What's Happening at the National Museum of Mexican Art

Thank you for your interest in the National Museum of Mexican Art.  Read on to find out about what's been going on at the museum recently and the exciting things to come. What's on display at the museum now? Fragmentos: Pilar Acevedo, now through July 13th  As Cosmopolitans & Strangers: Mexican Art of the Jewish Diaspora from the Permanent Collection, now through August 3rd Galeri­a Sin Fronteras, an exhibition showcasing Chicano-based artwork from the collection of Professor Gilberto Cárdenas. Now throughAugust 17th Shop for a Father's Day Gift at Tienda Tzintzuntzan Father's Day is Sunday, June 15th. If you've got a dad with a special appreciation for Mexican folk art and the National Museum of Mexican Art, stop by Tienda Tzintzuntzan inside the museum. You'll find a one of a kind gift that show's your love and appreciation of your father.  Stay Connected Admission to the Museum of Mexican Art is free every day! Día del Niño Health Walk and Family Festival The 18th annual Día del Niño Health Walk and Family Festival is around the corner! Join us at the UIC Forum onSaturday, May 31st from 11 to 3 for free health screenings, physical activity, art activities, clowns, face painting, games, prizes and giveaways. Admission is free and we will provide free transportation from the museum to the UIC Forum. Get energized and start the morning with a health walk from the National Museum of Mexican Art to the UIC Forum. Warm up begins at 9 a.m. and the walk kicks off at 10.  Click here for more information. Adios to MEXICANIDAD, Our Past is Present  After thirteen years on display Mexicanidad, the Museum's permanent collection exhibition, has closed. It opened to the public in our new wing in April 2001. The exhibition was a first of a kind permanent display showcasing the Mexican culture from ancient Mesoamerica to the present Mexican experience on both sides of the border - the reinstallation of this gallery will be no less inspiring! Join us this fall 2014 as we inaugurate a brand new exhibition in the renovated 6,975 square-foot gallery. Nuestras Historias: Stories of Mexican Identity from the Permanent Collection will focus on the timeless and universal concerns of human existence and identity through Mexican society on both sides of the border. The Museum will also launch a rotating Works on Paper Gallery to showcases the countless prints, drawings and ephemera in the collection.  Cesar's Last Fast The Chavez Foundation and the National Museum of Mexican Art invite you to join us for a screening of the documentary film Cesar's Last Fast. The film is built around powerful, never-before-seen footage of Chavez's 1988 "Fast for Life," a 36-day act of penance for not having done enough to stop growers from spraying pesticides on farm workers. The screening will take place at the museum on Tuesday, June 3rd at 6:00 sharp. RSVP for this free event here. Nicolás de Jesús Book Presentation  Join us on Saturday, June 7th at 11:00 a.m.for a talk with and about the work of Nicolás de Jesús , a Mexican artist from the Nahua region of Guerrero, Mexico. His work, painting and etching on materials from walls to amate (bark paper), reflects the spectrum of his experiences from his origins in a traditional Mexican Village to the complex problems of Mexican immigrants in the United States and his concern for preserving his cultural identity. Our very own Cesáreo Moreno will moderate a discussion with the artist who will be joined by Aline Hemond of the University of Paris, and Chicago journalist Francisco Piña to talk about a book on De Jesús written by Hartmut Zantke. RSVP here