Works by Thirty-four North Louisiana Artists on View at the Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of LouisianaSeptember 8 through December
15, 2013*
Thirty-four North Louisiana artists who work in a variety of media are
represented in The Carolyn Querbes Nelson Third Meadows
Museum North Louisiana Artists’ Triennial Competition, that opens
to the general public on Sunday, September 8, and
kicks off the 2013 season at the Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary
College of
Louisiana.
A special artists’ reception
hosted by the Friends of the Algur Meadows Museum will be held on
Saturday, September 7, 2013, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM in the museum
galleries. The exhibition will open to the public on Sunday, September
8, at
1:00 PM.
In the late spring of 2013,
the Board of the Friends of the Algur Meadows Museum unanimously voted to honor
Carolyn Querbes Nelson (1952 – 2013) by dedicating the Triennial
Competition exhibition program to Nelson. A staunch, life-long supporter of
the arts throughout Louisiana, Carolyn Querbes Nelson served as the first
Director of the Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana and
then as Member and a Life Member of the Board of the Friends of the Algur
Meadows Museum for more than three decades. “The dedication of the Triennial Competition exhibition program
is a fitting tribute to Carolyn Nelson who changed the face of the arts in
Louisiana and beyond,” said Carol Connell Shafton, former President of the
Board of the Friends of the Algur Meadows Museum.
The Triennial Competition is specifically designed to provide visibility for artists working
in North Louisiana as well as opportunities to meet and talk with arts
professionals outside of the region. Preparations for the 2013 Triennial
Competition got underway this summer when more than 50 artists responded to
the Call for Entries. On August 1, exhibition
juror Jolene Flood began the process of selecting works. “There are clearly
many good artists at work in Louisiana,” Flood said after viewing the Triennial Competition artists’ submissions.
She added, “It was a pleasure to view the works.” As owner and director of the Flood Gallery in Asheville, North
Carolina, Flood manages a tight schedule, but has agreed to visit Shreveport later in the fall to meet artists and
address the community.
Asheville’s cutting-edge Flood Gallery is located in the Phil Mechanic Studios building and
showcases an ambitious exhibition schedule featuring local artists as well as
national and international artists, seventeen artists’ studios, a library that
contains more than 1,000 volumes, and internet capability for artists in
residence. Additionally, the Flood
Gallery and Fine Art Center houses Blue Ridge
Biofuels, the only Bio-fuel production facility in the region.
As part of
programming, a number of participating artists have agreed to present gallery
talks about their work and scheduling is underway. Students from the region
will also have an opportunity to view the works when they tour the galleries on
school fieldtrips. Tours may be scheduled by calling Marvkevea Campbell between
the hours of 1:00 – 4:00 PM, Monday, through Friday, at 318.869.5169.
For further
information about this exhibition or scheduled events at the Meadows
Museum of Art, call 318.869.5169.
Calendar
of Events
Saturday,
September 7, 2013Friends of the Algur Meadows Museum exhibition
reception for artists5:30 – 7:00 PM in the museum galleriesLibations and hors
d’oeuvresRSVP 318-869-5040RSVP REQUIRED FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday,
September 8, 2013Exhibition
open to the public1:00
to 4:00 PM
*a press release from
Diane G. Dufilho, Director, Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana
