By Neil A. Barclay | President and CEO
Dear Supporter:
Thank you for supporting our resilience! Your support has helped The Wright continue as a cultural resource.
To ensure that the museum could reopen safely for staff and visitors, we collaborated with colleagues at other Cultural District institutions to create a robust, coordinated response. Because of this, we are experiencing an increase in visitation within the governor's restrictions on public gatherings.
In September, the museum opened its newest exhibition titled Voting Matters: From Pre-Reconstruction to Present. This interactive, multimedia exhibition illustrates the seminal role of African Americans in developing our contemporary understanding of what it means to have the “right to vote” in democratic societies.
We have also extended our reach by producing more online. Our new Wright Museum Mobile Gallery Guide allows our audience to see content from exhibitions online. As part of our Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, the museum offered hybrid on-site and virtual programming, including film screenings, music and poetry performances by youth, and a streamed keynote address by PBS NewsHour correspondent Yamiche Alcindor. Over 2,400 people registered to hear Alcindor's keynote address. For Black History Month, our education team presented virtual artist talks and over twenty-five virtual tours focused on various topics in African American history. The Wright is also continuing to serve as resource for information on the impact of COVID-19 in African American communities. By offering workshops and panel discussions, we have worked to ensure that everyone is up to date on developments with the pandemic.
Though we were unable to avoid work reductions, we are proud to say that we have been able to return most employees back to full-time. Our hope is to remove all work reductions as vaccinations allow a full reopening.
Your support and belief in our mission made this all possible.
Thank you!
Neil A. Barclay, J.D.
President and CEO
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