Gateways/Portales: Interview with Pamela Sanchez and Her Sister
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Scope and Contents
- Pamela Sanchez talked about her family and where they lived; growing up in Atlanta, Georgia; her experience attending college in Boston, Massachusetts; her arrival in Charlotte, North Carolina and her first impressions; and how Charlotte has changed. Sanchez described the Georgia and North Carolina communities in which she lived. She talked about the origin and growth of her father's company, Norsan Media; the public relations work she does for the company; and how Latino media landscape has changed. Sanchez spoke about the origin and evolution of the festival 'Hola Charlotte,' and described how it was different from other festivals. 'Hola Charlotte,' started in 2012, was the first Latinx Heritage Festival in uptown Charlotte. The festival included a Latin American village which featured authentic clothing, art, music, dance, and culture from a variety of Latin American countries. When the village was added to the festival in 2013, it featured 10 countries; in 2016, the village featured fifteen countries. Sanchez also talked about what makes her happy, proud; lessons she has learned; and what she does for fun. After Sanchez's interview, she and her sister talked about their family (parents from Mexico); growing up in Atlanta; Norsan Media, the company their father started; their father's work ethic; and working in the national sales department of Norsan Media. Clips of this interview were included in 'Local Media' and 'Hola Charlotte' sections of the exhibition.
- Interview. Related to exhibition 'Gateways/Portales.' The MP4 video files are grouped with related SMI files, PPN files, XML documents, and BIM files. Dated 20160325.
- Date
- 2016 March 25
- Extent
- 39 Video recordings (MP4 Video (.MP4), born digital)
- 1 Sound recording (AIFF Sound (.aif), born digital)
- 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 Pamela Sanchez and Her Sister, 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