Admission is currently FREE due to exhibition installation and temporary gallery closures.
Student artists and writers release a zine produced through LSU MOA in conjunction with Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects. Baton Rouge-based neo soul band Ria Rosa performs on the Shaw Center rooftop terrace. $10 for general public, $5 for LSU MOA members, free for students/faculty with ID.
A monthly art enrichment program for home schoolers ages 6-12 that focuses on a different area of the museum’s collection and special exhibitions.
Meet your fellow Contemporaries with a visit to the home studio of LSU professor emeritus Ed Pramuk.
Inspired by Angela Gregory’s bas relief carving, participants will carve their own ceramic tile while learning basic handbuilding and carving techniques. Led by Museum Educator Grant Benoit.
Need time out from the work week? Looking for an artful atmosphere for meditation? No experience needed. Just bring a yoga mat and come relax with us! $5 per person class fee includes museum admission.
Being an artist can be tough sometimes. Join us for a reading of Square by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen and some creative sculpting afterwards. Free to attend. Perfect for ages 0–6.
Artist Jerry Uelsmann will give a lecture starting at 6 p.m. in the Bert & Sue Turner Gallery on the third floor. Reception begins in the fifth floor museum at 7 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available. $10 for general public, $5 for students/faculty with ID, free for LSU MOA members.
LSU MOA hosts a lunchtime lecture on Angela Gregory and her work with Susan Hymel. Free to attend.
LSU MOA curator Courtney Taylor gives a tour of the permanent collection exhibition, Art in Louisiana, with a special focus on the inclusion of Carrie Mae Weems' work. Free to attend.
Free admission all day, with fun activities geared for children of all ages in the LSU Museum of Art's Pennington Family Foundation Education Gallery.