The Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center is a museum in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States. It was founded in 2002, by husband-and-wife team David Blair and Linda Marsella to improve awareness and understanding across cultural boundaries.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/Karla Hostetler leaving Mariposa Museum, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. July 4, 2024.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 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.History of Twenty-Four Main Street. https://peterborough.stqry.app/story/187529
In 2019, the Mariposa expanded its mission and opened the Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts to showcase the work and scholarship of African-American artists. The Mariposa Museum in Oak Bluffs is Martha’s Vineyard’s only museum dedicated to African-American artists.
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.
Selected exhibitions
And Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations. Women of Color Quilter’s Network. 2019.Pretsky, Holly. Weaving a Narrative of Resilience. The Vineyard Gazette. August 1, 2019. https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2019/08/01/weaving-narrative-resilience Freedom Songs!, Kevin Sampson. 2020. Angels of 17 Years Boy, Imo Nse Imeh. 2021.Walker, Aliyah (June 24, 2021). A Clarion Call for Art That Digs Deeply. The Vineyard Gazette. Block Prints of Black American Spirituals, Ashley Bryan. 2021. Clarion Call, Danny Simmons. 2021. Make Something Beautiful, Kevin Sampson and Danny Simmons. 2021. The Luminous Worlds of Omar Victor Diop, Omar Victor Diop. 2022.The Complete Martha's Vineyard Calendar (July 31, 2022). Exhibit: The Luminous Worlds of Omar Victor Diop. 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.Robert, Allison (August 9, 2023). "Stitching Time," a social justice quilting project: Exhibit at Mariposa Museum highlights works created by Black men who are incarcerated. MV Times. Progeny. Stone carvings of African master sculptors. 2024. Seasons on the Vine, featuring the art of 109-year old Dorothy Burnham,Robards, Brooks (July 28, 2022). The remarkable Dorothy Burnham Still taking her walks, playing Scrabble at 107. MV Times. Paloma Hostin, Martha Mae Jones, Martha Mae Jones. Permanent art collection. Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Martha Mae Jones. Knowhere Art LLC. and Suesan Stovall.Roosevelt, Laura (2014). Suesan Stovall. Martha's Vineyard Arts and Ideas.MV Times (November 18, 2020). Suesan Stovall: Artist, singer, ‘incognegro’. This exhibit represented four generations of Black women with ties to Martha's Vineyard. 2024.Greenman, Daniel (January 7, 2025). Mariposa Museum plans to stay open. Board members, uncertain last year about the museum’s future, now say it will be back with new programs. MV Times.
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