Claremont Lewis Museum of Art

The vision of the Claremont Museum of Art is to be a \u0022community museum\u0022, an authority on and resource for regional art, serving as a center or locus with outreach to other community organizations, collaborating on art education, art access, responsive to cultural and societal trends with expansive programing that serves all age groups and audiences. Our 2021 priorities are: 1. Establish a fund to conserve and store our permanent collection 2. Develop use case(3) for each museum space - striving to achieve balance between exhibition space, event venues, community center and programs 3. Acquire estimates to build out Gallery 2 \u0026 3 and West Portico of the historic Claremont Depot (the musuem) and initiate a capital campaign to raise the funds to start the renovations 4. Set aside funds to hire a part-time museum manager 5. Increase membership which would include business memberships 6. Continue supporting art education through Project ARTstART.

The Claremont Museum of Art\u0027s strategy to achieve it\u0027s 2021 priorities is to focus on the six priorities and allocate budget resources accordingly.

The CMA Board contains highly motivated professionals, experienced in development, finance, graphic design, talent acquisition, and non-profit governance. This group is well integrated into the community of Claremont and has developed partnerships with the City of Claremont, Claremont Unified School District and other local community organizations such as the Claremont Educational Foundation, Kiwanis and Rotary clubs; and other local cultural organizations such as the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation, California Botanical Gardens, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona College Benton Museum of Art, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College and the dA Center for the Arts, Pomona. The museum inhabits the historic Santa Fe Railroad station in downtown Claremont, a Claremont and regional icon located on the Metrolink line and readily accessible to visitors from Los Angeles and Riverside.

The Claremont Museum of Art has accomplished the following: 1) The Board members has been expanded to include board members with estate planning expertise 2) Construction ROM\u0027s have been solicited 3) $80K has been received for museum renovation and 2021 budget established for Capital Campaign consulting 4. Job description for Executive Directed drafted and search conducted. Hiring put on hold due to current COVID-19 restrictions but search can be refreshed readily once restrictions lifted. 2021 budget has been set aside for this position 5. Retained data base support to mine membership data base for opportunities.