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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 MoreLearn about the objects in Candice Lin's La Charada China (Tobacco Version) installation and the history of these objects and their relationship to indentured Chinese laborers and how they reveal long forgotten (or suppressed) aspects of global trade.
Read MoreLSU 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.
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The 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.
Read MoreSonya 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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