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Has Burnette issued a statement?
She may not be able to if she signed a severance agreement prohibiting her from doing so. Current board members can’t (shouldn’t) independently comment per their fiduciary requirements/responsibilities. Lawyers for both parties may be advising silence if there is any kind of investigation happening that could result in civil litigation or criminal charges. The board could also be honoring requests she has made regarding the circumstances of her departure. In the absence of any additional statement from Newfields, it’s really hard to know what is going on. I hope the board seriously considered all the potential community ramifications of both the personnel change and how they are choosing to handle it.
Withhold donations and support until Burnette’s sudden departure is honestly explained.
First, nothing indicates she was terminated. She departed suddenly, which could have been purely for personal reasons she does not wish discussed. Second, if she asked not to have her reason as for leaving discussed, legally the museum may not comment. Which means you can withhold donations from now until the end of time, but you will *never* get any further information.
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Now that a library-like mob has formed to demand more race-based personnel decisions at the museum that formerly had “Indianapolis” in its name, surely the Central Indiana Community Foundation cannot be far behind, withholding funds unless someone with the wrong skin color (hint: it’s white) is smeared and railroaded out of their job. It’s all about race, after all – unless you are CICF itself, which just appointed another white person as top executive. Social justice for thee, but not so much for meeee!
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I don’t disagree that the museum needs to come clean about what is going on, but none of these protestors are in any position to evaluate whether Burnette’s departure was warranted or not, much less call for reinstatement. Multiple board resignations would seem to indicate some kind of institutional crisis – likely financial – so the question is who screwed up.
Good call. Follow the money!!!
It certainly is a puzzle. As a member, I it was a real pleasure seeing LOTS of people hanging out at the museum, especially on Thursday and Friday nites. The place had a whole new positive vibe! And, previously, I had FOREVER been protesting Venable!
I always think of it as Newfields @ IMA… Might be best to reinstate the “Indianapolis” and “Art” affiliations more obviously.
Just like the library. What a debacle.
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The ‘community’ has shown time and again that a ‘seat at the table’ ie inclusion, isn’t really enough. Satisfaction doesn’t come to true fruition until the ‘community’ takes the table, the house, the property and anyone else’s culture and influence. Equality has shown to be dominance and a new version of ‘exclusivity’. The INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM of ART would better serve everyone and the city by relocating at the old City Hall building downtown as part of the proposed redevelopment.
Why in the world would they give up a campus they invested hundreds of millions of dollars in to spend hundreds of millions more money to move to a *smaller* facility *not* designed to display or store art? Also, the Old City Hall building already gas a redevelopment plan with a private investor to use it as the lobby for a new high rise hotel.
Until the board and Burnette decide to publicly explain their respective sides of the issue there is no basis to call for her reinstatement.
Exactly. Maybe it is something personal and she doesn’t want to share it. Newfield is under no obligation to share personal information either. What is wrong with these people?
BSR, you are the epitome of what’s wrong with the world. The statement “Anyone else’s culture and influence” tells me all I need to know about you”. Get rid of your polarizing lenses that keep telling you that all men and women were created equal. Expand your base and you might find that people who don’t look like you could actually make your life better….
The protest was a great time, I brought my jump-to-conclusions mat and it was widely used by everyone protesting. Can’t wait for next time.
Hahaha.
So….the great unwashed mob is making demands to reinstate a person even though they have no idea if she was fired for embezzling thousands of dollars, making purely racist decisions, or hiring incompetent people.
Is that how this works now?
Sadly it is. They don’t use any common sense or wait to hear what the real issue might have been. Instead, reinstate and ask questions later all under the guise of equality/equity!
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Isn’t it racist to assume she was let go due to race?
40 ignorant citizens waste their time complaining about things they don’t understand.
an IBJ comment section broke out in real life at Newfields?
OK, JJ Frankie, that’s straight-up funny. A kudo to you.
After reading the article and all the statements, im still just as confused as ever about the entire situation. It’s clear that someone doesn’t want the truth out and lots of people behind closed doors truly don’t want change, whatever that is and its always subjective depending whom you ask….
The neon-colored protest signs are from the Indy Liberation Center. It is a hub for activists groups including the Party for Socialism and Liberation. This is a Marxists organization using the pre-tense of social justice in order to push their totalitarian ideology. Look at their web site and you will see they are anti-police and anti-semitic.
Glen F. is right on
Seems to me that the departure of the CEO of any organization isn’t an HR issue. HR tends to be under the supervision of the CEO. If a CEO leaves that position it is the responsibility of the Directors of that organization to provide a clear explanation of that departure to their stakeholders!
You do not understand HR matters. The CEO is an *employee*. All the HR rules and procedure apply to the CEO, just like any other employee. Employee matters are generally kept confidential except in limited and rare circumstances, and generally if it is a voluntary departure and the employee does not want matters discussed, they are not discussed. Involuntary departures are typically kept confidential, too, except in limited circumstances.
To the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields Trustees: You richly deserve this soap opera chaos. In 2021, you yielded to the woke mob, just scores of people and many from far away trending on Twitter (now X), and ignoring the vast majority of the museum’s patrons of all races. Now you are reaping the results because the woke will eat the woke…enough is never enough. The chair of the IMA Trustees is a Black woman and the newly-hired Director of operations is a Black woman. But according to the 45 protesters on Sunday (out of the city’s 882,000 people) the IMA is currently engaging in “systemic racism” over the departure of Dr. Burnette. Rubbish. We do not know the reason for her departure. It is an internal personnel issue and not necessarily subject to public disclosure. The handful of protesters are fringe in their comments. What in the world is the Indy Liberation Center anyway? How sad to see one of the nation’s largest and oldest (1883) art museums come to this low point.