THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

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Multicultural Audience Development Initiative
1998 Present
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
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The Museum
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The Museum Brief History
1870
Present
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The Initiative
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The Initiative
Mission Statement

• The goals of the Multicultural Audience
  Development Initiative are
• increase awareness of our encyclopedic
  collections
• create relationships with diverse communities in
  New York
• diversify visitorship and membership
• increase participation in programs and activities

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The Initiative
Advisory Committee
William Aguado, Executive Director, Bronx Council
on the Arts John H. Austin, Jr., US Department
of Justice c/o DEA Sandra Jackson Berger, The
New York Coalition of 100 Black Women Denise R.
Branker, National Coalition of 100 Black
Women Estrellita Brodsky, Advisory Board, El
Museo del Barrio Gail Bruce, Ramscale
Productions William H. Burgess, III, Former
Chairman, National Minority Business
Council Angela Cabrera, Board of Trustees, El
Museo del Barrio Reginald Canal, Sr. Premier
Corp. Relationships Manager Richard V. Clarke,
Trustee, The Metropolitan Museum of
Art Harriette Cole, Harriette Cole
Productions Susan Delvalle, Director of External
Affairs, El Museo del Barrio Lloyd C. Grant,
Publisher, The KIP Business Report Natatia
Griffith, New York Commission on Womens
Issues Deesha Hill, Art Consultant Wayne H. Ho,
Executive Director Coalition for Asian American
Children Families Cherrie Illlidge-McKenna,
Cultural Affairs Officer, New York Chapter,
National Black M.B.A. Association, Inc. Tinku
Jain, Host of Namaste America Tonya Lewis Lee,
Art Consultant Susana Torruella Leval, Board of
Trustees, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Irvine
R. Mac Manus, Board of Trustees, El Museo del
Barrio Spencer Means, Art Consultant Harriet
Michel, President, National Minority Supplier
Development Council Gail E. Mitchell, President,
Pan Hellenic Council of Greater New York,
Inc. Lal Motwani, Vice President National
Federation of Indian-American Associations Robert
North, Executive Director, Emeritus Boys Harbor
Inc. Lloyd Oxendine, Art Consultant Pamela
Palanque-North, National Representative, Jack
Jill of America, Inc. Shirley Rodriguez-Remeneski
, President, 100 Hispanic Women Robert Sancho,
Vice President for External Affairs,
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Sylvia Sandrigde,
President, Tau Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa
Alpha Lowery S. Sims, Curator, Museum of Arts
and Design Usha Subrahmanyam, Art
Consultant Edward Sullivan, Dean for the
Humanities, Department of Fine Arts, New York
University Henry Tang, Board of Directors, The
Committee of 100 Alexander Tsui, President,
Asian Professional Extension, Inc. Donna
Williams, Chief Audience Development
Officer Bonnie Wong, President, Asian Women in
Business Linda Zango-Haley, Member of the
National Eastern Regional Art Committee,
President, The Greater New York Chapter, The
Links, Inc. Julián Zugazagoitia, Director, El
Museo del Barrio
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The Initiative
New Members
Reginald Canal
Hugh Hysell
Yvonne Chan
Denise R. Branker
Robin Bell-Stevens
Tonya Lewis Lee
Spencer Means
Harriette Michel
S. Alice Mong
Neyda Martinez
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The Initiative
Collaborations
Arts Organizations
Trustees, Staff and Departments
Multicultural Organizations
AWIB
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The Initiative
Collaborations
Special Guests
Maya Lin
Cicely Tyson
Andre Leon Talley Oscar de la Renta
Michele Patterson
Alek Wek
Linda Johnson Rice
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Involvement with Communities
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Media Outreach
Communicating with all Communities in Our City
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Media Outreach
Newsletter Website
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Diversity in Programming
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Diversity in Programming
Native American Heritage
Well Take Manhattan Symposium
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Diversity in Programming
Native American Heritage
Opening of the Native American Galleries
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Diversity in Programming
Hispanic/Latino Heritage
The Origins of Salsa
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Diversity in Programming
Hispanic/Latino Heritage
Galleries, Performances, Talks, More
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Diversity in Programming
Asian Heritage
Galleries, Performances, Talks, More
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Diversity in Programming
South Asian Heritage
Viewing, Performance and Reception
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Diversity in Programming
South Asian Heritage
Viewing, Performance and Reception
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Diversity in Programming
South Asian Heritage
Performances and Family Programming
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Diversity in Programming
South Asian Heritage
Performances and Family Programming
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Diversity in Programming
South Asian Heritage
Performances and Family Programming
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Diversity in Programming
South Asian Heritage
Performances and Family Programming