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Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists is the 2022 recipient of The Elizabeth McLundie Bolton Award at the Louisiana Association of Museums Conference (LAMCON). Learn more in this press release
Read MoreNOW ON VIEW (pictured here in LSU MOA’s Art in Louisiana: Views into the Collection Intro Gallery): Mary Lee Bendolph (American, b. 1935), Untitled (Strip Quilt), 2009, cotton, corduroy, velvet, Purchased with funds from the Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists, LSUMOA 2021.10
LSU Museum of Art recently acquired a quilt by Mary Lee Bendolph, one of the foremost strip quilters associated with Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Bendolph’s striking compositions reject traditional methods of symmetry and uniformity, instead embracing abstraction through the improvisational use of geometry. Learn more about it in this closer look by LSU MOA Graduate Assistant Kirsten Campbell and view it today in our Art in Louisiana Intro Gallery!
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LSU Cornerstone featured The Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists in the 2021 Winter Issue. Read an interview and watch a video with LSU MOA Curatorial Fellow Clarke Brown and former LSU MOA Curator Courtney Taylor.
Read MoreThe Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists supports growth of LSU Museum of Art’s permanent collection by funding acquisitions of works by Black, Indigenous, and Latinx artists, including those of marginalized sexualities, gender identities, and communities. LPB Art Rocks! talks to representatives from the museum including Clarke Brown, a Curatorial Fellow, who is specializing in diversity and inclusion in the arts.
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Sonya Clark is a textile and social practice artist who uses everyday objects to implicate the construction of empire and speak about the afterlife of slavery. Recently, LSU MOA acquired one of Clark’s pieces as part of the Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists entitled French Braid and Cornrow, which is currently on view. Read this closer look at the work by LSU MOA Curatorial Fellow Clarke Brown.
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LSU Museum of Art (LSU MOA) in Baton Rouge, LA is pleased to open on July 8, 2021, Form & Fire: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection, featuring a group of over 100 American studio ceramic works on long-term loan and are a promised gift by bequest to the LSU Museum of Art from E. John Bullard. Read the full press release to learn more.
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As museum professionals, a huge part of our jobs are to make exhibits look seamless, effortless, and as perfect as possible. Behind the scenes though works with damage are conserved by professional conservators. Check out this blog post written by LSU MOA Registrar Olivia Peltier to learn about two recent acquisitions restored and now on view in the galleries!
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LSU MOA Collections Intern Alaina Newell takes a closer look at Frederick J. Brown's Sarah now on view in our Art in Louisiana Portrait Gallery.
Read MoreinRegister featured new acquisitions in LSU MOA Collections Storage click here to read
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LSU Museum of Art is pleased to open a special permanent collection exhibition spotlighting recent acquisitions of works by Black artists on March 28. On view for the first time at LSU MOA will be works by Radcliffe Bailey, Whitfield Lovell, Madelyn Sneed-Grays, Mario Moore, and Gordon Parks, among other recently acquired works. Read the full press release to learn more.
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LSU Museum of Art is pleased to announce The Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists, which supports the growth of LSU Museum of Art’s permanent collection by funding acquisitions of works by Black, Indigenous, and Latinx artists, including those of marginalized sexualities, gender identities, and marginalized communities. Read the full press release to learn more.
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