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Art & Theater

The Market at Circa 1857 hosts live music performers and vendors at White Light Night on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017.

Community celebrates local makers, music at 20th annual White Light Night

By Mackenzie Treadwell |@mackenzieeliza November 18, 2017

All the way from 19th Street to Jefferson Hwy., Government Street was decorated in strands of twinkling white lights Friday, illuminating pop-up shops of local artisans and live music for the 20th annual...

BREW logos were on display throughout the event during the opening night of BREW (Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week) on Monday Nov. 14, 2016, at the Louisiana Emerging Technology Center located on LSU campus.

Arts Council encourages entrepreneurship in local artists through creative sessions

By Katie Gagliano November 17, 2017

Opportunities are brewing in the local arts community, and the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge is working to ensure creative entrepreneurs have the business acumen to succeed. Last week the Arts Council...

Art lovers stop into a booth adorned with hanging lights on Nov. 18, 2016 during this year's White Light Night art festival in The Market at Circa 1857 in the Mid City Cultural District.

Everything to see new and old at this year’s White Light Night

By Kaylee Poche November 17, 2017

This Friday night, Baton Rouge residents can immerse themselves in local art and music while exploring all Government Street has to offer by attending White Light Night, the large-scale annual art-hop...

The Futures Fund (Walls Project)

The Walls Project promotes youth outreach, education through coding, photography courses

By Kaylee Poche November 11, 2017

The Walls Project is transforming Baton Rouge, inside and out. Even those who have not heard of The Walls Project are likely to be familiar with some of the organization’s work. It’s responsible...

Professor Leslie Friedman creates printed works using different techniques and people's stories on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, in Hatcher Hall.

LSU printmaking professor uses art to spark reflection about immigration

By Katie Gagliano November 8, 2017

Printmaking assistant professor Leslie Friedman is using art to inject empathy into discourse about immigration. Friedman said today’s rhetoric lacks empathy for our neighbors and the experiences...

Josh Wascome

LSU alumnus turns salvaged wood into functional, original pieces

By Kaylee Poche November 7, 2017

Across town from the stately oaks and broad magnolias, University alumnus Josh Wascome spends his days in his backyard workshop turning salvaged wood into homemade, functional works of art. With his business,...

Bliss Bernard

Civil engineer doubles as local artist to create abstract, colorful works

By Corrine Pritchett November 7, 2017

Bliss Bernard may be a civil engineer in her day-to-day, but the 26-year-old lets her creative side run free with abstract art on the side. “You know how some people are left-brained and some are...

Cindy Wonderful speaks on behalf of Chez Fab Arts and Community Project in her home on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017.

Chez Fab Arts and Community Project provides space for creative collaboration, networking

By Mackenzie Treadwell October 31, 2017

On the corner of Iroquois and Delaware Street in North Baton Rouge, an unassuming vermilion house  is the home to non-profit Chez Fab Arts and Community Project, an organization dedicated to...

LSU alumna Stephanie Landry stands in front of her mural on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017 at Mid City Redevelopment Alliance on the corner of Laurel Street and N 19th Street.

LSU alumna brightens Baton Rouge with original murals, installations

By Kaylee Poche October 25, 2017

Whether she’s helping create a rooftop installation or spontaneously painting a mural on the side of a building with a friend, University alumna Stephanie Landry is brightening up Baton Rouge one...

Artist Raven "Bird Burger" Jones speaks on behalf of her artwork outside of Magpie Cafe on Laurel St. on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017.

Local artist uses color saturation to create vivacious works

By Mackenzie Treadwell October 24, 2017

Every day, local artist Raven Jones, also known by her Instagram name @bird_burger, eagerly awaits for 5 p.m. to arrive so she can start her second job: making her color-saturated, naturally-inspired work...

Victoria Petersen sells her artwork and creations through her website Heart over Harvest and at Mid City Makers Market on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 at her home studio.

Local artist turns throwaways into handcrafted works of art

By Kaylee Poche October 20, 2017

What others may see as this week’s trash, Baton Rouge artist Victoria Petersen sees as next month’s project. Through her business Heart over Harvest, Petersen creates wooden wall fixtures,...

A wall entitled "Bonjour Max Ernst Portfolio" is on display as part of LSU Museum of Art's exhibit Bonjour | Au Revoir Surréalisme at the Shaw Center for the Arts on Oct. 11, 2017.

Art history course promotes hands-on approach to learning

By Katie Gagliano October 17, 2017

Professor Darius Spieth’s history of prints course students are taking matters into their own hands. Instead of reviewing artwork on a slideshow, students in the experiential learning class received...