News

$5 Million Gift to Fund Lehigh University Art Galleries

January 13, 2021 8:00AM
The $5 million gift from arts philanthropist Kenneth R. Woodcock ’65 will preserve LUAG’s teaching collection and enhance art education.

The gift from Kenneth R. Woodcock ’65 will preserve LUAG’s teaching collection and enhance art education.

A $5 million gift made by arts philanthropist Kenneth R. Woodcock ’65 will endow a director’s fund for the Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG). The Woodcock Director’s Fund will ensure the protection and preservation of the university’s teaching collection and fulfill the full potential of LUAG as a driver for arts education and engagement for both students and the community.

The fund represents the largest gift ever given to LUAG and will be administered by Director William Crow. Woodcock shares Crow’s vision that art can be an interdisciplinary engine for teaching, learning and research.

Follow the link in the additional information box for the full story.