48 InRegister • July 2008
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‘THE ART OF LIGHT: Works in Glass by Samuel Corso,Paulo Dufour, Erskin Mitchell and Stephen Wilson’ exhibit packed theLSU School of Art’s Glassell Gallery at the Shaw Centerfor the Arts opening night, May 31. It was quiteliterally shoulder-to-shoulder and the noise level just continuedto elevate as family, friends and art aficionados tried totake it all in while visiting with
the artists.
PauloDufour & Sam Corso
Rick Spiller & Steve Wilson
BertFife, Erskin Mitchell
& Melinda Walsh
LASM
100 South RiverRoad
344-5272, www.lasm.org
“Myth & Magic”:Recent Paintings by Michael Crespo; William Greiner: “Fallen Paradise,Photographs of New Orleans 1995-2005”; Prints & Drawings byIvan Mestrovic; and Landscapes from LASM’s Permanent Collection open July5, with the official opening reception set for July 10from 5-7 p.m. Crespo guides visitors through thedisplay of his work July 6 at 2:15 p.m. as part LASM’s First Sunday Free events.
New thismonth in the Planetarium are “TimeSpace,” an adventure coveringthe Big Bang, the doom of the dinosaurs, the suddenappearance of Halley’s Comet in the Yucatan Sky and Apollo11’s moon landing to the year 3001, and “The Milky Way,” an interactive exhibit depicting the stars ofthe entire Milky Way as seen from Earth.
LSU Museumof Art
Shaw Center for the Arts
100 Lafayette St.389-7200, www.lsu.edu/lsumoa
“American Masters fromthe Blanton Museum of Art’s Mari & James A. MichenerCollection,” highlighting a selection of nearly 40 of the bestAmerican art trends from 1900 to the turbulent 1960s, continuesthrough Nov. 30. Also on exhibit through April, 2009, is“Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession,” a complete retrospective of theartist’s career that includes more than 60 bronzes.
MOA’s YoungProfessionals Lunch Lecture July 11 features Bill Kelly, the manbehind CultureCandy and the Art Car Parade, discussing “GrassRoots Arts Movement from the Ground Up,” noon on thethird floor of the Shaw Center. Admission is free.
BRGallery
1442 City Park Ave.
383-1470, www.batonrougegallery.orgExhibit featuring artist members Anne Boudreau, sculpture; Paul Dean, mixedmedia; Mary Lee Eggarrt, painting; and Michaelene Walsh, ceramics, opensJuly 2 with a reception from 7-9 p.m.July’s Movies & Music on the Lawn: Giants of AmericanCinema features Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush.”
BR ArtsMarket
5th at Main Street
344-8558
Four new artistsjoin the July 5 lineup from 8 a.m. tonoon. They include Tricia Freeman of Denham Springs, crocheted wirejewelry; Bradley Vines of Port Allen, hand-made knives; LeesaWidajewski of St. Francisville, copper art and copper & sterlingsilver jewelry; and Ron Roland of Pensacola, Fla., paintings. Freechildren’s art activities take place in the Kids’ Booth from9 a.m. to noon.
Elizabethan Gallery
680 Jefferson Hwy.924-6437, elizabethangallery.com
“Louisiana Hot & Spicy” presentedby Associated Women in the Arts opens July 17 witha reception from 6-9 p.m. Participating artists includeNancy Jo Poirrier, Wilma Roy, Sarah Fergus, Nancy Smitherman, DanaMosby, Virginia Donner, Torie Holeman, Donna Kilbourne, Carol Creel andJanice Evans. The exhibit, which runs through Aug. 25, isfree and open to the public Monday-Friday from 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday from10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Paulo Dufourpieces
