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Art & Theater

This Week In Baton Rouge: LSU Baseball, Library, St. Patrick’s Day

By Madelon Davis March 11, 2023

Monday, March 13 Trivia Night | Painting with a Twist  Painting with a Twist is hosting a trivia night at its studio. Paint along with a local artist while competing against your fellow painters...

(From left to right) Blaise Ducos, Kelly Ward, Vrixton Phillips, Darius Spieth

A Piece of Paris: Curator from the Louvre delivers talk at LSU

By Nyx Crooks March 9, 2023

LSU was visited by Blaise Ducos, the Chief Curator of 17th and 18th century Dutch and Flemish paintings at the Musée du Louvre in Paris last week.  On his visit, he gave multiple free lectures...

Cartie Whitelaw stands in front of one of his pieces.

LSU student’s ‘Connection Through Confusion’ art exhibit shows we are all connected

By Aris Williams February 24, 2023

Cartie Whitelaw, a 19-year-old Austin, Texas, native was recently selected to have a solo exhibition at the Student Union Art Gallery.  Whitelaw fused individual experiences...

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Baton Rouge Gallery hosts first Surreal Salon Soirée since 2020

By Aris Williams February 1, 2023

Baton Rouge Gallery: Center for Contemporary Art hosted the first installation of its Surreal Salon Soirée since 2020 on Saturday, Jan. 21. The unique event successfully fuses a costume party with...

The logo of Theatre Baton Rouge is etched in glass. Theatre Baton Rouge is performing To Kill A Mockingbird on Sept. 21, 2017. Theatre Baton Rouge will run the show from Sept. 22 through Oct. 8, 2017.

Baton Rouge hosts variety of events to fill your summer days and nights

By Claire Bermudez June 22, 2018

As the month of June comes to an end, Baton Rouge is hosting an array of activities over the next two weekends. Residents and visitors have the opportunity to enjoy their summer by attending musicals...

LSU studio art senior Sarah Ulm wears a pair of pants she painted on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, at the Design Building.

Art senior transforms thrift store clothing finds into works of art

By Kaylee Poche November 30, 2017

From her high waisted jeans depicting a portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr., to her pair of embroidered Converse, painting and drawing senior Sarah Ulm immerses herself in art from head to toe.   For...

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,...