Paley Center celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Latin Grammy exhibit

(2 Oct 2024)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York - 18 September 2024
1. Push in on Latin Grammy
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Maureen Reidy, Paley Center for Media:
“This 25th anniversary exhibit of the Latin Grammy Awards here at the Paley Museum is something special and offers a little something for everyone. Visitors come in and they will find priceless artifacts, glamorous costumes and iconic instruments from folks like Shakira, Ricky Martin, Juan Gabriel, Rosalia and so many others.”
3. Push in on Ruben Blades hat and maracas
4. Shakira guitar
5. Wide of items on display
6. Push in on Juanes photo
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Maureen Reidy, Paley Center for Media:
“The Latin Grammy Awards have become a worldwide cultural phenomenon, and Latin music and its artists have really made an indelible impact, not only on music, but on culture and entertainment worldwide. And so the energy and the passion in the music is a real anchor to pull people in for this extraordinary exhibit.”
8. Latin Grammy Award
9. Timeline of Latin Grammys on wall
10. Pan of exhibition
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Maureen Reidy, Paley Center for Media:
“When folks come here, they'll also find this great history of the Latin Grammy Awards and timelines through photographs, through video clips. And there were a team of curators and historians in partnership with the Paley Center for Media and the Latin Recording Academy that worked months and months and months for the past year to pull this together.”
12. Pan of exhibition
13. Posters from previous Latin Grammys
14. Costumes
15. Celia Cruz display
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Maureen Reidy, Paley Center for Media:
“Glamorous costumes. We have probably half a dozen of Celia Cruz's brightly colored, amazing gowns. We have Shakira's guitar and harmonica. We have Alejandro Sanz's guitar. There are timbales. There's so much for folks to see.”
17. Shakira photo
18. Shakira’s guitar
19. Wide of exhibition
20. Ricky Martin shirt
21. Exhibition signage
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Maureen Reidy, Paley Center for Media:
“And in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we also have a very special tribute to the queen of salsa herself, Celia Cruz, and the one and only king of Latin music, Tito Puente.”
23. Wide of Celia Cruz display
24. Celia Cruz and Tito Puente signage
25. Various of Tito Puente display
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Maureen Reidy, Paley Center for Media:
“There are once in a lifetime opportunities, including the opportunity for fans to get a souvenir photo with an actual Latin Grammy award. They can perform on a Latin Grammys stage. They can take a turn on the red carpet or channel their inner Tito Puente and take a turn on the timbales.”
27. Various of timbales
28. Various of people playing timbales
29. Various of exhibition
STORYLINE:
A new exhibition at the Paley Museum in New York celebrates 25 years of Latin music through the Latin Grammy Awards.
Showcasing a collection of costumes, instruments, and posters, the exhibition coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month.
Maureen Reidy, president of the Paley Center for Media Arts, emphasizes that the exhibition has something for everyone.
“Visitors come in and they will find priceless artifacts, glamorous costumes and iconic instruments from folks like Shakira, Ricky Martin, Juan Gabriel, Rosalia and so many others,” Reidy said.
Visitors will marvel at priceless artifacts, glamorous costumes, and iconic instruments from music superstars such as Latin Grammy winners Ricky Martin, Rosalía, Carlos Santana and Shakira.
In addition, there is another exhibition that celebrates Tito Puente and Celia Cruz.
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