The North Dakota Museum of Art Board of Trustees and Museum staff have embarked upon a two-year fundraising campaign to honor the legacy of Founding Director Laurel Reuter, who dedicated fifty years of her career to creating a vital cultural life for those of the Northern Plains and beyond, just one example of the legacy she has created. To honor and highlight Laurel’s life work, we aim to create a $2,000,000 fund. This fund would continue her legacy of presenting world-class contemporary art on the Plains, the development of Native American Initiatives, commissions of new works and artistic publications, and more. This fund will continue to enrich the cultural life of visitors and supporters from all over the globe, but also those who make this place their home.
Gifts of $5000 or more will be added below.
Please join the below donors at whatever level you are comfortable with.
All gifts get us closer to our $2,000,000 goal.
Laurel Reuter
Laurel Reuter kicked off the Director’s Fund with a gift of $100,000 to ensure the Museum thrives for generations to come.
Lannan Foundation
First match with a $200,000 gift. Established more than 60 years ago, Lannan Foundation is a distinguished advocate for the visual arts and seeks to advance cultural freedom, diversity, and creativity. In the early 2000s, Lannan Foundation supported the tour of The Disappeared, an exhibition Reuter curated that toured to South and Central America, and five sites in the US. Fully supporting Reuter’s vision, Lannan Foundation contributed $200,000 to the fund. Click here to read the foundation’s letter of support for the Director’s Fund.
Dr. William F. Wosick
The Mulhollem Cravens Foundation
Carlisle, KY
Madelyn Camrud
Mike Jacobs and Suezette Bieri
Christophe and Margaret Wall-Romana
Walter Piehl
Donated the proceeds of his painting ULAE Sweetheart of the Rodeo that sold during the 2022 Autumn Art Auction.
Bill Goldston
Donated the proceeds from the sale of Jasper Johns’ Target that sold during the 2022 Autumn Art Auction.
Ewa Tarsia
Donated all proceeds of the sale of Between Two Forests that sold during the 2022 Autumn Art Auction to the museum: 50% to the Laurel Legacy Fund and 50% to the museum.
Kristen Eggerling
David Matson
Drs. Josh Wynne and Susan Farkus
Your name here
Build on the funds donated already to ensure the arts are well-funded for future generations through the Directors Fund.
Your Name Here
Build on the funds donated already to ensure the arts are well-funded for future generations through the Directors Fund.
Gifts under $4,999
Joan and Dennis Johnson – $2,400
Donna Hastings and Jonathan Geiger – $1,000
Frederick Burgum – $1,000
Patricia Sanborn – $1,000
Sue McNally – $1,000
Victoria Beard – $1,000
Cankdeska Cikana Community College – $500
Lisa Lewis – $500
Dr. & Mrs. Merwin Lyng – $250
Alexander Bott – $200
David and Cynthia Baumgardner – $200
Elizabeth Farnsworth – $200
Lawrence Weschler – $150
Bonnie Sobolik – $100
Boyd C Wermedahl Trust – $100
Joseph and Signe Stuart – $100
Marjorie Murry – $100
Ronald A. Franz – $100
Stanford and Ellen Erickson – $100
Laurel Badger – $25
I WISH TO DONATE TO THE FUND
All donations and endowments are considered unrestricted unless othewise noted in writing at the time of gift.
* Please note, we prefer a check for amounts over $5000.
* $10,000 and higher (cumulative) donation and your name will be included on the Barton Benes Donor Wall.
Please contact the Museum at 701.777.4195. You may also mail donations in any amount to:
North Dakota Museum of Art
261 Centennial Drive Stop 7305
Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202 USA
*Donations to the annual fund are 100% tax-deductible and do not qualify as a membership gift or renewal.