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Illinois politicians, advocacy groups fight back as Trump cuts funding for libraries and museums
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 20 attorneys general have sued to challenge Trump’s dismantling of the Institute of ...
Freeport Art Museum’s ‘BIPOC Initiative’ to end this year
In 2020, the museum made a five-year commitment to give artists from various racial and ethnic backgrounds a place to show ...
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Q&A: Edward Hayes, Director, El Paso Museum of Art
Walking through a cascade of colorful paintings that center women in dreamlike settings, works from the Judithe Hernández art exhibition at the El Paso Museum of Art, director Edward Hayes ...
National Public Housing Museum opens in Chicago, the first of its kind, with residents’ stories at its heart
Free to visit and located in the last surviving building of the former Jane Addams Homes, the new Chicago museum is filled ...
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Chicago museum showcases history of public housing through its residents
Set inside a once-dilapidated 1938 building on Chicago's near West Side, a one-of-a-kind museum hopes to change the ...
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money ...
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How One Mom Built a Latino Homeschooling Network
Gisela Quiñones turned a private Facebook group into a nationwide community offering Latino Studies classes, field trips, and ...
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Unique Chicago museum showcases the history of public housing through its residents
A one-of-a-kind Chicago museum hopes to change the perception of public housing in America. The National Public Housing ...
Frida Kahlo's 'Month in Paris' exhibit at Art Institute showcases obscure friendship with American artist
Though this is the first Kahlo exhibition in the history of the museum, only seven Kahlo works are featured among the 100 on ...
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Mexico’s Holy Grail of Chocolate Bars Makes Rare Appearance in D.C. Museum
Art, coffee, and cacao collide this spring inside the Smithsonian’s iconic Hirshhorn museum. Mexico City’s Casa Bosques ...
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New exhibit at Putnam Museum showcases Indigenous roots of Mexican Americans
DAVENPORT, Iowa — A new temporary exhibit is opening in the World Culture Gallery of The Putnam Museum and Science Center. Indigenous Roots of Mexican Americans was developed by the museum's ...
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Mexican national accused of $1 million embezzlement of Fresno fruit wholesaler
A Mexican national living in Fresno has been charged with embezzling over $1 million from a local fruit wholesaler. The big picture: A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Sergio ...