Background

The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in St. Petersburg, Florida was founded by Margaret Acheson Stuart (1896-1980) and reflects her vision of providing outstanding examples of world art in an inviting, elegant setting. The MFA, a city landmark, opened to the public in 1965. The Museum is dedicated to serving all people by pursuing excellence in art from antiquity to the present through the collection, exhibitions, and education for its diverse audiences. Its mission is to engage, educate and excite the community by collecting, exhibiting, and preserving works of art for the enjoyment of all.

The MFA engaged Inclusivity LLC for a comprehensive consultation on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) within the organization. Inclusivity is a consulting firm that approaches its engagements though a cultural competency lens.

The engagement will involve several workshops centered on some of the basic principles designed to advance the MFA as an organization in terms of DEI and to move it along the Cultural Competence Scale below:

However, in order to recommend the most appropriate workshops, Inclusivity needs to understand where the MFA currently stands in terms of DEI, and Inclusivity therefore conducted a detailed assessment of the MFA. The assessment includes a demographic analysis of the MFA’s current workforce, a series of facilitated conversations in related focus groups, and a comprehensive organizational survey.

This document reports on the results of this assessment.