Outside Gallery, Art Alley (N. 2nd Street) facing the railroad tracks, Monroe, LA In partnership with the Outside Gallery, the Masur Museum (through its Alt-Ex program) will present Social Vices, an outdoor installation by Zach Hannibal. Social Vices deals with how social media affects our relationships and sense of connection with people around us.
Downtown Gallery, 137 Art Alley (N. 2nd Street), Monroe, LA Rick Sikes’ Downtown Gallery presents Tom Richard, who lives and works in Monticello, Arkansas, as a professor of art. Richard was born in Houma, Louisiana, receiving his BFA from LSU and his MFA from the University of Albany. With numerous solo exhibitions throughout the area and inclusion in over 100 national juried and invitational exhibitions, his work addresses issues of history and identity through specific historical art references and images of childhood toys.
Big Room Gallery, 133 Art Alley (N. 2nd Street), Monroe, LA
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"Open Studio" is the highly descriptive title of October’s Gallery Crawl show in the Big Room, curated by Anna Rowan. Actual studio spaces where works are in progress by Leigh Buffington, Alyssa GuidryPosey, Emily Caldwell, and Anna Rowan will be open for guests to see and experience.
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UPSTAIRS gallery, 133 Art Alley (N. 2nd Street), Monroe, LA
"Full Tilt" is the collection of painting, photography, mixed media work and collage curated by Emily Caldwell and created by Anna Rowan, Jenny Ellerbe, Leigh Buffington, and Emily Caldwell, as well as nature-inspired jewelry by Amy Ouchley.
The Palace Gallery, 220 Desiard Street, Monroe, LA This month, The Palace Gallery will show one of our very own. The immensely talented and skilled Gary Ratcliff will be showing two types of work in this exhibit: painted surfaces, beautifully broken and cracked, along with his trademark ceramics.
The Sugar Gallery, 135 Art Alley (N. 2nd Street), Monroe, LA As always, Sugar Gallery will have some sweet things going on during the Crawl. Sugar welcomes new gallery artist Douglas Breckenridge. Breckenridge, who divides his time between architecture and painting, is known for his oil paintings that include streetscapes, figure paintings and landscapes. Sugar's guest artist for October is Lisa Harp with Harp Strings Jewelry.
Rumo’s Gallery, 211 Trenton Street (Antique Alley), West Monroe, LA Rumo’s Gallery, curated by Austin Bantel and hosted by owners Russell and Morgan Moore, features Shelly Nealy as its October artist with the show “Transitions and Reactions.”
Garrett House, 520 South Grand Street, Monroe, LA The Garrett House, curated by Brooke Foy, looks forward to this show every year! This is the gallery’s 2nd annual "Go Local" show. Over twenty local artists have agreed to participate in this fundraiser Art Show! Our community is so blessed to have such talented artists here in our midst.
Arender studio & gallery, 131 Art Alley (N. 2nd Street), Monroe, LA The featured artist at Arender Gallery will be Cliff Tresner, who recently was named the William R. Hammond Professor of Liberal Arts at ULM.
The party continues as Crawlers can enjoy free Coke floats, donated by the Biedenharn Museum along with the Creamery and the Coca-Cola Company. Also there will be food trucks/tents and a booth for the new Crawl Companions—the new “friends group” that will help to keep the Crawl a free event. At each Crawl during this anniversary year, there will be new swag for Crawl Companions and other fans of the Crawls. You’ll love the new Crawl logo designed by Jason Byron Nelson! The next Downtown Gallery Crawl will be Thursday, December 7, 2017, when the galleries will continue to celebrate their tenth year of entertaining their neighbors. MN-1000669164
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Memories of autumn evenings—remember those? October 5 is the perfect time to be out and about for an evening’s visit with one’s neighbors and friends while enjoying wonderful art, good food, and live music in our lovely historic downtowns. Now may even be a great time to begin holiday shopping! Produced by the Downtown Arts Alliance as well as numerous faithful sponsors, the Downtown Gallery Crawl spans the Ouachita River, with eight galleries in downtown Monroe and one in West Monroe. RUMO’S Gallery anchors Antique Alley in West Monroe, while GARRETT HOUSE, the PALACE, ARENDER studio + gallery, DOWNTOWN Gallery, UPSTAIRS Gallery, SUGAR Gallery, the BIG ROOM, and OUTSIDE Gallery are in beautiful downtown Monroe. Both resident artists and guest artists from the area and beyond enjoy sharing their talents with northeast Louisianians of all ages. The event takes place every first Thursday of evennumbered months (the next will be December 7). The event is always free, the only expense incurred if you decide to buy some original art. The Ramble Bus will be on Antique Alley for this Crawl, while more music, food and drink will be scattered among the galleries. So the party, continuing the Crawl’s 10th Anniversary year, is ON! Don’t forget to pick up your “passport” and get it stamped at each gallery for a free prize at partner Flying Tiger afterward.