Spring 2021 Art Talk

spring 2021

ART TALK

FROM THE

DIRECTOR

As we move into spring, I think back on the uncertainty we all felt last March. My hope is that we are finally seeing the light that signals there is an end to this tunnel. Your LSU Museum of Art staff continues to work hard to create a safe space for you to visit—to reflect and contemplate art—whether it be in the galleries or via virtual programs.

This spring is a period of change for LSU Museum of Art. We said goodbye to two wonderful long-term employees who retired—Business Manager Becky Abadie and Assistant Director for Collections Management Fran Huber. Their professionalism and contributions over a long tenure have done much to make LSU Museum of Art what it is today. We’re grateful for their service. We’re also grateful to bring on several new staff members including a new Registrar, Business Manager, and a Curatorial Fellow.

COVER IMAGE: The Art of Seating Designed by Frank Gehry (b. 1929) Manufactured by Easy Edges, Inc. (active 1969–73), Los Angeles, CA, High Stool, 1971, Photo by Michael Koryta and Andrew VanStyn, Director of Acquisitions, Conservation and Photography

This inaugural Curatorial Fellowship in African American Art is particularly exciting and is part of the larger Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists which has supported major acquisitions and participation in the Of/By/For All Change Network. These recent acquisitions will premiere in a new exhibition featuring works by Black artists from our collection. The Reillys hope their gift will be the foundation to drive future gifts from supporters like you to benefit generations. Announcing this generous Initiative is a great way to kick off the giving season that we hope you will be a part of. Our Annual Fund Campaign is active now—support for this effort is crucial to LSU Museum of Art’s ability to continue its mission to enrich and inspire through exhibitions, education, and collections.

I encourage you to check out the Education section of this issue to see just how deeply and broadly our exhibitions are linked to our educational programming. In addition to working with community and school partners, we offer you an incredible lineup of design programming as part of our Sit and Learn series—coming straight to your home through Zoom. This programming pairs with The Art of Seating exhibition, which offers a tour of two hundred years of American Design through chair forms. Participants will hear from contemporary makers, collectors, designers, and an interior design historian along the way. There are a lot of exciting activities to read about in this issue of Art Talk as we, together, celebrate great art, design, and artists.

We look forward to seeing you virtually, and/or masked up in our galleries, this spring!

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Art Talk Spring 2021

EXHIBITIONS

The Art of Seating Collection Spotlight Upcoming Exhibitions

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COLLECTIONS Acquisitions & Updates

Programs

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CALENDAR

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EDUCATION

Teaching Through Exhibitions

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DEVELOPMENT

Remembering Sue Turner

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Annual Fund Campaign New Members

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MUSEUM STORE

Spring Pick: Potterri Studio

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Watch virtual programs online You can now easily watch virtual programs on the LSU MOA YouTube Channel. Hear from artists, collectors, and other special guests to learn more about exhibitions and the museum's collection at www.lsumoa.org. www.lsumoa.org

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THE ART OF SEATING

TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN DESIGN

On view March 11–June 6 VIRTUAL GALLERY TALK Sunday, March 14 2 p.m. on Zoom Free admission Learn more about The Art of Seating with LSU MOA Curator Courtney Taylor and Instructor with LSU School of Interior Design, Dr. Bridget May. Pre-register on www.lsumoa.org IMAGE (above): Designed and Manufactured by Kenneth Smythe (b. 1937), Oakland, CA Synergistic Synthesis XVII sub b1 Chair, 2003 Photo by Michael Koryta and Andrew VanStyn, Director of Acquisitions, Conservation and Photography

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The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design features a selection of over forty iconic and historic chairs reaching back from the mid-1800s to today’s studio movement.

Drawn from the Jacobsen Collection of American Art, these chairs offer a stylistic journey in furniture with showstoppers

by John Henry Belter, George Hunzinger, Herter Brothers, Stickley Brothers, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, Isamu Noguchi, and Frank Gehry, among others.

The exhibition also features contemporary and historic designs by some of the biggest manufacturers such as Knoll, Herman Miller, and Steelcase.

Most chairs encountered throughout the day define themselves fairly simply—a place at the family table, a comfortable spot with a great view of the river, a seat of corporate power.

When looking at the 43 chairs selected for The Art of Seating, however, there is much more to see than simple pieces of furniture. Developed by the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville and organized for tour by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C., these works of art have compelling stories to tell about our national history, the evolution of American design, and incredible artistry and craftsmanship. Learn more about the chairs featured, and hear from chair designers and collectors in LSU MOA's upcoming The Art of Seating virtual programs this Spring on Zoom (page 13).

CHAIR ANATOMY

FROM THE LSU MOA COLLECTION Adding a vernacular and three “high style” chairs held in LSU MOA’s permanent collection expands The Art of Seating’s timeline of design by roughly 100 years, from 1810 back to 1710.

Illustrated below are a transitional William and Mary to Queen Anne chair with a rush seat and an elegant Rococo / Chippendale chair from our collection. Find out more about the characteristics that define each style on our blog: www.lsumoa.org/art-of-seating

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The Early Baroque (1690–1730) chair to the left demonstrates the transition between two styles. The vertical proportion, straight turned legs (C) and fluted Spanish feet (D) below the seat are William and Mary characteristics.

Though still strongly straight and vertical, the yoked crest (A) and vaseshaped center slat (B) are markers of the oncoming Queen Anne style.

The rushed seating and use of locally available maple kept costs relatively low.

Sit and Learn Program Series page 13

ROCOCO / CHIPPENDALE The “high style” chair to the right is indicative of the Rococo style (1760–1785).

Chairs of this type feature degrees of ornate carving and used exotic, expensive mahogany. The trapezoidal slip seat (G) follows designs from Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinetmaker's Director.

Of note are the serpentine crest (E), broad, pierced splat (F), simple, uncarved cabriole legs (H), and claw and ball feet (I).

Production was modernized during this period, allowing increasing piecemeal specialization so that each component could be completed by one person and selected, rejected, or customized for customers.

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LSU Museum of Art thanks Partner Sponsor Donald J. Boutté and Michael D. Robinson and Presenting Sponsor Taylor Porter Attorneys At Law for sponsoring this exhibition. The Art of Seating is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, in collaboration with the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen PhD Foundation and is toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C. Additional support is provided by generous donors to the LSU MOA Annual Exhibition Fund. Programming sponsored by Louisiana CAT. Donald J. Boutté AND

Michael D. Robinson

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COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT

RECENT ACQUISITIONS

BY BLACK ARTISTS

On view March 28

VIRTUAL GALLERY TALK Sunday, March 28 2 p.m. on Zoom Free admission Learn about the exhibition during this virtual gallery talk with LSU MOA Curator Courtney Taylor.

Pre-register on www.lsumoa.org

IMAGE (detail): Madelyn Sneed-Grays, Two Strikes, 2020, oil on canvas, Gift of Winifred and Kevin Reilly

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LSU Museum of Art is pleased to open a special permanent collection exhibition spotlighting recent acquisitions of works by Black artists. On view for the first time at LSU MOA will be works

by Radcliffe Bailey, Whitfield Lovell, Madelyn Sneed-Grays, Mario Moore, and Gordon Parks, among other recently acquired works.

Learn more about a few of the works highlighted at right.

These acquisitions were made possible by The Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists. The Initiative supports growth of LSU Museum of Art’s permanent collection by funding acquisitions of works by Black, Indigenous, and Latinx artists, including those of marginalized sexualities, gender identities, and communities. During the 2020 year, the 500K initiative focused on acquiring works by Black artists, which will continue through 2021.

In addition to The Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists, Collection Spotlight: Recent Acquisitions

by Black Artists is supported by the generous donors to the LSU MOA Annual Exhibition Fund: The Imo N. Brown Memorial Fund in memory of Heidel Brown and Mary Ann Brown; Louisiana CAT; Charles Schwing; The Alma Lee, H. N., and Cary Saurage Fund; The Newton B. Thomas Family/Newtron Group Fund; LSU College of Art & Design; Elizabeth M. Thomas; Mr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Arst.

CLOSER LOOK FEATURED ARTISTS

MADELYN SNEED-GRAYS “Do you know what that means when a human being has two strikes?...I am black and I am a woman.” asserts artist Madelyn Sneed-Grays in her artist statement for her 2020 self-portrait Two Strikes. SneedGrays, an emerging artist based in Fort Worth, TX, created this work in response to rarely seeing herself in artistic spaces; she notes that artists in “18 major US museums are 85% white and 87% male” and that women make up just 2% of the art market."

WHITFIELD LOVELL Lovell’s Cada Dia (every day in Spanish) suggests the familiar, daily, and repetitive while the meaning remains elusive.

Lovell’s work combines drawn figures taken from found images of African Americans with found objects which remain open to interpretation, yet create a dialogue that evokes a larger history or experience.

IMAGE (above): Whitfield Lovell, Cada Dia, 2004, charcoal on wood, chair, LSUMOA 2021.1 a,b, Purchased with funds from Winifred and Kevin Reilly

These acquisitions were made possible by The Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists.

MARIO MOORE The background painting depicts the Battle of Antietam, the deadly Civil War battle that prompted President Lincoln’s issue of the Emancipation Proclamation. In the foreground, the focus is the larger legacy of racial oppression in the U.S. Collaborator and fellow artist Mark Thomas Gibson is featured seated and reclining, looking directly at the viewer, holding our gaze.

IMAGE (above): Mario Moore, During and After the Battle, 2020, oil on linen, Purchased with funds from Winifred and Kevin Reilly www.lsumoa.org

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FORM & FIRE

AMERICAN STUDIO CERAMICS FROM THE E. JOHN BULLARD COLLECTION On view July 8–October 17

Curated by Daniel E. Stetson, Executive Director of LSU MOA

IMAGE: Richard Shaw, Dominoes, 2003, polychrome glazed porcelain with overglaze transfers

This exhibition will, for the first time, share selections from a group of ceramic works on long-term loan to the LSU Museum of Art from E. John Bullard. This collection will be exhibited and studied by the public and students in support of LSU's top-ten ranked ceramics program. These works are a promised gift and range broadly in technique and style. This collection of 100 works is comprised of artworks by 68 artists, including important figures in ceramics history such as Andrea and John Gill, Vivika and Otto Heino, Ken Ferguson, Wayne Higby, Roberto Lugo, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, Don Reitz, Daniel Rhodes, Richard Shaw, Charles Smith, Paul Soldner, Akio Takamori, Robert Turner, Peter Voulkos, Kurt Weiser, and Marguerite Widenhain.

Most of these works are functional wares whose design, surfaces, and glazing activates our senses; the sculptural and visual/tactile experience is heightened through the hands of these master artists.

The materials and techniques are unique in each work, while also acting in dialogue with history and each other. Ceramic art was reconsidered and recognized for artistic and historic achievement in the 20th century. These artists' aesthetic achievements, through craft processes, rival the achievements of any other artistic medium.

In some cases, this collection contains multiple works by individual artists, showing a range of forms, styles, and glazing techniques. We encourage you to contemplate these works in the broad context of modern and contemporary art history. The clay of the earth has been formed and fired and the magic of the kiln is evidenced within each work.

ABOUT THE COLLECTOR E. John Bullard is Director Emeritus of the New Orleans Museum of Art. His distinguished career as Director and CEO at NOMA spanned 37 years. In retirement his artistic love has manifested in an abiding interest in ceramics and in a short seven years his collection has grown to around 1,000 objects.

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THE BONEYARD

THE CERAMICS TEACHING COLLECTION On view July 8–October 17

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The phrase 'standing on the shoulders of giants' is built into how we learn in Ceramics.

Artists share generously and openly with the understanding that the next artist will adapt the method, making it their own.

This unspoken rule allows for the rapid development of ideas, an investment in collective learning, and the advance of individual innovation.

WHAT IS THE 'BONEYARD'?

"Boneyard" shelving in the LSU School of Art ceramic classroom is featured in the image above. The boneyard refers to bisque works and how they are stored in studio spaces for teaching and ceramics demonstrations. It's known for its unique display on high shelves, with many bisque works together, showcasing a variety of techniques, improvisation, and skill.

− Andy Shaw, Associate Professor of LSU Ceramics

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Inspired by the visiting artist tradition, The Boneyard: The Ceramics

Teaching Collection presents the energy and legacy of ceramics demonstrations through bisqueware. Bisque refers to the state achieved after a wet clay demo is halted and fired once. What remains is a porous, unglazed record of the visiting artist’s creative process that can be referenced year after year by professors and students. Included in this exhibition are over 200 bisque works that provide a valued resource for LSU School of Art’s top-ten ranked ceramics program. The ever-growing collection will be displayed at LSU MOA to imitate the classroom use of the boneyard. Faculty and instructors pull bisqued objects from the shelves in order to highlight specific techniques and attributes of form only to return the bisque back to the shelf so they can grab another set of objects.

This exhibition will feature rotating displays and a demonstration space that will be activated

by MFA students, local artists, and visiting artists to allow museum visitors to share in the boneyard tradition—to watch clay transform and to see artist-specific techniques shared in the openness of the craft tradition.

This exhibition is a collaboration between LSU Museum of Art and LSU School of Art and is curated by LSU Ceramics Associate Professor Andy Shaw with LSU MOA Curator Courtney Taylor and LSU MOA Educator Grant Benoit. www.lsumoa.org

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RECENT ACQUISITIONS NOW ON VIEW IN ART IN LOUISIANA

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MAJOR FEMALE ARTISTS ACQUIRED Part of Deborah Luster’s Tooth for an Eye: A Chorography of Violence in Orleans Parish project, the photograph (image 2) documents a 1992 murder site on St. Philip Street in New Orleans. Images like this one exemplify Luster’s exploration of vibrancy and decay, life and death, remembrance and loss, but through a very specific lens. At the time of the project, New Orleans had the highest homicide rate in the U.S. Luster conceives of the series as a photographic archive of New Orleans topography, culture, and architecture through the lens of homicide in the parish.

IMAGES (1): Lesley Dill (American b. 1950), Word Queen of Itchy Water with Suspended Crown, 2007, wire and steel, Promised gift of and image provided by Arthur Roger Gallery, L.2020.13; (2) Deborah Luster, Tooth for an Eye, Ledger 05-29, Location. 1200 St. Philip, Date(s). October 5, 1992, toned silver gelatin print mounted on Dibond, Name(s). Ellis Lewis, Jr. (23), Notes. Gunshot to head while fleeing a robbery., 2008–2010, Gift of Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly; (3) Jonathan Bachman, Unrest in Baton Rouge (3), July 9, 2016, printed 2019, archival digital pigment print on paper, A/P 1, Gift of Jonathan Bachman and Reuters, LSUMOA 2019.7.1.3; (4) Unidentified Artist, Campeachy Chair, c. 1810–1825, mahogany with white oak and stainwood inlay, leather, nails, Gift of Paula Garvey Manship, D. Benjamin Kleinpeter, Ken McKay, and Virginia Phillips, LSUMOA 96.13.3

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Working at the intersection of art and language, Lesley Dill’s dynamic Word Queen of Itchy Water with Suspended Crown (image 1), explores what Dill terms the “space of language.” Conceived as female forms— queens with their inherent dignity—the suspended crown represents the energy of human beings while the copper and steel letters reference the armor we put on through language. Word queens included in this series featured text and letters from poems by Emily Dickinson, Salvador Espriu, Pablo Neruda, and Tom Sleigh.

LSU MOA STAFF UPDATE

COLLECTIONS RECENT UPDATES

ONLINE COLLECTION UPDATE Last fall we reported a major update to LSU MOA’s online collection database, with over 1,133 objects available to view. Since then, LSU MOA staff, students, and interns have continued steady progress to bring LSU MOA to you, focusing on collection objects that connect to temporary exhibitions. To complement the photographic works in Southbound, we’ve added 67 photographs to the online collection (including image 3). We’ve also added 40 chairs from LSU MOA’s decorative arts collection to supplement The Art of Seating (including image 4).

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New acquisitions are also being added as they are accessioned—keep checking back and exploring the online collection!

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LSU MOA ART LIBRARY We’ve been adding to our art and collections research library too! With the help of collections intern Alaina Newell (Art History, LSU ’21) over 200 books will be catalogued and added to our art library. Over 100 books were generously donated by Natalie Fielding and the LSU MOA’s library was given by The Robinson Family Fund in memory of Enrica Nicoli Muller.

IN-PROGRESS: SEARCH FOR CURATORIAL FELLOW OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART The Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists is funding a Curatorial Fellowship focusing on African American Art at LSU MOA. This position will help research acquisitions and give new perspectives on LSU MOA'S permanent collection.

Olivia Johnson, former LSU MOA Curatorial Assistant promoted to Museum Registrar (image left)

WINTER 2020

Alaina Newell, Collections Intern (image left)

SPRING 2021 www.lsumoa.org

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LSU MOA PROGRAMS MARK YOUR CALENDARS

visit today / free first sundays & free friday nights FREE FIRST SUNDAYS / 1–5 P.M. MARCH 7 View Letitia Huckaby: This Same Dusty Road before it closes March 14 and view the LSU MOA Community Quilt Project.

APRIL 4 Closed for Easter.

MAY 2 Roam the galleries and view current exhibitions for free.

IMAGE (detail): LSU MOA installation closeup view of Letitia Huckaby's Look What a Woman’s Got, 2020, clothesline, pigment prints on fabric, Courtesy of the Artist

Mask up and visit the galleries safely today. Virtual programs will be announced as scheduled and visitors can pre-register for programs online: www.lsumoa.org/calendar.

Thank you to the following sponsors of Free First Sundays and Free Friday Nights: Louisiana Lottery Corporation and IBERIABANK, a division of First Horizon, for sponsoring free admission and Louisiana CAT for sponsoring programming.

artist talks on youtube / watch online LSU MOA YOUTUBE CHANNEL watch online: bit.ly/lsumoatv Artist Talk with Martin Payton Artist Talk with Katrina Andry Artist Talk with Brice Bischoff Artist Talk with Tina Freeman IMAGE (detail from Southbound): Susan Worsham, Marine, Hotel near Airport, Richmond, Virginia, 2009, From the By the Grace of God series, Richmond, Virginia

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Artist Talk with Letitia Huckaby Southbound Artist Talk Series

spend your week with @lsumoa FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE | ONLINE

the art of seating / upcoming programs VIRTUAL LOOK Register for free on www.lsumoa.org VIRTUAL GALLERY TALK MARCH 14, 2 P.M. ON ZOOM Get a virtual look of the exhibition in this gallery talk with LSU MOA Curator Courtney Taylor and Dr. Bridget May, Instructor with LSU School of Interior Design and Professor Emerita of Marymount University in Arlington, VA.

SIT & LEARN PROGRAM SERIES Spring 2021 on Zoom Register for free on www.lsumoa.org CONTEMPORARY MAKERS MARCH 24, 4:30 P.M. LSU MOA Educator Grant Benoit in conversation with contemporary makers Eleanor Campbell Richards and Aspen Golann on their chair designs and studio practices.

IMAGES: (top) Designed by Charles Eames (1907–1978) and Ray Eames (1912–1988), Manufactured by Evans Products, Co. for Herman Miller Furniture Company (Est. 1923), Grand Rapids, MI, LCW (Lounge Chair Wood), c. 1945, Photo by Michael Koryta and Andrew VanStyn, Director of Acquisitions, Conservation and Photography; (bottom) Designed and Manufactured by John Henry Belter (1804–1863), New York City, NY, Slipper Chair (Grape Vine and Oak Leaf), c. 1860, Photo by Douglas J. Eng

The Art of Seating programming is sponsored by Louisiana CAT.

MY FAVORITE CHAIR APRIL 11, 2 P.M. Conversation with local designers, collectors, and furniture enthusiasts about their chair-choosing memories and the furniture they live with at home.

DESIGNER STUDIO VISIT APRIL 29, 5:30 P.M. Featuring local designer Damien Mitchell in his workspace discussing his design practice including a recent chair design.

CHAIR CHALLENGES TBA Fun interactive make & take activities centered around chair design.

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EDUCATION

TEACHING THROUGH EXHIBITIONS In-classroom and community education has not stopped during the pandemic! LSU MOA has found new ways to bring exhibitions to life—even through a Zoom window and to engage students and the community in educational opportunities. Below are some highlights of how Museum Educator and Public Programs Manager Grant Benoit has adapted to teach through exhibitions. For more information on educational resources and programs, please contact LSU MOA Educator Grant Benoit at gbenoit1@lsu.edu.

IMAGES: Quilt squares by Tracy Stone Gallagher (left) and Jonelle 'Torch' Archibald (right)

Community Quilt Project Installation

LSU Students Compose Poems in Response to Southbound

Drawing inspiration from Letitia Huckaby: This Same Dusty Road, Educator Grant Benoit developed a project focused on representing our community. Over 100 Louisiana Key Academy students used online resources to explore Letitia Huckaby’s work. Over 200 selfportraits made by elementary, middle, high school, and university students and community members were collected.

These submissions will be on view as a community quilt in the galleries.

LSU Students in Creative Writing, English, and Studio Arts participated in LSU MOA’s annual student zine, drawing inspiration from the themes found in Southbound. In lieu of public readings, students recorded themselves reading ekphrastic poetry (poetry based on artwork) to create an audio tour experience for the viewers in the gallery. The zine will be available printed and online.

View zine submissions online: www.lsumoa.org/community-programs

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Check out the Community Quilt Project at LSU MOA (on view beginning March 7 during Free First Sunday)

IMAGE: Portrait submissions from Baton Rouge schools and from the general public being placed and made into the LSU MOA Community Quilt Project Installation.

Big Buddy Partnership

East Baton Rouge Parish Schools Teacher Professional Development

LSU MOA is partnering with Big Buddy to provide educational content for their after-school programs. Middle and high school student pods will log on weekly to take part in discussions that focus on visual analysis and challenge students to see beyond the surface. These closelooking art discussions integrate writing, literature, history, and contemporary events. Students are challenged to connect what is discussed with a hands-on creative project. Students will also be able to speak with and learn from local creatives participating in mini virtual residencies.

LSU MOA Educator Grant Benoit hosted the annual EBRPS Teacher Professional Development virtually this year working with 35 visual art teachers. LSU MOA and the Hilliard Art Museum collaborated to host two virtual professional development sessions based on Letitia Huckaby's work for educators and the public, including a session for Louisiana Art Education Association.

Thank you Louisiana CAT for sponsoring LSU MOA educational programming and graduate assistantships. www.lsumoa.org

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REMEMBERING SUE TURNER

Suzanne "Sue" Turner, LSU Museum of Art Advisory Board Emeritus, died at 93.

Turner was an alumna of LSU, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1947. She met her late husband, Bert, at LSU. He founded Turner Industries, an industrial construction company, in Baton Rouge.

They had five children—Suzanne Turner, Robert Turner, Mary Margaret "Moo" Svendson, Thomas Turner and John Turner—all of whom followed their parents’ lead as museum volunteers, donors, and board members.

Turner had an extensive record of memberships and activities associated with the arts and historical preservation. Turner received numerous awards in return for her generous sharing of time and philanthropy. In addition to the LSU Foundation Board of Directors, she served on the Boards of the Louisiana State Museum and the Louisiana Museum Foundation, was a trustee for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and was an Advisory Board Emeritus for the LSU Museum of Art.

IMAGE (above): Suzanne "Sue" Turner The Bert and Sue Turner Gallery at LSU MOA is a testament to their philanthropic legacy and generosity to provide this exhibition and education space.

Sue and Bert gave their first gift to the LSU Museum of Art in 1986. Their generosity also helped facilitate the move from the LSU Memorial Tower to the current location in downtown Baton Rouge at the Shaw Center for the Arts in 2005. The 2,000-square-foot Bert and Sue Turner Gallery with sweeping views of Lafayette Park and the Mississippi River is a testament to their LSU MOA legacy.

LSU Museum of Art expresses its deepest condolences to the family and friends of philanthropist Sue Turner. Her impact and generosity to LSU MOA and our community will always be remembered and treasured. Today and always, we honor her legacy and are grateful for her vision, philanthropic work, and her commitment to the arts. The museum sends our thoughts and heartfelt sympathies to her loved ones during this time.

THANK YOU

Supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Support also provided by Art Bridges.

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DONATE TODAY

ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN 100% of LSU MOA Exhibitions are supported by Donors like you.

Your support of our exhibitions allows LSU MOA to provide an exceptional museum experience to the public. Please consider donating to our Annual Fund to support future exhibitions.

DONATE ONLINE www.lsumoa.org/annual-giving CONTACT LSU MOA Nedra Hains LSU MOA Development Director nhains1@lsu.edu

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE SILVER Lake Douglas Yvette Marsh BENEFACTOR Carl and Susie Blyskal SUSTAINER Michael Avant and Tamara Doyle HOUSEHOLD Glynnis and Gregory Alford Ralph and Edie Bender Ann Halphen and Bill Schalenberg Lawrence and Alice Kronenberger Dr. John Pojam and Dionne Rousseau Karla Rocha Anissa and Nick Rodney

DUAL Jessica Chevis and Tate Carson Steven Flores Haley Franklin and Scott Johnson Hansel Harlan and Cheri St. Pierre James and Catherine Heitman David and Brenda Kors Vincent Medina FRIEND Josh and Monica Ford Kate Guillot EDUCATOR Katherine Kelso

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LSU MUSEUM STORE

POTTERRI STUDIO

If you have shopped at the LSU Museum Store recently then you must have seen local ceramic artist Terri Kennedy’s latest creations. Kennedy says, “Louisiana is America’s original melting pot and I like to incorporate all of Louisiana’s culture into my pieces by carving the brickwork I see around me." Her work is reminiscent of the Ole’ French architecture of New Orleans.

She incorporates an impressionistic style by layering a multitude of glazes and hand-built flowers native to Louisiana. Kennedy's work is mainly decorative, but are also functional wheel-thrown earthenware vessels, which she calls “Functional Sculpture."

For the last twenty-plus years Terri Kennedy has turned her love of molding things with clay into a lifelong endeavor of making beautiful but functional pottery from her home studio in Denham Springs, Louisiana. You can find a nice selection of Kennedy's handmade bird houses, hummingbird feeders, mugs, and so much more at the LSU Museum Store or go to www.PotterriStudio.com.

Spring Picks from the LSU MOA Store ⊲ ceramic mugs ⊲ ceramic vases ⊲ ceramic hummingbird feeders ⊲ ceramic bird houses

Curbside Pickup & Phone Orders Available For more information and purchase inquiries, please contact LSU Museum Store Manager LeAnn Russo at lrusso@lsu.edu or call 225-389-7210.

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STAFF

Daniel E. Stetson, Executive Director Sarah Amacker, Communications Coordinator Grant Benoit, Educator & Public Programs Manager LeAnn Dusang, Museum Store Manager / Visitor Services Manager / Membership Coordinator Nedra Hains, Director of Development & External Affairs Jordan Hess, Preparator Olivia Johnson, Museum Registrar Anna Roberts, Business Manager Courtney Taylor, Curator & Director of Public Programs

FRIENDS OF LSU MUSEUM OF ART President: Susannah Bing Johannsen Vice President: Clarke J. Gernon, Jr. Secretary / Treasurer: Robert Bowsher Michael Avant Brad M. Bourgoyne Burton Perkins Emile C. Rolfs III Ann Wilkinson Jeff Bell Ex-Officio: Daniel E. Stetson Staff Representative: Nedra Hains

ADVISORY BOARD 2020–2021

Chair: Steven Heymsfield Vice Chair: Nancy C. Dougherty Secretary / Treasurer: John Everett Immediate Past Chair: Brian Schneider Sanford A. “Sandy” Arst Margaret Benjamin George Bonvillain Jerry Ceppos Lake Douglas Donna Fraiche Beth Fuller Becky Gottsegen Louanne Greenwald Joyce Jackson Ben Jeffers Mary T. Joseph Elizabeth Carpenter Noland Yvette Marsh Kay Martin Mary Ratcliff, Student Representative Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr. L. Cary Saurage II Carol Steinmuller Ex-Officio: Susannah Bing Johannsen

Daniel E. Stetson Honorary: Mayor-President

Sharon Weston Broome

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser

Nadine Russell

MFA THESIS EXHIBITIONS

GLASSELL GALLERY March 2 – 13 Emery Tilman: Yours Always, Always Yours

April 20 – 24 Mary Ratcliff: Body / Mind: Matter

May 4 – 8 Michael Whitehead: Power Structures

March 30 – April 9 Luke Atkinson

April 27 – May 1 Samantha Rosado: ¡Si tiene su 401(k), it's OK to be gay!

May 11 – 15 Victoria Vontz: In-Between the Wind

April 13 – 17 Katherine Robbins April 13 – 17 Michael Cerv April 20 – 24 Stephanie Cobb: Fun House

April 27 – May 1 Joseph Nivens May 4 – 8 Diana Abouchacra: Hello Again

May 18 – 22 Diana Patin May 25 – June 4 John Swincinski: Sulfur and Sage glassellgallery.org

W E N E E D YO U R S U P P O R T

MORE THAN EVER. B E C O M E A M E M B E R O R D O N AT E T O D AY M A N S H I P T H E AT R E . O R G / S U P P O R T

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