Museum of Latin American Art

Museum of Latin American Art

Coordinates: 33°46′29″N 118°10′47″W / 33.7746°N 118.1798°W / 33.7746; -118.1798

Museum of Latin American Art
Established 1996
Location 628 Alamitos Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802 (United States)
Type Latin American Contemporary Art [1]
Curator Cecilia Fajardo-Hill[2]
Website Museum of Latin American Art

The Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) was founded by Dr. Robert Gumbiner in 1996 in Long Beach, California and serves the greater Los Angeles area. MoLAA is the only museum in the United States exclusively dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American art. Since its inception, MoLAA has doubled its size, added a 15,000 sq. ft. sculpture garden and expanded its permanent collection, ranging from works by Tamayo and Matta to Cruz-Diez, Los Carpinteros and Tunga. The museum offers a significant permanent collection as well as educational and cultural programs to its visitors.

The museum is located in the city’s rapidly developing East Village Arts District. Between 1913 and 1918 the site that the museum now occupies was the home of the Balboa Amusement Producing Company, then the world’s most productive and innovative silent film studio. Before there was a Hollywood, Balboa was the king of the silver screen, producing as much as 20,000 feet of negative film a week.

The building that was renovated as MoLAA’s Entertainment / Education / Special Event venue may have been part of the old Balboa film studio. MoLAA’s exhibition galleries, administrative offices and store are housed in what was once a roller skating rink known as the Hippodrome. Built in the late 1920s, after the film studios were gone, the Hippodrome was a haven for skaters for four decades. The building then served as a senior health center for fifteen years. The high vaulted ceilings and beautiful wooden floors were perfectly suited for the Hippodrome's final metamorphosis into the Museum of Latin American Art.

Mission

MoLAA educates the public through the collection, preservation, presentation and interpretation of modern and contemporary Latin American art in order to promote cross-cultural dialogue. [3]




On January 25, 2011, MoLAA president and CEO Richard P. Townsend resigned without explanation.[4]

References

  1. ^ Museum of Latin American Art: About, ARTINFO, 2008, http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/19022/5580/about/museum-of-latin-american-art-long-beach/, retrieved 2008-07-29 
  2. ^ MOLAA Directory
  3. ^ http://www.molaa.org/About-MOLAA/mission-and-history.aspx
  4. ^ Long Beach Press-Telegram

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