collection spotlight 2021
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.
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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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Installation view of Collection Spotlight: Recent Acquisitions by Black Artists at LSU Museum of Art
Radcliffe Bailey’s works are a wonder to view in person. A storyteller, Bailey layers and assembles symbols, photographs, motifs, and text to build a narrative network between his personal history, memory, and identity to that of the African Diaspora. Read this blog post by LSU MOA Graduate Assistant Kirsten Campbell about Radcliffe Bailey’s Far Beyond the Valley, now on view in Collection Spotlight: Recent Acquisitions by Black Artists until September 26, 2021 at LSU MOA.
Read MoreAs 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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inRegister featured new acquisitions in LSU MOA Collections Storage click here to read
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