The Mexican Museum Introduces New International Advisory Board
Leaders in Education, Government and Business Show Their Support for Museum Relocation and Expansion
(firmenpresse) - SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 08/22/13 -- , the premier West Coast museum of Mexican, Mexican-American, Chicano, Latin American, and Latino art, culture and heritage, announces its new International Advisory Board. The board, which currently includes 37 professional educators, government officials, business owners, and organization leaders found across the United States and Mexico, will provide guidance and support to The Mexican Museum as it plans for the design and construction of its new home. Being developed in partnership with Millennium Partners, The Mexican Museum will occupy the first four floors of the mixed-use project at 706 Mission Street in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens Arts District.
"Following the successful establishment of our Arts & Letters Council, as well as building approval by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, I am tremendously pleased to have so many other important individuals express their support by joining our International Advisory Board," said Andy Kluger, chairman of The Mexican Museum Board of Trustees. "We will be seeking their input as we develop plans for the new building, special exhibitions and permanent collection galleries, and museum activities for all Bay Area residents."
As of August 22, 2013, The Mexican Museum's new includes:
San Francisco Assemblyman, District 17
, Executive Director, Mission Language and Vocational School, San Francisco, CA
, San Francisco Supervisor, District 11
Advisor, Department of Cultural Affairs, México City, Mexico
Owner, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
, Former Mayor of San Francisco
Mexican mask collector, San Francisco, CA
, Chairman, California Democratic Party
, San Francisco Supervisor, District 9
, San Francisco Bay Area Museum Education Consultant
, Founding Executive Director, Precita Eyes Muralists, San Francisco, CA
, San Francisco Police Commissioner
, Vice President, Wells Fargo Foundation, San Francisco Bay Area
Ph.D., Chair of Art History Graduate Program, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
, Executive Director, CARECEN, San Francisco, CA
, Policy and Program Development Director, Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Executive Director, Acción Latina, San Francisco, CA
, Co-Founder and creative director, San Francisco Art Exchange
, Director, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
, Executive Director, San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
Architect, Former Councilwoman and Mayor of State of Mexico
, Ph.D., Executive Director, AGUILAS, San Francisco, CA
, Vice President of University Advancement, San Francisco State University
, Executive Director, Brava Theater Center, San Francisco, CA
, Retired Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of California, Davis
, Executive Director, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA
, Philanthropist, Los Angeles, CA
Founder, VIDA USA, San Francisco, CA and Lima, Peru
, Executive Director, Mission Neighborhood Centers, San Francisco, CA
, Former Deputy Executive Director, Program and Project Management at San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
, Helen Gould Sheppard Professor in the History of Art, Institute of Fine Arts and College of Arts and Sciences, New York University, New York City, New York
, Executive Director, Chicana/Latina Foundation, San Francisco Bay Area
President and CEO, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
, Dean, University of San Francisco School of Law
, Director & Lead Counsel, Gas Operations, PG&E, San Francisco, CA
, Ph.D., G.F., Maya Expert, Professor of Art History, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
Museum Registrar and Collections Internship Advisor, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley, CA
"The groundswell of support from local, national and international leadership has been very encouraging," said Nora E. Wagner, vice-chair of The Mexican Museum Board of Trustees. "Moving forward, the input from our International Advisory Board will help fuel the museum's public education and community outreach programs. This, in turn, will help satisfy our goal of communicating the value of our exhibitions and cultural programs for people of every age and ethnic group while enhancing the importance of the Latino and Chicano identity in the San Francisco Bay Area."
The Mexican Museum, which is the only San Francisco museum to be named an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, continues to receive strong public support through its ¡Adelante! fundraising program. People are encouraged to support The Mexican Museum by becoming members or by upgrading their current membership levels to the new Builder's Society level, which enables individuals, businesses and organizations to support the museum for $1 a day.
Founded by San Francisco artist Peter Rodriguez in 1975 in the heart of the Mission District, The Mexican Museum is located at Fort Mason Center, is the realization of a vision to exhibit the aesthetic expression of the Mexican and Mexican American people. Today, the museum's vision has expanded to reflect the evolving scope of the Mexican, Chicano and Latino experience -- including art, culture, history and heritage. In 2012, The Mexican Museum became an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the nation's largest museum network. The museum currently has a permanent collection of more than 14,000 objects reflecting Pre-Hispanic, Colonial, Popular, Modern and Contemporary Mexican, Mexican-American, Latin American, Latino, and Chicano art. For more information, please visit: or call (415) 202-9700.
The Mexican Museum is open Wednesday - Sunday from noon to 4 p.m., located at Fort Mason Center, Building D, Marina Boulevard and Buchanan Street, in San Francisco. FREE Admission. The Museum offers a wide variety of programs, including Family Sundays, exhibitions, special events, lectures and public programming throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Spanish classes for all levels are currently being offered for children and adults. For current class schedules and registration information go to
The Museum is currently preparing for the completion of its permanent home, which will be built in downtown San Francisco's Yerba Buena Garden Arts District and is expected to open in 2018.
Victoria Sanchez De Alba
De Alba Communications
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