Since Selena passed away, everything has taken on a different meaning. Selena was very proud to be a Latina American, and I think we should all continue to be so. I just lost my father, so now every little thing I have or that I didn't notice before catches my attention," Suzette Quintanilla told EFE, who faced the loss of Abraham Quintanilla Jr. on December 13 of last year. This is the first time that personal belongings of the star, who died in 1995, are leaving the Selena Museum located in Corpus Christi, Texas. According to the exhibition's curator, Kelsey Goelz, the small exhibition titled 'Selena From Texas to the World' is 'a kind of small version of the museum in Texas here,' she told EFE. The exhibition opened to the public this Thursday and will be available until March 16. It includes iconic outfits such as the white ruffled blouse, the black leather jacket, and the golden hoops she wore for the cover of her single 'Amor Prohibido,' one of her most famous songs, as well as the white dress embroidered with silver threads with which she won the Grammy for Best Mexican-American Album in 1994, and which she later wore in the video for the song 'No me queda más'. Other popular garments, such as her white bra and pants set that she wore at a concert at the Houston Astrodome in 1994, and a similar red one she wore at a concert in San Antonio the same year, adorn the room on the fourth floor of the museum. Likewise, the last microphone that heard her sing on stage with a white flower and stained with her characteristic red lipstick, or four decorative eggs from her collection of over 500, among many other objects, complete the exhibition. 'We decided to share a bit of Selena and of us here in Los Angeles, focusing more on her music and what it continues to mean to this day, but in some way, it also connects with what is happening in the world. That's how the egg collection started,' said Quintanilla. The Latin icon that resonates in dark times for the community The exhibition pays homage to one of the most influential Mexican-American figures in music history, and although it was not conceived with that purpose, it is presented at a key moment for the Latino community in the United States, marked by the intense immigration policy promoted by the current president, Donald Trump. 'Selena From Texas to the World' dialogues with the rest of the museum, as next to it there is a Michael Jackson exhibition and on the floors below the Grammy history section. 'We took a little bit of everything, and it can also be seen within a broader musical context,' explains Goelz. The museum entrance is presided over by a mural by local artist Mister Toledo, which portrays some of the most emblematic moments of the singer's career. Outfits, awards, and intimate memories of Selena Quintanilla make up the new temporary exhibition dedicated to the queen of Tejano at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, an exhibition that, according to her sister Suzette, is deeply personal and takes on greater emotional weight for the family following the recent death of her father. 'The goose egg that is there, that simple one, was the first egg she bought and she bought it right here, in Los Angeles... So I thought it was appropriate for it to come here. 'Everything (on display) means something to me. Whatever happens in the world, that doesn't change who we are,' pointed out the also CEO of Q-Productions.
