This is a STEMinist
The International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) has partnered with McAllen Public Utility (MPU) to address the gender gap in STEM by assessing gender representation in museum content. Together, IMAS and MPU will take actions toward creating an equitable STEM workforce by presenting the community with resources on STEM careers and representing more women scientists in exhibits and educational materials. Explore our onsite exhibit located inside the MPU BioZone at the museum on your next visit and scroll down for more!
Virtual Exhibit “This is a STEMinist”
RGV Women in STEM
Explore STEM careers held by local women in the Rio Grande Valley. This series is a collaboration with McAllen Public Utility.
Meet Erika Gomez, a utility engineer at McAllen Public Utility.
Click here to download resources on engineering.
Meet Christina Molano, an assistant water laboratory manager for McAllen Public Utility.
Click here to download a science activity from McAllen Public Utility.
Meet Nina Nahvi, Director of Animal Care at Sea Turtle, Inc.
Meet a meteorologist! Karen Gonzalez is currently a meteorologist for Azteca Valle and KRGV Channel 5 News. She provides meteorology broadcasts in Spanish for the Rio Grande Valley. After starting out as a camera operator, she was encouraged to try out as a forecaster, and she is now a certified meteorologist from Mississippi State University.
IMAS is a proud recipient of a Gender Equity Grant from the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) and the IF/THEN® Initiative. Click the image to learn more and visit the IF/THEN Collection.
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Current Exhibits
Natural Expressions: Collected Landscapes from the IMAS Vault
Exhibition Your Content Goes Here Exhibitions are free with General Admission. Purchase [...]
Processing By Christopher Fitzgerald
Visit the virtual exhibition Processing. Christopher Miñán Fitzgerald translates intimate watercolors into large-scale paintings to explore our human capacity for hope in the face of incomprehensible tragedy.
Resilience – A Sansei Sense of Legacy
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Mexican and Latin American Folk Art
Permanent Exhibition Exhibitions are free with General Admission. Purchase Tickets [...]
Virtual Exhibits
Processing By Christopher Fitzgerald
Visit the virtual exhibition Processing. Christopher Miñán Fitzgerald translates intimate watercolors into large-scale paintings to explore our human capacity for hope in the face of incomprehensible tragedy.
Ephemeral Decor: Dia de Muertos Objects
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This is a STEMinist
The International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS) has partnered with McAllen Public Utility (MPU) to address the gender [...]
The Virgin Mary: Art, Materiality, and Piety
By Daniel Ymbong The establishment of the Spanish viceroyalties ushered new popular devotions and art production depicting the Virgin [...]
Santas: The Feminine Divine
By Carol Lopez The Christian faith's importance expanded due to the Spanish and Portuguese Viceroyalty, much of the art [...]
Natural Essence
Ceramics have been around for a long time. They can be created by using different types of clay and [...]
