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The '''Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center''' ([[Peterborough, New Hampshire]]) was founded in 2002, by husband-and-wife team David Blair and Linda Marsella to improve awareness and understanding across cultural boundaries.<ref>Levine, Debra. David Blair: Co-founder of Mariposa Museum. American Diversity Report podcast. May 15, 2017. https://americandiversityreport.com/david-blair-co-founder-mariposa-museum-world-cultural-center/</ref>
<ref>Karla Hostetler leaving Mariposa Museum, ''Monadnock Ledger-Transcript''. July 4, 2024.</ref>
<ref> Sentinel Staff. Mariposa touts executive director in announcing her departure. ''The Keene Sentinel''. Jul 7, 2024; Updated Aug 14, 2024.https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/mariposa-touts-executive-director-in-announcing-her-departure/article_3c8702e4-3c8c-11ef-95fb-e38f766df045.html</ref> The Mariposa was designed as a "hands-on" museum and is located in Peterborough's Baptist Church building (1841), which was added to the [[New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places]] in 2011.<ref> History of Twenty-Four Main Street. https://peterborough.stqry.app/story/187529</ref>
In 2019, the Mariposa expanded its mission and opened  the Mariposa Museum in [[Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts]], to showcase the work and scholarship of African-American artists.<ref name=Gajda>{{cite web | last=Gajda | first=Emily | title=Mariposa Museum Quilt Exhibit Is a Compassionate Collaboration | website=[[Vineyard Gazette]] | date=27 August 2023 | url=https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2023/08/27/mariposa-museum-quilt-exhibit-compassionate-collaboration | access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref><ref name=Regan>{{cite web | last=Regan | first=Shelby | title=History, culture, and sculpture | website=[[The Martha's Vineyard Times]] | date=20 July 2020 | url=https://www.mvtimes.com/2020/07/20/history-culture-sculpture/ | access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> The Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs is [[Martha’s Vineyard]]’s only museum dedicated to African-American artists.<ref name=Greenman>{{cite web | first=Daniel | last=Greenman| title=Mariposa Museum in dire straits | website=[[The Martha's Vineyard Times]] | date=14 August 2024 | url=https://www.mvtimes.com/2024/08/14/mariposa-museum-dire-straits/ | access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref>
==Attendance==
It is estimated that 6,000 visitors attended the  Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs' first exhibit, ''And Still We Rise'', in the summer of 2019.<ref name=Regan/>
==Selected exhibitions==
* ''And Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations''. Women of Color Quilter’s Network. 2019.<ref>
Pretsky, Holly. Weaving a Narrative of Resilience. ''The Vineyard Gazette''. August 1, 2019. https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2019/08/01/weaving-narrative-resilience</ref>
* ''Angels of 17 Years Boy'',  Imo Nse Imeh. 2021.<ref name=walker>
Walker, Aliyah. A Clarion Call for Art That Digs Deeply
The Vineyard Gazette. June 24, 2021. https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2021/06/24/clarion-call-art-digs-deeply</ref>
* ''Block Prints of Black American Spirituals'', [[Ashley Bryan]]. 2021.<ref name=walker/>
* ''Clarion Call'', [[Danny Simmons]]. 2021.<ref name=walker/>
* ''Freedom Songs!'', [[Kevin Sampson (artist)|Kevin Sampson]]. 2020.<ref name=Regan/>
* ''Make Something Beautiful'', [[Kevin Sampson (artist)|Kevin Sampson]] and [[Danny Simmons]]. 2021.<ref name=walker/>
* ''Progeny''. 2024. Stone carvings of African master sculptors.<ref name=Greenman/>
* ''Stitching Time: The Social Justice Collaborative Quilts Project.'' 2023. The Social Justice Quilts Project is curated by "outside" quilter Maureen Kelleher and "inside" quilter Kenya Baleech Alkebu, who is incarcerated at Angola Prison, Louisiana State Penitentiary.<ref name=Gajda/><ref>Robert, Allison. "Stitching Time," a social justice quilting project: Exhibit at Mariposa Museum highlights works created by Black men who are incarcerated. ''MV Times''. August 9, 2023. https://www.mvtimes.com/2023/08/09/stitching-time-social-justice-quilting-project/#:~:text=Mariposa%20Museum%20and%20World%20Cultural,named%20after%20a%20former%20slave</ref>
* ''The Luminous Worlds of Omar Victor Diop,'' [[Omar Victor Diop]]. 2022.<ref>Exhibit: The Luminous Worlds of Omar Victor Diop Sunday, July 31, 2022. The Complete Martha's Vineyard Calendar. https://calendar.vineyardgazette.com/event/exhibit_8645</ref>
==References==
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[[Category: African-American arts organizations]]
[[Category: Contemporary art galleries in the United States]]
[[Category: Lists of National Register of Historic Places by state]]
[[Category: National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire]]
[[Category: Lists of National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire]]
[[Category: Martha's Vineyard]]
[[Category:African-American museums in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:African-American museums in Massachusetts]]