Ready for a reframe 🖼️

Museum of Us seeks community input to reframe ‘Race: Are We So Different?’ exhibit

Over the next 2-3 years, the Museum of Us wants to reshape this exhibit. | Photo via Monica Garske + SDtoday

The Museum of Us in Balboa Park is all about sharing inclusive and diverse stories — representing all of us. 🌎

Now, the museum needs your feedback to rework and update the content in an exhibit about race and identity, a reframe the museum hopes will “better reflect the San Diego region and the current national dialogue on race.”

“Race: Are We So Different?” first appeared at the museum in 2011 as a traveling exhibit. In 2015, the museum acquired the display and it became part of its core collection.

Fast-forward to 2023. ⏭️

The Museum of Us tells SDtoday the exhibit is currently in the middle of a “community-driven” project that will modernize it. A 17-member Race Advisory Committee has been analyzing the display since last May, developing its new content.

To help things along, the museum has rolled out an anonymous survey for guests to take at a kiosk near the exhibit now through mid-February. Visitors are asked to rate and reflect on the display, including ways to make it more relevant to both visitors and locals.

People can also sign up for 1-hour interviews with the museum to share a deeper perspective; these contributors will be compensated with $50 and 1-year museum membership. You can get more info about this by emailing the museum.

SD Museum of Us Race exhibit reframe — You’ll find the exhibit — and the survey kiosk — on the second floor.

The committee will evaluate the community’s feedback by the end of February and start drafting the exhibit’s new script, with a goal to have it finalized by the fall.

L. James Haddan, the museum’s senior director of development and external communications, says the project — from content and design development to production — will take 2-3 years to complete.

You can get involved by visiting the museum Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., checking out the exhibit on the second floor, and answering the survey.

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Who is San Diego’s new Poet Laureate, Jason Magabo Perez?

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UC San Diego graduate and local professor Jason Magabo Perez, Ph. D, is the city’s new poet laureate. | Photos via SDtoday + City of San Diego

During Mayor Todd Gloria’s 2023 State of the City Address this month — at about the 16:50 mark — Clairemont resident, poet, and author Jason Magabo Perez, Ph.D., took the podium. 🗣️

Magabo Perez delivered his powerful poem, “We Draft Work Songs for This City” — an ode to the diverse communities and voices that make San Diego, well, San Diego.

This was his public debut as San Diego Poet Laureate 2023-2024, a two-year position appointed by the Commission for Arts and Culture to serve as an advocate for local poetry, spoken word, and the literary arts.

The role was created in 2020, and Magabo Perez is the city’s second-ever poet laureate. During his term, the city says he’ll create “engaging works inspired by and in response to San Diego” to build community and enhance cultural richness.

He’s a UC San Diego graduate and currently an associate professor and director of ethnic studies at California State University San Marcos.

THE WRAP

Today’s issue was written by Monica.

Editor’s pick: The beautiful weather lately has been perfect for hiking — and with the big rain this season, it looks like local trails are thriving.

My family and I trekked the Fortuna Region at Mission Trails last weekend and the paths were greener than I’ve seen them in a while. There were also brooks running through the park, no doubt thanks to the winter storms. It was the most peaceful sound and sight — nature replenished after good soakings. 🌱

Missed yesterday’s newsletter? Explore our guide to 25 parks in San Diego County — from family-friendly to historic. 🌳

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