ART IN LOUISIANA LOANS ON VIEW

The museum is honored to announce several significant long-term loans from art collector Doug McCraw. McCraw, an Alabama native now residing in Florida, is a passionate supporter of contemporary art and the founder of FATVillage, a community of creative tech companies, artists, galleries, theaters, studios, and other art-centric businesses housed in a Fort Lauderdale warehouse district. In addition to lending seventeen artworks for the exhibition I, Too, Am Thornton Dial, McCraw is loaning the museum substantial pieces by Renée Stout, Purvis Young, Ronald Lockett, and Richard Dial, son of the late Thornton Dial. We are especially excited for the opportunity to exhibit and interpret objects by Young, Lockett, and Dial, all major African American vernacular artists. While the LSU MOA holds a substantial collection of paintings by Clementine Hunter, Louisiana’s most prolific and well-known self-taught artist, we have very few other objects representative of this genre. These loans will allow us to expand the definition of contemporary art and continue to educate the public on the importance of artists working outside of academic traditions.

SCAN QR CODE TO REGISTER FOR VIRTUAL TALK. Learn more about artist Richard Dial during the opening panel discussion for I, Too, Am Thornton Dial on March 30, and artist Renée Stout (pictured left) during her virtual Zoom talk on April 13. See pages 12–13 for details.