Ken Gonzales-Day, Lisa Mark and Cauleen Smith have been named to the Mikey Kelley Foundation’s board. (photos by Ken Gonzales-Day, MB Maher and Joshua Franzos)

The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts announced on April 24 the appointment of artist Ken Gonzales-Day, museum leader Lisa Mark and artist Cauleen Smith to its board of directors. They join Chair Edward Rada and members Elizabeth Armstrong, Connie Butler, Gianna Drake-Kerrison, Claire Peeps and Pilar Tompkins Rivas.

“The foundation is thrilled to welcome Ken, Lisa and Cauleen to the board,” Rada said. “They bring with them a profound commitment to the arts and arts education, as well as personal connections to the foundation and its mission of supporting critical thinking, risk taking and provocation in the arts. We are fortunate to have their expertise and experience as we look towards the future.”

Gonzales-Day’s interdisciplinary and conceptually grounded projects consider the history of photography, the construction of race and the limits of representational systems from lynching photography to museum displays. His work has been exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collections of the Getty, LACMA, MOCA, MoMA, The National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum.

Mark is the chief of public engagement, learning and impact, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, where she is responsible for shaping the museum’s public-facing programs and initiatives, as well as publications, research and archival projects.

Smith is an interdisciplinary artist whose work reflects upon the everyday possibilities of the imagination. Her work is currently on view at the Hammer in “Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal” and her film was recently featured in the Museum of Modern Art’s Doc Fortnight 2025.

Founded in 2007 by artist Mike Kelley, the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts supports artists and arts organizations committed to supporting compelling practices and programs – including experimental projects, lesser-known artists and daring content across a wide range of disciplines. Led by Executive Director Mary Clare Stevens, the organization has furthered Mike Kelley’s philanthropic work through the Artists Projects Grants, the Organizational Support Grants and the current Infinite Expanse Expansion Grants, all conceived to support the creation of vital and often difficult-to-produce work in the Los Angeles area. The foundation also preserves Mike Kelley’s legacy more broadly and advances the understanding of his life and creative achievements through exhibitions, loans from its collections, and providing information and resources to curators, scholars, students and the public.

For information, visit mikekelleyfoundation.org.