Exhibition
The LSU Museum of Art has two works in its collection by Baton Rouge artist and teacher Emerson Bell that feature Prophet West, a local religious leader known for baptizing followers in the Mississippi River, passing in front of Baton Rouge downtown buildings that were sites of Civil Rights protests.
Read MoreWhile giving tours of Everlasting Calm: The Art of Elliott Daingerfield, I’ve asked groups how many of them have heard of tonalism. To this question there is silence; arms remain dangling at our visitors’ sides.
Read MoreIn honor of Women's History Month, several members of the LSU MOA staff provided some insight into their favorite pieces on display and/or in the permanent collection made by female artists.
Read More225 magazine's Kaci Yoder talks with LSU School of Art visiting artist Julie Heffernan in advance of her exhibition, "When the Water Rises."
Read MoreThe Advocate's Robin Miller takes a tour through Everlasting Calm with Executive Director Daniel E. Stetson.
Read MoreIn preparation for When the Water Rises: Recent Paintings by Julie Heffernan, LSU MOA curator Courtney Taylor discussed the work and inspiration for the exhibition with artist Julie Heffernan. Below is an abridged version of one of those conversations.
Read MoreGet one last look at Total Immersion: Water and the Louisiana Landscape before it closes this Sunday, February 20, 2017.
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Celebrate the future of our community and the arts in Baton Rouge through this special exhibition on display February 12 through March 19.
Read MoreTake a closer look at the space created in the Everlasting Calm exhibition.
Read MoreLearn how you can participate in making the permanent collection increasingly relevant to and representative of the museum's audience.
Read MoreThe Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge's Mina Estrada discusses upcoming programs and exhibitions with curator Courtney Taylor.
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Conrad Albrizio (American), 1894–1973, New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal Mural Study—"Age of Exploration" and "Age of Colonization," c. 1954, watercolor, graphite on paper, LSUMOA 2005.2.3
The sketches, currently on display through the end of January in the Gill Hamilton gallery, illustrate Albrizio's two-year design process.
Read MoreinRegister's Kelli Bozeman takes a look at the art of Elliott Daingerfield.
Read MoreOne of the most striking features of the “Painting Enlightenment” exhibition is the sixteen-foot wall with gold Heart Sutra text descending downward like rain.
Read MoreOne design element that seemed essential to our exhibition of Japanese scrolls was a zen garden. So long as I met the aesthetic rules required of zen design by our guest curator Paula Arai, working out the construction according to museum standards was the next hurdle.
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