About Us
WHO WE ARE
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art is the only dedicated LGBTQIA+ art museum in the world with a mission to exhibit and preserve LGBTQIA+ art and foster the artists who create it.
Mission
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art provides a platform for artistic exploration through multi-faceted queer perspectives. We embrace the power of the arts to inspire, explore, and foster understanding of the rich diversity of LGBTQIA+ experiences.
Vision
To be a home for queer art, artists, scholars, activists and allies, and a catalyst for discourse on art and queerness.
Founders
Charles W. Leslie, Director Emeritus
J. Frederic “Fritz” Lohman (1922-2009)
History and Collection
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art was created by our founders to preserve LGBTQIA+ identity and build community. Our roots trace back to 1969, when Charles Leslie and Fritz Lohman held an exhibit of gay artists for the first time in their SoHo loft. Throughout the 1970s, they continued to collect and exhibit gay artists while supporting the SoHo art community. During the height of the AIDS pandemic, the collection continued to grow as they rescued the work of dying artists from families who, out of shame or ignorance, wanted to destroy it. This led to the formation of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation in 1987. In recognition of its importance in the collection and preservation of LGBTQIA+ history, the organization was accredited as a museum in 2016. Through exhibitions, public programs, publications, and its collections and library, the Museum examines the interrelationship of art and social justice in ways that provoke thought and dialogue.
The Museum of Art is committed to preserving, diversifying, and making accessible the artworks in its collection, as well as to the representation of an evolving constellation of queer experience. Our collections management policy outlines the processes by which the Museum stewards the more than 25,000 objects in its holdings.
If you are an artist, collector, or dealer with artwork(s) you wish to be considered by the museum as a donation to our collection, please review and fill out the Artwork Donation Intake Form. We do not consider donation offers via email, telephone, or walk-in. All artwork donation offers will be vetted by our staff and reviewed by the museum's Collections Committee to the Board. Do not ship, send, or bring original artworks to the museum; the museum cannot return artworks to senders and will assume no responsibility for the storage and care of unsolicited materials.
Located at 26 Wooster Street in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, admission is free with a suggested donation of $10. Open Wednesday 12-5PM and Thursday - Sunday, 12-6PM. The Museum is a nonprofit organization and is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)3 of the IRS Code.
Founders
Charles W. Leslie, Director Emeritus
J. Frederic “Fritz” Lohman (1922-2009)
Board of Trustees
Michael Manganiello, President
Diane Felicio, Vice-President
Adrienne During, Treasurer
Katherine Bishop, Secretary
Dr. Daniel S. Berger
Giselle Byrd
Gonzalo Casals
Kyle Ferari
Aike Ho
David Kaufman
Chella Man
Thor Perplies
Alex Slater
Michael Sodomick
Raquel Willis
Supporters
The Museum is generously supported, in part, by public funds from the Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council. Programmatic support is also provided by the Achilles Family Fund, Booth Ferris Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, John Burton Harter Foundation, and the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation. Individual support is proudly provided by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees and Friends of LLMA.
Staff
Alyssa Nitchun, Executive Director
Stamatina Gregory, Head Curator / Director of Exhibitions and Collections
Garrett Guilbeau, Director of Finance and Operations
J. Soto, Director of Engagement and Inclusion
Aimée Chan-Lindquist, Director of External Affairs
Ela Troyano, Director of Fellowship
Arantxa Araujo, Artist Fellowship Manager
Noam Parness, Associate Curator / Exhibitions Manager
Chloe Ming, Exhibitions Coordinator
Jonathan Marulanda, Registrar
Judy Giera, Collections Manager
Dylan Gamboa, Senior Programs Producer
Grace Heizer, Executive Assistant / Development Liaison
Ananda Long, Visitor Experience
Jackie Patterson, Visitor Experience
Chris Zarcadoolas, Visitor Experience
Camilo Godoy, Teaching Artist
Edwin Gonzalez-Ojeda, Teaching Artist
Catalina Schliebener, Teaching Artist
Anna Parisi, Teaching Artist