Summer 2019 Art Talk

summer 2019

ART TALK

FROM THE

DIRECTOR

Are you hooked on the LSU Museum of Art? This is a question we need to ask of all our members and all our visitors.

Your support helps us to fund access to quality exhibitions for our community, many youth and other visitors. My hope is that you visit often and enjoy the benefits of interaction with art and our programs.

Are you a repeat visitor? Bringing friends, family and colleagues to the museum and encouraging their involvement is important. We surveyed members and found that contemporary art is popular, as well as viewing our changing exhibitions, which are both historic and contemporary.

Do you have a favorite artwork? Often when I visit the Art in Louisiana galleries, I look at John Hoppner’s portrait Admiral Viscount Horatio Nelson. This young admiral captures my attention each time. I pause in front of a Newcomb Moon and Moss vessel to enjoy the romanticism of Arts and Crafts work. I might stop by Dale Chihuly’s glass Ikebana sculpture and marvel at the colors and the curves in the stems. It is a pleasure to muse about time and history, beauty and ideas at the same time.

What do you expect on your visit? Our changing exhibitions program is designed to give you a new experience each time. Whether it is historic Impressionist painting; contemporary figurative works; ceramic sculpture that defies the conventions of craft; or jewelry that are wearable sculptures—we have something for you. We also have an exciting lineup of adult workshops to awaken the artist in you—sign up for Material Exploration this summer; no experience is necessary.

Thank you for your support and for your engagement. Please share your thoughts about our galleries and the work that we do by emailing artmuseum@lsu.edu ARTWORK PICTURED ABOVE: Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), Hutch (detail), 2012, oil on canvas, Gift of Paul Yaworsky, LSUMOA 2013.10 COVER IMAGE: Doron Langberg, Louis, Tristan, and Sarah, 2017, oil on linen, Courtesy of GreeneChristoffel Collection

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Happy Summer!

Daniel E. Stetson Executive Director

EXHIBITIONS

Semblance Adore | Adorn Matt Wedel: On the Verge Traveling Exhibitions

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COLLECTIONS

LSU School of Art Students Recent Acquisition

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EDUCATION

NAP Expanding & Evolving

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CALENDAR

June–August Events

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DEVELOPMENT

Annual Fund Campaign New Members Donor Spotlight

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MUSEUM STORE

Charles G. Smith

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Parlez-vous Français?

LSU MOA’s permanent collection exhibition Art in Louisiana now has French translations for all wall texts thanks to support from the American Association of Teachers of French, Louisiana Chapter.

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SEMBLANCE

THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE/SHARED SELF On view June 27 through October 6, 2019

RECEPTION Thursday, September 12 Fifth floor, 6–8:30 p.m.

Q&A with the artists 6:30 p.m.

MATERIAL EXPLORATION: FIGURES IN SPACE I & II Saturday, July 27 and August 10 Second floor, 1–4 p.m.

FREE FIRST SUNDAY Sunday, August 4 Fifth floor, 1–5 p.m.

Curator Tour 2 p.m.

THIRD THURSDAY Thursday, September 19 Fifth floor, 6–8 p.m. more details soon

On June 27, 2019, LSU MOA will open a new exhibition featuring figurative paintings by three contemporary artists whose work explores how we negotiate representations of self in public, private, and shared spaces. With vibrant color, collaged surfaces, and glitter, Jonathan Lyndon Chase’s visceral figures merge and fragment to represent fluid gender, sexual, and psychological states while confronting the social pressures surrounding masculinity, heteronormativity, and physical and mental fitness. Heidi Hahn’s large-scale oil paintings feature women lost in their interiority, aloof from public demands on women. The women eschew smiling and move through the distractions and mundanity of daily life while Hahn’s rich layers of dripping color signal the emotional depth of their private psychological space. Doron Langberg paints intimate relationships with family, friends, and lovers in domestic spaces. Layers of painting, wiping, and scraping create soft, ethereal atmospheres that express the felt experience of these intimate and vulnerable relationships.

This exhibition is supported by the Annual Exhibitions Fund. LSU Museum of Art is grateful to the following lenders: Kohn Gallery, Doron Langberg, Dalal Ani and Zack Arnold, Bill Arning and Mark McCray, Greene-Christoffel Collection, Robert Shiell, Langdon-Malik Collection, Kevie Yang and David Fisher, The Hort Family Collection, and David Hoberman.

IMAGE: Doron Langberg, Louis, Tristan, and Sarah, 2017, oil on linen, Courtesy of Greene-Christoffel Collection

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the artists

Jonathan Lyndon Chase Born: 1989, Philadelphia, PA

Doron Langberg

Lives and works: Philadelphia, PA

Born: 1985, Israel

Education: MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA BFA, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA Artist-in-Residence: 2018 Artist-in-Residence, Rubell Family Collection Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, FL Collections (selected): Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA Image: 3 Graces of Olney, 2018, acrylic, spray paint, glitter, marker on canvas, Courtesy of Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Lives and works: Brooklyn, NY Adjunct Professor of Painting, Montclair State University, NJ

Heidi Hahn Born: 1982, Los Angeles, CA Lives and works: Brooklyn, NY

Education: MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Professor of Painting and Drawing, Alfred University, NY

BFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, summa cum laude

Education: MFA in Painting, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA

BFA, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

Collections: The Hort Family Collection; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA Image: Morning 2, 2018, oil on linen, Courtesy of LangdonMalik Collection

Collections: Kadist Foundation, Paris, France Image: Burn Out in Shredded Heaven 2, 2018–19, oil on canvas, Courtesy of Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Check out our calendar on pages 12–13 to see our programs and workshops inspired by these artists.

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ADORE | ADORN

THE ELSIE MICHIE CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY COLLECTION On view June 27 through October 6, 2019 RECEPTION Sunday, October 6 Fifth floor, 2–4 p.m.

Lecture from Elsie Michie Third floor, 2 p.m.

FREE FIRST SUNDAY Sunday, September 1 Fifth floor, 1–5 p.m.

Gallery Talk 2 p.m.

Jewelry Sale with LSU School of Art Sculpture Club 2–4 p.m.

THIRD THURSDAY Thursday, August 15 Fifth floor, 6–8 p.m. jewelry-making activity IMAGE: Peter Chang, Armreif, 2000, acrylic, resin, PVC, and silver, Courtesy of Elsie Michie

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On June 27, LSU MOA will present over 70 works of contemporary art jewelry from the collection of LSU College of Humanities and Social Sciences Associate Dean Dr. Elsie Michie. The term “art jewelry” suggests a duality: both fine sculpture and functional fashion. These works, largely made by “studio jewelers,” artists working solely in the medium of jewelry, are finely attuned to the wearer’s body while also often carrying surrealist and narrative elements. This exhibition, like Michie’s collection, will represent a wide array of material, skill, and concept, while maintaining the joy of accessorization at its heart. Adore | Adorn will be the first exhibition of Dr. Michie’s collection and a celebration of a fruitful passion.

Artists include Joyce Scott, Thomas Mann, Wendy Ramshaw, Ramona Solberg, Albert Paley, Peter Chang, Laurie Hall, Kiff Slemmons, Robin Kranitzky and Kim Overstreet, Arline Fisch, Robert Ebendorf, and Mary Lee Hu. Support provided by the Annual Exhibition Fund donors: The Imo N. Brown Memorial Fund in memory of Heidel Brown and Mary Ann Brown; Louisiana CAT; Charles Schwing; Alma Lee, H.N. and Cary Saurage Fund; Newton B. Thomas Family/Newtron Group; Mrs. Elizabeth M. Thomas; Mr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Arst; and the Louisiana Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French.

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so, what is art jewelry?

Art jewelry seeks to deliver a message, tell a story, explore new forms and media—all while remaining responsive to the body and wearable. Think of these as micro-sculptures.

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While gold, silver, and precious stones can be exquisitely beautiful, art jewelry’s interest is often not in what is traditionally accepted as beautiful. Elsie Michie’s collection reveals her preference for experimentation over preciousness, unconventionality and play over ornamentation. Art jewelry is frequently visually challenging and sometimes absurd or kitsch. Michie’s collection further exemplifies a subset of art jewelry: narrative jewelry. Often taking inspiration from the surrealist movement of visual art, these works utilize recognizable elements such as found objects and juxtapose them in surprising ways (see Emiko Oye’s Dawning II and Kiff Slemmons’ Penannular Brooch). Some works, such as Wendy Ramshaw’s Her Knight, even reference specific stories from popular culture (here, Alice in Wonderland).

To read more of this blog post from curatorial assistant Olivia Johnson visit: www.lsumoa.org/inside-lsu-moa

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MATT WEDEL ON THE VERGE a ceramic painting?

Traditional notions of craft align with medium-specific, skill-based disciplines such as woodworking and ceramics. Disciplines such as painting and sculpture are conceived as “higher,” more about ideas—not for use, but for a purely visual experience. Wedel, like many artists, challenges these boundaries.

Made of stoneware, Lemon Tree is firmly a ceramic work, requiring great skill obvious in its form and scale. But Lemon Tree is not a ceramic cup or pot. It is a sculpture—or perhaps a painting. The back of the work is a canvas-like surface that Wedel paints with glaze. With Lemon Tree and works like Flower Tree’s Color, Matt Wedel questions why oil with pigment has a “monopoly” on painting.

on view until 9/29 Mark your calendars for Third Thursday, August 15, 6–8 p.m. with discussions on craft and a hands-on clay activity.

IMAGES: (top left) Matt Wedel, Lemon Tree, 2019, glazed stoneware (bottom row) Matt Wedel, Flower Tree’s Color, 2018–2019, porcelain

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He hangs dollops of colored porcelain with gestural marks on the walls in works titled Flower Tree’s Color. In doing so, he seems to ask, if you suspend pigment in porcelain (effectively making paint) at what point does that dollop of “paint” become the most revered object in the artworld— a painting?

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

since 2017 lsu moa’s traveling exhibitions have expanded the museum’s reach to:

+ 6 states

+ 10 venues

+ 28,000 reached

After the artwork returns to storage and the walls are repainted, many of LSU MOA’s exhibitions live on, traveling to additional venues.

Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects closed its first touring stop at the Kennedy Museum at Ohio University in March. It is slated to travel to the Fairfield University Art Museum in 2021.

LSU Museum of Art’s permanent collection exhibition of photography, Exploring Photography, traveled to the State University of New York in Fredonia, New York.

When the Water Rises: Recent Paintings by Julie Heffernan was on view at University of Tampa, Orlando’s Mennello Museum of American and Public Art, Palmer Museum at The Pennsylvania State University, Virgina Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach, and at the University of Houston, Clear Lake Art Gallery.

Painting Enlightenment: Experiencing Wisdom and Compassion through Art and Science will travel to DePauw University in Indiana this fall and to additional venues in 2021.

Broken Time: Sculpture by Martin Payton was on view at the Pensacola State College and will be on view at the City of Lake Charles’ Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center through July 13, 2019.

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Stephanie Cobb (MFA Painting ‘20) has taken on LSU MOA’s environmental monitoring, checking relative humidity and temperature on a weekly basis. She also regularly completes condition reports for LSU MOA’s incoming and outgoing loans. Most recently Cobb has been assisting with jewelry cleaning for the upcoming exhibition Adore | Adorn. Cobb also led a plein air demonstration in the galleries in conjunction with Across the Atlantic.

Corey Stout (MA Art History ’19) volunteers weekly to help LSU MOA complete its annual inventory.

Stout has spent the semester familiarizing himself with LSU MOA’s collections, confirming the location and condition of everything on LSU MOA’s shelves and painting racks.

Documenting, tracking, researching, and caring for LSU MOA’s permanent collection according to American Alliance of Museum standards is a major undertaking—but it also provides a great learning opportunity for students in LSU School of Art’s art history and fine arts graduate programs.

COLLECTIONS LSU SCHOOL OF ART STUDENTS Olivia Johnson (MA Art History ’20) has led the curatorial efforts for the upcoming Adore | Adorn exhibition while also assisting the exhibition team and facilitating adult and k-12 programming alongside LSU MOA staff. Johnson will be a graduate assistant at LSU MOA for two years.

Kelly Ward (MA Art History ’20) has worked diligently to prepare permanent collection database records for LSU MOA’s online database portal. We expect to make 350+ more objects searchable thanks to Ward’s efforts. Ward has also completed condition reports for incoming and outgoing loans and begun cleaning jewelry for our upcoming exhibition.

recent acquisition now on view

Julie Heffernan, Camp Bedlam, 2016, oil on canvas.

Purchased with funds from the Alma Lee, H.N., and Cary Saurage Fund at BRAF and the Paula G. Manship Museum of Art Endowment Acquisition and Conservation Fund LSUMOA 2019.1

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NEIGHBORHOOD

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ARTS PROJECT

Mary Ratcliff, (MFA Sculpture ‘21)

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expanding and evolving lsu school of art students

Adding a visiting artist to NAP is an exciting expansion of the previous six years of the program. Mary Ratcliff (MFA Sculpture ‘21) will be a visiting artist with NAP and develop a community-based installation for LSU MOA’s Young Artists Gallery. Ratcliff, who has been a dedicated contributor as an education intern and volunteer, writes she was, “instantly inspired and energized when learning of NAP. I quickly gravitated toward this project as an avenue for becoming active and engaging with my new Baton Rouge community.

In my art practice, I conduct public projects that aim to connect the community through the process of art making.” Ratcliff will also serve as the student liaison on the LSU MOA Advisory Board.

This spring, an Art Bridges grant in conjunction with Across the Atlantic allowed LSU MOA to expand its Neighborhood Arts Project (NAP) to offer “pop ups” in partnership with BREC. LSU MOA Educator Grant Benoit worked with BREC to identify parks that would benefit most from additional free programming. Pop–up plein-air lessons and paint-making allowed local kids to become burgeoning Impressionist artists at Gus Young, Cadillac Street, and Mills Avenue BREC parks.

As summer approaches, the museum is gearing up for six weeks of free art making and creativity at four sites weekly.

This year, sites include our longterm partners at Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church, Gardere Initiative, Village Resource Center and a new site growing out of spring “pop-up” experiences— Gus Young BREC Park. For the complete calendar, please visit www.lsumoa.org

Samantha Combs (MFA Painting ‘20) is merging her studio practice and education background as the NAP Assistant. Combs led painting sessions during this spring’s BREC pop-ups, and will continue to develop creative lessons and lead NAP’s teen mentors throughout the summer.

Special thanks to Ceramics Club members Ian Park and Matthew Zorn, Printmaking Club members Clare Samani, Carlie Solomons and Michael Whitehead, and painting students Luke Atkinson, Stephanie Cobb, Diana Abouchacra, Samantha Rosado for volunteering throughout the year with LSU MOA programs. www.lsumoa.org

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SUMMER CALENDAR JUNE 02 FREE FIRST SUNDAY

Fifth floor, 1–5 p.m.

Free admission and family activities Curator tour of Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens at 2 p.m. followed by Degas-inspired printmaking and pastel activity 2:30–4:00 p.m.

04 NAP AT MT. PILGRIM

BAPTIST CHURCH 9700 Scenic Hwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

18 NAP AT MT. PILGRIM

BAPTIST CHURCH 9700 Scenic Hwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

19 NAP AT GARDERE INITIATIVE 8434 Ned Ave, 9 a.m.–11 a.m.

Free art making for all ages

20 NAP AT VILLAGE RESOURCE

CENTER AT EDEN PARK 765 N. Acadian Thwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

21 NAP AT BREC GUS YOUNG PARK

4200 Gus Young Ave, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

Free art making for all ages

05 NAP AT GARDERE INITIATIVE 8434 Ned Ave, 9 a.m.–11 a.m.

Free art making for all ages

06 NAP AT VILLAGE RESOURCE

CENTER AT EDEN PARK

765 N. Acadian Thwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

25 NAP AT MT. PILGRIM

BAPTIST CHURCH 9700 Scenic Hwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

26 NAP AT GARDERE INITIATIVE 8434 Ned Ave., 9 a.m.–11 a.m.

Free art making for all ages

Free art making for all ages

07 NAP AT BREC GUS YOUNG PARK

4200 Gus Young Ave, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

07 STORIES IN ART

Third floor, 10:30 a.m.

Free reading of Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love and art making for ages 0–6 with parent/caregiver

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CENTER AT EDEN PARK 765 N. Acadian Thwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

28 NAP AT BREC GUS YOUNG PARK

4200 Gus Young Ave, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

08 YOGA IN THE GALLERIES

Fifth Floor, 10:30 a.m.

Practice yoga in an artful atmosphere with Parish Pilates and Yoga. Bring your own mat. $5/person

JULY 02 NAP AT MT. PILGRIM

BAPTIST CHURCH 9700 Scenic Hwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

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BAPTIST CHURCH 9700 Scenic Hwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

12 NAP AT GARDERE INITIATIVE

04 JULY 4TH CELEBRATION

Free art making for all ages

8434 Ned Ave, 9 a.m.–11 a.m.

Free art making for all ages

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CENTER AT EDEN PARK 765 N. Acadian Thwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

14 NAP AT BREC GUS YOUNG PARK

4200 Gus Young Ave, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

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Free art making for all ages

03 NAP AT GARDERE INITIATIVE 8434 Ned Ave, 9 a.m.–11 a.m.

Free art making for all ages Sixth floor, 7–10 p.m.

View page 15 for details

05 NAP AT BREC GUS YOUNG PARK

4200 Gus Young Ave, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

05 STORIES IN ART

Third floor, 10:30 a.m.

Free reading of Iggy Peck: Architect by Andrea Beaty and art making for ages 0–6 with parent/caregiver

FREE FRIDAY NIGHTS 5–8 p.m.

07 FREE FIRST SUNDAY

Fifth floor, 1–5 p.m.

Free admission and family activities

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FIGURES IN SPACE I

Second floor, 1–4 p.m.

09 NAP AT MT. PILGRIM

BAPTIST CHURCH 9700 Scenic Hwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

10 NAP AT GARDERE INITIATIVE 8434 Ned Ave, 9 a.m.–11 a.m.

Free art making for all ages

11 NAP AT VILLAGE RESOURCE

CENTER AT EDEN PARK 765 N. Acadian Thwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

AUGUST 02 STORIES IN ART

Third floor, 10:30 a.m.

Free reading of The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew DeWalt and art making for ages 0–6 with parent/caregiver

Free art making for all ages

11 ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING

Third floor, 5 p.m.

Annual report presentation of LSU MOA 2018–2019 Fifth floor, 6–8 p.m.

Reception and gallery talk in Adore | Adorn with Collector Dr. Elsie Michie

04 FREE FIRST SUNDAY

4200 Gus Young Ave, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Free art making for all ages

16 NAP AT LSUMOA (JULY 16–19) Shaw Center for the Arts, 9 a.m.–11 a.m.

Free art making for all ages

Free art making for all ages

22 TEEN CHALLENGE

Fifth floor, 1–4 p.m.

Teens ages 12–18 will explore the Adore| Adorn exhibition and participate in an interactive activity based on the exhibition. $5 registration, register on lsumoa.org

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Fifth floor, 9 a.m.–12 p.m.

Teens ages 12–18 will explore the Adore| Adorn exhibition and participate in an interactive activity based on the exhibition. $5 registration, register on lsumoa.org

Fifth Floor, 10:30 a.m.

Practice yoga in an artful atmosphere with Parish Pilates and Yoga. Bring your own mat. $5/person

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Fifth Floor, 10:30 a.m.

Practice yoga in an artful atmosphere with Parish Pilates and Yoga. Bring your own mat. $5/person

18 NAP AT VILLAGE RESOURCE

CENTER AT EDEN PARK 765 N. Acadian Thwy, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Fifth floor, 1–5 p.m.

Free admission and family activities Curator tour of Semblance at 2 p.m. fol lowed by figure drawing with live model 2:30–4:00 p.m.

10 YOGA IN THE GALLERIES

12 NAP AT BREC GUS YOUNG PARK 13 YOGA IN THE GALLERIES

Explore color, abstraction, and figure painting in this class inspired by the work of Heidi Hahn on view in Semblance.

Instructor: Claire Kane, MFA. Advance registration required: www.lsumoa.org

Second floor, 1–4 p.m.

Explore collage, color, and fragmentation in this figurative painting class inspired by the work of Jonathan Lyndon Chase on view in Semblance. Instructor John Alleyne, MFA. Advance registration required: www.lsumoa.org

15 THIRD THURSDAY

Fifth floor, 6–8 p.m.

Enjoy craft beer while exploring and trying your hand at jewelry-making and ceramics sculpture with demonstrations and hands-on making activities led by LSU MFA students

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JEWELRY WORKSHOP

WITH THOMAS MANN

Second floor, 1–4 p.m.

Join New Orleans-based jewelry artist and designer Thomas Mann for a workshop in jewelry-making in conjunc- tion with Adore | Adorn. Advanced registration required: www.lsumoa.org www.lsumoa.org

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LSU MUSEUM OF ART

ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN 2019 together we connect

more than 23,000 adults and children each year to:

MISSION OF LSU MOA

world class exhibits accessible programs diverse artists

this year

your contributions brought to life spellbinding artistic experiences focused on cultural heritage and the value of place and identity.

Katrina Andry’s The Promise of the Rainbow Never Came

George Rodrigue’s The Cajun Landscape

Malcolm McClay’s Swimming to Inishkeel

OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR BEFORE JUNE 15, 2019

invest in the future

Your gift today will provide crucial funding to enhance the experience of visiting the museum; expand our adult, youth, and family programs; and meet our essential charge to conserve the priceless works of art in our possession. Thank you for driving forward our mission to enrich and inspire Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and beyond.

$85,000 your generous gift funds: quality exhibitions conservation efforts

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programming

SAVE THE DATE

, July 4, 2019 | 7―10 p.m.

Shaw Center for the Arts 6th-floor terrace Food provided by Capital City Grill Cash Bar | Complimentary Soft Drinks & Water Live Music by GSTREET

$50 for General Public $40 for Museum Members $30 for Children 6–12 Free for 5 & under For tickets and details visit: lsumoajuly42019.eventbrite.com or call the LSU MOA Museum Store: 225-389-7210 Ticket prices increase July 1st by $5

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS LSU MUSEUM OF ART EVENT

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WELCOME

NEW MEMBERS BENEFACTOR Holley and Richard Haymaker

IMAGES: Artworks

by Kathleen Lemoine

UPCOMING GLASSELL GALLERY Please join us for a summer voyage to the moon!

18th Annual Summer Invitational Art Exhibition

HOUSEHOLD Sarah Amacker Benard Boudreaux Judie Boxill John and Linda Davies Seashols and Bryan Popler John Pugh DUAL William Covington and Reneé Bourgeois Douglas and Kay Harrison Jak and Donna Kunstler Linda Miremont Charles Jr. and Mary McCowan

FRIEND Leta Adele DeFee Donna Ennis Raven Gaspard Joell Jones Isabel Loret Ashley Meyer Morris Thomas EDUCATOR Kay Collier Mina Estrada Anna Schwab STUDENT Mary Ratcliff

THANK YOU TO OUR NEW MEMBERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT! Visit www.lsumoa.org/membership to join today!

LUNA MISSION CONTROL: Show Dates: June 18–August 11, 2019

Artists Reception Saturday, July 13, 7–9 p.m.

Free First Sundays and Free Friday Nights Sponsored by: Louisiana Lottery Corporation and Iberia Bank

Love Will Find A Way

AUG 3 7:30 PM The Yacht Rock Genre at its smooth sailing best! After a long hiatus (over 25 years!), the band is back on tour – featuring three of the original founders!

Get your Yacht Rock on!

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DONOR SPOTLIGHT

SUSANNAH JOHANNSEN FRIENDS OF LSU MOA—PRESIDENT

I credit my mother for introducing me to art of every form at a very young age. It was a big deal to me as an elementary student to be out late on a school night; however, my mother thought it would be okay since it was Pavarotti we were going to see. I was fortunate to live in a neighborhood full of children, and I remember many weekends spent at the Children’s Theater or productions at the Charlotte Coliseum. In high school, I was invited to participate in a study abroad program in England, and subsequently fell in love with paintings in the Tate Gallery and sculptures in The Victoria and Albert Museum. I imagine that it came as no surprise to my parents when I majored in art history in college.

My love of art continues, and 12 or so years ago I became involved with the LSU MOA’s young professional’s group, the “MOA-lites.” Not being a Baton Rouge native, this group created an easy introduction to the museum and to the Shaw Center for the Arts.

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I invited several of my closest friends to the exhibit and lecture and then we adjourned upstairs to Tsunami. Several of those friends are now joining the museum and have said they are interested in giving a first-time donation as well.

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When first asked to chair the Annual Fund Campaign, I said I would like to sleep on it. I knew it would be a large time commitment, and would push me to get more comfortable with fundraising—both of which scared me.

I wasn’t sure that I had time to give, and I certainly wasn’t sure that I had what it takes to ask for donations. I realized I needed to work to develop my friends who are members into donors. I also realized I could be the point of introduction to my circle of friends who are not yet members. I introduce friends to LSU MOA by inviting them to the opening receptions and programs—each program is an opportunity.

The previous reception for Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens was the perfect moment for such an introduction. I invited several of my closest friends to the exhibit and lecture and then we adjourned upstairs to Tsunami. Several of those friends are now joining the museum and have said they are interested in giving a first-time donation as well.

Annual fund campaigns are hard work in a compact time frame. You must be truly dedicated, patient and persevere. Previous Board Members have been quite successful, and it is my hope to help raise money for the museum while at the same time creating an easy introduction to art and the wondrous gifts and programs LSU MOA has to offer.

LSU COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN | LSU MOA $7,794 RAISED 74 SUPPORTERS www.lsumoa.org

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IMAGE (left): Sunlit Clouds, oil on canvas, framed IMAGE (right): Clouding Up, oil on canvas, framed

CHARLES G. SMITH ARTIST FEATURED IN THE LSU MUSEUM STORE

IMAGE (left): Pikes Lane, oil on canvas, framed IMAGE (right): Neighbors, oil on canvas, framed

If you loved the plein air paintings featured in our recent exhibition, Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens, then you should stop by the LSU Museum Store to view the paintings of local artist Charles G. Smith, who also practices plein air painting.

Smith, a retired Baton Rouge geologist, began his pursuit of plein air oil landscape painting in 2000 when he attended two workshops by established artists to learn the basics of capturing a scene outside.

LSU MUSEUM STORE HOURS Closed Monday Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.

Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Sunday, 1–5 p.m.

225-389-7210

Smith typically paints the natural landscape even though his subject might be surrounded by residential neighborhoods. He is able to find fields, bayous and luscious trees in and around Baton Rouge. Smith says when painting on location, “all of my senses are open to the landscape.”

Charles G. Smith has been a participating artist in the 2010 annual Carmel, California Plein Air Festival, a finalist in the 2014 4th annual Plein Air Salon Competition of Plein Air Magazine and one of 37 artists included in Expressions of Place—The Contemporary Louisiana Landscape by John R. Kemp, University Press, 2016 (also available in the LSU Museum Store).

Smith’s work is available in the LSU Museum Store and Gallery 600 Julia in New Orleans.

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Art Talk Summer 2019

STAFF

Daniel E. Stetson, Executive Director Becky Abadie, Business Manager Sarah Amacker, Communications Coordinator Grant Benoit, Educator Reneé Bourgeois, Coordinator, Events & Marketing of Facility Rentals LeAnn Dusang, Museum Store Manager & Membership Coordinator Nedra Hains, Director of Development & External Affairs Jordan Hess, Preparator Fran Huber, Assistant Director for Collections Management Courtney Taylor, Curator & Director of Public Programs

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

ADVISORY BOARD 2018–2019 Chair: Brian Schneider Vice Chair: Steven Heymsfield Secretary/Treasurer: John Everett Immediate Past Chair: George Clark Sanford A. “Sandy” Arst Margaret Benjamin Daniel Bozard Jerry Ceppos Nancy Dougherty Jerry Fischer Beth Fuller Becky Gottsegen LouAnne Greenwald Joyce Jackson Ben Jeffers Mary T. Joseph Kay Martin Carlie Salomons L. Cary Saurage II Alkis Tsolakis Ex-Officio: Susannah Johannsen Ex-Officio: Daniel E. Stetson Honorary: Nadine Carter Russell Emerita: Sue Turner

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The LSU Museum of Art is supported by a grant from the Louisiana State Arts Council through the Louisiana Division of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts as administered by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge.

HOURS Tuesday through Saturday: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Thursday and Friday open until 8 p.m.

Sunday: 1–5 p.m.

Closed Mondays and major holidays

100 Lafayette Street, Fifth Floor Baton Rouge LA 70801