Somerville Museum: Virtual Taza Chocolate Tour

Somerville Museum

Join us for a virtual tour of Taza Chocolate hosted by Taza Chocolate, the Somerville Museum and Bittersweet exhibition curators, José Falconi and Santiago Montoya. This event is part of our Bittersweet exhibition's Chocolate Stories Salon series. Created by two of Latin America’s leading artists – José Falconi from Peru and Santiago Montoya from Colombia – Bittersweet expands upon their original collaboration in Colombia, titled, “El Dorado Chocolaterie.” This reference to the foundational myth of “El Dorado,” that elusive city where everything was covered in gold, derives from the earliest days of colonization in the 16th century when countless explorers mounted expeditions in search of it. Over the years, the myth has served as an allegory for the ongoing search and exploitation of Colombia’s immense natural wealth and as a symbol for get-rich-quick schemers who traffic in its resources from gold to quinoa, or from emeralds to cocaine. Sure to attract the attention of critics and art-lovers from Somerville and beyond, Bittersweet reimagines the elusive paradise of gilded beings long sought by South American explorers. Instead of gold, however, these explorers will enter into the subconscious world of sweets, turning the Museum into an enormous chocolate factory where with the exchange for a hot cup of cocoa will be the visitor’s time.Admission: This is a virtual event via zoom. While admission is free to all donations are welcome and benefit the operations of the Somerville Museum. Virtual Event: Zoom link will be sent out ahead of event. Space is limited so register today!This event will also be recorded and published on our website.A special thanks to Taza Chocolate for their very generous in-kind chocolate donation. This exhibition wouldn’t be possible without their support.This program is made possible by a grant from Mass Humanities, which provided funding through the National Endowment for the Humanities via the American Rescue Plan.This program is supported in part by a grant from the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

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