Winter 2018 Art Talk

ART TALK

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FROM THE

DIRECTOR

Inspired by the artist’s individual experiences, works become objects of beauty and cultural resonance when combined with training, talent, and time. Adding one’s own perspective when viewing a work of art helps make art a compelling pursuit of wonder, nuance, and beauty.

Current exhibitions focus on cultural heritage and the values of place and identity. These exhibitions speak to each other in a unique manner. Malcolm McClay swims, plunges, and stands in the north Irish Sea, enthralling us in the beauty found in the water and land of his heritage. McClay’s three video works exist in short loops worthy of the pause required to fully experience them.

George Rodrigue paints the moss-draped understory of oak trees found in the Acadian landscapes of Louisiana. He explores this Cajun heritage and the mysteries of our land through a series of textured landscape canvases, which are populated with figures as spirits of the land and the distinctive culture.

Katrina Andry’s prints are a powerful representation the history of people thrown overboard in the Middle Passage. In Andry’s skillful hands, this historic reality alludes to an ongoing transformation, with sadness and power.

Look closely at Rodrigues’s paintings; move around to gain new perspectives and immerse yourself in McClay’s large video projection; ponder the fate of Andry’s figures and reflect in her installation of mirrored, falling bodies. Artworks of this skill and power grant us access to experiences that are not our own, opportunities to empathize and share. This is a wonderful gift.

Also mentioned in this issue is the announcement of a major project that will open in March—Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens. We are excited to bring this important traveling exhibition to Louisiana. Be ready to celebrate great paintings and French cultural heritage.

Artwork pictured above: Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), Hutch (detail), 2012, oil on canvas, Gift of Paul Yaworsky, LSUMOA 2013.10

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Happy New Year and see you in the galleries!

Daniel E. Stetson Executive Director

EXHIBITIONS

Katrina Andry George Rodrigue Malcolm McClay Across the Atlantic

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EDUCATION

Where We Live Programs at LSU MOA

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CALENDAR

Events from December through February

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DEVELOPMENT

Exhibition support Membership

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MUSEUM STORE

Bring Blue Dog Home

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Annual Exhibition Fund support is generously provided by 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 Group; The Newton B. Thomas Family/Newtron Group Fund; LSU College of Art & Design; Susanna Atkins McCarthy; and Mr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Arst.

Support from these donors enables the museum to fulfill a core component of its mission by producing changing exhibitions and providing inspiration for the museum’s public, and offering educational programs. Learn how you or your company can lend your support by sponsoring an individual exhibition or our annual slate of exhibitions on page 16. www.lsumoa.org

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KATRINA ANDRY THE PROMISE OF THE RAINBOW NEVER CAME On view November 15, 2018 through March 25, 2019

RECEPTION Thursday, January 17 6–8:30 p.m.

Gallery Talk with Katrina Andry at 6:30 p.m.

Fifth floor FREE FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT Sunday, February 3 2 p.m.

Performance from Constantinides New Music Ensemble MATERIAL EXPLORATION: PRINTMAKING Saturday, February 9 1–3 p.m.

Katrina Andry leads participants in linocut printmaking workshop Details: www.lsumoa.org/adult-classes Third floor 4

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Katrina Andry: The Promise of the Rainbow Never Came includes large-scale color reduction prints and a mixed-media, site-specific installation for exhibition. This new body of work offers an alternate mythology for African men, women, and children thrown overboard during the Middle Passage, but also suggests the lingering violence against people of color. Andry’s series considers the promise of the rainbow—the promise not to be destroyed again by water—unfulfilled for people of color who continue to endure violence and erasure three hundred years after the initial journey toward enslavement.

Andry, a New Orleans native, earned her MFA in printmaking from the LSU School of Art. This program is supported in part by a Decentralized Arts Funding Grant from the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge in cooperation with the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, and Louisiana State Arts Council.

ANATOMY OF THE PRINT In The Promise of the Rainbow Never Came, Katrina Andry created a series of eight prints depicting people thrown overboard. The figures, transitioning from human to eel form, are almost monstrous or beastly in their hybrid state. Andry’s anthropomorphic depictions point to the history of dehumanizing representations of black people. Her half human-half eel forms suggest the continuity of color-based violence for descendants of those who survived the Middle Passage. Falling raindrops reference the promise of the rainbow—the promise to never again be destroyed by water.

Below, you can see the progression of the printing process and the steps involved as Andry brings her vision to life on paper. Visit www.lsumoa.org/katrina-andry to see the artist in her studio and hear about this process in her own words.

BACKGROUND Digital print produced on large-format printer.

FIGURES Carved into birch-ply woodblocks, the printed figures are produced from one block using a color reduction process. Andry prints the lightest color and then cuts away more of the block to print a darker color. Three colors are printed from light to dark for the human figures and her block is depleted in the process so these works can never be re-editioned.

WATER Unlike the figures, the water is printed with two blocks inked with darker and lighter blue and used for each of the prints in this series.

RAINDROPS The iridescent mylar drops are mounted over the prints as a final step.

IMAGE: Katrina Andry, The Promise of the Rainbow Never Came #8, 2018, woodcut and digital print with mylar, Courtesy of the artist

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GEORGE RODRIGUE THE CAJUN LANDSCAPE On view November 1, 2018 through February 10, 2019

On November 1, 2018, LSU Museum of Art opened an exhibition featuring early landscape and Cajun paintings by Louisiana artist George Rodrigue (1944–2013).

Rodrigue was born and raised in New Iberia, Louisiana, the heart of Cajun country. The oak tree was a primary feature inspiring Rodrigue to make many landscape paintings in the early 1970s, which evolved to include Cajun people and traditions. For more than four decades, Rodrigue sought to depict his Cajun heritage through his work.

This exhibition is supported by the Annual Exhibition Fund and made possible by generous lenders including the Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; the Haynie Family Collection; Doug Begneaud; the Kenny Begneaud Family; Tyler Begneaud; and Louise Ganucheau.

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ABOUT THE PAINTING

BOUDREAUX IN A BARREL

Much like the cultural traditions of Louisiana, George Rodrigue’s paintings are steeped in storytelling and history. Below, Wendy Rodrigue provides some insight into the painting Boudreaux in a Barrel.

The Cajuns, George says, are inseparable from their landscape. They are a transplanted people, first from France and then from Canada, and finally pasted onto South Louisiana, where they made a home for themselves in the swamps and prairies following the Grand Dérangement of 1755.

George committed early on to ‘graphically interpret the Cajun culture’ on his canvas. The paintings of the 1970s in particular are full of symbolism. Nothing is random. Even the tree, cut off at the top, creates a small sky and a light in the distance, referencing the hope of the Acadians to make a home for themselves in a new land.

In addition, the figures, all in white and lit up as though under a spotlight instead of a tree, break the rules of art. In George’s painting, the Cajuns shine from the inside out, creating both timeless characters (is this 1800 or 1900?), as well as ones that glow with their culture.

So despite the fun in George’s title and the horseplay of its models, the dichotomy is clear. The painting is serious—in its subject, its symbolism, its strong design, and especially in the deliberate, focused way in which it’s painted. As a result, Boudreaux in a Barrel is not only a classic Rodrigue, but also a defining piece of both Cajun and American art.

Read the full post and others about the art of Louisiana favorite George Rodrigue at www.wendyrodrigue.com.

IMAGES: Left: George Rodrigue, Boudreaux in a Barrel, 1972, oil on canvas, 36x28 inches, On loan from Louise Ganucheau. Right: The painting Boudreaux in a Barrel was inspired by a family photograph, circa 1920, in New Iberia, Louisiana. George’s mother, Marie Courregé Rodrigue, stands on the right; his father, George Sr., stands in the middle.

Bring George Rodrigue’s art into your home with a Blue Dog coffee table book from the LSU Museum Store, including three out-of-print editions.

Quantities are limited, so get yours today! Turn to page 18 to learn more. www.lsumoa.org

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MALCOLM McCLAY

SWIMMING TO INISHKEEL On view November 1, 2018 through February 10, 2019

GALLERY TALK Sunday, December 2 2 p.m.

Tour the exhibition with artist Malcolm McClay Fifth floor BROWN BAG LUNCH Wednesday, February 6 12 p.m.

Malcolm McClay on durational performance Third floor 8

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Swimming to Inishkeel presents recent multi-media, sculptural, and performance work by LSU School of Art Professor Malcolm McClay. While McClay’s earlier work engaged the political and the external, this body of work turns sharply inward to the spiritual and meditative. His most recent durational performance, Chasing the Invisible, meditates on his daily swims to Inishkeel, an island off the coast of Donegal, Ireland. There, McClay swam two hundred fifty meters from the shore to the island of Inishkeel and back each day. Through these durational, rhythmic exertions, McClay found focus—the “thin space.”

In the Celtic tradition a thin place is the name given to a place where the visible and invisible worlds touch or are at their closest, a space where the veil between the temporal and celestial worlds has grown thin. For me, Inishkeel is such a place…The coldness and clarity of the water, the stillness and unchanging nature of the landscape bring me to a place where I am more alive and connected than at any other time.

Since arriving at LSU’s School of Art in 2003, McClay has become a dedicated member of the artistic community at LSU and in New Orleans, where he is a founding member of the artist-run Good Children Gallery. His artistic and teaching practice ranges across sculpture, installation, and performance and demonstrates a strong commitment to community organizing and equal commitment to teaching, which manifests most fully in his immersive Art in Ireland Summer Program for LSU School of Art students.

PROCESS CHASING THE INVISIBLE

Although the large-scale video installation on view presents a calming, serene setting for Malcolm McClay’s performance piece Chasing the Invisible, the process involved in completing the project was far more methodical than one might imagine.

Chasing the Invisible begins at low tide with the bottom base of the tower being built in the sea

by McClay. This tower, seen fully assembled in the galleries today, is gradually built up as tides rise over the course of six hours, eventually reaching 10 feet.

Over the course of several months prior to the performance, McClay planned for every outside factor that could impact his success and safety. Considerations included tide timetables, steel weight, differences between American and Irish steel and hardware, emergency rescue boat, and the weather.

Once the tide began rising, dropping one piece could leave McClay stranded in a bay with no ability to rise above the water. He carefully rehearsed the build of the tower daily over the course of six weeks to ensure building it would be second nature once he was alone, surrounded by water and exposed to high winds.

The final performance was filmed on Saturday, June 10, 2017, with temperatures between 40°–50°F and wind gusts up to 30 knots, making the performance even more exerting and riskier than planned.

See photos and a video of the step-by-step process from concept to recording on the iPad in the galleries and at www.lsumoa.org/malcolm-mcclay.

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ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM THROUGH THE FRENCH LENS

On view March 8 through June 9, 2019

RECEPTION Thursday, March 7 6–8:30 p.m.

Fifth floor Lecture from Reading Public Museum Curator Scott A. Schweigert at 6 p.m.

MATERIAL EXPLORATION: FIGURE DRAWING WITH PASTELS Thursday, March 14 6–9 p.m.

Practice figure drawing with a live model. Advance registration required at www.lsumoa.org $45 for general public, $35 for members, $25 for students

This extraordinary exhibition, drawn entirely from the collection of the Reading Public Museum, explores the path to Impressionism through the nineteenth century, the complex relationship between French Impressionism of the 1870s and 80s, and the American interpretation of the style in the decades that followed.

More than seventy-five paintings and works on paper help tell the story of the new style of painting that developed at the end of the nineteenth century—one that emphasized light and atmospheric conditions, rapid or loose brushstrokes, and a focus on brightly colored scenes from everyday life. Two of the artists featured in the exhibition are Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt, who exhibited in the official Impressionist exhibitions in Paris in the 1870s and 80s. Among the earliest American artists to embrace the style were John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, John Henry Twachtman, Childe Hassam, and Frank W. Benson.

Additional American artists who embraced the style by the turn of the century, including Daniel Garber, Edward Redfield, Robert Spencer, Arthur Watson Sparks, Robert Lewis Reid, William Paxton, Chauncey Ryder, Frederick John Mulhaupt, and Guy Wiggins, are also highlighted.

IMAGE: Arthur Watson Sparks (American, 1870-1919), Quai St. Catherine, Martigue, c. 1910-1919, oil on board, Museum Purchase, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania

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Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism Through the French Lens is organized by the Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA. Support for this exhibition is provided by Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Lamar III and Lamar Advertising.

IMAGES: Top: John Fabian Carlson (American (born in Denmark), 1875–1947), Snowy Waters, c. 1920–1927, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania Bottom: Edgar Degas (French, 1934– 1917), The Laundress Ironing (La Blanchisseuse Repassant), c. 1882–1886, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania www.lsumoa.org

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WHERE WE LIVE

NOW ON VIEW IN THE PENNINGTON FAMILY FOUNDATION EDUCATION GALLERY

Our latest exhibition in the Pennington Family Foundation Education Gallery, Where We Live, spotlights 24 pieces from the permament collection to illustrate how we live and what makes a home. Selections give both insight into culture and customs, as seen in Clementine Hunter’s depictions of plantation life, and explore materials used to create a home, shown through blueprints, a toy bathroom model and a dollhouse. Visitors to the gallery are also exposed to a wide variety of mediums and time periods, including a British beaded textile, circa 1640, and an 18th-century porcelain teapot from the Ch’ing Dynasty.

HAVANA CUBAN ALL STARS

This eleven piece band combines African rhythms and Spanish lyrics to celebrate the national dance and music styles of Cuba.

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ENGAGE AT LSU MOA Have you ever been intimidated to visit an art museum? Don’t be! At LSU MOA, we have something to engage museum goers of all ages and interest levels.

Starting at infancy through age 6, you and your future art patron can bond through Stories in Art. Children develop a familiarity with the museum through a fun storytime and artmaking activity on the first Friday of every month at 10:30 a.m.

During regular museum hours, young visitors can stretch their creative muscles in the Pennington Family Foundation Education Gallery.

There, they have access to various artmaking stations, a library of creative storybooks, costumes modeled after clothing worn by women in our portrait gallery, and drawers full of special objects to explore. In addition to self-guided play, children can learn about the permanent collection through a variety of styles and types of art on display in the exhibition Where We Live.

Families can take part in the fun at no cost every month during our Free First Sunday. From 1–5 p.m., the museum hosts various activities ranging from artist-led tours and perfomances to Family Fun Day activities from 2–4 p.m., where kids can create their own work of art to bring home.

Whether you’re an art expert or trying to learn more about your favorite style, the Brown Bag Lunch series is the place to be. Held at noon on the first Wednesday of every month, these free casual lunch-andlearn sessions are led by topic experts and dive into everything from personal collection care to contemporary printmaking.

Adult workshops provide an excellent opportunity to learn a new skill—or hone your talents—under the instruction of a working artist. Participants are limited to a small group, providing the opportunity for valuable feedback and a more hands-on approach to learning. Upcoming classes include linocut printmaking and pastel landscapes. Sign up at www.lsumoa.org/adult-programs.

Looking for a change of scenery for your next date night? Plan to visit on a Third Thursday from 6–8 p.m. Sample a specialty cocktail and discover the museum and its exhibitions in a social setting, or tap into your creative side and make your own piece of art to bring home.

Led by Laura Larsen, Art & Alzheimer’s art tours focus on specialized content for those with memory impairment and their caregivers. In partnership with Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area, Larsen uses the museum environment to create a sense of normalcy where social interaction and expression can occur. Advance registration is required; call Dana Territo at 225236-4616.

Learn about specific installments of each program mentioned above on page 14, or get the most up-to-date information at www.lsumoa.org/calendar. www.lsumoa.org

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WINTER CALENDAR DECEMBER

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

Free admission all day 02 GALLERY TALK WITH MALCOLM McCLAY Fifth floor, 2 p.m.

Tour Swimming to Inishkeel with the artist during Free First Sunday 02 FAMILY FUN DAY Fifth floor, 2–4 p.m.

Get into the holiday spirit with ornament making inspired by Newcomb pottery in the Pennington Family Foundation Education Gallery Free for all ages 05 BROWN BAG LUNCH Third floor, 12–1 p.m.

Educator Grant Benoit on contemporary printmaking Free 06 MUSE (GROUP A) Third and Fifth floors, 1:30–3 p.m.

Art enrichment program for homeschool students (6–12) $10/student 07 STORIES IN ART Third floor, 10:30 a.m.

Reading Pink is for Boys by Robb Pearlman followed by a hands-on activity Free for children ages 0–6 with parent/ caregiver 13 YOGA IN THE GALLERIES Fifth floor, 12 p.m.

Bring your yoga mat and break from your day with a yoga nap. $5/person 20 MUSE (GROUP B) Third and Fifth floors, 1:30–3 p.m.

Art enrichment program for homeschool students (6–12) $10/student

JANUARY 03 MUSE (GROUP A) Third and Fifth floors, 1:30–3 p.m.

Art enrichment program for homeschool students (6–12) $10/student 14 Art Talk Winter 2018

04 STORIES IN ART Third floor, 10:30 a.m.

Reading Anna at the Art Museum by Gail Herbert and Hazel Hutchins followed by a hands-on activity Free for children ages 0–6 with parent/ caregiver 06 FREE FIRST SUNDAY Fifth floor, 1–5 p.m.

Free admission and self-guided family activities 15 ART & ALZHEIMER’S ART TOUR Fifth floor, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Led by Laura Larsen and presented in partnership with Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area for individuals with memory impairment and their caregivers.

Free to attend; advance registration is required by calling Dana Territo at 225236-4616.

17 MUSE (GROUP B) Third and Fifth floors, 1:30–3 p.m.

Art enrichment program for homeschool students (6–12) $10/student 17 KATRINA ANDRY: THE PROMISE OF THE RAINBOW NEVER CAME RECEPTION Fifth floor, 6–8 p.m.

Gallery Talk with the artist at 6:30 p.m. $10 for general public, $5 for members, free for Contemporaries 24 DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE SOIRÉE University Residence, 6–8 p.m.

Mix and mingle at this annual party hosted

by Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Arst, Dr. and Mrs. Butler Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Johannsen, and Mr. and Mrs. Brian Schneider.

Open to Director’s Circle members; join today at www.lsumoa.org/membership

FEBRUARY

01 STORIES IN ART Third floor, 10:30 a.m.

Reading Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg followed by a hands-on activity Free for children ages 0–6 with parent/ caregiver 03 FREE FIRST SUNDAY Fifth floor, 1–5 p.m.

Free admission and family activities 03 CONCERT Fifth floor, 2 p.m.

Constantinides New Music Ensemble

performs a free concert in the Katrina MARCH Andry: The Promise of the Rainbow Never 07 ACROSS THE ATLANTIC: AMERICAN Came exhibition galleries IMPRESSIONISM THROUGH THE FRENCH LENS RECEPTION 03 FAMILY FUN DAY Fifth floor, 6–8 p.m.

Fifth floor, 2–4 p.m.

Lecture with Reading Public Museum curaSee the silver collection in a new light tor Scott A. Schweigert at 6 p.m. with a silkscreen activity in the Pennington $10 for general public, $5 for members, Family Foundation Education Gallery free for Contemporaries Free for all ages 14 MATERIAL EXPLORATION: FIGURE 06 BROWN BAG LUNCH DRAWING WITH PASTELS Third floor, 12–1 p.m.

Third floor, 6–9 p.m.

Lunch lecture from Malcolm McClay on Practice figure drawing with a live model in durational performance conjunction with Across the Atlantic Free $45 for general public, $35 for members, $25 for students 06 ART & ALZHEIMER’S ART TOUR Fifth floor, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Led by Laura Larsen and presented in partnership with Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area for individuals with memory impairment and their caregivers. Free to attend; advance registration is required by calling Dana Territo at 225-236-4616.

Finding Our Place: Women in the Arts 1983–1992 Curated by Mary Pramuk

07 MUSE (GROUP A) Third and Fifth floors, 1:30–3 p.m.

Art enrichment program for homeschool students (6–12) $10/student 09 MATERIAL EXPLORATION: PRINTMAKING WITH KATRINA ANDRY Third floor, 1–3 p.m.

Katrina Andry leads participants in a linocut printmaking workshop. All skill levels welcome, advanced registration required at www.lsumoa.org/adult-classes. $45 for general public, $35 for members, $25 for students 21 MUSE (GROUP B) Third and Fifth floors, 1:30–3 p.m.

Art enrichment program for homeschool students (6–12) $10/student 21 THIRD THURSDAY Fifth floor, 6–8 p.m.

Hands-on block printmaking demonstration led by LSU MFA students $10 for general public, $5 for members, free for students PROGRAM KEY Family-friendly Exhibitions/Permanent collection Education/Community Adults Special events

On view January 26 through February 24 Reception Saturday, January 26 2–4 p.m.

The Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery is located on the first floor of the Shaw Center for the Arts.

Call 225-389-7180 for information.

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SHOW YOUR SUPPORT At LSU Museum of Art, exhibitions are at the heart of what we do. They provide our visitors with memorable experiences and exploration of different perspectives and inspire the content of our educational programs. In addition to the permanent collection exhibition, Art in Louisiana: Views into the Collection, LSU Museum of Art presents a wide variety of changing exhibitions highlighting historically significant art movements, showcasing both established and up-and-coming local artists, and using visual art to address contemporary challenges and topics relevant to the community. Your support, either through funding a single exhibition or sponsoring the annual slate of exhibitions, helps the museum engage its 23,000 annual visitors, including 2,500 students and more than 7,000 tourists!

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION SPONSORSHIPS Sponsorship of an exhibition at the LSU Museum of Art is a creative answer to specific corporate marketing objectives. The development department works closely with sponsors to tailor a benefits package that advances sponsors’ business objectives and enhances their profile in Baton Rouge. Exhibition sponsorships begin at $1,000 with the title sponsorship ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 depending on the exhibition.

The following upcoming exhibitions are currently available for sponsorship: • Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens (March 8, 2019– June 9, 2019): A traveling exhibition organized by the Reading Public Museum featuring 75 works by notable impressionists. (Learn more on page 10) • Ceramics by Matt Wedel (March 4, 2019–September 29, 2019): A cross-collaboration exhibition between the museum and the LSU School of Art and LSU College of Art & Design featuring ceramics by Ohio-based artist Matt Wedel.

ANNUAL EXHIBITION FUND Your support for the annual exhibition fund will enable the museum to produce changing exhibitions, providing inspiration for the museum’s public and educational programs. The levels for recognition are $2,500, $5,000, $10,000, and $25,000. The LSU Museum of Art will recognize your support of its 2018–19 exhibition season on all exhibition materials.

Want more information about the annual exhibition fund or individual exhibition sponsorships? Contact Nedra Hains at (225) 389-7212 or nhains1@lsu.edu.

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MEMBERS GET THE PERKS Show your support for Baton Rouge’s only dedicated art museum and become a member today! Levels are available that work for anyone from educators and students to budding donors and seasoned philanthropists. Our memberships are not only a great deal, but also have flexibility—either pay all at once or in installments. Benefits vary for each level, but all include annual free admission to the museum, discounts at area restaurants, and reciprocal memberships to museums around the country—perks that pay for your membership with just a few uses!

Just a few of the amazing benefits included in your membership are: • Unlimited free admission • 10% discount on most merchandise purchased in the Museum Store • 15% discount at Capital City Grill and Stroubes Seafood & Steaks • 10% discount at Tsunami • Free drink upgrade at PJ’s Coffee (downtown location) • LSU Museum of Art’s ArtTalk mailed to your home, providing insights about our exhibitions, educational opportunities, programs and special events • Invitations to member receptions and annual meetings • Discounts on programs and special events Memberships begin at $50, with discounted rates for students and educators. Join today at www.lsumoa.org/membership.

THANK YOU TO OUR NEW MEMBERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT! DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE GOLD Jacki and Brian Schneider Jean and William Wilcox DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE SILVER Suzannah and Neil Johannsen Elizabeth and Scott McKnight Linda and Rawlston Phillips Karen and Larry Ruth

HOUSEHOLD Heather and Jason Day

FRIEND Rebecca Bougeois Barbara Lemon

DUAL Teresa Alvarez EDUCATOR Debbie and Greg Hill Mary Duchein Mindy and Gregory Lacour Norua and Said Skakari Miriam Smith and Daniel Michaels

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BRING BLUE DOG HOME Celebrate your favorite Louisiana canine with a George Rodrigue book from the LSU Museum Store. Quantities are limited for out-of-print publications Blue Dog Man, The Cajuns of George Rodrigue, and Blue Dog Love so don’t wait to get your copies!

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

Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Sunday, 1–5 p.m.

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STAFF

Daniel E. Stetson, Executive Director Becky Abadie, Business Manager Grant Benoit, Educator Reneé Bourgeois, Coordinator, Events & Marketing of Facility Rentals Elizabeth Caroscio, Assitant Registrar LeAnn Dusang, Museum Store Manager & Membership Coordinator Nedra Hains, Director of Development & External Affairs Jordan Hess, Preparator Fran Huber, Assistant Director for Collections Management Brandi Simmons, Communications Coordinator 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

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 Susanna Atkins McCarthy 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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Contact Events & Marketing of Facility Rentals Coordinator Renee’ Bourgeois at 225-389-7206 or renee@lsu.edu for more information. www.lsumoa.org

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COVER IMAGE: Katrina Andry, The Promise of the Rainbow Never Came #2, 2018, woodcut and mylar, Courtesy of the artist

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