Envisioning A Dream Together

Transforming Longview’s first art museum into a world-class and premier East Texas destination takes perseverance, likeminded people, and support.

Longview Museum of Fine Arts is dedicated to becoming more integral to the fabric of the East Texas community by growing our program and engaging the community through outstanding educational exhibitions and cultural events.

Komatsu Mining Corp. Foundation seeks to “bring vitality to the visual and performing arts, as well as stimulate and enrich the public’s intellectual and cultural experience” by partnering with qualified non-profit organizations, such as S.E. Belcher Center in Longview, TX, and Civic Operetta Association in Franklin, PA, and by encouraging their employees to make a lasting impact within those organizations and communities.

For the first time, LMFA was honored to accept this partnership with Komatsu and an award of $10,000 to fund exceptional exhibition experiences for schools and the general public.

While Komatsu Mining Corp. Foundation is helping LMFA maintain and grow our programming excellence, the Texas Commission on the Arts found LMFA to be a fit for their Cultural District Project grant which selects recipients based on projects that use the arts to diversify local economies, generate revenue, and attract visitors and investment, awarding LMFA $35,000. The grant award is being used to activate spaces in the Fredonia Building for special exhibitions and cultural events while we phase and complete the overall design plan, which in TCA’s opinion, “is an important early step towards the eventual goals of the LMFA.”

These strong partnerships require preparation, thoughtful planning, and rigorous accountability efforts in tracking and documenting our 10,000 yearly guests, evaluating and enriching our programs, and reporting the impact we make in East Texas through the arts.

We believe the citizens of East Texas and surrounding areas deserve an innovative, beautiful, and culturally significant museum. With the help of Komatsu, TCA, and our dedicated members and community partners like Vera Bank, RBC Wealth Management, and the City of Longview Cultural Activities Advisory Commission, lives will be enriched and minds will be enlightened as we push forward to our dream of Longview becoming well-known as a city that fosters creativity through the arts.

– Tiffany Jehorek, LMFA Executive Director