Events

This exhibition of Old Master prints includes works by Renaissance and Baroque artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucas van Leyden, Giovanni Battista Fontana, Hendrik Goltzius, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, and Etienne de Lavallee-Poussin, among others. These works are on loan from the Thrivent Collection in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Jonathan Pellitteri was the 2007 recipient of the International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. Pellitteri has since finished his MFA and continues to receive awards and commissions for his work. His intricately detailed sculpture has a mechanical and architectural quality. He incorporates water and plants in his work, which is constructed of various materials including metal, glass, and wood. His work is meticulous, thought provoking, and fun.

This exhibition features the work of Depression era artists, including several who were employed by the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Program, and photographers working under the Farm Securities Administration.  The paintings, prints, and photographs in this exhibition include works by Dorothea Lange, John McCrady, Clarence Millet, Eudora Welty, Fonville Winans, and Marion Post Wolcott, among others. A special gallery will also focus on the establishment of The University of Louisiana at Monroe in 1931 and the great flood of 1932 in Ouachita Parish. Presented in conjunction with Triumph Over Tragedy: The Great Depression & New Deal Era in North Louisiana.