Happening at CSCAC
It’s been a busy week here at the Cary Saurage Community Arts Center and it’s only Wednesday! Arts Council CEO Renée Chatelain held an orientation session for our new board members Monday in the Derek Gordon Conference Room. We’re excited to welcome Darrell L. Johnson Jr., Heather Kleinpeter, James Mack, Patrick Mulhearn, Micheline Millender and Creston Willis into the ACGBR family.
CSCAC was also invaded by a very active group of youngsters on Monday as the first session of this summer’s Artsplosion! got underway with leader Lucy Perrera. A dozen campers spent the day creating works of art and doing a Move Lab with Vagabondance. There are still some spots open for our second session of Artsplosion! July 18-22. Click below for details.
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History of the German-Acadian Coast
June 15, 6 p.m.
East Baton Rouge Main Library
As part of the library’s Baton Rouge Room series Jay Schexnaydre, president of the German-Acadian Coast Historical & Genealogical Society, discusses the enlightening and informative history of the German and Acadian Coasts. In particular the parishes of St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist and Ascension, where some of the first European settlers established homes in Louisiana -- the Germans as early as the 1720s and the exiled Acadians in the 1750s.
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Can you dance?
Intermediate to advanced dancers ages 15-25 can participate in a two-week contemporary summer intensive June 20 – July 1 focused on developing an individual creative voice through rigorous technical training, movement practices and creative process during an intensive workshop presented by Vagabondance.
Vagabondance is also offering a variety of afternoon and evening classes. They include Improv, Mondays at 6 p.m.; ballet barre, Tuesdays at noon; Movement for All, Wednesdays at 5 p.m., followed by Move Lab at 6 p.m.; and dance fitness, Thursdays at noon.
All classes take place in the Virginia and John Noland Black Box Studio at CSCAC.
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Dance For All
The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge is providing a wonderful opportunity for dance practitioners and studio owners. Dance for All is a curated workshop that seeks to equip dance teachers and studio owners to create a diverse, inclusive atmosphere for dancers of all abilities. Dance for All is a 3-day, small-group workshop with ongoing support. Please see the link below for more information and to register. Generously funded by the Irene and C.B. Pennington Foundation.
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Children’s Summer Art Classes
June 27-30, 6-7:30 p.m.
South Live Oak Elementary, Denham Springs
The Arts Council Livingston teaches aspiring young artists, second through sixth grade, using pencil, charcoal, pastels and watercolor.
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Shrek, The Musical
June 17 – July 3
Theatre Baton Rouge
After a three-year hiatus, Theatre Baton Rouge returns with its traditional summer musical, bringing to the Main Stage Shrek, The Musical. Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks animated film, this Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure follows a little ogre named Shrek who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Shrek is directed by Marion Mayfield, music directed by Jamie Leonard-Brubaker, choreographed by Kristi-Anne Lyons, and stage-managed by Caty Steward.
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Juneteenth Celebration of Unity
June 18, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
North Boulevard Town Square
The celebration includes a free live music concert featuring Grammy award winner PJ Morton, panel discussions, food trucks, live art and a Black Business Market.
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Elvis Lives Celebration
June 18, 6 p.m.
Manship Theatre
Dust off your blue suede shoes, white jump suits and Vegas glitz as the Manship transforms into an “Island of Love” for its annual fundraising gala. Enjoy Elvis-inspired food, drink and curiosities; Elvis movies in the theatre; a Vegas-style variety show and casino games.
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Juneteenth Cultural Gala
June 18, 7 p.m. - midnight
Blend Wine Bar
Celebrate a night of semi-formal luxury, fun and social entertainment with some of the area’s most successful black business owners and community leaders. A silent auction features some of the city’s finest African American artists. A portion of all proceeds benefit the America My Oyster Association, a nonprofit that believes in liberty and justice for all.
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The Tales of Hoffmann
June 24 @ 7:30 p.m. & 26 @ 3 p.m.
River Center Theatre
Opéra Louisiane stages the story of poet Hoffmann who, tired of waiting for hie beloved Stella, goes in search of true love – a puppet, a sickly singer, a beautiful courtesan. But whom will he choose and how will it determine his fate?
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Dance on Widow’s Row
June 24-26
Upstage Theatre, 1713 Wooddale Blvd.
It’s the summer’s hottest comedy! Four widows invite four of their town’s most eligible bachelors to an intimate soirée and in an effort to find love and defy small-town gossip as they search for Mr. Right. For show times and tickets, click below.
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Dino Day
June 25, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
LASM
After a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Dino Day returns to the Louisiana Art & Science Museum with hands-on activities, showings of Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s program Dinosaur Train and play immersive, dinosaur-themed shows in the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium. Visitors can also meet “Jason,” a 65-million-year-old, 1,500-pound Triceratops skull fossil on loan from Raising Cane’s and the Todd Graves Family.
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Rockin' on the Rooftop
July 4, 7-10 p.m.
Shaw Center for the Arts
Join the LSU Museum of Art for its BBQ Bash Fourth of July Celebration and to watch WBRZ's annual Fireworks on the Mississippi from the center’s Pennington Rooftop Terrace. Cash bar available throughout the evening with complimentary soft drinks and water provided by Coca-Cola/LSU Auxiliary Services.
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DRIVIN’ N’ CRYIN
July 8, 7:30 p.m.
Manship Theatre, Hartley/Vey Studio
It may not fit the template of a “Southern rock” band, but in a very real way this group wears the many facets of their Georgia heritage on their sleeve. Their sound is a passionate blend encompassing the big guitars and booming drums of hard rock, the jangle of alternative rock, the acoustic sound and timeless mood of acoustic country and folk and the literate but unpretentious lyrics of frontman and key songwriter Kevin Kinney. Indie Roots Rock band Katy Guillen & The Drive opens the night. *STANDING ROOM ONLY
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Sunday With Sondheim
July 17, 5 p.m.
Old Governor’s Mansion
Join Theatre Baton Rouge for its 76th Season Gala SUNDAY WITH SONDHEIM, as artists perform pieces from one of Broadways greatest composers. In addition to some of his best-known tunes and lyrics, the evening includes a few surprises that will leave you wondering anew at Sondheim’s masterful lyrical and melodic abilities. Food provided by some of Baton Rouge's favorite local restaurants and chefs.
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Theatre Baton Rouge is holding auditions for DOUBT: A PARABLE beginning at 5 p.m. June 26 and
will consist of readings from the script. Callbacks, if needed, will be the following day at 6 p.m.
ALL ETHNICITIES ENCOURAGED TO AUDITION FOR ALL ROLES, which include Sister Aloysius, female 50s-70s, head nun and principal of St. Nicholas School; Father Brendan Flynn, male 30s-40s, articulate and personable, middle-aged priest; Sister James, female 20s-30s, young impressionable nun/teacher; and Mrs. Muller, female 20s-30s, Black woman and the mother of Donald Muller, the school’s first Black student. Click below to fill out the audition form.
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Farm to Forest
The Alexandria Museum of Art is looking for artists to participate in its upcoming Farm to Forest Plein Air Festival, Oct. 13-16, a five-day festival bringing artists to paint outdoors and capture the beauty of the city and its surrounding farms, nurseries and Kisatchie National Forest. Suzie Baker is juror for the show. The application deadline is Aug. 24. Click below for more information.
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Arts in Medicine
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Arts in Medicine program, Baton Rouge General is issuing a call for art for its juried Celebrating a Decade of Excellence exhibit in the Café Gallery, located on the Bluebonnet campus. Entries will be accepted through July 15 with notifications by July 29. The exhibit goes up Aug. 15 for the 10-year celebration party. All works must be 2D in mediums of original or giclée in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastels, charcoal, collage, ink or photography. Sizes may range from 5-inches by 5-inches to 48-inches x 60-inches. Arts in Medicine will retain 30% of all sales with proceeds going directly back into the program.
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State of the Art: Record, Gallery Discussion & Closing Reception
June 17, 5:30 p.m.
LSU Museum of Art, Shaw Center for the Arts
State of the Art artist Jenelle Esparza and LSU Associate Professor Stephen Andes, discuss the history of Mexican migrants in the Southern cotton industry and familial connections and heritage in the Latinx community—all inspirations behind Esparza’s artwork. Afterwards, join us for a State of the Art: Record closing reception.
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Courting Styles: Women’s Tennis Fashion
June 18 – Aug. 14
West Baton Rouge Museum
One of tennis great Serena Williams’ outfits is featured in this exhibit of tennis fashions worn by some of the most iconic women’s tennis players in history, including Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navroatilova, Tracy Austin, Maria Sharapova and the Williams sisters.
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Running for Office
Through July 3
Old State Capitol
“Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns & the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman,” created by the National Archives with the support of the Foundation for the National Archives, continues on exhibit at the Old State Capitol. This display of creative, insightful and satirical political cartoons by the Pulitzer-Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post and the Washington Evening Star is organized for travel by Humanities Texas, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Proud Families: Blood, Found or Made
Through July 15
Cary Saurage Community Arts Center
The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge’s Pride Month exhibit features works from six Louisiana-based artists and explores the concepts and complexities of family, connection and love within the LGBTQ+ community.
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Iridescence: Juried Competition Universe Gallery
Through July 31
Louisiana Art & Science Museum
LASM partnered with LSU Assistant Professor Nathan Lord, his students and colleagues to explore natural and man-made iridescence, the different structures that must occur for the phenomenon to exist via works of art inspired by or created using iridescent materials. Seen here is first-place-winner Benjamin Timpson’s Sielah Saric Auger, 2019, made from safe-sourced butterfly wings.
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Grant Workshop & Applications
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The Arts Council currently has three grant opportunities available for artists and organizations.
Applications for Louisiana Project Grants (LPG), formerly the Decentralized Arts Funding program (DAF) are being accepted until 5 p.m. July 1, 2022. The grants solely fund project assistance for innovative, community-based arts projects that will have a lasting community impact. The funded activities must occur between Oct. 1, 2022 and Sept. 30, 2023.
LPGs are available to eligible applicants domiciled in one of the 11 parishes represented by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge. Grant amounts range from $2,500 to $7,500.
Another is the Get Ready Grant (GRG) program, which supports individual artists in conducting activities that will help safeguard their students, protect their careers and prepare for emergencies.
Applications may be submitted starting June 13. The Arts Council administers Get Ready Grants throughout the state of Louisiana on behalf of CERF+, with funding provided by the Mellon Foundation.
Finally, applications for the Charles Lamar Family Foundation Shaw Center Subsidy Grant are being accepted throughout the year. This grant provides funding assistance for organizations domiciled in East Baton Rouge Parish with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status (colleges, universities, public schools, and private schools are eligible to apply) to rent spaces within the Shaw Center for the Arts for public art and cultural events.
For more information on any of these grants visit the website or email Chief Programs Officer Leea Reese Russell at LRussell@artsbr.orgg
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Now Hiring
The Kids’ Orchestra is looking for four program managers to oversee all aspects of assigned Kids’ Orchestra sites. These positions are also responsible for additional duties related to Kids’ Orchestra programming. Applicants must have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in music, education, training, social work, human services or a related field as well as a minimum three years of experience in education and providing school-based, after-school and/or summer-related programming.
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Join AC23 podcast host Pam Bordelon as she chats with Byron Washington and Geno McLaughlin on how we’re celebrating Juneteenth here in the Capital City. The podcast airs Sunday mornings at 6:30 on 96.1 The River and 102.5 WFMF and at 7:30 on WJBO Newsradio 1150 AM/98.7 FM.
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