LB Barfield
Exhibition Manager
A New Orleans native, LB Barfield is the Exhibitions Manager for Prospect and served as the Associate Exhibitions Manager and Chief Preparator for P5. They have over 15 years of experience in exhibitions, and came to Prospect after 11 years at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans where they oversaw numerous major exhibitions including Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen, Hinge Pictures: Eight Women Artists Occupy the Third Dimension, Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noire, among others. LB has also served as the Exhibitions Manager and Chief Preparator for the Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art & Thought, a curatorial organization that has produced exhibitions in New Orleans and the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. LB is passionate about advocating for and supporting members of marginalized communities as artworkers, with an emphasis on women, people of color, and those in the queer community.