Gateways/Portales: Interview with Lauren Cavins and Two Mothers
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Scope and Contents
- Lauren Cavins, director of Children's Ministries at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church and director of La Escuelita Bilingual Preschool, talked about her family and where they lived; growing up in Mississippi; when and where she learned Spanish; arrival in Charlotte, North Carolina; and how Charlotte has changed since her arrival. Cavins talked about how she first became involved in the Latino community; the networks she created and building community; how she created a home at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church for Latinos; and Latino outreach and inclusion at Holy Comforter. She also spoke about starting the ESL program at Holy Comforter; how the growth of Latino community at Holy Comforter changed the church and the community; mission trips to Latin America - faith, education, and service; the inspiration for La Escuelita preschool; how community issues (state IDs, voting, public education, ICE raids, and banking) show themselves in the church; and her role as the chairperson for the Chartered Committee for Hispanic Ministries for the Episcopal Diocese of NC and the work of the organization. Cavins is not Latina. Following Cavins' interview, two women - Rossana Guzman and Iris Dominguez - were interviewed separately and answered similar questions, particularly about where they have lived and their experience living in Charlotte, North Carolina; the interviews with Guzman and Dominguez are in Spanish. Dominquez was born in Honduras, and lived in Jersey City, New Jersey prior to her arrival in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clips of Lauren Cavins' interview was included in the 'Church as Safe Space' section of the exhibition.
- Interview in English and Spanish. Lauren Cavins' interview in English. The two mothers' interview in Spanish. Mothers' names: Rossana Guzman and Iris Dominguez. Related to exhibition 'Gateways/Portales.' The MP4 video files are grouped with related SMI files, PPN files, XML documents, and BIM files. Dated 20160323.
- Date
- 2016 March 23
- Extent
- 58 Video recordings (MP4 Video (.MP4), born digital)
- 1 Sound recording (MP3 Sound Recording )
- Type
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Sound recordings
- Topic
- Hispanic Americans
- Latin Americans -- United States
- Immigrants
- Communities
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- Baltimore (Md.)
- Charlotte (N.C.)
- Raleigh (N.C.)
- United States
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Citation
- Gateways/Portales: Interview with Lauren Cavins and 2 Mothers, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
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Gateways/Portales Exhibition Records
- Scope and Contents
- The records of the Gateways/Portales exhibition presented by the Anacostia Community Museum and curated by Ariana A. Curtis measure 2.84 linear feet and date from 1954 to 2017. A winner of the Smithsonian Excellence in Exhibitions Award; the bilingual exhibit presented in English and Spanish incorporated the gender-neutral term "Latinx"; and the metaphor "Gateways/Portales," used for Latinx points of access into community life in America. Focusing on four urban areas in the United States: Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, Raleigh-Durham, NC, and Charlotte, NC., the materials include research files, subject files, scholarly articles, artist files, exhibit texts, object lists, and audio and video digital files from interviews conducted in conjunction with the exhibition. Research files contain articles on a broad range of topics including museums and social justice, population growth, immigration policy, Latinos in the south, social justice and civil rights, Dominican salons, and festivals. There are also articles and biographies of Latinx artists featured in the exhibition. Exhibit files include project proposal, exhibit scripts, object list, media coverage, and exhibition brochures. Additionally, there are tokens of visitor engagement including responses to questions on an interactive board and materials deposited on an altar in the exhibition. Oral histories were conducted by curator Ariana A. Curtis and her assistant Elena Muñoz in conjunction with the exhibition. The records contain both audio and video recordings of community members, artists, activists, educators, and the producer of 'Linea Directa,' Washington, D.C.'s first Spanish language local news program. Also present is a text copy of oral histories from the Latino Migration Project, UNC Chapel Hill.
- Date
- 1954-2017
- Extent
- 2.84 Linear feet (3 boxes)
- Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Citation
- Gateways/Portales Exhibition Records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Oral histories (document genres)
- Topic
- Immigrants -- United States -- Exhibitions
- Museum exhibits
- Sound recordings
- Video recording
- Place
- Baltimore (Md.)
- Charlotte (N.C.)
- Raleigh (N.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- Culture
- Hispanic Americans
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-102