SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER PRESENTED EXHIBITIONS THAT SEEK TO ENGAGE, EDUCATE AND MAKE OUR REGION'S HISTORY RELEVANT TO TODAY: ALOHA VAQUEROS EXPLORED THE UNIQUE CULTURAL BLENDING OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND MEXICAN VAQUERO (COWBOY) TRADITIONS IN THE AMERICAN WEST. THE EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS THE OFTEN-OVERLOOKED STORIES OF PANIOLO (HAWAIIAN COWBOYS) AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO RANCHING, HORSEMANSHIP, AND CROSS-CULTURAL IDENTITY IN MEXICO, SAN DIEGO AND HAWAII. TASTE SAN DIEGO: FILIPINO CULINARY JOURNEYS CELEBRATES THE RICH CULINARY HERITAGE OF SAN DIEGO'S FILIPINO COMMUNITY THROUGH FAMILY RECIPES, PERSONAL STORIES, AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT. TASTE SAN DIEGO INVITES VISITORS TO EXPLORE HOW FOOD SERVES AS A VITAL THREAD IN PRESERVING CULTURAL IDENTITY AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY ACROSS GENERATIONS. LA NEIGHBOR: COLLOQUIALLY KNOWN AS LA NEIGHBOR, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE WAS THE NEXUS OF RELATIONS IN LOGAN HEIGHTS AND OFFERED INTEGRAL SERVICES LIKE HEALTH CARE, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, ENGLISH-LANGUAGE CLASSES, A COMMUNITY OVEN, CITIZENSHIP CLASSES, AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES. THIS NEW EXHIBITION BRINGS TOGETHER THE WRITTEN HISTORY OF THE HOUSE, ALONG WITH NEARLY TWENTY NEW ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS FROM FORMER LOGAN HEIGHTS RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE IMPACTED BY ITS SERVICES. ART PRIZE SAN DIEGO IS AN ANNUAL AWARD HONORING ARTISTIC EXPRESSION WITH A CASH PRIZE, EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES, AND SPOTLIGHTS ARTISTS IN THE SAN DIEGO TO ENSENADA, MEXICO REGION WHOSE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF VISUAL ARTS MERIT RECOGNITION. THE EXHIBIT OFFERS A PLATFORM FOR EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS TO ENGAGE WITH HISTORICAL THEMES AND CURRENT ISSUES, BRIDGING ART AND PUBLIC HISTORY. SAN DIEGO STEM WOMEN HONORS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN SAN DIEGO'S STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) FIELDS, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT. FEATURING PROFILES, ARTIFACTS, AND INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS, STEM WOMEN SAN DIEGO HIGHLIGHTS THE GROUNDBREAKING WORK AND CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL TRAILBLAZERS. FASHION REDUX: GRAND OCCASIONS IS AN ANNUAL COLLABORATION WITH MESA COLLEGE'S FASHION PROGRAM, AND SPOTLIGHTS HISTORICAL GARMENTS FROM THE SDHC COLLECTION ALONGSIDE STUDENT-DESIGNED CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATIONS. THE 2025 THEME EXPLORES FASHION WORN DURING SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES SUCH AS WEDDINGS, GALAS, AND FORMAL CEREMONIES. LGBTQ+ SAN DIEGO: STORIES OF STRUGGLES + TRIUMPHS FEATURES STORIES AND PERSONAL HISTORIES THAT CELEBRATE SAN DIEGO'S LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES. DESIGNED AS A REPRISE OF THE HISTORY CENTER'S GROUND-BREAKING EXHIBITION OF 2018 IN COLLABORATION WITH LAMBDA ARCHIVES OF SAN DIEGO. DESIGNED FOR FLEXIBILITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THIS EXHIBIT APPEARS AT SDHC AND VARIOUS PUBLIC SPACES TO INCREASE ACCESS AND VISIBILITY OF LGBTQ+ HISTORY THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

THE SAN DIEGO HISTORY CENTER'S LIFE-LONG LEARNING PROGRAM, CONSISTING OF BOTH K-12 AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EXPANDED SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S LEVEL UP PROGRAM THAT ARE IN ADDITION TO THE HISTORY CENTER'S ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH PRICE PHILANTHROPIES SCHOOL IN THE PARK AND ON-SITE FIELD TRIPS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE PATRONS OF THE PRADO BUCKS 4 BUSSES PROGRAM. STUDENT PROGRAMMING INCLUDES SEE YOURSELF HERE AN IMMERSIVE PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS HIGHLIGHTING HISTORY MAKERS AND COMMUNITY HEROES.