Ricardo Reyes
MBA-Trained Data Professional | Creative Problem-Solver Turned Analytics Expert | Bridging Art & Science Through Data
- Role
- Director of Galleries and Curator of Collections at Lafayette College
- Location
- Allentown, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ricardo Reyes
I have spent thirty years at the intersection of Asian American community organizing…
Experience
Director of Galleries and Curator of Collections
Aug 2021 — Present · Easton, PA, US
Oversees four programs- Williams Center Gallery- Grossman Gallery- Kirby Art Study Center- Art On Campus• Provided leadership and vision to four exhibition programs, including managing historic buildings• Acquired a $10 million gift of Civil Rights Era Photography• Chaired Lehigh Valley regional collaboration with three cultural organizations for America250 events; led grant writing and fundraising (YTD $3 million)• Awarded grant funding from Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Laros Foundation Kirby Foundation annually), Keefe Family Foundation Managed collection of 8500 objects focused on Lafayette College history, modern and contemporary art by national and international artists• Curated collection exhibitions from photography, historical paintings, to contemporary art• Coordinated Lafayette Between France and America exhibition at the French National Archives, Paris• Organized DEI events and participated in various campus-wide committees, including strategic plan, master plan, and Bicentennial plan• Curated solo and group exhibitions that reflected diversity in race/ethnicity, gender, age, sexual identities, and material considerationpartial exhibition list:o Just Open Your Eyes: Susan Meiselas on Making Imageso Referentem Mundum: Gabriel Rico’s Theoremso Confection and Confrontation: Works by Chila Kumari Burmano Instant Collaboration: Ellen Carey, John Reuter, and the 20x24 Polaroid Camerao Upriver: Works by Heidi Wiren Bartletto Hee Sook Kim: Surfacingo Emilio Rojas: Tracing a wound through my bodyo Khalil Allaik: Manifesting Formso Ed Kerns: Interconnectedo Trasplantada/Transplanted: Works by Juana Cordova and Natalia Nakazawa
Skills
- Research
- Private Collections
- Individual Donor Cultivation
- History
- Annual Giving
- Community Impact
- Nonprofits
- Best Practices
- Non-Profit Leadership
- Major Gift Cultivation
- Modern Art
- Curating
- Art
- Art Education
- Framers
- Contemporary Art
- Galleries
- Grassroots Fundraising
- Board Development
- Database Administration
- Sculpture
- Direct Mail Fundraising
- Philanthropy
- Donor Engagement
- Major Gift Campaigns
- Curatorial Projects
- Donor Communication
- Special Events Development
- Prospect Research
- Arts Administration
- Art Exhibitions
- Community Outreach
- Commission Work
- Specialty Events
- Donor Acquisition
- Art History
- Fundraising
- Art Research
- Visual Arts
- Non-Profit Board Development
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