Earlier this month, the board of directors of the nonprofit Save LACMA announced the group’s formation, saying Save LACMA “intends to amplify the missing voice of the Angeleno in the evolving conversation about the museum’s future.”

Save LACMA’s board described the organization as “the nonprofit face of the growing community concern that LACMA, our publicly-funded encyclopedic museum of art, has lost its way as an institution.”

Founding board members include nonprofit consultant Rob Hollman, historian-preservationists Kim Cooper and Richard Schave, and nonprofit professional Miki Jackson.

In April, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors controversially voted unanimously to demolish LACMA’s historic campus and allocate public funds and bond money to construct a building designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor that is smaller in scale and scope.

The low-rise building, which is proposed to span across Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile, neglects not only the aesthetics of the neighborhood but also practical requirements of a world class museum – administrative offices, art storage, conservation labs and library space – all of which must be relocated offsite and at additional cost, the nonprofit’s board said.

LACMA, despite its marketing language claiming it is “open during construction,” will not be able to showcase its permanent collection for years to come.

“Save LACMA is here to question a ‘new and improved’ campus that would ultimately provide less to give and love and share than what’s been present in our lives for over half a century,” said Rob Hollman, Save LACMA board president.

For information, visit ourlacma.org.