From the Executive Director

From the Executive Director

MISSION, VISION, INCLUSION & FREE ADMISSION!

NOW in my seventh year as LMFA’s Director, I have never been more committed and excited about the museum’s vision and future!

This past week the museum celebrated its first STATE OF THE MUSEUM event at the 213 N. Fredonia location with more than 100 guests in attendance. The crowd, composed of patrons, members, volunteers, interested citizens and the media, were introduced to our Board of Directors, LMFA staff, the overall health and vision of the museum and an update on the plans for the building.

For this column, I’d like to feature how proud I am of LMFA’s curatorial team - Derek Frazier, Stacy Odom, the Exhibitions Committee, and I are truly creating an outstanding permanent collection and exhibition experience complete with digital access, provenance, educational wall text and QR code audio accessible storytelling.

And coming this September, I’m proud to announce these wall texts will now be available in Spanish! Thanks to partnering with Trinity School of Texas’s advanced Spanish students, LMFA’s exhibitions will be BILINGUAL! This initiative is just one step in the Museum’s plan to be more inclusive.

The second step to be more inclusive and the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT…. Starting September 1, thanks to a gracious donor, LMFA's general admission is FREE , which means experiencing great art is available to ALL, ALL THE TIME!

In this same vein, the Museum is striving to become tech savvy to meet the demands of our increased membership and the next generation by offering DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP CARDS. The cards also launched on September 1! See page 21. That’s three major initiatives all happening this fall that are truly moving LMFA into the 21st century!

So, don’t miss out and become an LMFA member! Be a part of the excitement and know that your participation and contribution is instrumental in helping make LMFA the premier art museum in East Texas!

Artfully Yours,
Tiffany Jehorek
Executive Director and Curator of Exhibitions
lmfadirector@lmfa.org