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Calendar of Events: July, August, September in Louisiana
New Orleans: A Sense of Place
Presented by The Historic New Orleans Collection and the New Orleans Museum of Art
Through August 31, 2008
The exhibition, which spans 150 years of the city’s history, from 1850 to the present, offers vignettes of life in New Orleans and covers over 150 years of the city’s history, from 1850 to the present. Thirty artists are represented by more than 40 oil paintings; these are augmented by decorative arts and books. The exhibition reflects the interrelated facets of life in this culturally rich city.
New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, City Park; Wednesday–Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Free to Louisiana residents; standard admission applies for all other patrons.
Surrounded by Water: New Orleans, the Mississippi River, and Lake Pontchartrain
Through September 20, 2008
Surrounded by Water revisits the reasons for New Orleans’s strategic location at the base of one of the world’s greatest rivers. Drawing on The Collection’s extensive cartographic, photographic, and library holdings, the exhibition will explore the influences of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain on New Orleans’s development.
The Historic New Orleans Collection, Williams Gallery, 533 Royal Street; Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Art from the Seebold Salon: Women’s Guild of the New Orleans Opera Association
Through December 2008
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street, Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Seebold family was active in the art world of New Orleans. In addition to being avid art collectors and supporters, some family members were artists themselves. The Historic New Orleans Collection, in collaboration with the Women’s Guild of the New Orleans Opera Association, presents an exhibition of landscapes, genre scenes, still lifes, miniatures, and portraits from the Seebold family collection.
The Historic New Orleans Collection, Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street, Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Free admission.
“Quilt Care and Preservation”
July 12, 2008, from 10 am. to 11 am.
Dr. Evva Wilson will present a hands-on workshop on quilt care and preservation at the West Baton Rouge Museum on July 12, 2008. Dr. Wilson, a retired textile expert and former staff member at Louisiana State University, will show the proper way to care for quilts and the best way to preserve these heirlooms.
This is a free event; however, advanced registration is required.
West Baton Rouge Museum, 845 N. Jefferson Avenue, Port Allen, LA 70767; contact Laurie Roché: 225-336-2422 ext. 16; www.westbatonrougemuseum.com
Blending the Old and the New: Quilts by Paul D. Pilgrim
Dates??
After the workshop, spend some time viewing the museum’s latest exhibit, Blending the Old and the New: Quilts by Paul D. Pilgrim, featuring twenty-nine quilts from the collection of the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society in Paducah, Kentucky. The contemporary quilts were pieced together by the late quilt collector and quilt maker Paul D. Pilgrim who used his vast collection of orphan quilt blocks to create these contemporary quilts. The quilt exhibit will be free for all participants.
West Baton Rouge Museum, 845 N. Jefferson Avenue, Port Allen LA 70767. For additional information contact Laurie Roché at 225-336-2422 ext 16. www.westbatonrougemuseum.com
Teachers Institute: Every Vote Counts! Election Year 2008
July 15, 16, 17, 2008.
The West Baton Rouge Historical Association and Museum is offering a Teachers Institute focused on the American democratic election process. Participating teachers will explore the educational resources and field trips that address how government officials are elected and how citizens are involved with the democratic process.
Contact Jeannie Luckett, 225-336-2422 ext 14; luckett@wbrmuseum.org
Lectures, Events, & Workshops: Inaugural New Orleans Antiques Forum
Thursday–Sunday, August 7–10
Enjoy four days of lectures and tours dedicated to the study of the southern decorative arts. The program features preeminent scholars from the field, including Thomas Savage, Winterthur Museum & Country Estate; Robert Leath, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts; Cybèle Gontar, Graduate Center, The City University of New York; Alexandra Kirtley, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Thomas Jayne, Thomas Jayne Studio; Elle Shushan, Fine Portrait Miniatures; and Suzanne Turner, FASLA, Suzanne Turner Associates.
Special hotel rates will be available at the Hotel Ste. Marie.
The Historic New Orleans Collection, Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street. Registration is required and there is a fee for attending. For more information: 504-598-7171. www.hnoc.org; wrc@hnoc.org
Tenth Annual Genealogy Workshop: Italian Genealogy
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Learn about researching Italian genealogy in New Orleans. This year’s featured speaker is June C. DeLalio, board-certified genealogist and founder of the Italian Genealogical Group.
The Historic New Orleans Collection, Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Please call (504) 523-4662 to register. This event requires registration. Admission will be charged. www.hnoc.org; wrc@hnoc.org
To Form a More Perfect Union; The Promise, The Challenge
Through September 2008
The heuristic thrust of the ‘2007 fall design competition’ is to explore and manifest contemporary meanings of ‘perfect’ and ‘union’ as promised and urged by the US constitution. The purpose is to design and fabricate a human figure that a) approximates your own height, and b) design it around a found object that evokes your own unique personality.
This exhibition is organized by the School of Architecture and Design around the concept of the U.S. constitution. Projects from the 2007-2008 academic year will be on display. A major thread running through the exhibition is the concept of recycling. Figurative works from found objects, 2D collages, and a large American flag will be part of the exhibition.
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
Tuesday –Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Contact: Mark Tullos, 337-482-0817; 337-482-1368; universityartmuseum@gmail.com
Long Overdue: Book Renewal
through September 2008
“Long Overdue: Book Renewal,” a collaboration between the Portland Public Library and Maine College of Art that began in February 2005, is an exploration of modern society’s relationship to both books and art. The program is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Humanities Council and a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Tuesday –Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Contact: Mark Tullos, (337) 482-0817; (337) 482-1368; universityartmuseum@gmail.com
Forty Works for Forty Years
Through December 2008
Selected works from the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette’s permanent collection will rotate through the year in celebration of the 40 year anniversary of the museum’s founding.
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Tuesday –Saturday 10:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. Contact: Mark Tullos; (337) 482-0817; (337) 482-1368; universityartmuseum@gmail.com
Focus on Faculty: A 40th Anniversary Survey
Through December 2008
In a year-long exhibition titled Focus on Faculty, the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum will showcase artworks by faculty from the department of Visual Arts at UL. Each month a new group of artworks will be exhibited. The following artists will be on view: July- John Norris- painting; John Gargano – ceramics; Cody Bush – metal/jewelry; August-Lynn Bustle: painting; David Webber: media arts; James Tancill: multi-media.
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Tuesday –Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. General Information: 337-482-2278; http://museum.louisiana.edu
Portraits of the Presidential Hopefuls
Through September 2008
An exhibition featuring the works of Gary Noel with political commentary by noted political analyst and Louisiana native James Carville. The exhibition features portraits of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Barack Obama, and Mitt Romney. In addition, portraits of Governor Bobby Jindal, former Vice-President Al Gore, Mayor of Baton Rouge Melvin “Kip” Holden, and political analyst James Carville are on view.
Louisiana’s Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd. at River Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70801; 225-342-0500; carol.manship@sos.louisiana.gov; www.sos.louisiana/osc; www.geauxvote.com
Basketball Hall of Fame
through fall of 2008
An exhibit honoring individuals in the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame including Frank Brian, Joe Dean, Rudy Macklin, Collis Temple, Jr., Don Wilson, and Dean Church among others,
Louisiana’s Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd. at River Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70801; Contact information: 225-342-0500;
carol.manship@sos.louisiana.gov; www.sos.louisiana/osc; www.geauxvote.com
“Louisianians on the Hill” – A Congressional Exhibit
through fall of 2008.
An exhibition featuring photos and memorabilia from every living Louisiana congressional solon, it chronicles their time spent in Washington, D.C. in political service. Every former member has contributed items of personal significance. These political mementos provide a fascinating look at those elected officials and the times in which they served.
Louisiana’s Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd. at River Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70801; Contact information: 225-342-0500;
carol.manship@sos.louisiana.gov; www.sos.louisiana/osc; www.geauxvote.com
Drawings in Light
September 27– January 3 2009
Visscher’s Drawings in Light series, explores the world of nature through the lens of science and geometry. An installation by Minneapolis artist Jantje Visscher. The exhibition features lights shining on clear, shiny plastic that is bent or scored to make curved lenses, causing shimmering reflections of light and shadow to fill the gallery walls. Technically, these are known as cusp caustic lenses, the result of light reflecting off a curved surface that focuses the individual rays into bright lines or curves. The patterns create mysterious and complex visual harmonies reminiscent of nature’s undulating and repetitive forms.
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Tuesday –Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. General Information: 337-482-2278; http://museum.louisiana.edu
Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography from the George Eastman House Collection
This exhibition introduces American audiences to historical and contemporary photographic masterpieces that were previously unknown to them, or familiar only as reproductions. Seeing Ourselves gives a context to the impact of photography on our nation. The five groupings are: American Masterpieces, American Faces, America at War, America the Beautiful, and American Families.
Organized by the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Tuesday –Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. General Information: 337-482-2278; http://museum.louisiana.edu
Animals in Bronze: The Michael and Mary Erlanger Collection of Animalier Bronzes from the Georgia Museum of Art
September 27 through January 3, 2009
Animalier bronzes, which depict both wild and domesticated animals, gained a wide audience in nineteenth and early twentieth-century France, England, and the United States. Animals in Bronze represents the full range of styles and many of the finest artists of this genre, including Rembrandt Bugatti's Brahma Bull and works by Herbert Haseltine, Charles Marion Russell, Antoine-Louis Barye, and sculptures by Romantic painter Rose Bonheur and her brother Isidore-Jules Bonheur. This collection is a gift from Michael and Mary Erlanger to the Georgia Museum of Art.
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Tuesday –Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. General Information: 337-482-2278; http://museum.louisiana.edu
State of Louisiana
Column for July through August 2008
Judith H. Bonner
Louisiana State Director
April 28, 2008
The 2008 presidential election is historic in several ways, not only is this country establishing a precedent for presidential candidates in race and gender, but this election is already the longest running campaign in American history. Several museums are presenting programs in response.
Louisiana’s Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge is presenting two exhibitions, both of which will be on view through fall of 2008. “Louisianians on the Hill” – A Congressional Exhibit features photos and memorabilia from every living Louisiana congressional person, and chronicles his/or her time spent in Washington, D.C. in political service. Every former member has contributed items of personal significance. These political mementos provide a fascinating look at those elected officials and the times in which they served.
The other exhibition, Portraits of the Presidential Hopefuls, runs concurrently with Louisianians on the Hill. This exhibition features the works of Gary Noel with political commentary by noted political analyst and Louisiana native James Carville. Portraits include presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Barack Obama, and Mitt Romney, as well as portraits of Governor Bobby Jindal, former Vice-President Al Gore, Mayor of Baton Rouge Melvin “Kip” Holden, and political analyst James Carville.
Louisiana’s Old State Capitol, 100 North Blvd. at River Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70801; Contact information: 225-342-0500;
carol.manship@sos.louisiana.gov; www.sos.louisiana/osc; www.geauxvote.com
The West Baton Rouge Historical Association and Museum offers a Teachers’ Institute that is focused on the American democratic election process. Participating teachers will explore the educational resources and field trips that address how government officials are elected and how citizens are involved with the democratic process. The institute is organized into three overarching themes: the democratic process at the local, state and national level. Teachers will engage in hands-on lessons and field trips that address themes and include both historical and contemporary views.
The programs is based on the Louisiana Department of Education Grade Level Expectations (GLEs, see http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/index.html). The history lessons, talks, hands-on programs, resource materials, and field trips are designed for teachers for second grade through twelfth grade. Students study aspects of citizenship, government, and American political history in grades 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12.
The West Baton Rouge Museum will accept applications from West Baton Rouge teachers only. This select group of teachers will sign an agreement to participate all three days of the institute and to produce an original lesson plan based on any one of the numerous field trips and activities implemented as part of Every Vote Counts! Election Year 2008. Upon the successful completion of this institute, each teacher will receive a $100 stipend. Eligible teachers will receive 18 CLU credits. The museum is providing participants with a Resource Teachers Manual complete with classroom materials, lesson plans and audio visual aids for their own classes. All field trip transportation, admission charges and catered lunches will be provided by the museum.
To register, please contact Jeannie Luckett, Education Curator, 225-336-2422 ext 14; luckett@wbrmuseum.org.
Through September 2008 the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, is offering To Form a More Perfect Union; The Promise, The Challenge Museum director Mark Tullos explains that the heuristic thrust of the ‘2007 fall design competition’ is to explore and manifest contemporary meanings of ‘perfect’ and ‘union’ as promised and urged by the US constitution. The museum invites participants to design and fabricate a human figure that approximates the participant’s height, one which is designed around a found object that evokes the participant’s unique personality.
This exhibition, which includes projects from 2007-2008 academic year, is organized by UL-L’s School of Architecture and Design around the concept of the U.S. constitution. A major thread running through the exhibition, which includes a large American flag, two-dimensional collages, and figurative works created from found objects, is the concept of recycling.
“Long Overdue: Book Renewal,” also presented by the Hilliard Art Museum, is a collaboration between the Portland Public Library and Maine College of Art. The program, which runs through September 2008, is an exploration of modern society’s relationship to both books and art. The project began in February 2005 with a lecture by New York book artist Doug Beube. Following the lecture, artists attended a “book grab” at the Library, where they selected their materials from withdrawn books, and then they went to work to create something new from books that were no longer usable at the Library. In April 2005, 186 artworks were on display at the Library’s Lewis Gallery, drawing huge crowds of all ages. After the exhibit, the altered books were moved to the Library’s Technical Services Department to be cataloged and prepared for circulation. Like other more traditional library books, the altered books can be checked out by the public for circulation. If visitors are not Portland Public Library cardholders, they can request an altered book at their hometown library via Interlibrary Loan.
The program is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Humanities Council and a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Contact: Mark Tullos, (337) 482-0817; (337) 482-1368; universityartmuseum@gmail.com
The Historic New Orleans Collection has re-opened its History Galleries with a new installation, which covers the French Colonial period through the twentieth century. The exhibition, which is mounted in eleven galleries, is meant to tell a story of New Orleans and its history from the 18th century into the 21st century. There is an emphasis on the development of the city and its expansion and its importance in the overall American story. While the 20th century represents the state’s politics, economy, entertainment, music, arts and preservation in the all important French Quarter.
The Collection’s newest guided architectural tour of the historic buildings and courtyards explores the history of French Quarter architecture, how courtyards developed, distinguishing features of each architectural style represented at THNOC, and the history of the people who lived in the buildings.
The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal Street, New Orleans LA 70130; www.hnoc.org. wrc@hnoc.orgTours are offered Tuesday–Saturday.
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