AMoA Matters July-September 2016

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AMoA Matters 07•08•09/2016

Director’s Message

AMoA News

Current Exhibitions

Upcoming Exhibitions

The Muse Review

Collector’s Circle News

Summer Lecture Series

Calendar of Events

Support & Acknowledgment

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In the heat of the Summer, the Museum offers a heated topic in the downstairs galleries – our shared past in the American South.

The Historic New Orleans Collection’s exhibition Purchased Lives is on view here at AMoA before it heads to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis this Fall. We are the first stop as it travels to three museums, after debuting in New Orleans last year.

The exhibit takes an unflinching look at the domestic slave trade between 1808 and 1865, and includes documents regarding Solomon Northup and thousands of other enslaved people. It also includes voices of those born into slavery from the Federal Writer’s Project, art created to promote anti-slavery and documentation of the role of businesses other than agriculture that profited from the institution of slavery. My favorite part of the exhibit is the presentation of advertisements placed by individuals seeking their family members after the Civil War, which have been a great resource for a database created in partnership with Ancestry.com to help African-Americans trace their lineage.

The companion exhibition of Changing Landscapes Along: Jan Beauboeuf the Solomon Northup Trail encourages contemplation, and allows escape as you view these beautiful Central Louisiana Landscapes. They highlight the dra-matic natural beauty of our area while offering a look at how the places that Solomon walked have

changed, and stayed the same. Jan explores the home of her youth that she so desperately felt the need to escape – and then to return.

These exhibitions are supported with a variety of programming – several lectures, book clubs, discussions, curator tours, and teacher workshops. Many ways to explore, learn, contemplate and express your thoughts. Our Museum is a safe place for us to gather and discuss difficult subjects, as well as learn about those different from ourselves.

Many thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities for making these exhibitions and programs possible.

See you at the Museum,

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FROM THE DIRECTOR


AMOA NEWS

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The Alexandria Museum of Art received word on June 3, 2016 that its application to the Combined Federal Campaign was accepted to receive designated donations from Federal Employees. This allows Federal Employees who contribute to United Way, both statewide and universally, to give

to the Museum by using the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) code 89906.

The Museum has been eligible to receive local United Way contributions since 2014, but these local campaigns have now been combined into a statewide campaign centered in New Orleans. This enables a greater number of individuals to be eligible to contribute. If you are a Federal Employee -- or you know someone who is -- we ask that you or they consider designating the Alexandria Museum of Art as the recipient of your United Way donation. Again, Federal Employees who wants their United Way donation to go to the Alexandria Museum of Art can designate that by using the Museum’s CFC code 89906.

Federal Employees Can Donate to the Alexandria Museum of Art through the United Way

In 2015, the Craft Brews, BBQ, & Blues fundraiser event at the Alexandria Museum of Art took

on a new dimension. Rather than only pitting nationally distributed Craft Breweries against each other, two Louisiana-based micro-breweries were invited to take on bigger labels, and they took home the blue ribbons in all categories.

This year, we are stepping up the competition by inviting only Louisiana based micro-breweries to compete for the ribbons in five categories: Dark, Ale, IPA, Specialty, and People’s Choice.

This battle for Louisiana will feature labels from North, Central, Southwest, and Southeast regions of the state, with popular beers currently available here, as well as some beers never before offered

in Alexandria. Your ticket gets you access, where you will sample as many of these great brews as you need to decide where your vote will go, and who will take home the ribbons this year.

In addition to the craft beers, local barbecue teams will be on site cooking up their best dishes to pit against each other when the event is opened to ticket holders. Once inside, you will be able to try all of the foods that they have prepared. When you’ve tried them all, vote for your favorite.

To top it all off, the evening will be highlighted by live Blues music. The line-up will be announced on our Facebook page in the coming weeks.

Visit www.themuseum.org/brew to purchase your advance tickets for $50. Tickets will be $65 at the door.


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If you’ve been to the Museum recently or follow us in any way, you’ve likely heard

whispers of a Super Secret Art Project for the City of Alexandria. Perhaps you’ve even seen Museum employees sporting oddly lit hats around town or on TV. Maybe you’ve heard about teens making brightly lit wings and ears. You are probably asking WHY?! What is this Super Secret Art Project!

It all started a few months ago, when the City came to us and asked us to do an Illuminate the Arts Procession on July 29 for the Louisiana Municipalities Association Convention.

The answer, of course, was YES! But, we wanted to shake up the procession a bit, and not give merely another amazing spectacle of lighted creatures the same as before. NO! We decided to do something new. This time we’d have a procession of illuminated fashion and costumes, wearable luminaries!

Our next step was to get the community involved, after all we can’t have an Illuminate the Arts Procession without you! So, we’re giving you and your family an opportunity to create wearable luminaries in three ways. We just finished the Muse Illuminated Fashion Workshop and you all are going to be floored when you see what the teens have created!

Next will be the Community Luminary Project on July 21 from 6:30 until 8:30. This event is FREE and open to all ages. Come and create your own illuminated wearable to wear to the procession!

We will also be hosting Summer Camp Lite July 25-29, for campers ages 6 and up, where campers will create illuminated creatures and wearables for the procession.

Whether you want to participate by making an illuminated wearable or if you have a luminary you’ve used in past processions we do hope you will

join us on July 29th for the a special Summer Illuminate the Arts Procession and help us light up the night!

We’ll be lining up at 7:45 pm in the museum parking lot and we’ll roll at 8:30. Join us for a night of magical summer fun!

SUPER SECRET PROJECT

REVEALED!

SAVE the DATE

10/27/165-8:30pm

This AMoA Fundraiser is an evening of the Art of Being

a Gentleman. Experience a selection of Whiskey, a shave in the barber’s

chair, and top it off with an old-fashioned shoe shine.

Illume A New Year’s Eve Celebration

12/31/16 Mark your calendars for the

premiere of AMoA’s new tradition, and to see the illuminated ball drop

on New Year’s Eve.

BARREL NIGHT

WHISKEY TASTING, SHAVE, & SHINE

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Visit www.themuseum.org for updates.


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The hot Summer month of June was even hotter! The Alexandria Museum of Art’s Education department partnered with the

Rapides Parish School Board and Carter C. Raymond Elementary School to host Camp Carter 2016 in Lecompte. During the past six years, this program has brought a variety of activities to the students that attend Carter C. Raymond. This year, with the help of a grant from the Louisiana’s Charities Trust, the program continued in which AMoA facilitated activities in art that offered opportunities to learn new and simple tech-niques, while engaging the campers through science, technology, engineering, art and math. Under the direction of Brenda Howell, Cindy Blair and Nancy Noles, kindergarten through sixth grade students created a large collection of work through experimenting and modifying techniques and by challenging themselves to think past the boundaries of traditional applications. The program is vital for the small community as it provides opportunities for fun with friends, as well as nourishment during a time when organized school activities cease for summer. The camp culminated with a field trip to the Tree House Children’s Museum and a group tour at the Alexandria Museum of Art, followed by Family Day art activities with Camper Art Show and Reception. The Alexandria Museum of Art wishes to thank the Louisiana’s Charities Trust, Melinda Anderson of the LSUA Foundation and Kelli Welch, principal of Carter C. Raymond Elementary School.

AMoA Brings Steam Powered Art to Camp Carter!

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

In 1808, the International Slave Trade was abolished, ending the export of people to the United States. Domestic slave trade contin-

ued until the end of the Civil War in 1865.

Purchased Lives considers the role New Orleans and Louisiana played in the 57 years that the domestic slave trade continued after the abolition of the international slave trade. Many of these slaves passed through the largest slave market in antebellum America – New Orleans.

This exhibition includes historic artifacts, prints, quotes, and first person accounts from slave narratives and oral histories to study this dark period in American history.

Purchased Lives: the American Slave Trade from 1808 to 1865 has been made possible inpart by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor.

CURATED BY THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION

“Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the exhibition Purchased Lives: The American Slave Trade from 1808 to 1865 do not necessarily

represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.”

For Scheduled Programing, see Page 18.

Sale of Estates, Pictures and Slaves in the Rotunda, New Orleans; by William Henry Brooke, engraver; engraving with watercolor from The Slave States of America, vol. 1; London: Fisher and Son, 1842; The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1974.25.23.4


CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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Top from Left: Port of New Orleans, 2015. Red River Landing, Alexandria, 2016

Plowed Field, Red River at Vick, Avoyelles, 2016. Above: Ancient Cypress Along the Red, Avoyelles, 2014

T his exhibition features stunning landscape pho-tography by Avoyelles

parish artist Jan Beauboeuf along the Solomon Northup trail. This trail traces the path of kidnapped free man of color, Solomon Northup, who lived as a slave in Central Louisiana until his rescue and return to Sarasota, New York. Jan grew up in the rural Bayou Boeuf community near where Solomon spent some of his time in Louisiana.

Beauboeuf was a professor in Alabama during the Civil Rights era, where she was surrounded by discriminatory practices which caused her to move west.

Now in her eighties, she returned to her childhood home in Central Louisiana, and connected with the Solomon Northup story, becoming intrigued with his struggle to escape his captivity.

The Changing Landscapes exhibit catalog is available at AMoA for $15. An Artist Lecture will be held on August 13. See Page 17 for more details..

This project is supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, and as administered by the Arts Council of Central Louisiana. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works.

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Inspired by the creative resources in our community, this invitational exhibition showcases faculty, staff, alumni, and

volunteers of some of the arts organizations and arts education institutions in the Central Louisiaa region and throughout the state. The collection of the Alexandria Museum of Art contains work by a number of teaching artists both past and present.

Alexandria Skyline, Daniel Wishard, 2015.

Herding Cattle, Jeremy Simmons, 2015. Catching Some Rays, Margie Tate, 2016.

Catch-up Disaster, Wangling Chou, 2015.

Current Exhibitions on view through August 20, 2016.


UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

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Opening Reception & Member Preview Friday, 9/2/16 • 6-8pm

tiercé: Artists of Louisiana Francophone Cultures

Louisiana is full of culture, not least of which is the varied French heritage

throughout the state. This exhibition celebrates artists from Louisiana’s three French heritage groups: Acadian, Colonial, and Caribbean.

The featured artists include Francis Pavy, George Rodrigue, Angelbert Metoyer, George Marks, Jean-Marcel St. Jacques, Giraud Polite, Jonathan Mayers, Season Bivens, and Norma Roy.

Many of the artists in this exhibition have been exploring their French heritage in their art, while others were prompted to explore their heritage through this project.

This exhibition will explore the artists’ connection with their heritage and culture through their eyes, including a variety of mediums such as audio, painting, photography, and mixed media.

Exhibit labels will include both an English and French translation of the information, using the French dialect unique to each French cultural background.

Trail Ride at La Pointe, Giraud Polite, 2014.

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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONSOpening Reception & Member Preview Friday, 9/2/16 • 6-8pm

Les Moutons à Mandibules des Opelousas , Jonathan Myers, 2015.

Polyphemus, Killed by No One, Guardian , Angelbert Metoyer, 2013-14.

This exhibition is produced in cooperation with the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL).

Love Potion #9, Jean-Marcel St. Jacques, d.u.


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In addition to various sponsors, all exhibitions generously supported by

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September 2nd marks the beginning of our annual juried competition exhibit, The September Competition. The competition is in its 29th year at AMoA, featuring outstanding works from contemporary artists

created in the last two years. The competition is open to all artists over the age of 18, working in any medium, internationally. This year, AMoA transitioned The September Competition to callforentry.org, an online management system which hosts over 100,000 artists and allows for a broader reach.

The 29th September Competition had over 300 entries from 30 states and 6 countries, which was narrowed to 50 pieces for the exhibition. The competition juror, Francis Pavy, reviewed the entries in a blind jury process, selecting roughly 1 in 6 entries for the exhibition. The selections were finalized in July. These 50 pieces will encompass a variety of media and will be featured in our 3rd floor galleries.

The September Competition includes awards for outstanding pieces within the show, which will be determined by the juror after the show is hung and will be announced at the opening reception.

Juror: Francis PavyAMoA proudly welcomes Francis Pavy as the juror for the 29th September Competition.

Francis Pavy’s paintings, sculptures, constructions, and prints are inspired by his Cajun

heritage and Southern storytelling traditions. He lives and works in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Pavy earned a BFA In Sculpture from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the

University of Louisiana at Lafayette), where he studied under artist Elemore Morgan, Jr.

He has exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe In solo, invitational, and

group exhibitions. Pavy is represented by the Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans, the

Parchman Stremmel Gallery in San Antonio, and the Barbara Archer Gallery in Atlanta.

Top left: Girl Watching Cartoons, Andrew Leventis, 2016. Middle left: Lost & Found, Paul Nettles, 2016.

Bottom left: Nature’s Math: Brownian Theory, Mariah Doren, 2015.

Untitled LI, Sally Brogden, 2015.


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The Muse has reached the end of another year of making and creating,

and once again, it’s time for the Muse’s annual Teen Council meeting. During this meeting, teens come together and brain-storm, create and begin to plan Muse events and workshops for the coming year. The past year brought new members to the Muse as well as a host of cool workshops and events.

AMoA lit up Downtown several times this past year with our Illuminate the Art Processions and The Muse was a big part of the festivities. There were two Muse Luminary Workshops this year, one in September and another in February, to prepare for the Fall and Spring Illuminate the Arts Processions. Of course, when AMoA was asked to do processions for Winter Fete and Mardi Gras, the Muse came out and helped represent!

The light is always followed by the dark in October, when our Illuminate the Arts procession is followed the very next day by the Cenla Zombie Walk. This year the Muse chose to learn some zombie make-up tips from AMoA’s own

Nancy Noles. The Cenla Zombie Association has asked about some illuminated zombies from the Muse for the coming year. Could worlds be colliding?

By popular demand by the Teen Council, illuminated creatures and oozing zombies were quickly followed by a plaster casting workshop, during which teens learned two casting techniques. This was quickly followed by a Holiday Camp for kids planned and taught entirely by Muse members, Zella Lacour, Morgan Smith, Kerry Kang, and Cinnamon Player.

November was extremely busy for the Muse, as the teens also held Knits for Needs, during which The Red River Stitchers taught them to knit scarves for homeless Veterans.

In December, poet, Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley, taught teens the finer points of spoken word cre-ation and performing during the second three day Muse Spoken Word Workshop. The teens shared their poetic creations during their Muse Teen Day in January.

In addition to the open mic, Muse members requested a Teen Art Career Fair. Creative profes-sionals from around Cenla and Louisiana were invited to share their career paths with interested teens and young adults. The professions represented varied from Visual Effect Creation and Civil Engineering Design to Movie Make-Up and Cake and Cookie Creation.

The Muse rounded out the year with a Muse Tie-Dye Workshop, The Muse 3-D Chalk Mural at The Louisiana Dragon Boat Races and finally, The Muse Illuminated Fashion Workshop where participants created their own wearable illuminated fashion for a special Summer Illuminate the Arts Procession, to be held on July 29th.

Of course, we couldn’t do any of this, without the support of friends in the community, mentioned in this article and the generous support of CLECO.

We want to give a special shout out to the City of Alexandria for supporting our Illuminated Fashion Workshop which will roll right into the special Summer Illuminate the Arts Procession. Want to know what the Muse has planned for next year? Come be part of the planning on August 21 1pm- 4 pm.

The Muse’s Year-in-Review


AMoA Collector's Circle

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The Collectors Club tour of the art at Crystal Bridges Museum at Bentonville, AR took a creative turn when architecture became a

second important theme of the trip. First, there was the architecture of Crystal Bridges Museum itself. Designed by internationally heralded architect Moshe Safdie, the museum was comprised of five separate buildings, connected to form a circle over water, so that a museum visitor had an occasional view of the outdoors even as he viewed the art indoors.

A side trip into the Ozark hills brought our group to magnificent Thorncrown Chapel. Thorncrown is one of a number of sacred spaces created by Fayetteville, AR architect E. Fay Jones. It is said to be a “pilgrimage chapel”, set at the end of a path through the forest, its wooden and glass structure rising high into the trees from the natural stone floor. Jones’ biographer Robert Adams Ivy, Jr. said, “The Thorncrown Chapel is elemental – a man-made temple married to the woodland . . . In plan no more than a single room, in form no more than a gabled shed . . this harmoniously unified masterpiece is arguably among the twentieth century’s great works of art.”

Clearly moved by our experience at Thorncrown, our group added something not on the schedule – a visit to Bella Vista for a chance to see another of Jones’ sacred places, the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel. While Thorncrown chapel was designed with straight lines crossing overhead in the center creating a kaleidoscope effect, the Cooper Chapel was designed

Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel, Bella Vista, AR in the Ozark Mountains

Thorncrown Chapel: Collector’s Circle on the RoadBy Marilyn Wellan

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One of several AMofA Col-lector’s Circle art trips was held in June

in Bentonville, Ak. In only two days we traveled through American History via American Art.

From colonial American family portraits to John Singer Sargent’s Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife, on to a contempory ‘installment’ of individually wrapped sour apple candies where we were encour-aged to move the pieces around, and even take one or two for a taste.

Our downtown hotel, 21C, (one of five in the US) is known for its contemporary art, one block from the Bentonville city square, and a short walk down to the museum.

Architect Moshe Safdie and Wal-Mart heriess Alice Waltondesigned and planned the Crystal Bridges Art Meseum within the 120 acres where she grew up.

The many windows and open spaces of the museum’s seven

buildings provide views of the lush green landscape and cool waters of Crystal Springs. The core of Crystal Bridge’s mission is to bring people, art and nature together… at no cost to the visitors.

The seven connected buildings, built along a ravine, spanning a creek, house art beginning in the colonial period and moving along for five centuries to present day.

On the grounds are sculptures of every imaginable medium from a two story bronze, steel and marble spider, Maman, by

Louise Bourgeois, near the north entrance to a native stone arrangement A Place Where They Cried by Pat Musick found in the nearby woods.

James Turrell’sThe Way of Color is a “Skyspace” structure along the trail from our hotel to the museum’s south entrance. It is a building with a domed ceiling with an oculus opening in the center through which the sky is visible.

High tec lighting slowly changes

From Left: Susan Menache, Megan Valentine, Larry Menache, Kim Bindursky, Faye Flanagan, Catherine Pears, Louise Simon, John Simon, Robert Ratcliff, Marilyn Wellan

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Crystal Bridges Arkansas

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the ceiling’s color, and as that color changes, your perception of the blue in the sky changes. Context informs perception is a lesson from one of America’s leading art teachers, Josef Albers.

On Saturday morning our group traveled to Eureka Springs to see Thorncrown Chapel designed by E. Fay Jones using glass and wood and native stone.

Then on to see Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista, Ark. E. Fay Jones and Maurice Jennings designed the chapel using Gothic arches constructed with glass and steel.

Later on Saturday we had two tours within the museum’s indoor buildings and one ‘ticketed’ tour at the Bachman-Wilson House near the south entrance. A previously arranged ticket was required but there, as elsewhere, was no charge.

This is a Usonian house by Frank Lloyd Wright that Alice Walton had moved from its original site in New Jersey where it was in danger of flooding. For this tour we each had our own earphones and were guided through the structure by an audio tape.

I came away with an appreciation of Alice Walton and the Wal-Mart Foundation for their love of art, history, nature and their wish for every American to have access to an art museum.

with curved lines and Gothic arches which also serve as cross-bracing overhead.

One of many weddings at the chapel was about to take place, but we were granted access to explore the magic of the space. Each of the two chapels was more beautiful than the other, in so many ways. Yet another architectural wonder for

exploration was the Bachman-Wilson House on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1956 along the Millstone River in New Jersey. Purchased in 2013 by Crystal Bridges, it was taken apart and recon-structed near the museum.

Wright developed the style of this small, modern, exquisite house during the Great Depression, as a

way to provide affordable housing for average middle-class American families.

Art and architecture were equally enjoyed on this very memorable journey by- and for -AMOA’s Collectors Club.

Visit themuseum.org for information

about joining The Collector’s Circle.

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Ashley Weaver, holder of a BA in English from LSUA, and Masters in Library Science from LSU, will kick off this year’s Cavanaugh Lecture on September 29 at 6pm at the Alexandria Museum of Art.

She will be reading from her second novel, Death Wears a Mask and discussing the “delicate art of murder,” getting published, and editing. Her first mystery novel, Murder at the Brightwell, which harkens back to the golden age of mystery, is set at a seaside resort in 1930’s England.

It has been described as “a delicious mystery . . .penned . . . in the tradition of Jacqueline Winspear and was one of six nominees for an Edgar Awards Best First Novel. Death Wears a Mask has been described as a “delightful mystery” that will leave readers hoping to see “a lot more of the sophisticated . . . [and] elegant Amory Ames.

Weaver’s next novel A Most Novel Revenge will be available this coming October, and is currently available for pre-order through Amazon.com.

Cavanaugh Lecture returns to AMoA in September

Dual Lectures Thursday, 7/14 • 6PMFree and open to the public.

Finding Rebecca, Or, How an Enslaved Girl from New Orleans Became an Abolitionist Icon: Mary Niall Mitchell, Associate Professor of History, Joseph Tregle Professor of Early American History, and Ethel and Herman L. Midlo Endowed Chair in American History, University of New Orleans.Some of the most widely circulated abolitionist images in the Civil War era were carte-de-visite portraits of formerly enslaved people from New Orleans (three of these images are featured in Purchased Lives). Some the children in the group were so light skinned that their sponsors and the press declared them “white slaves.” This lecture will explore the life of the oldest girl, Rebecca Huger, was the most frequently photographed in the group.

Towards a Lasting Freedom: Navigating the Landscape of Race in Reconstruction Era New Orleans: Justin Nystrom, Assistant Professor of History and Co-Director, Center for the Study of New Orleans, Loyola University New Orleans. Nystrom will explore the meanings of freedom in postbellum New Orleans and discuss how African Americans struggled to piece together their lives and those of their communities in an age of great political and social upheaval.

Dual Lectures Saturday, 8/13 • 1PMFree and open to the public.

A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619–1865 and Beyond: William Earle Williams, Professor of Fine Arts and Curator of Photography, Haverford College. This is an illustrated lecture consisting of black-and-white silver

gelatin prints and contemporary historical material. The photographs, made over four decades, by Williams document mostly anonymous, unheralded, and uncelebrated places in the New World, where Americans black and white determined the meaning of freedom. Historical prints, newspapers, and other ephemera related to the struggle for freedom provide a historical and visual context for the photographs.

A Journey of Redemption with Artist Jan Beauboeuf: Jan talks about the connections that led her to photographing the Solomon Northup Trail and the unexpected journey she traveled during her work on Changing Landscapes. Her connection with Solomon Northup began mainly as one of place, but through her work on Changing Landscapes, developed into a deeper understanding. Join Jan as she talked about this journey and her work.

AMoA Summer Exhibition Lectures


JULY 2016

EXHIBITIONS:Purchased Lives: America’s Domestic Slave TradeJune 3 – August 20, 2016See Page 7 for more information.

Changing Landscapes: Jan Beauboeuf Along the Solomon Northup TrailJune 3 – August 20, 2016An AMOA 4.0 Beta ExhibitionSee Page 8 for more information.

Faculty & Friends: Artists Among UsJune 3 – August 20, 2016An AMOA 4.0 Beta ExhibitionSee Page 9 for more information.

EVENTS:Yoga in the GalleryEvery Tuesday, 5:45pmFree

AMoA Summer Camps Start July 11, 2016. Visit themuseum.org/summercamp for details.

Purchased Lives Dual LectureThursday, July 14th, 6 PMFree and Open to the public See Page 17 for more details.

Summer Reading Series: Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in SlaveryJuly 16th, 10:30 amFree and open to the public Visit themuseum.org for details

Family Class: Ceramic Creatures!July 16, 1-3pmFree to AMoA Member Families and $20 per non-member family. Visit themuseum.org for details

AMoA AfterHours: Summer Community Luminary Project • July 21, 6:30- 8:30pm Free to All Ages • Materials includedJoin AMOA Educator Cindy Blair make

lighted hats to wear in the luminary procession on July 29. See page 5 for details.

Adult Studio Class Solomon’s Views: Digital Land-scape Photography with Sean K.Saturday, July 23, 2016 • 1-5pmVisit themuseum.org for details

Rhythm & Rhymes Spoken Word .Friday, July 29, 2016 • 7-9pmVisit themuseum.org/rnr for details

AUGUST 2016

EXHIBITIONS: Purchased Lives Changing Landscapes Faculty & Friends On view through 8/20/16 EVENTS:Yoga in the GalleryEvery Tuesday, 5:45pmFree

Archiving Lives: The Documents that Told Solomon Northup’s Story August 4th, 6 pmEdwin Epps House, LSUA CampusJoin LSUA archivist Michelle Riggs and historian Meredith Melancon as they discuss their work documenting the Solomon Northup trail using archives, Sue Eakin’s 1968 edition of Twelve Year’s a Slave, and creating an app for the trail.

Exhibition Dual LectureAugust 13th, 1 pmFree and Open to the public See Page 17 for more details.

SEPTEMBER 2016

EXHIBITIONS: Tiercé: Artists of Louisiana Francophone CulturesSeptember 2 – November 19, 2016

29th September CompetitionSeptember 2 – November 19, 2016See pages 10-12 for Exhibition details.

EVENTS:Yoga in the GalleryEvery Tuesday, 5:45pmFree

AMoA AfterHours: French Louisiana House ConcertThursday, September 15, 2016Performers will be announced on our website, themuseum.org

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Upper Level Members • Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Barton• Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bindursky• Mrs. Sue Bolton• Mr. David M. Brewer• Dr. Joan Brunson• Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Bruser, III• Mr. and Mrs. David Caplan• Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Crowell• Mr. and Mrs. R. Draughon Crowell, III• Mr. and Mrs. David Curry• Mr. Paul Dauzat• Ms. Fran Davis• Mr. Jonathan Dean• Dr. and Mrs. William J. DeFee, III• Ms. Melinda Descant• Mrs. Mary Deville• Mr. Billy Dixon and Mrs. Maria Losavio• Dr. and Mrs. Michael Dole• Dr. M. Lawrence and Kyle Downs Drerup• Mrs. Aloysia Ducote• Mr. and Mrs. Monte Eddlemon• Dr. Betty and Mr. Tom Elder• Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Evans• Ms. Faye Flanagan• Dr. and Mrs. Robert Freedman• Dr. Leo and Mrs. Donna Futrell• Dr. and Mrs. Scott Gremillion

• Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hardin• Dr. Barbara Hatfield• Dr. John Hill• Mrs. Joy Hodges• Dr. and Mrs. G. Daniel Howard• Dr. and Mrs. Jack Jackson• Mr. and Mrs. Wade Jones• Dr. and Mrs. Philip Laborde• Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Martin• Mr. and Mrs. Martin Masden• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McBride• Dr. and Mrs. Larry Menache• Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller• Ms. Helen Moore• Mr. and Mrs. David Moore• Mr. and Mrs. Gregory O’Quin• Mr. and Mrs. William B. Owens• Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Ratcliff, Sr.• Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Royer• Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rubin• Ed and Judy Rundell• Mr. Cary Saurage II• Judge and Mrs. John F. Simon• Mrs. Bertie Deming Smith• Mr. and Mrs. David P. Smith• Mrs. Glenda Stock• Mr. Gary Stolowski• Mr. T.W. Thompson, III• Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. van Oppen• Mr. and Mrs. Richard Vanlangendonck• Dr. and Mrs. Ed Villemez• Walker Automotive• Dr. and Mrs. Renick Webb• Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weems, III• Mr. and Mrs. Myron Wellan• Mr. and Mrs. Hunter White• Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Winstead

• Mr. and Mrs. Ryon Woodington • Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cotton• Dr. and Mrs. William Roberts

• Dr. and Mrs. Babson Fresh• Mr. and Mrs. David Smith

AMoA greatly appreciates the continued support of all our donors, who make our exhibitions, programs and daily operations possible. We are honored to recognize these Sponsor Level Members and above for their financial and material donations.

Thank you, all.

The programs of the Alexandria Museum of Art are supported by grants and gifts including Greater Alexandria Economic Development Authority (GAEDA), The Arts Council of Central Louisiana, Louisiana State Arts Council through the Louisiana Division of the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Martin Foundation, McCormick – Smith Fund, CLECO.

McCormick – Smith Fund

A strong museum and visual arts culture helps promote

and stimulate a vibrant city, making it an ideal place to build a business and professionally engage

with a community. Business Partners / Levels of Giving

Executive Partner / $7,500+Principal Partner / $5,000-$7,499

Associate Partner / $2,000-$4,999Supporting Partner / $1,000-$1,999Contributing Partner / $250-$999

LEVELS OF GIVING

Thanks to our Business & CommunityPartners

Executive Partners

Associate Partners

Supporting Partners

Contributing Partners

Support & Acknowledgements

Alexandria Business Foundation

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Bruce Wallace

Robert & Liz Ratcliff

Richard & Beck CrowellRobert & Liz RatcliffBruce & Pam Wallace

Michael & Noelle Crowell

Maria & Darren OlaguesFoster & Martha WalkerAmy & Lawrence Searcy

Pam & Bruce Wallace

Thomas C. McBrideMarcia Young

Jeff & Wendy CarboPatrick & Randalle Moore

Lawrence MenacheBeverly J. Ruffin

Mr and Mrs. Joe Lipsey Jr.White OakFuneral Homes, Inc

To join as a Business Partner or for more information,

please contact Steve Farnsley at (318) 443-3458 or

[email protected].

LA Charities Trust


Alexandria Museum of Art933 Second StreetAlexandria, LA 71301Phone (318) 443-3458www.themuseum.org