Project Management Plan to Develop an Annual "Day of the Dead" Community Exhibition and Celebration at the American Museum of Ceramic Art

<p>As the Hispanic population grows in the United States, many museums are being attentive to this demographic to remain relevant to their communities. Pomona, California, represents an example of this trend with sixty-one percent of its community being classified as Hispanic. This project studies how introducing “Day of the Dead”, a Pre-Columbian tradition brought to the United States in the 1970s, into the programming at Pomona’s American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) can not only respond to the needs of its Hispanic community but also bring about greater social cohesion to the city. This project uses the Oakland Museum of California’s Days of the Dead celebration as a model, and observes how allowing community voices into the museum’s framework will lead to sustainable public support. While the methodologies in this project apply to AMOCA, other institutions can use this research to inform their community engagement efforts.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Museum Studies

Level thesis:degree_level

Restricted Project/Capstone - USF access only

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Museum Studies

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Crosetti, Victor Daniel

Contributors dc:contributor

• Marjorie Schwarzer

• Museum Studies
• Day of the Dead
• Inclusion
• Community Engagement
• Audience Development
• Art Practice
• Ceramic Arts

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/252

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1265