Full Text of HR0309 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1982, Carlos Tortolero organized a group of | 3 | | fellow educators and founded the Mexican Fine Arts Center | 4 | | Museum, which opened its doors in 1987; the museum created an | 5 | | award-winning youth initiative, Yollocali Arts Reach, in 1997 | 6 | | and was renamed the National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA) in | 7 | | 2006; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The founding mission of the National Museum of | 9 | | Mexican Art is to showcase the beauty and richness of Mexican | 10 | | culture by sponsoring events and presenting exhibitions that | 11 | | exemplify the majestic variety of visual and performing arts | 12 | | in the Mexican culture, to develop, conserve, and preserve a | 13 | | significant permanent collection of Mexican art, to encourage | 14 | | the professional development of Mexican artists, and to offer | 15 | | arts-education programs; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The National Museum of Mexican Art defines | 17 | | Mexican culture as sin fronteras, or without borders, and its | 18 | | programs and exhibitions capture the wide range of Mexican | 19 | | cultural expressions and art forms from ancient to modern and | 20 | | on both sides of the border; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, The National Museum of Mexican Art curators are | 22 | | experts in Mexican art, and their passion for the museum is |
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| 1 | | contagious; this can be seen from the up-close-and-personal | 2 | | placement of the art to the bilingual stories that guide | 3 | | visitors through the galleries; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Today, the National Museum of Mexican Art stands | 5 | | as one of the most prominent first-voice institutions for | 6 | | Mexican art and culture in the United States; it is home to one | 7 | | of the country's largest Mexican art collections, including | 8 | | more than 11,000 seminal pieces from ancient Mexico to the | 9 | | present; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Over the years, the National Museum of Mexican | 11 | | Art has grown, its audience has broadened, and its reach now | 12 | | extends across the United States and beyond; in 2001, the | 13 | | museum expanded to a 48,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art | 14 | | facility in the heart of Pilsen; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Twenty of the National Museum of Mexican Art's | 16 | | exhibitions have traveled across the United States, and six | 17 | | have traveled to Mexico; landmark exhibitions that have | 18 | | traveled include The Art of the Other Mexico (1992), Maria | 19 | | Izquierdo (1996), The African Presence in Mexico (2006), and | 20 | | Frida's Contemporaries: Women Artists of Modern Mexico (2007); | 21 | | and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, The National Museum of Mexican Art also hosts |
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| 1 | | cultural programs, including symposia, theater, dance, music, | 2 | | authors, and performance companies that share the rich | 3 | | diversity of the Mexican culture; the museum's annual Sor | 4 | | Juana Festival honors the accomplishments of Mexican women | 5 | | with women's performances; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The National Museum of Mexican Art offers a wide | 7 | | range of educational programs for children, families, teens, | 8 | | school groups, and educators; its art exhibitions, performance | 9 | | arts, and educational programs are experienced by more than | 10 | | 130,000 visitors annually, including 58,000 K–12 students; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The National Museum of Mexican Art is a nonprofit | 12 | | institution funded by donations and grants; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The National Museum of Mexican Art is a national | 14 | | leader and mentor for cultural institutions and community | 15 | | organizations and for the advocacy of "first voice" and | 16 | | cultural equity issues; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 18 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we commend the National Museum of Mexican Art for its | 20 | | contributions to Mexican-American culture and community; and | 21 | | be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the National Museum of Mexican Art as a symbol of | 3 | | our esteem and respect.
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