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Thank you to all who joined us for the 2025 AAM Annual Meeting & MusuemExpo! Read here some higlights of the event.

In honor of International Museum Day on May 18th, Lord salutes all of the trailblazing museums and cultural organizations we've had the privilege of supporting, which provide vital creative engagement services and advocacy across our communities.

We are thrilled to join with Paris-based Museum Studio, to expand our services in planning, development and implementation of cultural places and spaces around the world.

Part of the Chargeurs Group, Museum Studio develops, designs and produces cultural assets across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Please see the Museum Studio press release.

Every year to celebrate Women’s History Month, we highlight influential women who are driving meaningful change and shaping the future. This year we are shining a light on women who have made outstanding contributions to the independent foundation sector and the deeply important work they do, and asked them how they stay positive in these challenging times.

We are highlighting a different woman every day this week. Today, we are celebrating Tonya Allen.

“Over the weekend Hollywood Black won the 2025 Independent Spirit Award for Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series. Based on the book by eminent film historian Donald Bogle, this four-part series reveals the often-hidden history of Black cinema and the foundational influence of multitudes of Black filmmakers, actors, actresses, directors, producers and other cast and crew."

“We recently visited Jackson, Mississippi as part of our ongoing work with the National Park Service and had the profound opportunity to visit the Medgar Evers National Monument, the home where Medgar Evers lived with his family and where he was tragically assassinated in 1963."

Eve Moros Ortega, Director spent an afternoon exploring the Flight Into Egypt exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, on until February 17th.

“I loved the range of media in the show, from paintings and sculpture to album covers and music videos. It presented a wonderfully broad spectrum of the different ways that Black artists find expression and inspiration from Egypt.”

To start the month off, we’ll hand it over to our President and Managing Partner Joy Bailey-Bryant, to share her experience of attending the Beloved Community Awards at The King Center in Atlanta, Georgia.  

"It was a gathering of beautiful universal and Black excellence and it was truly amazing to share space with some of the most positive humans making changes across the globe."  

All throughout February, our team will be exploring cultural spaces – big and small - that illuminate the stories of Black communities year-round. We’ll be highlighting individuals and organizations that educate, celebrate and honor the pivotal events, movements and achievements of Black people throughout history and today. 

“It was very exciting for me to be interviewed by Josh O’Kane, a leading journalist for Canada‘s national newspaper, The Globe & Mail. I hope you can take a few minutes to read the article and see what he wrote based on our two-hour conversation on the future of museums.”