Latino Network
About the Latino Network
The Latino Network of the American Alliance of Museums represents Latino professionals working in museums and cultural institutions in the United States. It offers expertise to U.S. museums interested in better understanding of Latino issues and engaging Latino audiences through the development of exhibitions, collections, public programs, and education initiatives, among others.
The Latino Network serves as a liaison between the U.S. museum community and Latin American and the Caribbean museums, research centers, and cultural institutions. The Latino Network offers guidance to museums across the Americas in their efforts to create partnerships and collaborations.
Values
The Latino and Latin American communities have made an undeniable contribution to the American society. Their cultural legacies enrich US museums and their participation strengthens our capacity to create powerful intercultural dialogs through exhibitions, educational, and public programming and other initiatives. These public dialogs reaffirm the American ideals of an inclusive and pluralistic democracy.
Actions
- Create spaces for critical conversations on museum diversity and inclusion
- Participate with session programs, luncheons, market place of ideas, international roundtables and open forum events during the AAM Annual Meeting
- Provide Professional Development opportunities
- Offer Mentorship program for Latino professionals
- Focus on data collection and research analysis, to shed light on the needs of US and Latin-American Latino museum professionals
- Create regional networking events
- Promote equitable representation of Latinos in U.S. museums and cultural institutions
The Latino Network’s role within AAM
- To provide support, data, and valuable information to AAM leadership and key staff members in their interaction with the U.S. Latino and Latin American and the Caribbean museum community.
- Participate in the National Program Committee that reviews the program sessions for AAM’s Annual Meeting.
- Part of the Advisory Committee for the Conference of the Americas
- Assist AAM with edition of official documents translated to Spanish
For recent projects, updated events and more, follow us on:
Twitter https://twitter.com/LatinoNetAAM?lang=en
and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/19255448414/
(March 2017)
Members of AAM’s Latino Professional Network speak out against a series of executive orders signed in late January, in which President Trump ordered the construction of a wall along the US border with Mexico, restricted federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions, and imposed a ban on travel to the US from several Muslim-majority countries.
(June 2016)
Executive Board 2017–2019
- Margarita Sandino, Chair
Director of Education
Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
- Raquel Aguiñaga-Martínez, Vice – Chair
Visual Arts Associate Director/Registrar
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
- Antonio Rodríguez, Past Chair
International Traveling Exhibitions, Strategic Partnership and Alliance Consultant
Washington, D.C.
- Patricia Lannes, Board Member
Museum and Education Consultant, New York City, NY
- Ranald Woodaman, Board Member
Exhibitions & Public Programs Director
Smithsonian Latino Center, Washington, D.C.
- Mariano Desmaras, Board Member
New England Regional Representative
Creative Director Exhibit Design
Museum Environments, New York City, NY