Spring 2023 Art Talk

spring 2023

ART TALK

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INTERIM DIRECTOR The mark of an exceptional arts organization is its relevance to a broad constituency of community members and its ability to serve as a gathering place for every member of society. As a public museum with a broad mission, the LSU Museum of Art is committed to representing our own community in the fullest sense possible, presenting exhibitions and related programming initiatives which investigate the human experience in all forms. Ideally, when you walk through our spaces you will have the opportunity to see the world from multiple perspectives, understanding the struggles, joys, and aspirations shared across society.

COVER IMAGE: Thornton Dial, Having Nothing is Having Everything, 2005. Mixed media.

The Arnett Collection. ©2023 Estate of Thornton Dial / ZuZu Inc.

Over the next several months the Museum will continue to reflect Louisiana and the nation’s diverse and rich culture through exhibitions which explore issues of representation, race, and gender using a variety media. I, Too, Am Thornton Dial takes a stark look at complex themes including the Civil Rights movement, race, class, and family through works which are composed with found objects. Hank Willis Thomas Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America strips away advertising copy from some of the most recognizable campaigns targeting African-American consumers to reveal the role of imagery in reinforcing racial stereotypes.

Later this year, the Museum will present Reveal: Photographs by Jerry Siegel which takes a photographic view of the physical transformation of members of the Drag community. This exhibition will be paired with The Shaping of Us: Queerness in Ceramics, which will explore gender identity and LGBTQ+ culture through sculptural works. The Shaping of Us: Queerness in Ceramics is an invitational showcase and one of many collaborations with LSU faculty and staff spanning a broad spectrum of the University, which also includes an upcoming exhibition of works by one of America’s most recognized fashion designers, Louisiana native Geoffrey Beene.

Our mission to engage broadly in presenting exhibitions which explore diverse members of our community directly connects to our role as a University-affiliated museum and is a reflection of the ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in the broader institution.

Finally, as we look to next year, we are pleased to announce a major exhibition of the work of Andy Warhol and his contemporaries, Andy Warhol / Friends and Frenemies: Prints from the Cochran Collection.

This is certain to be a popular exhibition, so stay-tuned over the next several months for more information and ways to get involved.

As always we appreciate your commitment and support of the LSU Museum of Art. See you in the galleries.

Kristin Sosnowsky Interim Executive Director

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EXHIBITIONS

I, Too, Am Thornton Dial Hank Willis Thomas Loans in Art in Louisiana LSU Partnerships

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COLLECTIONS 2022 Acquisitions Upcoming Exhibitions

Programs

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CALENDAR

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EDUCATION

Arts & Letters Tours Arts and Alzheimer's Summer Programming

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DEVELOPMENT Annual Fund Campaign Exhibition Support New & Renewing Members

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MUSEUM STORE

The Abstract Pebble

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ARTS & LETTERS LITERARY COMPETITION SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED: MARCH 10–24, 2023 Open to Grades 4–12 Sponsored by the Junior League of Baton Rouge, this program encourages local students to submit creative writing about art in the LSU MOA permanent collection. See page 14 to learn more. www.lsumoa.org

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I, TOO, AM THORNTON DIAL On view March 30– July 2, 2023

OPENING RECEPTION & PANEL DISCUSSION Thursday, March 30 Fifth Floor, 6 p.m.

Celebrate the exhibit and learn about the artist during a panel discussion.

See pages 12–13 for upcoming programs.

IMAGE (above): Jerry Siegel, Thornton Dial, McCalla, Alabama (detail). 2007.

Archival pigment print.

Courtesy of the artist.

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The LSU MOA is thrilled to present I, Too, Am Thornton Dial. This extensive exhibition includes over seventy assemblages, sculptures, paintings, and works on paper that examine a range of themes and subject matter, including Civil Rights and the African American experience.

Thornton Dial's life was interwoven with poverty and tumultuous experience, having lived in the deep South through the Great Depression, Jim Crow segregation, and the Civil Rights movement.

As an adult, Dial worked at the Pullman Standard Plant in Bessemer, Alabama, where he honed his skills at construction and metal work, laying a foundation for his artistic endeavors. He began creating early-on, finding bits of odd scrap and debris, putting it together to make interesting forms that would decorate his home and yard.

When the plant shut down in 1981, Dial devoted his time to creating artwork. He drew inspiration from his life experiences, blending complex themes like Civil Rights, race, class, and family into sophisticated arrangements crafted with found objects—everything from bones, wood, toys, metal, and clothing. His assemblages, although compactly layered with commonplace fragments of life, move with a lightness, pulling the viewer in to explore the cracks and crevices of the varied surface.

The I, Too, Am Thornton Dial exhibit at the LSU Museum of Art is co-curated by Paul Barrett and Michelle Schulte, Senior Curator and Director of Programs at the LSU Museum of Art. The exhibition at LSU MOA includes artworks drawn from private and family collections. We would like to thank the lenders to the exhibition, including Doug McCraw, Robert S. Taubman, Brett and Lester Levy, Jr., Jerry Siegel, the Estate of William Sidney Arnett, and the Dial family. Thank you to sponsors Mary T. Joseph and Nancy and Cary Dougherty, corporate sponsor Taylor Porter Law Firm, and in-kind sponsor Lamar Advertising for supporting this exhibition. Additional support is provided by the generous donors to the LSU Museum of Art Annual Exhibition Fund.

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CLOSER LOOK

CHANGES OF THE MOON Thornton Dial was born in Emelle, Alabama, on a former cotton plantation in 1928. His family worked as sharecroppers in a region deeply rooted in the Jim Crow era, a time when individual states enforced a series of rigid anti-black laws that formed a racial caste system and legitimized discrimination. Beginning during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War, until the mid-1960s, states across the nation enacted laws that relegated African Americans to the status of second-class citizens. Alabama had some of the most restrictive laws in the South, and remained essentially racially segregated until Federal regulations were passed in the late 1960s, making it illegal for states to separate whites and blacks in any element of daily life.

The artwork Changes of the Moon is Dial’s interpretation of the 1963 imprisonment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama.

Although King would be arrested twenty-nine times during his lifetime, this incarceration, his thirteenth, was a turning point for the movement. On April 12 of that year, King and nearly fifty fellow protestors were arrested for defying a court injunction by leading a Good Friday protest without a permit. The demonstration was part of the Birmingham Campaign, which included boycotts of whiteowned businesses, sit-ins, peaceful marches, and mass meetings designed to bring national attention to the brutal, racist treatment suffered by blacks in one of America’s most segregated cities. King was placed in solitary confinement and initially denied access to lawyers. A close friend smuggled in a copy Thornton Dial, Changes of the Moon, 2003.

Found objects and painted canvas on wood. of the Birmingham News featuring an open Private collection. ©2023 Estate of Thornton Dial letter drafted by eight white religious leaders / ZuZu Inc. criticizing King, his demonstrations, and the movement. The Civil Rights leader famously countered the missive by composing a 7,000-word response, using the margins of the newspaper and scraps of paper supplied by his lawyers. King passionately defended his use of peaceful campaigns to incite change and called for constructive, nonviolent tension to force an end to unjust laws. The letter, which became a landmark document of the Civil Rights Movement, was printed by several publications including the New York Post, Liberation Magazine, The Atlantic, and The Christian Century.

Dial’s assemblage depicts King sitting in his cell, wearing a distinctive prison orange suit. Contemporary images of young African Americans gaze through the bars, their smiling faces in awe of his sacrifice. One cannot tell if the cage is holding him in, or if he is emerging from the confines, escaping from the cell. The title, Changes of the Moon, references ongoing transformation—the lunar phases, the varying appearance of the moon as different amounts of sunlight illuminate the surface. The artist illustrates the month-long cycle in the corners, reinforcing the assertion that this event was just one occurrence in King’s never-ending crusade for freedom—a necessary step to move forward in his fight for equality.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Jefferson County Jail, Birmingham, Alabama, November 3, 1967. Everett/CSU Archives. (Wikimedia Commons) www.lsumoa.org

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HANK WILLIS THOMAS

UNBRANDED: REFLECTIONS IN BLACK BY CORPORATE AMERICA On view April 20– July 30, 2023

OPENING RECEPTION & PANEL Thursday, April 20 Fifth Floor, 6 p.m.

Learn more about works by Thomas during a panel discussion.

See pages 12–13 for details and additional programs related to this exhibition

IMAGE (above): Hank Willis Thomas, Who Can Say No to a Gorgeous Brunette?

1970/2007. LightJet print. ©Hank Willis Thomas.

Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

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American artist Hank Willis Thomas investigates race, identity, and class, with a focus on African American imagery and references in advertising, media, and popular culture. His highly collected and exhibited conceptual photographs and digitally-manipulated imagery comments on contemporary race relations and reveals concealed bigotry and prejudices. Thomas’s series Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America, surveys fifty years of print advertising targeting African Americans. Drawn from advertisements published in prominent African American magazines such as Ebony and Jet, the appropriated source materials span from the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, to the election of President Barack Obama in 2008. Thomas strips the advertisements of text and all references to product names and slogans. The resulting images of African Americans in clearly manufactured poses and environments uncover subliminal messages of inequality and reinforce cultural stereotypes often conceived and disseminated through popular culture.

This exhibit features a selection of forty images, drawn from the original series of eighty-two artworks, organized by LSU MOA Curatorial Fellow, Clarke Brown. We would like to thank Alabama art collectors Becky Patterson and Doug McCraw for generously loaning the selection from their complete set.

Thomas lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His art has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in many prestigious private and institutional collections. Thomas recently unveiled his Boston monument The Embrace (pictured left) dedicated to the married Civil Rights leaders Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

The sculpture depicts a cropped view of the couple embracing after accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The bronze and steel sculpture is the centerpiece of a new plaza honoring Civil Rights leaders active between 1950 and 1970.

ART IN LOUISIANA

LOANS ON VIEW

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The museum is honored to announce several significant long-term loans from art collector Doug McCraw. McCraw, an Alabama native now residing in Florida, is a passionate supporter of contemporary art and the founder of FATVillage, a community of creative tech companies, artists, galleries, theaters, studios, and other art-centric businesses housed in a Fort Lauderdale warehouse district. In addition to lending seventeen artworks for the exhibition I, Too, Am Thornton Dial, McCraw is loaning the museum substantial pieces by Renée Stout, Purvis Young, Ronald Lockett, and Richard Dial, son of the late Thornton Dial. We are especially excited for the opportunity to exhibit and interpret objects by Young, Lockett, and Dial, all major African American vernacular artists. While the LSU MOA holds a substantial collection of paintings

by Clementine Hunter, Louisiana’s most prolific and well-known self-taught artist, we have very few other objects representative of this genre. These loans will allow us to expand the definition of contemporary art and continue to educate the public on the importance of artists working outside of academic traditions.

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IMAGES: (1) Richard Dial, Moses, 1986. Metal; (2) Renée Stout, Hoodoo House, 2022. Mixed media on wood; (3) Ronald Lockett, Creation, 1989. Paint on a found particle board kitchen table. All from the collection of Doug McCraw.

SCAN QR CODE TO REGISTER FOR VIRTUAL TALK. Learn more about artist Richard Dial during the opening panel discussion for I, Too, Am Thornton Dial on March 30, and artist Renée Stout (pictured left) during her virtual Zoom talk on April 13. See pages 12–13 for details.

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LSU PARTNERSHIPS EXPANDING EXHIBITIONS

The museum has begun several exciting collaborations with various University professors, units, and departments. Many are in direct response to LSU’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the ongoing efforts to foster a campus-wide shift towards the full inclusion of underrepresented populations, including people of color and the LGBTQ+ community.

The Shaping of Us: Queerness in Ceramics is an invitational showcase co-curated

by Associate Professor of Ceramics Andy Shaw and Senior Curator Michelle Schulte, featuring sculptural works that explore gender identity and LGBTQ+ culture. It will be on display concurrently with the exhibition Reveal: Photographs by Jerry Siegel, which examines the idea of gender fluidity within the drag and transgender community. Both projects will include programming developed in consultation with LSU's LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff Caucus.

Ethan Mott, the Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Project Manager in Landscaping Services, is assisting LSU MOA with a commission by renowned woodworkers Matthew and Philip Moulthrop (pictured left). Thanks to a generous donation by Louisiana CAT, the Moulthrops will craft several substantial vessels utilizing historic wood sourced from live oak trees planted by Steele Burden along LSU’s Parade Ground. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity, the museum is working with the Moulthrops to produce a limited-edition set of writing pens turned from the same wood, which will be available through a museum donation pledge package premiering this fall.

The LSU Textile and Costume Museum, housed in the Department of Textiles, Apparel Design, and Merchandising in the College of Agriculture, recently acquired over 200 unique garments designed

by Louisiana native Geoffrey Beene, as part of a substantial donation by New York collector Dr. Sylvia Karasu, M.D. In partnership with curator, historian, and Associate Professor Dr. Michael Mamp, our two museums will simultaneously present exhibitions of garments, sketches, and photographs accompanied by student research and extensive interpretative materials.

Learn how you can support these projects.

Contact LSU MOA Deputy Director Nedra Hains at 225-389-7212 or email nhains1@lsu.edu.

IMAGE (right): Geoffrey Beene, Strapless Full-length Evening Dress, fall 1998. Courtesy of the LSU Textile and Costume Museum. Gift of Dr. Sylvia Karasu, M.D.

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COLLECTIONS

2022 ACQUISITIONS In 2022, the Museum accepted seventy-three artwork donations. The pieces vary in media and theme, and exemplify our commitment to diversifying our collection. Of particular interest is a gift of five abstracted vessels by the late artist Ruenell Foy Temps, presented by her husband, Clifford Temps. The donation increases the number of works by women artists to our growing collection of contemporary ceramics.

Ruenell Foy Temps, Stained Vase Form #2, c. 1970-1974. Stained stoneware. Gift of Clifford Temps.

Temps was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She entered the University of California at Davis in 1958, using the experience to explore different artistic mediums. After taking time off to work as a full-time artist, she completed her bachelor of fine arts degree at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) in 1970, where she met renowned abstract ceramic artist, Peter Voulkos, the Professor of Ceramics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Upon graduation, Temps was initially accepted into the master of fine arts program at the San Francisco Art Institute. Her admittance, however, was revoked when the school learned she was a woman, as the department felt that an advanced degree would be wasted on a wife and mother. Recognizing her immense talent, Voulkos intervened and helped Temps enter the master of fine arts program at the University of California, Berkeley. She completed her degree with an emphasis in ceramics in 1971.

Temps’s works continued to evolve, with the artist exploring new building methods and surface treatments. She often focused on verticality, creating tall tubular structures. Several of the works donated to the Museum are nearly three feet in height, with one having a base over seventy inches in diameter. Famed California gallery owner, Jeffrey Spahn, stated that Temps’s “running thread was exploration of what the material could do. How far could she push it? How tall could she make it?” This investigation can be seen in the pieces added to our collection.

The Museum’s collection of contemporary photography also grew in 2022, with a second round of donations from The Museum Project. Developed by two California photographers, Robert von Sternberg and Darryl Curran, the organization’s mission is to donate vintage and digital prints by established and collected photographers from around the United States to teaching museums that have historically supported the medium in all forms. We were gifted images by five photographers, Barry Andersen, Darryl Curran, Michael Stone, Robert von Sternberg, and Sheila Pinkel, each representing different styles, subjects, and themes.

Robert von Sternberg, Nuclear Train Ride, 1989. Archival pigment print. Gift from artist through The Museum Project.

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LOOKING FORWARD

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

AUGUST 3 –DECEMBER 3, 2023 Community, Faith, Tradition, and Perseverance: Images of Louisiana by Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun

AUGUST 17 –NOVEMBER 12, 2023

A survey of photographs exploring and documenting the people, places, and culture of Louisiana, as seen through the eyes of McCormick and Calhoun, paired with objects representative of New Orleans traditions and culture.

A photographic exploration of identity and gender fluidity within the drag and transgender community, by Alabama artist Jerry Siegel. The intimate images contrast the individual to their stage persona through portraiture and sequential imagery. Correlating programming is being developed in partnership with LSU units including Residential Life and the LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff Caucus.

Reveal: Photographs by Jerry Siegel

AUGUST 3– OCTOBER 22, 2023 The Shaping of Us: Queerness in Ceramics A showcase of artwork examining cultural and political issues enveloping the LGBTQ+ community. Co-curated

by Andy Shaw, Associate Professor of Ceramics.

SCAN TO SUPPORT EXHIBITIONS AT LSU MOA For full sponsorship level details and to sponsor exhibitions, please contact LSU MOA Deputy Director Nedra Hains at nhains1@lsu.edu.

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DID YOU KNOW? 100% of LSU MOA exhibitions are funded by donors like you!

JANUARY 11– MARCH 28, 2024 Andy Warhol / Friends and Frenemies: Prints from the Cochran Collection

NOVEMBER 9, 2023 –JANUARY 4, 2024 Birds! Artwork from the LSU Museum of Art Permanent Collection Birds take center stage in a showcase of artwork highlighting our feathered friends.

A selection of prints created by American artists living and working in and around New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, with a focus on Andy Warhol. This show includes a selection of work from the LSU MOA permanent collection highlighting emergent West coast artists who, during the same period, were pushing the boundaries of expression and form while paying homage to their unique region.

NOVEMBER 30, 2023 –MARCH 3, 2024 Mirror Mirror by Daniel Rozin A selection of complex, digitally controlled sculptures that respond to the presence and actions of the viewer, engineered and constructed by Daniel Rozin, a Professor of Arts at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

IMAGES (left to right): Keith Calhoun, Dr. Michael White and The Tuxedo Brass Band Lead Funeral Procession, 1980s, ca. 2010. From the New Orleans Music series; Joseph Kraft, I Smile When You Smile, 2023. Ceramic extruded drawing. Courtesy of the artist; Jerry Siegel, Brigitte Bidet (detail), 2018. Archival pigment print.

Courtesy of the artist; Michael Crespo, La Amistad de La Luna, 2006. Oil on linen. Gift of Winifred and Kevin Reilly, Jr.; Daniel Rozin, Pom Pom Mirror, 2015. 928 faux fur pom poms, 464 motors, control electronics, xbox kinect motion sensor, mac-mini computer, custom software, wooden armature. Installation detail of Andy Warhol / Friends and Frenemies: Prints from the Cochran Collection. www.lsumoa.org

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LSU MOA PROGRAMS MARK YOUR CALENDARS

MARCH 02

TODDLER THURSDAY: LEAPING LEPRECHAUNS! Fifth floor, 10 a.m. / Fee applies With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, come and partake in a fun and engaging Leprechaun craft project!

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FREE FIRST SUNDAY: BUNNY SELF PORTRAIT

Fifth floor, 1–5 p.m. / FREE See Alexa Podesta’s exhibition Some Boys, A Few Bunnies, and One Lousy Unicorn before it closes and enjoy a bunny ear design project.

07 ART AT LUNCH: JOSEPHINE BAKER Third floor, 12 p.m. / FREE In celebration of Women's History Month, West Baton Rouge Parish Museum of Art Curator Ferin Jones (pictured) speaks on Josephine Baker, a look at her life as a historical figure and the significance of her presence at the 1963 March on Washington. Bring a lunch—we’ll supply water and sodas.

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LSU GIVING DAY

Online at geauxgive.lsu.edu Support the LSU Museum of Art during the LSU Foundation's Giving Day. Thank you for your support!

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I , TOO, AM THORNTON DIAL RECEPTION & PANEL DISCUSSION Fifth floor, 6–8 p.m. / FREE The panel features Paul Barrett, curator, Richard Dial, artist and son of the late Thornton Dial, Paul Arnett, art historian, Anne Collins Smith, cultural curator and art historian, and Michelle Schulte, Senior Curator and Director of Programs at the LSU Museum of Art.

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APRIL 02

FREE FIRST SUNDAY: FOUND OBJECTS PROJECT Fifth floor, 1–5 p.m. / FREE

Bring your family to see I, Too, Am Thornton Dial and follow up with a ‘found objects’ vernacular art project.

06 TODDLER THURSDAY: APRIL SHOWERS

Fifth floor, 10 a.m. / Fee applies Who says rain cannot be fun? Join us for a Spring craft project that makes any rainy day colorful and bright!

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Third floor, 12 p.m. / FREE Join Monique Bassey, the 2022-23 Marie Bickham Chair in Landscape Architecture, as she explores the socioeconomic factors that play key roles in the landscape development of areas within the parish. Bring a lunch—we’ll supply water and sodas.

13 VIRTUAL ARTIST TALK: RENÉE STOUT Zoom, 6 p.m. / FREE Join us for a Zoom with artist Renée Stout as she discusses her sculptures and friendship with Thornton Dial.

20 UNBRANDED RECEPTION & PANEL DISCUSSION

Fifth floor, 6 p.m. / FREE

Join LSU MOA Curatorial Fellow Clarke Brown, Nancy Hampton, Interim Library Director at Xavier University of Louisiana, and Dr. Gheni Platenburg, Assistant Professor of Journalism at the Auburn University School of Communication and Journalism; as they discuss the history of prejudice in advertising through Ebony and Jet Magazine.

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MAY 02 ART AT LUNCH: ARTISTIC FLORAL DESIGN

21 GOSPEL IN THE GALLERY FEATURING SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY GOSPEL CHOIR Fifth floor, 6 p.m. / FREE Listen to the sounds of the award winning and nationally recognized Southern University Gospel Choir in the galleries.

26 BACOT LECTURE SERIES: JEFFREY SCANLAN Third floor, 6 p.m. / FREE LSU College of Art and Design Professor Jeffrey Scanlan, Professional in Residence in Interior Design, explores the space between an object and the idea that conceives it as it pertains to global decorative arts.

Third floor, 12 p.m. / FREE Joel Peregrin of Peregrin’s Florist will give a presentation and demonstration of the elements of floral design. Bring a lunch—we’ll supply water and sodas.

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TODDLER THURSDAY: MAY FLOWERS

Fifth floor, 10 a.m. / Fee applies Spring is in full bloom! Join us for some floral fun as we partake in a sunflower craft project.

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225GIVES

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HE ONGOING IMPACT OF T DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Online at 225gives.org Support the LSU Museum of Art during 225GIVES, presented by Capital Area United Way (CAUW), a 24-hour online giving day. Thank you for your support!

Fifth floor, 6 p.m. / FREE A panel of collegiate experts discuss the Civil Rights leader’s legacy.

07 MOTHER'S DAY SALE: LSU MUSEUM STORE First floor, May 7–14 Enjoy 20% off your entire purchase of regular priced items, enter a membership raffle, and enjoy with free gift wrap!

07 FREE FIRST SUNDAY: FLAG COLLAGE PROJECT Hank Willis Thomas, So Glad We Made It, 1979/2006.

Lambda photograph. ©Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Thank you to the following sponsors of Free First Sundays and Free Friday Nights: Louisiana Lottery Corporation for sponsoring free admission and Louisiana CAT for sponsoring programming. Thank you to LSU Auxiliary Services for providing water and sodas at all LSU MOA programs.

Fifth floor, 1–5 p.m. / FREE Visit the Hank Willis Thomas Unbranded exhibit and create a collage American Flag inspired by the artist's style.

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EDUCATION

UPCOMING PROGRAMS The Arts & Letters Literary Competition encourages participants to identify elements of figurative language, explore creative writing, and establish connections between writing and the visual arts. The students respond visually and verbally to preselected paintings from the LSU Museum of Art’s permanent collection. While students do not have to visit the museum to enter the competition, experiencing the objects firsthand is highly recommended. This program is supported by the Junior League of Baton Rouge.

Questions? Contact Brandon V. Lewis, LSU MOA Educator, at 225389-7207 or brandonlewis@lsu.edu

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ENTRIES ACCEPTED MARCH 10–24, 2023 WHO CAN ENTER The competition is open to local students in grades 4th–12th in public, private, or home school programs throughout the East and West Baton Rouge Parishes.

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WIN PRIZES Winners will be awarded an honorarium and be invited to a public reading and reception at the museum. Winning entries will be reproduced in an anthology.

WRITE ABOUT ART Student authors can submit either prose or poem inspired by one of five preselected paintings from the LSU Museum of Art’s permanent collection. One entry per student.

PARTICIPANT RECOGNITION RECEPTION

FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2023 AT 6 PM Students, parents, and teachers will be invited to celebrate those students whose works of literary art were selected to be a part of the 2023 Arts & Letters competition at the LSU Museum of Art. ARTWORK (above): Malaika Favorite, Lessons from My Mother (detail), 2019.

Mixed media on canvas. Purchased with funds from the Manship Endowment for Acquisitions and Conservation, Beverly and Steven Heymsfield, and Salomia and Ben Jeffers.

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Scan QR Code or go online to see artworks and more. www.lsumoa.org/arts-letters

FACULTY & STUDENTS: Interested in learning more about our collection? The LSU Museum of Art is ALWAYS interested in partnering with University departments and units. We can arrange opportunities for students to interact with our collection or visiting artists and curators. Experiences include critiques, talks, demonstrations, or instruction.

Have an idea or request?

Call LSU MOA Curator Michelle Schulte at 225-389-7205 or email mschulte@lsu.edu

Arts and Alzheimer's program returns to the LSU Museum of Art The LSU Museum of Art is pleased to announce the return of the Arts and Alzheimer’s program to the galleries! The experience, a collaboration with Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area, provides gallery talks that are designed for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related conditions and their caregivers. Based on case studies and established programs at other museums, these experiences provide a safe environment for participants to produce and appreciate visual art. Research and several small trials suggest that this type of art therapy engages attention, provides pleasure, and improves neuropsychiatric symptoms, social behavior, and self-esteem. Our dedicated facilitator, Dr. Laura Larsen, received training at the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Art Museum, both in New York City, adapting the content to fit the needs of our Baton Rouge community. The Museum’s program was introduced in 2014, but took a brief hiatus during the pandemic.

For additional information, visit www.artalzheimers.wordpress.com.

Summer Outreach Plans Summer is always an exciting time for the Museum’s Education Department. Our Neighborhood Arts Project (NAP), a community-based art outreach program, is currently being planned with new additional partner sites. Thanks to the Museum’s committed donors, patrons, and partners, as well as support from the office of Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, we can provide exceptional art-making experiences and resources to underserved areas throughout the city. Keep on the lookout for pop-up NAP experiences during the summer at community festivals and events, including the city’s Juneteenth celebration. Learn more at www.lsumoa.org/nap.

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DEVELOPMENT

ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN

Dear LSU MOA Members & Friends, I am writing to express my support for the LSU Museum of Art 2023 Annual Campaign Fund. The museum has been a valuable asset to the entire LSU community and a driver of economic growth within the local area. LSU MOA provides educational and cultural activities that enrich the lives of everyone who visits. By providing educational opportunities, the museum helps the local community, particularly those most vulnerable, to learn more about the world's cultures, art, and history, and to appreciate and better understand the changing world we all live in. LSU MOA also provides entertainment and enriching experiences.

Exhibits and programs often include historical or current events, or even art, film, and performance, as well as hands-on experiences that engage the public and inform community members on topics important to their lives. The museum's ongoing success requires resources to fund exhibits, and programs, maintain existing collections, and support operations that keep the museum open to the public.

Thus, I urge you to consider contributing to the LSU Museum of Art Annual Campaign Fund. With the support of generous donors like you, the museum will remain a vital and vibrant part of the LSU campus and the Greater Baton Rouge Community.

Sincerely, Carol Steinmuller LSU MOA Development Committee Chair

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SPONSOR I, TOO, AM THORNTON DIAL Consider sponsoring the I, Too, Am Thornton Dial exhibition to receive this bundle below as a thank you. Please contact LSU MOA Deputy Director Nedra Hains at 225-389-7212 or nhains1@lsu.edu to learn more.

Give $1000 or more to receive a limited edition photographic print by artist Jerry Siegel, the exhibition catalogue, Thornton Dial: I, Too, Am Alabama, by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a Thornton Dial Struggling Tiger lapel pin, and two tickets to a private rooftop dinner to celebrate the exhibition on Thursday, March 30 with the panelists and Dial family. Can't make the dinner? Get the bundle for $500.

STRUGGLING TIGER ENAMEL PIN Thornton Dial, Struggling Tiger, 1989. Oil on canvas. Collection of Robert S. Taubman. ©2023 Estate of Thornton Dial / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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THORNTON DIAL

STRUGGLING TIGER ENAMEL PIN Thornton Dial, Struggling Tiger, 1989. Oil on canvas. Collection of Robert S. Taubman. ©2023 Estate of Thornton Dial / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

WELCOME NEW & RETURNING MEMBERS DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE SILVER BeBe Facundus SUSTAINER Christen Losey-Gregg & James Gregg HOUSEHOLD Edy & Gibbons Addison Danah & Jack Frens Halley & Jeffrey Hastings Cynthia & Earl Jones III Kristi & Geoffrey McCain Allison & Joshua Milliron James Stewart DUAL Betty Cepeda Seth Johnson Barry Meyer Marie-Antoinette & Olivier Moréteau Abbey Weselak Elizabeth & Barry Weinstein

THORNTON DIAL

FRIEND I, TOO, AM Margaret Bordelon STRUGGLING TIGER Clyde Hanson ENAMEL PIN Nancy Noonan Elizabeth Schlege Ellen Soffer

Thornton Dial, Struggling Tiger, 1989. Oil on canvas. Collection of Robert S. Taubman. ©2023 Estate of Thornton Dial / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

EDUCATOR I, TOO, AM Matt Beshears Michelle Reimsyder

THORNTON DIAL

STUDENT Imani Ambeau Matthew Romig

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LSU MUSEUM STORE

THE ABSTRACT PEBBLE

MOTHER'S DAY SHOPPING SALE May 7–14, 2023 Enjoy 20% off your entire purchase of regular priced items, enter a membership raffle, and enjoy with free gift wrap!

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Art Talk Spring 2023

The LSU Museum Store is pleased to announce our newest artist, Rhonda McMillan of The Abstract Pebble.

She creates unique pieces in her home-studio located in a quaint southeastern Ohio town, utilizing natural elements to personify her vision. What began as a hobby early in her life has developed into a one-of-a-kind art form.

McMillan’s artistic mission is to “bring happiness, creativity, and inspiration to others’ homes." You can find her unique artwork in the LSU Museum Store.

The LSU Museum Store is located on the first floor of the Shaw Center for the Arts and has a wide variety of gifts for any occasion. For more information, please contact LeAnn Russo at 225-389-7210 or lrusso@lsu.edu.

STAFF

Kristin Sosnowsky, Interim Executive Director Sarah Amacker, Communications & Marketing Specialist Clarke Brown, Curatorial Fellow LeAnn Dusang, Museum Store Manager / Visitor Services Manager / Membership Coordinator Nedra Hains, Deputy Director Brandon Lewis, Educator & Public Programs Manager Marianna Luquette, Registrar Sandy Parfait, Business Manager Travis Pickett, Preparator Michelle Schulte, Senior Curator & Director of Public Programs Georgia Tsolakis, Visitor Services II & Events Assistant

FRIENDS OF LSU MUSEUM OF ART President: Clarke J. Gernon, Jr. Vice President: Michael Avant Secretary / Treasurer: Robert Bowsher Brad M. Bourgoyne Ann Wilkinson Jeff Bell Kevin Harris Staff Representative: Nedra Hains

ADVISORY BOARD 2022–2023

Chair: Nancy C. Dougherty Vice Chair: Ben Jeffers Secretary / Treasurer: Stephen R. Miller Immediate Past Chair: Steven Heymsfield Sanford A. “Sandy” Arst Margaret Benjamin Dan Bergeron Luisa Cantillo Lake Douglas Becky Gottsegen Blaine Grimes Randell Henry Gerri Hobdy Joyce Jackson Mary T. Joseph Yvette Marsh Elizabeth Carpenter Noland Winifred Reilly L. Cary Saurage II Carol Steinmuller Thrasyvoulos I Kalaitizidis Ex-Officio: Clarke J. Gernon, Jr. Ex-Officio: Kristin Sosnowsky Office of the Lt. Governor Representative: Susannah Bing Johannsen Honorary: Mayor-President

Sharon Weston Broome

Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser

Jeffrey Fraenkel

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LSU Museum of Art is supported in part by a grant from the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, funded by the East Baton Rouge Parish MayorPresident and Metro Council. Additional support is provided by generous donors to the Annual Exhibition Fund. LSU Museum of Art is 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. Funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Support also provided

by Art Bridges.

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