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The Lenkiewicz Foundation have issued the following response to questions submitted by users of this web site: To start at the beginning, and in response to the questions posted, the current Trustees of The Lenkiewicz Foundation comprise: John Lenkiewicz (Chair), Francis Mallett (Vice Chair), Larry Lynch, Esther Dallaway, Graham Carey, Anna Jones, Roger Ferris and myself, Anna Navas (spokesperson). Another Trustee, Nina Calder, will soon be appointed. Further to our previous announcement, Wolfe Lenkiewicz did not take up his position and we are keen to continue identifying new Trustees with skills that will be helpful for TLF’s future and to bring fresh ideas to it. From the rather small number of questions this time, we assume that members of the website are waiting to see what progress the new Board makes in the coming months. We are certainly prepared to be judged by results in bringing Robert’s work to a wider audience, in making the TLF collection as accessible as possible and in furthering the charity’s educational objectives. Although we carry the responsibility as Trustees, we recognise that there is a wide community who share a genuine interest in seeing these things happen and whose views we’d like to hear. To answer the query about premises, we are at an advanced stage of negotiations over premises on the Barbican, which will become a home for TLF’s collection, and which will be open to the public on a regular basis. In the meantime, the Ben Uri exhibition is rapidly coming upon us and we have a series of events planned around the show, which will be announced shortly. We would like to exhibit the Self Portrait exhibition here in Plymouth immediately after the Ben Uri show is over, so we hope to announce dates and a venue very shortly. TLF is also in talks with Plymouth City Museum over an exhibition there next spring. This will focus strongly on the sociological aspects of Robert’s work. We anticipate this will be the first in a series of collaborative exhibitions between TLF and the City Museum over the coming years. We are very keen to keep Robert’s profile high in the city, where he lived and worked for so long. A new website for TLF is currently at a design stage and it should be up and running in the next few weeks. In the future, TLF is very keen to develop its online presence by gradually making its archive available online. The website will enable those interested in supporting Robert’s work to join the new Friends’ organisation, which will be represented by a Trustee, whose exclusive task this will be. Details of the benefits of becoming a Friend of TLF will also be announced shortly. TLF is keen to prioritise all these tasks. Many are in progress, but we do still ask for patience, as some of these plans depend upon the final winding up of the Estate. We realise that our responsibility towards Robert is in the achievement of these goals. This includes listening to others’ views and criticisms about where we may be failing. So please keep those opinions coming! Anna Navas, TLF Spokesperson
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