Object Details
- Artist
- Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, born 16 Feb 1952
- Sitter
- Marta Moreno Vega, born 3 Jan 1942
- Exhibition Label
- Born New York City
- Marta Morena Vega is a Nuyorican (a New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent), who grew up in the historically Puerto Rican neighborhood of East Harlem, also known as El Barrio. As a visual artist, Afro-Latina activist, scholar, author, educator, and Yoruba priestess, Vega has dedicated her life’s work to shedding light on the experiences and contributions of people of African descent. As the second director of El Museo del Barrio (1972–1976), she described her vision for the museum as “challenging inequality, providing a creative thought process and creative expressions that would lead to solutions with the brilliant eyes of our artists.” Then, in 1976, she founded the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, which advocates for and connects Afro-descendent communities. This work led her to co-found the Global Afro Latino and Caribbean Initiative through Hunter College in 2000. In this photograph, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders elegantly captures Vega’s strength, determination, and wisdom.
- This photograph is part of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s series The Latino List, which explores what it means to be Latino in the twenty-first century.
- Nacida en la Ciudad de Nueva York
- Marta Moreno Vega es “nuyorican” (neoyorquina de ascendencia puertorriqueña) y creció en East Harlem, un área tradicionalmente puertorriqueña también conocida como El Barrio. Como artista visual, activista afrolatina, académica, escritora, educadora y sacerdotisa yoruba, Vega ha dedicado su vida a arrojar luz sobre las experiencias y aportaciones de las personas de ascendencia africana. Como segunda directora del Museo del Barrio (1972–1976), describió su visión para este de la si- guiente manera: “desafiar la desigualdad, facilitando un proceso de pensamiento creativo y expresiones creativas que conduzcan a soluciones con la brillante mirada de nuestros artistas”. En 1976 fundó el Centro Cultural Caribeño Instituto de la Diáspora Africana, que aboga por las comunidades afrodes-cendientes y sirve de enlace entre ellas. Este trabajo la impulsó a cofundar la Iniciativa Global Afrolatina y Caribeña a través de Hunter College en el año 2000. En esta foto, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders capta con elegancia la fuerza, determinación y sabiduría de Vega.
- Esta fotografía forma parte de la serie La lista de latinos, donde Timothy Greenfield-Sanders explora lo que significa ser latino en el siglo XXI.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Catherine and Ingrid Pino Duran
- 2011
- Object number
- S/NPG.2019.104
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © 2011 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Inkjet print
- Dimensions
- Image: 86.1 × 68.5 cm (33 7/8 × 26 15/16")
- Sheet: 101.8 × 76.1 cm (40 1/16 × 29 15/16")
- Mat: 122.1 × 96.7 cm (48 1/16 × 38 1/16")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Jewelry\Necklace
- Costume\Jewelry\Earring
- Costume\Jewelry\Ring
- Costume\Jewelry\Bracelet
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Scarf
- Costume\Jewelry\Nose stud
- Marta Moreno Vega: Female
- Marta Moreno Vega: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor
- Marta Moreno Vega: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Scholar
- Marta Moreno Vega: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Activist
- Marta Moreno Vega: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Museum Administrator\Museum director
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_S_NPG.2019.104
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm487979a10-901d-4d89-bf60-fde0159ee77f
