Ciudad Museo – Celebrating Seven Years of Art
By Yaritzel M. Reyes Romero
If you ask me, how did we got here? My answer would be with a lot of effort, dedication and love towards art and our island. Even though I have only been in the Organization for 6 months, I can say that those who are part of it do their best to continue its mission and vision, which from the beginning has been to rehabilitate dead or lost places, extol the arts in our community and continue giving love to the land where we were born. I have seen in such a short time how Ciudad Museo continues leaving its mark in every place it goes and although it started as a community work project between two students, today you can see that they have gone much further.
In the blink of an eye, seven years passed, and its needless to say that the joy I feel is immense. Despite the difficulties, Ciudad Museo continues to grow both as an organization and within each of its members. At the level that we manage to organize an entire event from the “idea” of a celebration to having the coordination, logistics, creation of elements, etc.; and see how on February 5, 2022, it came out with great success.
What for many thought it was going to be something small, ended up being one of the most impressive activities we have done. It was gratifying seeing all those people who have supported the organization from day one and those who have joined over time and notice how they came excited and ready to celebrate with us.
Having the opportunity to see how the activity unfolded from a “backstage” perspective was unique. The way it was design how the guests entered, for me it was perfect. The guests checked in at the entrance of the Workshop and were given a personalized ID, then they passed through the workshop salon until they went out to the patio and came upon an installation of the letters “ART” to have the opportunity to take photos. Everything looked like a red carpet!
See how they enjoyed every moment of the celebration, from sharing our achievements, future projects, the new website, the creation of Lydia Abreu University Scholarship, named after the teacher who helped us and believed in us from day one, Ciudad Museo’s new logo, the announcement of the MeJunje exhibition to the improvisation show that the group from the Puerto Rican League of Theatrical Improvisation, LIPIT, performed.
We even did a sale-booth! The interesting thing about it is that it created more curiosity in our guests. We had merchandise with various arts from our organization, such as stickers, shirts, prints, etc. Giving the opportunity to others to take home a little piece of Ciudad Museo.
I must say that all the hard work of many months was worth it. Not even the rain managed to discourage us. On the contrary, it gave a magical and natural touch, and we as a team collaborated in a way that everything flowed. At the end of the celebration, the things we heard the most were positive, including comments of how successful it was and that they never imagined that the activity would be like this. In other words, the word “proud” stood out the most. From what I can tell that night, was The Night, and it was perfect. We did it!
And you know what was one of the most rewarding things? The next day, family members texted me saying, “Look at El Nuevo Día Newspaper!”. It turned out that Ciudad Museo made it to the front page with two pages of content in the “Flash & Culture” section.
After Celebrating Seven Years of Art the night before and seeing this the next day, there were no more words left to say than: THANK YOU!
Thanks to all those people who in one way or another have provided support so that this Organization continues growing and mostly, to each of the Official Members and Leaders of the team. I know that this is part of the process and that many more things will come. I feel extremely proud to be part of this organization and I know that together we will continue doing beautiful things for Puerto Rico and the Arts.
I invite you all to continue celebrating with us and to follow us through our social media platforms: @ciudadmuseopr.
Ciudad Museo, Seven Years of Art!
Yaritzel M. Reyes Romero
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with concentrations in Operations Management and Human Resources Management
Minor degree in Visual Arts
Official member since October 2021
Public Relations Leader