About us

about

the masur museum

Located in the former home of the Masur family, the Masur Museum of Art is the largest collecting and exhibiting visual arts museum in Northeast Louisiana. We are dedicated to providing our community with a dynamic visual arts experience through exhibitions, public programming, and collections management.

The Masur Museum of Art offers educational programs for children and adults such as artist talks, academic lectures, summer art camps, winter workshops, drop-in activities, and art classes including digital photography, painting, collage, printmaking, stained glass, bookmaking, and more.

 

Admission to our museum is always free. Please visit our Education Section for information on group tours.

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The History

of the masur museum

Located in the former home of the Masur family, the Masur Museum of Art is the largest collecting and exhibiting visual arts museum in Northeast Louisiana. We are dedicated to providing our community with a dynamic visual arts experience through exhibitions, public programming, and collections management.

The Masur Museum of Art was built as a private residence in 1929. A lumberman by the name of Clarence Edward Slagle had the modified Tudor estate built for his wife Mabel. The Indiana limestone and Pennsylvania blue slate used to build the home were transported on various waterways to the scenic Ouachita River, which runs behind the estate. The home was given the name Grey Gables by the Slagles. Originally the grounds included an English style rose garden and a lawn extending down to the river. When the Army Corps of Engineers built the levee system in the 1930s, the home’s carriage house was moved behind the new levee, but only had to be moved twenty feet.

 

In 1934 Clarence Slagle passed away and his widow soon after sold the home to the Masur family. Sigmund and Beatrice Masur and their children Sylvian, Jack, and Bertha Marie, lived in the home until the 1960s. The Masur children donated the home to the City of Monroe in 1963 to be converted into a fine art museum. Initially the museum began to present exhibitions and art education through the hard work of docents and volunteers. In 1974, the Twin City Art Foundation was formed to provide additional support for the museum, providing funding for exhibitions, educational programs, and the permanent collection. To this day the Masur operates as a partnership between the City of Monroe and the Twin City Art Foundation. The Masur Museum of Art is a division of the Department of Community Affairs within the City of Monroe.

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art foundation

Board of Trustees

 

Ann Bloxom Smith, Chairman
Hal Hinchliffe,  President
Tiffany Jackson, Vice President
Scott Higginbotham, Secretary- Treasurer

 

Brad Arender

Douglas Breckenridge

Leigh Buffington

Brooke Cassady

Judge Aisha Clark

Drék Davis

Jay Davis

Gretchen Masur Dean

K’Shana Hall-Davis

Sarah Hoffman

Gregory Hudgins

Sara Holley

Carrick Inabnett

Sarah Jarrett

Kay La-France Knight

Quilwanti Lewis

Kara Platt

Roxanne Santos

Pashen Sims

Cheryl Sutton

Cliff Tresner

 

Honorary Trustees

 

Anne R. Eberle
Michael Echols

CURRENT & UPCOMING

EVENTS + EXHIBITIONS

Browse our exhibits: both upcoming & current!

Earth

Christiane Drieling

August 24, 2023 –
October 21, 2023

It Shouldn’t Be Revolutionary: An Exploration of Rest and Taking Care of Black Women

K'shana Hall

April 28, 2023 –
August 5, 2023

The Unchosen Ones: Portraits of an American Pastoral

RJ Kern

November 1, 2023 –
December 22, 2023
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