Rolland Golden's body of work "River & Reverie" explores the natural beauty and mystique of the Mississippi River. These cerebral paintings are an unexpected port of call for viewers to evaluate their personal relationship to the river and its historical importance to America. Please enjoy this prelude to Louisiana's bicentennial celebration.

Opening Reception (Free and Open to the Public): Thursday, July 28, 6 - 8 p.m.

Gallery Talk led by Rolland Golden: Thursday, July 28, 6:30 p.m.

Weathersby's work conceptually explores the relationship between making fine art and manual labor by documenting the janitorial activities he contracts through his company Environmental Services. His photographs, videos, and vinyl signs are simultaneously playful and professional; featuring colorful compositions of gritty garbage piles and other evidence of a hard day's work. This exhibition is particularly poignant in light of the world's present economic condition and the manner in which it has prompted a reevaluation of how work and the workplace can lend meaning to our lives.

Reception (Free and Open to the public): Friday, September 23, 5:30 p.m.

Gallery Talk led by Douglas Weathersby: Friday, September 23, 6:00 p.m.

Free Children's Drop-In Activity with Douglas Weathersby: Saturday, September 24, 2 - 5 p.m.

Triumph Over Tragedy: The Great Depression & New Deal Era in North Louisiana is the inaugural collaboration of the Eye-20 Creative Corridor. The Eye-20 Creative Corridor is a unified effort of the three North Louisiana Arts Councils- Northeast Louisiana Arts Council, Shreveport Regional Arts Council and Bossier Arts Council- to provide a long-term Cultural Economy Initiative that will unify the communities surrounding Interstate-20, ensuring access to the highest quality programs and services offered by artists and arts organizations in North Louisiana. In its first group effort the Eye-20 Creative Corridor is engaging 200 arts organizations, 100 professional artists, and 525 eight grade students.

Presented in conjunction with Triumph Over Tragedy: The Great Depression & New Deal Era in North Louisiana.

Sponsored by CenturyTel

This year's juror is Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art for the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA).

Artists:

About the Juror

A native of Los Angeles, Lash received her bachelor’s degree with honors from Harvard University, and she completed her masters at Williams College. Lash has worked extensively in different museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and most recently, The Menil Collection in Houston, where she held the position of Assistant Curator.

Since arriving at NOMA in February 2008, she has curated NOMA’s installation of traveling exhibition The Baroque World of Fernando Botero (organized by Art Services International) and the installation of nine artists for U.S. Biennial Prospect.1.  She reinstalled the permanent collection of modern and contemporary art during the fall of 2008 and is currently working on a series of exhibitions featuring Louisiana contemporary artists.

46th Annual Juried Competition Call for Entries

Born in New Orleans in 1903, Walter Anderson studied at Parsons Institute of Design in New York and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He lived much of his life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, taking residence in Ocean Springs, and often seeking solitude in a cottage on Horn Island. Anderson was a naturalist, and spent hours painting and drawing the nature and wildlife he found around him. This exhibition, on loan from the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, is comprised of 90 works of art including watercolors, oils, pottery, wood sculpture, textiles, and furniture.

Events in conjunction with this exhibition include a talk by John Anderson, Walter Anderson's son, during the Member’s Preview Reception on April 4 from 6 – 8 p.m. and a lecture by Douglas Myatt, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art on Thursday, June 4.  For more information please call the museum at (318) 329-2237.

Renowned photographer Bruce Davidson received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1962 to photograph the people and events of the Civil Rights Movement. This exhibition includes 31 stunning photographs of the heroic people he encountered. As witness to some of the most courageous and important events of the 1960’s, Davidson gives us a first hand account of these racially charged times. He also tenderly records the every day experience of the African American, from images of school houses to weddings. These images are captured in beautifully executed photographs which the Masur Museum of Art is proud to display during Black History Month.

Born in 1933, Davidson attended Rochester Institute of Technology and Yale University.  In October of 1955 his college thesis was published in LIFE Magazine, where he later worked as a freelance photographer.  IN 1957 he became a member of Magnum Photos and in 1966 Davidson was awarded the first grant in photography from the National Endowment for the Arts.  His photographs have been acquired by many major museums and private collectors worldwide, including the Whitney Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the George Eastman House, The Smithsonian, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago.

In association with Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia; Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York; and the artist

Also on view, "Troubling the Waters," a film about the 1960's struggle for Civil Rights in Northeast Louisiana.  Shown in association with the Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum.

Events in conjunction with this exhibition include a Members' Reception on January 31, 6 – 8 p.m.  To become a member, click here.

John Scott is one of Louisiana's most celebrated artists of the past 50 years. Born in New Orleans and raised in the Lower Ninth Ward, Scott attended Xavier University, where he later became a professor. Scott's work was influenced by jazz and the variety of cultures present in his native city, including African, African-American, Caribbean, and Southern Creole. Scott worked in a variety of media, although he is widely known for his metal sculpture, which ranged from small works to monumental public sculptures. This exhibition is organized in conjunction with Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans.

A catalogue of the exhibition is available at the Masur Museum for $15.  The publication includes an essay by Mora Beauchamp-Byrd, Assistant Professor of Art and Curator of Art Collections at Xavier University, entitled, "Yesterday's Doorway: John Scott's Iconographic Portraits of New Orleans."  The catalogue was made possible through a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and with the support of Peregrine Corporation of Monroe. 

The museum will be closed from July 4th through August 16th for renovations to the galleries. The museum will return to normal viewing hours on Sunday, August 17th. It is our mission to continually meet the needs of our community, museum members, and museum patrons, and we thank you in advance for your patience during this time of renewal.

The museum will reopen with Highlights from the Permanent Collection. A special preview reception for members of the Twin City Art Foundation / Masur Museum of Art will be held on Saturday, August 16th from 6 - 8 p.m. Please contact the museum for information on becoming a member.