Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center

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Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center
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Mariposa Museum
Location within New Hampshire
Established2002 (2002)
LocationPeterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.
Coordinates 42°52′38″N71°56′58″W / 42.877312°N 71.949559°W / 42.877312; -71.949559
FounderDavid Blair
Linda Marsella
Website www.mariposamuseum.org

The Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center is a museum in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States. It was founded in 2002, by husband-and-wife team David Blair and Linda Marsella to improve awareness and understanding across cultural boundaries. [1] [2] [3] The Mariposa was designed as a "hands-on" museum and is located in Peterborough's Baptist Church building (1841), which was added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2011. [4]

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In 2019, the Mariposa expanded its mission and opened the Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts to showcase the work and scholarship of African-American artists. [5] [6] The Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs is Martha’s Vineyard’s only museum dedicated to African-American artists. [7]

Attendance

It is estimated that 6,000 visitors attended the Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs' first exhibit, And Still We Rise, in the summer of 2019. [6]

Selected exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ Levine, Debra. David Blair: Co-founder of Mariposa Museum. American Diversity Report podcast. May 15, 2017. https://americandiversityreport.com/david-blair-co-founder-mariposa-museum-world-cultural-center/
  2. ↑ Karla Hostetler leaving Mariposa Museum, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. July 4, 2024.
  3. ↑ Sentinel Staff. Mariposa touts executive director in announcing her departure. The Keene Sentinel. Jul 7, 2024; Updated Aug 14, 2024.https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/mariposa-touts-executive-director-in-announcing-her-departure/article_3c8702e4-3c8c-11ef-95fb-e38f766df045.html
  4. ↑ History of Twenty-Four Main Street. https://peterborough.stqry.app/story/187529
  5. 1 2 Gajda, Emily (August 27, 2023). "Mariposa Museum Quilt Exhibit Is a Compassionate Collaboration". Vineyard Gazette . Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 Regan, Shelby (July 20, 2020). "History, culture, and sculpture". The Martha's Vineyard Times . Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  7. 1 2 Greenman, Daniel (August 14, 2024). "Mariposa Museum in dire straits". The Martha's Vineyard Times . Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  8. ↑ Pretsky, Holly. Weaving a Narrative of Resilience. The Vineyard Gazette. August 1, 2019. https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2019/08/01/weaving-narrative-resilience
  9. 1 2 3 4 Walker, Aliyah (June 24, 2021). A Clarion Call for Art That Digs Deeply. The Vineyard Gazette.
  10. ↑ The Complete Martha's Vineyard Calendar (July 31, 2022). Exhibit: The Luminous Worlds of Omar Victor Diop.
  11. ↑ Robert, Allison (August 9, 2023). "Stitching Time," a social justice quilting project: Exhibit at Mariposa Museum highlights works created by Black men who are incarcerated. MV Times.
  12. ↑ Robards, Brooks (July 28, 2022). The remarkable Dorothy Burnham Still taking her walks, playing Scrabble at 107. MV Times.
  13. ↑ Martha Mae Jones. Permanent art collection. Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
  14. ↑ Martha Mae Jones. Knowhere Art LLC.
  15. ↑ Roosevelt, Laura (2014). Suesan Stovall. Martha's Vineyard Arts and Ideas.
  16. ↑ MV Times (November 18, 2020). Suesan Stovall: Artist, singer, ‘incognegro’.
  17. ↑ Greenman, Daniel (January 7, 2025). Mariposa Museum plans to stay open. Board members, uncertain last year about the museum’s future, now say it will be back with new programs. MV Times.
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