Museum Hue is leading an unprecedented research initiative, HueCultures, that investigates the unique identities, experiences, pedagogies, and sites of museums founded and led by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, and all People of Color. This first-of-its-kind study, which includes a digital map, directory, report, and online platform, identifies their intersectionalities, challenges, and distinctive impacts. Museum Hue seeks to raise awareness of these trusted institutions and their innovative methodologies through an online database that encompasses their history, geographic location, and community significance. This research study and online platform will be used to share findings of their vast and layered practices as a way to further preserve and expand them. It is also intended to be used as a guide to provoke new thinking for the role of museums to the wider sector.
The research findings demonstrate how institution building has been an essential part of liberation and increased agency that helps sites to share their histories, elevate creative practices, strengthen cultural ties, and enrich their communities. The HueCultures initiative also provides opportunities for museum professionals working at these institutions to connect and learn from one another; building relationships for a stronger network that facilitates trust and comradery.
The panel will include the team behind the HueCultures research and museum leaders who have served as advisors on the initiative to highlight the community-based expertise that guide cultural spaces founded and led by people of color. Panelists will share how this research grounds, connects, and distinguishes these institutions as crucial heritage sites in communities.
Learning Objectives
- Examine ways museums and arts entities are contributing and cultivating an arts ecosystem, sharing space and skills.
- Explore existing partnerships between for profit and nonprofit organizations for the greater good
- Discuss HueCulture’s digital map, directory, and report
- Explore HueCultures and how it can be used in the real world
- Share how the digital map can inform and transform the built environment. Past partnership with AIA on the role of architects.
