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Jorell Legaspi

Jorell Legaspi is the Deputy Director-General for Museums of the National Museum of the Philippines. He oversees curatorial development, operations, public programming, research and collections care within the organization’s network.

Legaspi has worked for over a decade in Qatar’s cultural and creative industries, specializing in brand communications, publishing and museums development. In 2010 he joined the founding management team of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. As Head of Creative Communications, he led the formation of the museum’s public image and identity before and after its launch. His exhibition projects at Mathaf include Swalif: Qatari Art between Memory and Modernity, Cai Guo Qiang: Saraab, Tea with Nefertiti and Adel Abdessemed: L’âge d’or. In 2013, he became Head of Publications at the Museum of Islamic Art where he established and managed editorial and design aspects of curatorial and interpretive strategies for exhibitions. In 2016, Legaspi helped in developing SFMOMA’s Public Knowledge art projects. Since 2017, he’s been working with Art D’Égypte on publications and their recent brand expansion project. In 2021, worked with a cohort of creative and cultural industries experts in developing public programs for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture.

Legaspi completed his MA in Museum and Gallery Practice from University College London-Qatar. His masters’ thesis sparked his homecoming to the Philippines where he examined the role of artist-run initiatives on creative placemaking and urban revitalization in Manila’s inner cities.