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Message from the Director
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Kathleen Beaulieu
Matthew T. Dattilo
Rev. Patrick Dorsey, S.J.
Marsha Goldstein
Nevin Hedlund
Virginia Hogan
Vadim Katznelson
Lema Khorshid
Maureen Lampert
Ellen Landgraf
Peter LoGiudice
Darlene Markovich
Judy McCaskey
Denis M. McNamara
Denise Noell
Francesca Parvizyar
Robert Roemer
René Romero Schuler
Maria Simon
Alexandria Speers
Gayle Tilles
Debra Yates
EX-OFFICIO:
Pamela E. Ambrose
Director of Cultural Affairs
Loyola University Chicago
Rev. Michael J. Garanzini, S.J.
President and CEO
Loyola University Chicago
Dear Friends, Members, and Colleagues:
On this, the museum’s tenth anniversary, I open
The LUMANARY
welcome with less of an update and more of a personal thank you. Thank
you to everyone who has supported us in the last ten years: visitors who
came in the door, individuals who became members, foundations and
government entities who awarded us grants, corporations who sponsored
programs and projects, our loyal volunteers, and the community of Loyola
University Chicago who provided guidance and resources. I would like to
say an especially warm “Thank you” to those of you who have supported
us from the beginning, back in October, 2005.
LUMA’s tenth anniversary is a milestone. In parenting terms, it is
the equivalent of sending your child off to middle school. You are so
sorry to see the excitement of childhood end, but eager to see the new
adolescent grow and continue to explore the potential you know is there.
Museums come into being for many reasons. In LUMA’s case,
it was Fr. Michael J. Garanzini, S.J., Loyola’s President Emeritus, who
recognized that Loyola had a beautiful repository of art, the Martin
D’Arcy, S.J. Collection. First assembled by Fr. Donald Rowe, S.J., this
jewel in the crown of Loyola needed a proper showcase. And where
better to highlight this collection than on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile
at the Loyola Water Tower Campus? Location, location, location! Fr.
Garanzini identified the first three floors of Lewis Towers as a museum
space and, thus, put us in an enviable position for a university art
museum—allowing us to showcase Loyola’s commitment to the arts
and build greater public recognition for the university. At the same
time, what a challenge we were given back in 2005! We had to develop
a mission, create exhibitions and education programs, and build the all-
important donor base.
A museum start-up in a town where there are world-class museums
is not an easy task, even with our wonderful permanent collection. We
needed something more—a unique vision and a mission relevant to the
university, the city of Chicago, and the world we live in. By adopting a
mission that focused on “exploring the spiritual in art,” our hope was to
point out the commonalities among the great religions of the world, as
well as the link between creativity and spirituality. The university’s Jesuit
heritage led us to enlarge our mission to include, what I think of as, the
Cover
: Andy Warhol,
Silver Clouds
Installation, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA.
Photo by Richard Stoner ©AWF.
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