Purchases
Purchases of artwork for the Art Museum’s collection have been rare throughout its history due to a lack of dedicated funds. The Raymond Machesney Art Endowment established in 2018 now supports
the acquisition of new work and the care of the collection. This generosity has allowed us to explore new directions for the museum collection to grow.
In the past five years, purchases for the collection have been motivated by a desire to strengthen and diversify the museum’s holdings by adding works by Black, Native American, and Queer artists. These directions reflect critical contemporary ideas and social concerns such as justice, labor, and life during a global pandemic.
This semester, we invite our community to participate in conversation with us to select a new work for the collection as well as set priorities for future purchases.
Funding for this exhibition generously provided by the Muriel Koslow Art Exhibition Endowment. Many thanks to the Raymond Machesney Art Endowment, the Lauretta M. Dennis Endowed Art Fund, the Charlene Derge Sussel ’53 Revocable Trust, Thomas R. Ford, Terry Schupbach-Gordon and Toby Gordon, and John Szoke for their gifts of artwork.