Events

Cultures of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam as Captured by Jean Despujols, 1936-1938 From the Permanent Collection of the Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana. In May of 1936 Jean Despujols, a French Academic artist, was selected for a special assignment by the Grand Conseil Economique of French Indochina. He was sent to travel through Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to record on canvas and paper the cultures of these regions. Despujols, a fifty-year-old professor at the American Academy of Fine Arts at Fontainebleau, traveled through Indochina for twenty months. The resulting 360 works were eventually purchased by Algur H. Meadows and presented to Centenary College. In 1975 the Meadows Museum of Art was established for the purpose of housing the Jean Despujols Collection of Paintings and Drawings of Indochina. This exhibition includes paintings, textiles, and drawings.

This exhibition, on display in the museum’s River Galleries, uses photographs, sketches, and text to illustrate the history of the architecture of LSU’s campus. The exhibit was developed by architecture professor Michael Desmond, PhD, and made possible by a grant from the Getty Foundation. The 2010 statewide tour is conducted in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of State Museums Division, operated by Secretary of State Jay Dardenne

This annual competition features the work of contemporary artists from across the country. This year’s Juror will be David Houston, Chief Curator and Co-Director at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.