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90.5 FM, called Radio Arte, a non-profit, community station from late 1996 to December 30, 2012. In Spring 2011, the museum announced that the radio station and the building it has been in since the late 1990s had been put up for sale due to financial issues. On June 22, 2012, it was announced that
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Carlos Tortolero and a group of Mexican-American teachers first formed the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in 1982. The museum building in Harrison Park opened in 1987 and was expanded in 2001. The design on the façade of the building was inspired by the
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Chicago Public Media had purchased the license of WRTE FM. On December 31, 2012, Chicago Public Media took control of the frequency after FCC approval, thus ending its run as the only Latino-owned broadcast station of any kind in the Chicago area.
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The NMMA also has a program of arts education, performance and community initiatives. In 1994, the museum created two new festivals, Del Corazon: the Mexican Performing Arts Festival and the
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The name of the museum was changed to the National Museum of Mexican Art in December 2006. This name change reflects the status of the museum as the only member of the
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Festival, dedicated to an important Mexican scholar and writer, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. In 1997, the museum created the Yollocalli Arts Reach.
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and artifacts from Mexican history. The permanent exhibit "Mexicanidad: Our Past is Present" explores the history of Mexico in five stages: Pre-
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The museum has a permanent collection featuring prominent works by
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art and culture. It is located in Harrison Park in the
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Villafranca-Guzmán, Nancy; Tortolero, Carlos (2010).
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Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum

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Photo of museum exhibits. At left, a brightly colored three-tiered altar featuring reminders of lost loved ones like food, sculptures, and photographs. At right, a skeleton wears a dark dress and bright flower hat.

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