Within a few days of Kuimeaux’s passing in July 2022, three of his old Harmony Grove School friends and one from Little Rock began discussing a shared wish – to preserve Kuimeaux’s body of work and share it with the art community. They presented their idea to his sister, Linda McInturff, who immediately embraced it. The Kuimeaux Project was born, and a few months later another of his old Little Rock friends joined the team. These friends of Kuimeaux and Linda have developed this website.
Project team
Acknowledgements
This project would not have gotten off the ground were it not for the contributions and support of many other people, including Dean Lottinger, for making works from her collection of Kuimeaux’s art available (and teaching Kuimeaux a new technique for painting clouds); Susan M. Hardin, for making works from her collection of Kuimeaux’s art available; Katherine Strause and Brad Cushman, for their advice and curating this virtual exhibition; Kevin Kresse, for his advice and encouragement; Jacob Slaton of Whatever Media Group, for photo-documenting Kuimeaux’s art; Nate Ward of Zeus Visuals, for his graphic design work; Conny Brunner and Doug Going of Sundara Design, for their website development and social media work; Carmen Matos, for managing our Facebook and Instagram accounts; and David Grace of Hardin & Grace, P.A., for legal counsel.
Special thanks to members of the Drennan family for making works from their personal collections of Kuimeaux’s art available and their generous support: Linda and Dan McInturff; Gracie Aileene and Bill Parks; Mary Ann and Robert Erwin; Charles Drennan (deceased); Jimmy and Janice Drennan; Michael and Beverly Smith; Holly McInturff; and Dawn Drennan Nahlen.
Special thanks to Dean Lottinger for conveying her entire collection of Kuimeaux letters and illustrated envelopes to the Project.
