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MOLAA Honored Dodger Announcer Jaime Jarrín, and Renowned Artist and Activist, Dr. Judith Baca

Long Beach– On Nov. 13, the Museum of Latin American Art kicked off a year-long celebration of its 25th Anniversary at a gala attended by more than 500 guests. The Los Angeles Dodgers and its’ longtime Spanish-language announcer, Jaime Jarrin, and prominent Chicana Artist and Activist Dr. Judith Baca were honored at the fundraising dinner.

MOLAA’s CEO Dr. Lourdes Ramos-Rivas called the event a spectacular night of the coming together of prominent community leaders, elected officials to celebrate MOLAA’s achievements over the past 25 years.

Popular Latino, rock, and hip-hop band from Los Angeles, Ozomatli, performed a special live concert. Artist Sami Hayek was in charge of designing the official commemorative wine bottle in partnership with Bodegas de Santo Tomás.

For 25 years, MOLAA has showcased some of the world’s brightest artists and has brought arts education directly to the community.

More than 180 exhibitions of Latinx and Latin American Masters and up-and-coming artists. The mission expanded to represent Latinx art in addition to Latin American art and approximately 1,600 artworks are in the collection. Over the past 25 years, more than 1 million visitors have crossed MOLAA’s threshold and enjoyed its curation of Latinx art and programming.

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