility: The Somerville Museum is now handicapped accessible. The ADA entrance can be found on the ground level at 1 Westwood Road. For more information please check out our website at <a href="https://www.somervillemuseum.org/gettinghere">https://www.somervillemuseum.org/gettinghere</a> or email us at <a href="mailto:info@somervillemuseum.org">info@somervillemuseum.org</a>. _____________________ <a href="http://www.iaritza.com/contactme">About Iaritza Menjivar:</a> Iaritza Menjivar, a photographer based in Somerville, Massachusetts. In 2023, Iaritza was awarded a <a href="https://www.collectivefuturesfund.org/news/23grantees">Sustaining Practice Grant from the Collective Futures Fund</a>. In 2022, she earned recognition as one of WBUR's "<a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/09/19/the-makers">The Makers: 15 Artists of Color Leaving an Imprint on Massachusetts.</a>" Her pandemic-era work and retrospective of her projects is highlighted in the short documentary film, "<a href="https://www.weareheretoo.com/">We Are Here Too</a>." Iaritza's photography has been published in The Washington Post and The New York Times. Notably, her piece, "<a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/honoring-a-debt-to-immigrant-parents/">Honoring a Debt to Immigrant Parents,</a>" is a photo essay from her First Generation series. Her photography work has been exhibited in various national exhibits, including "Reconstructed" at Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC), "Modern Families" at ArtsWestchester , and the Photoville Festival in NY. Her solo exhibit, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f9KRIt1_1Y">First Generation: Raíces,</a>" was showcased at the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f9KRIt1_1Y">Griffin Museum of Photography</a>. She is also a featured photographer for Somerville Museum's current exhibition, <a href="https://www.somervillemuseum.org/museo-inmigrante">Museo Inmigrante: Stories of Resilience from Somerville's Padres Latinos.</a> _____________________ About the exhibition: <a href="https://www.somervillemuseum.org/museo-inmigrante-spanish">Para la versión en español</a> <a href="https://www.somervillemuseum.org/museo-inmigrante-portuguese">Para versão em português</a> 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 <a href="http://www.padreslatinossps.org/">www.padreslatinossps.org</a>. _____________________ About Somerville's Padres Latinos: 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. _____________________ *Admission fees help the museum pay for programming, staffing, and overhead. We appreciate your support in helping us continue to create community programming. 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.

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