Newfields

Le Monte Booker will lead the museum following the unexpected departure of Colette Burnette last year. Burnette was on the job for less than two years.

The search for a new leader at Newfields comes three months after former President and CEO Colette Burnette announced her unexpected departure.

Two more Board of Trustees members at Newfields have stepped down. The museum confirmed the departures on its governing board following a meeting this week.

Newfields released a statement Tuesday after the departure of former CEO Colette Pierce Burnette, almost two weeks after the organization announced her exit without providing more specific details about what led to the leadership change.

Adrienne Sims is the latest to resign from the board of Newfields in the wake of the departure of CEO Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette.

A protest outside Newfields Sunday afternoon swelled calls for transparency and criticism from the community, after the art museum announced earlier this month that its President and CEO, Dr. Colette Burnette, “will depart.”

The Indiana Black Expo and the Indianapolis Urban League issued a statement Thursday about the “negative perceptions” attached to Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette’s exit from Newfields.

Newfields announced Friday that Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette resigned as President and CEO. She started the job 15 months ago, replacing the former Newfields CEO Charles Venable.

Newfields has a new leader at the helm. WFYI’s Terri Dee speaks with the President and CEO of Newfields Colette Pierce Burnette about her non-traditional path to Newfields and her ideas to blend education and the museum’s offerings for children.

A new exhibit at Newfields brings together the work of local black artists brought together through activism.