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)
Artworks (left to right) by Letitia Huckaby, Radcliffe Bailey, and Whitfield Lovell. These acquisitions were made possible through the Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana—The LSU Museum of Art (LSU MOA) is pleased to share Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly of the Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists are the 2022 recipient of The Elizabeth McLundie Bolton Award at the Louisiana Association of Museums Conference (LAMCON) held in Monroe, Louisiana. This award recognizes an individual outside the museum profession for extraordinary achievement in service to and outstanding support of Louisiana museums, involving long-term commitment to them and participation in statewide museum activities. The Louisiana Association of Museums Conference is held annually for museum professionals to network and learn from others in the museum field.
Winifred and Kevin Reilly, Jr. have long supported the arts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and in 2020 they founded the Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists at the LSU Museum of Art. The initiative supports the permanent collection at the LSU Museum of Art, increasing its ability to fund acquisition of works by Black, Indigenous, and Latinx artists, including those with marginalized sexual orientations and gender identities. The initiative also added a forward-thinking curatorial fellowship position to the museum’s staff to research acquisitions and new perspectives on LSU Museum of Art’s permanent collection. “Kevin and I developed this initiative with the museum staff to support structural change at LSU MOA by fostering greater inclusivity,” Winifred Reilly shared of the larger vision for the project. “We hope this gift will encourage others to join us now and in future gifting to support LSU MOA’s commitment to becoming a place where everyone sees themselves, their culture, and their values represented,” she continued. Major acquisitions by underrepresented artists, paired with a curatorial fellowship and staff training from the Of/By/For All Change Network, are significant steps toward creating systemic change at the museum. The Reillys’ generous gift and service to the LSU Museum of Art has had enormous impact and continues to carry on this museum mission.
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LSU MOA thanks the generous donors to the LSU MOA Annual Exhibition Fund for making this exhibition possible: Louisiana CAT; The Imo N. Brown Memorial Fund in memory of Heidel Brown and Mary Ann Brown; The Alma Lee, H. N., and Cary Saurage Fund; Charles "Chuck" Edward Schwing; Robert and Linda Bowsher; Becky and Warren Gottsegen; LSU College of Art + Design; Mr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Arst; and The Newton B. Thomas Family/Newtron Group Fund.
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