UTRGV, City of Brownsville, Museum of Fine Arts hosting special Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit on farmworker Huerta

 A special Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit, “DOLORES HUERTA: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos,” will be on display at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts through Oct. 1. 

UTRGV, the City of Brownsville and the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art collaborated to bring the traveling exhibit to Brownsville.

“This is an extremely exciting and significant exhibit that honors legendary activist and farm labor leader Dolores Huerta,” said Dr. Dahlia Guerra, UTRGV assistant vice president for Public Art. “We are proud to partner with the City of Brownsville and the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts to bring this exhibit to the Rio Grande Valley to celebrate Huerta’s life and work. Her dramatic impact on the lives of children, women and farmworkers, among other achievements, is a powerful story and history is important to our Valley community.”  

The exhibition explores Huerta’s public life as an activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW), and what led her to become a Latina civil rights icon. In her life as a communicator, organizer, lobbyist, contract negotiator, teacher and mother, her unparalleled leadership skills helped dramatically improve the lives of farmworkers.    

The exhibit includes reproductions of historic and personal photographs and other graphic elements. It also includes a free, user-friendly mobile tour smart phone app featuring interviews with Huerta; a short documentary video; custom educational activities to increase and encourage dialogue with visitors; and additional education resources.  

Visit the exhibit Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, located at 660 E. Ringgold St.For more information, contact Guerra at [email protected] or call 956-665-2353.