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Arizona State University Art Museum (ASUAM) - Cailinn Allen - Week 3

 Arizona State University Art Museum (ASUAM) - Cailinn Allen - Week 3

This week I worked remotely for the museum as I was at the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's LOFT Leadership Institute at Trinity Univeristy in San Antonio, Texas. Here I met phenomenal young Latino leaders, engaged in cultural leadership, and met with professionals from various fields and disciplines.

In every introduction of mine, I spoke about NMAL - and it was the first time many of the students had heard of the museum!

I also engaged in my first Open Space Agenda, where Malinalli Diaz and I led “Indigeneity: Deconstructing Latinidad” - a seminar entirely crafted by us. We honored our respective Akimel O’odham and Nahuatl cultures and their intersections with our Latino identities. This was an experience I’ll cherish forever. From speaking about decolonization vs. Indiginization, Native Icons of the past and present, and examining the use of Hispanic vs. Latino across nations, we created a safe space to honor our Indigenous roots at the conference. I owe it to the work I've been doing at the ASUAM for supplying me with the knowledge to confidently lead this workshop!


During my time at Trinity University, I was collecting research on one of the pieces in our future 2025 exhibition using documents I scanned when I was last in the office. I'll be using this preliminary research to create an extended label for the piece! While I can't share information on the piece/artist, it was so interesting to see official ASU documents showing how it was donated.

I hope everyone has a great weekend, happy last week! 

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