Culturally Speaking for Aug. 12

New children’s art goes up at Mansion; Kress plans show

As a part of the Jindal family’s initiative to feature young artists, Louisiana’s first lady Supriya Jindal has announced the artwork selected for display in the Louisiana’s Governor’s Mansion for August.

Artists were chosen from across the state, and their work represents a variety of media. This month, the first lady asked principals from schools across Louisiana to submit works for display in the mansion. In 2008, the Jindal family dedicated this wall of the mansion to children’s artwork. Every month a new group of art is displayed to pay tribute to Louisiana’s young artists.

The featured artists are Samantha Bissell, 10th grade, Archbishop Hannan High School, Covington; Nathan Harton, fourth grade, Episcopal Lower School, Baton Rouge; Jewell McGuffee, fifth grade, Woodlawn Elementary School, Monroe; Najwa Mustafa, second grade, Honey Island Elementary School, Slidell; Kyleigh Remerow, third grade, Honey Island Elementary School, Slidell; Brady Deason, fifth grade, Frasch Elementary School, Sulphur; Samantha Trahan, fifth grade, Frasch Elementary School, Sulphur; Maggie Lawshe, Pre-K, Little Pearl Elementary School, Pearl River; Malachi Lyle, kindergarten, Little Pearl Elementary School, Pearl River; Madison Cochran, seventh grade, St. Charles Borromeo School, Destrehan; Madilyn DeJean, third grade, Pontchartrain Elementary School, Mandeville; Brylan Guidry, fifth grade, Prairie Elementary School, Lafayette; Shawn Dumas, fourth grade, East St. John Elementary School, LaPlace; MacKenzie Harless, third grade, Pontchartrain Elementary School, Mandeville; Sophie Terrell, third grade, North DeSoto Elementary 3-5, Stonewall; Johnathan Emerson, 10th grade, Lakeview High School, Campti; Timothy Cade Clemons, fifth grade, Glenbrook School, Minden; Bailey Blackstock, fifth grade, Woodlawn Elementary School, Monroe; Payton Passantino, eighth grade, St. John School, Plaquemine; Ka’Brieyl Joseph, fifth grade, East St. John Elementary School, LaPlace; and Caroline Cannon, seventh grade, St. Charles Borromeo School, Destrehan.

At LASM

The Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 River Road S., has scheduled several events in August:

•  5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, Art After Hours: John F. Simon Jr. The Louisiana native artist will discuss his art-making process while touring the exhibition, Digital Paintings, featuring his screened-based artworks. Admission is $7; $5, students with ID; and free for museum members.
•  11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, Barnes & Noble Bookfair at the store’s Citiplace location. The museum’s educators will lead arts and crafts activities and present shows in the Discovery Dome, the museum’s portable planetarium.
•  Friday, Aug. 31-Sunday, Sept. 16, CANstruction® Competition. The museum will present the fascinating structures created for the Baton Rouge CANstruction® competition. The award reception will be 7-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31. For tickets, call [phone] or email [e-mail].
•  11 a.m. Saturdays, Miss Trudy’s Traveling Trunk Show.
•  12:30-2:30 p.m. Saturdays, Doctor Spark, the Roving Explainer.
•  Through Sunday, Sept. 23, the exhibit Digital Paintings by John F. Simon, Jr.
•  Through Sunday, Aug. 19, the exhibit European Prints from the LASM Collection.
•  Through Saturday, Aug. 25, the exhibit Train Memorabilia from the LASM Collection.
•  Through Friday, Aug. 31, the exhibit, Hubble’s Magnificent Universe: Images from the Hubble Space Telescope in the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium.
•  Showing in the planetarium Wildest Weather in the Solar System through Wednesday, Nov. 21; Kaluoka’hina, The Enchanted Reef through Sunday, Dec. 30; We Choose Space! through Wednesday, Nov. 21; Wild Ocean through Wednesday, Oct. 31; Led Zeppelin through Saturday, Nov. 24; and Pink Floyd: The Wall through Saturday, Dec. 29.

For more information, call [phone].

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At the Kress Gallery

The Kress Gallery and the BR Walls project are presenting an exhibit of works by artists John Wax, Katie Knoeringer and Michael Secor through Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the gallery, 447 Third St. A reception is set for 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30.

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Opera at Nottoway

Tickets are on sale for LSU Opera’s “Opera Under the Oaks,” set for 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, at Nottoway Plantation, 31025 La. 1, White Castle. The program will include classical arias and Broadway favorites, along with a meal prepared by Chef Daniel Thompson. Tickets are $45. Reservations are required. For reservations and tickets, call [phone].

At the Union Gallery

The exhibit, What’s Up, Doc? The Animated Art of Chuck Jones, has been extended to Sunday, Sept. 9, at the LSU Union Art Gallery, Raphael Semmes Drive on campus. The exhibit includes two programs, “The Looney Tunes: An American Pastime,” a panel discussion at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28; and “The Origins of Animation,” a presentation by Yeon Choi at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29. Admission to the exhibit and programs is free. Also, the gallery will host the Global Print and Poster Sale 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19; and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday, Aug. 20-24, in Free Speech Plaza outside of the union. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call [phone].

Call for artists

The deadline is Friday, Nov. 30, for entries to the Burden Horticulture Society’s 2013 Brush With Burden Juried Art Show. All media is accepted. The theme should be inspired by the landscape, structures, flora and fauna of The Burden Center, 4560 Essen Lane. New for 2013 is a special award for outdoor sculpture. For more information, call [phone] or email [e-mail].

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Ririe-Woodbury tickets

Tickets are on sale for the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre’s presentation of the contemporary Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company of Salt Lake City, Utah, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Baton Rouge River Center Theatre for the Performing Arts, S. 275 St. Louis St. Tickets are $30-$35. For tickets, call [phone] or visit the Ticketmaster website.

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At Golden Gallery

The exhibit Nautical-Encore!, featuring new paintings, drawings and prints by New Orleans native artist Rolland Golden will run through Monday, Oct. 8, at his gallery, Rolland Golden Gallery, 419 Main St., Natchez, Miss. For more information, call [phone].

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Bel Canto Gala

Specially priced tickets are on sale through Friday, Aug. 31, for the Natchez Music Festival’s Bel Canto Gala, featuring Metropolitan Opera tenor and LSU graduate Paul Groves. The gala will be at 7 p.m. May 11, 2013, in the Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center, 65 Homochitto St., Natchez, Miss.

The specially priced tickets are $80. They will be $100 beginning Saturday, Sept. 1. Tickets include the live performance and gala. For tickets, visit the website.

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Auditions set

Auditions for the Eunice Players Theatre’s production of Ernest Thompson’s On Golden Pond will continue 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at the theater, 221 S. Second St., Eunice. To schedule an audition time or for more information, call [phone] or [phone].

At ACA

Tickets are on sale for the Acadiana Center for the Arts’ season opener and gala, featuring Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, in the James D. Moncus Theater, 101 W. Vermilion St., Lafayette. Tickets are $100-$150.

Proceeds will benefit the center’s upcoming season. For tickets, call [phone] or visit the website.

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Miracle auditions

Auditions for the Acadia Players’ production of Miracle on 34th Street will be 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 20-22, at The Grand Opera House of the South, 505 N. Parkerson Ave., Crowley. The show will run Nov. 30-Dec. 2. For more information, email [e-mail].

In Covington

The St. Tammany Art Association, 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, will host the annual cultural exhibition of beaded bustiers designed and created by The Divine Protectors of Endangered Pleasures, or DIVA, a women’s group working collaboratively throughout the year in beading circles to create one-of-a-kind contemporary corsets inspired by themes from literature, history, music, folk narratives, film and popular culture.

There will be an opening reception 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, and the show will conclude with an auction fundraiser on Friday, Aug. 31.

Proceeds will benefit the art association and breast cancer awareness. For more information, call [phone].

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Opera performance

Tickets are on sale for a performance by opera singers Robert Hale and his wife, Julie Davis, at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, in the Avoyelles Public Charter School auditorium, 201 Longfellow Road, Mansura, outside of Marksville. Hale grew up in Marksville.

He and Davis have performed with the Metropolitan Opera and are performing this concert, which will benefit the Fox Theater in Marksville.

A reception will follow the concert. Tickets are $10. For tickets or more information, call [phone].

Opera tickets

Tickets are on sale for the New Orleans Opera Association’s Placido Domingo Gala and its 2012-13 season.

For tickets or more information, call [phone].

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