Photo by Molly Adams
Grace Richardson, front desk staff member at the Lawrence Arts Center, works at her computer, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. Many of the organization’s systems, which Richardson works with every day, are about to undergo an overhaul to improve ease and accessibility for patrons and staff alike.
By Wulfe Wulfemeyer
As the Lawrence Arts Center joins the ranks of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ program participants, the organization looks toward a new era of digital accessibility and usability meant to increase the community’s access to the arts.
Exhibitions, dance recitals, musicals and ceramics classes — these are the alluring, flashy elements of running an arts organization like LAC. Yet the work behind the curtain in technology and content management systems is just as critical, if less glamorous.