BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscover y.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fro m CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/baton-rouge-la/src-6144.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALDESC:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscove ry.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fr om CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - baton-rouge-la BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Football vs Clemson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260906 DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_32995348518823 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:LSU Football vs Clemson\n https://lsusports.net/calendar.aspx? id=11096 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Baton Rouge\, La. (Tiger Stadium) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu_football_vs_clemson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:South Arts 2025 Southern Prize & State Fellowships for Visual Arts DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260906 DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53434563089446 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:About the Exhibition\n\nThe LSU Museum of Art presents the exh ibition South Arts Southern Prize & State Fellowships for Visual Arts\, on view June 4–September 6\, 2026\, a touring exhibition featuring artwork by the 2025 Southern Prize & State Fellowship for Visual Arts recipients. \n\n\n\nLaunched in 2017 by South Arts\, the Southern Prize & State Fello wships for Visual Arts program celebrates and supports exemplary contempor ary art in the American South. This exhibition features work by the nine 2 025 recipients—one each from Alabama\, Florida\, Georgia\, Kentucky\, Lo uisiana\, Mississippi\, North Carolina\, South Carolina\, and Tennessee— representing the South Arts region. Represented artists and Fellows includ e: Loretta Pettway Bennett (Alabama)\, Gonzalo Fuenmayor (Florida)\, Masel a Nkolo (Georgia)\, Travis Townsend (Kentucky)\, Edgar Cano (Louisiana)\, Stephen Phillips (Mississippi)\, Lydia C. Thompson (North Carolina)\, Feli cia Greenlee (South Carolina)\, and Tabitha Arnold (Tennessee). \n\n \n\nT he 2025 Visual Arts cohort presents a striking synthesis of past and prese nt\, channeling a timeless futurism that intertwines ancestral craft with contemporary urgency. Using ceramics\, textiles\, drawing\, and sculpture\ , these artists revive time-honored practices—from quilting traditions a nd African mask-making to apocalyptic Biblical imagery—recasting them wi thin today’s global narratives of migration\, labor\, and identity. Thei r work is rooted in a deep respect for material expertise: the delicate sh een of a ceramic glaze\, the expressive tension of charcoal on paper\, the tactile complexity of woven fiber. Yet the objects resist nostalgia. Inst ead\, they stretch tradition into new\, often surreal forms that feel both grounded and speculative. The result is an aesthetic of tension and harmo ny\, where history and imagination coexist\, with each work serving as bot h a cultural relic and visionary statement\, resonating powerfully within the shifting Southern landscape. \n\n \n\nSouth Arts is a nonprofit region al arts organization dedicated to advancing Southern vitality through the arts across the American South by supporting artists\, organizations\, and communities. Through grantmaking\, professional development\, touring exh ibitions\, and regional initiatives in partnership with the National Endow ment for the Arts and state arts agencies\, it expands access to the arts and strengthens cultural infrastructure throughout its nine-state region. South Arts’ Southern Prize & State Fellowships for Visual Arts is suppor ted by the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation\, the Windgate Foundation\, Souther n First Bank\, The Warner Fund\, and many generous donors. Learn more abou t South Arts by visiting southarts.org.\n\n \n\non view June 4–September 6\, 2026 at the LSU Museum of Art (located at the Shaw Center for the Art s in downtown Baton Rouge\, LA) LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/south-arts-2025-southern-prize-state-fe llowships-for-visual-arts X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:South Arts 2025 Southern Prize & State Fellowships for Visual Arts DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260907 DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53434563089447 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:About the Exhibition\n\nThe LSU Museum of Art presents the exh ibition South Arts Southern Prize & State Fellowships for Visual Arts\, on view June 4–September 6\, 2026\, a touring exhibition featuring artwork by the 2025 Southern Prize & State Fellowship for Visual Arts recipients. \n\n\n\nLaunched in 2017 by South Arts\, the Southern Prize & State Fello wships for Visual Arts program celebrates and supports exemplary contempor ary art in the American South. This exhibition features work by the nine 2 025 recipients—one each from Alabama\, Florida\, Georgia\, Kentucky\, Lo uisiana\, Mississippi\, North Carolina\, South Carolina\, and Tennessee— representing the South Arts region. Represented artists and Fellows includ e: Loretta Pettway Bennett (Alabama)\, Gonzalo Fuenmayor (Florida)\, Masel a Nkolo (Georgia)\, Travis Townsend (Kentucky)\, Edgar Cano (Louisiana)\, Stephen Phillips (Mississippi)\, Lydia C. Thompson (North Carolina)\, Feli cia Greenlee (South Carolina)\, and Tabitha Arnold (Tennessee). \n\n \n\nT he 2025 Visual Arts cohort presents a striking synthesis of past and prese nt\, channeling a timeless futurism that intertwines ancestral craft with contemporary urgency. Using ceramics\, textiles\, drawing\, and sculpture\ , these artists revive time-honored practices—from quilting traditions a nd African mask-making to apocalyptic Biblical imagery—recasting them wi thin today’s global narratives of migration\, labor\, and identity. Thei r work is rooted in a deep respect for material expertise: the delicate sh een of a ceramic glaze\, the expressive tension of charcoal on paper\, the tactile complexity of woven fiber. Yet the objects resist nostalgia. Inst ead\, they stretch tradition into new\, often surreal forms that feel both grounded and speculative. The result is an aesthetic of tension and harmo ny\, where history and imagination coexist\, with each work serving as bot h a cultural relic and visionary statement\, resonating powerfully within the shifting Southern landscape. \n\n \n\nSouth Arts is a nonprofit region al arts organization dedicated to advancing Southern vitality through the arts across the American South by supporting artists\, organizations\, and communities. Through grantmaking\, professional development\, touring exh ibitions\, and regional initiatives in partnership with the National Endow ment for the Arts and state arts agencies\, it expands access to the arts and strengthens cultural infrastructure throughout its nine-state region. South Arts’ Southern Prize & State Fellowships for Visual Arts is suppor ted by the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation\, the Windgate Foundation\, Souther n First Bank\, The Warner Fund\, and many generous donors. Learn more abou t South Arts by visiting southarts.org.\n\n \n\non view June 4–September 6\, 2026 at the LSU Museum of Art (located at the Shaw Center for the Art s in downtown Baton Rouge\, LA) LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/south-arts-2025-southern-prize-state-fe llowships-for-visual-arts X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260906T070000Z DTEND:20260906T090000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636419302 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Free First Sunday: Folk Art at the LSU Museum of Art DTSTART:20260906T180000Z DTEND:20260906T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53428450317746 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Free First Sunday: Folk Art\n\nSunday\, September 6 from 1–4 PM\nFree and open to the public\n\nExplore the Folk Art Gallery and try y our hand at collage portraits inspired by the works on view. Generous supp ort provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.\n\nFolk Art Gallery Support Generously lent by American Folk Art Museum\, New Yor k as part of Art Bridges’ Partner Loan Network. Support provided by Art Bridges. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/free-first-sunday-folk-art-at-the-lsu-m useum-of-art X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Labor Day Holiday - Fall 2026 DTSTART:20260907T123000Z DTEND:20260907T133000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179411864583 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/labor-day-holiday-fall-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Unclassified Employees (Profes sional\, Faculty\, and Other Academic) DTSTART:20260908T133000Z DTEND:20260908T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T122802Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953255028 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Unclassified/Professional\, Faculty\, or Other Academ ic employee\, you are encouraged to attend the Benefits and Retirement Ori entation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on t he first and third Monday of every month*. Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. Or ientation begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes by 12:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employee benefits\, retirement plan s and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T122802Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-9690 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260908T160000Z DTEND:20260908T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636420327 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Classified Only DTSTART:20260908T180000Z DTEND:20260908T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953264248 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Classified employee\, you are encouraged to attend th e Benefits and Retirement Orientation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on the first and third Monday of every month*. Ch eck-in begins at 1:00 p.m. Orientation begins at 1:15 p.m. and concludes b y 4:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employe e benefits\, retirement plans and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-classif ied-only-3824 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Professional\, Specialty & Consulting Services DTSTART:20260908T190000Z DTEND:20260908T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T121629Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53741792968425 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course will focus on defining the different types of cont racted services and determining what is needed to obtain a contract. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T121629Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/professional-specialty-consulting-servi ces-4616 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Effective Resume Writing DTSTART:20260909T103000Z DTEND:20260909T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53744503689388 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Learn how to create an effective resume that gets the attentio n of an employer\, showcases your best skills and experience\, and demonst rates your range of talent. Gain tips and tricks to help your personal res ume stand out to get an internship\, part- or full-time employment\, or ad mission to graduate or professional school. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:French House\, Sternberg Salon URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/effective-resume-writing-7577 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Intro to Post Award DTSTART:20260909T140000Z DTEND:20260909T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974519335 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Zoom information and handouts will be provided to participants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/intro-to-post-award-1902 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260909T160000Z DTEND:20260909T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636421352 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Free Headshot with Résumé Review DTSTART:20260909T180000Z DTEND:20260909T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T183027Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53825248705056 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Professional Prep\n\nWear: Business professional\n\nBring: Ré sumé\nGet a free professional headshot following your résumé revi ew.\n\nOpen to all students. LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T183027Z LOCATION:Business Education Complex\, Rotunda URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/free-headshot-with-resume-review X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:He Has the People | Book Talk + Q&A DTSTART:20260909T213000Z DTEND:20260909T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53692929803148 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join LSU Ogden Honors College Dean Jonathan Earle for a talk a nd audience Q&A on his new book\, He Has the People: Abraham Lincoln and t he Election of 1860 (Oxford University Press). Earle\, a historian of the antebellum United States\, explores how Lincoln built an unlikely coalitio n to win the pivotal election of 1860. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Hill Memorial Library URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/he-has-the-people-book-talk-qa X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260910T160000Z DTEND:20260910T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636423401 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LaCarte DTSTART:20260910T183000Z DTEND:20260910T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555962885078 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:LaCarte Purchasing Card “LaCarte” is a credit card issued to authorized employees for the purpose of making low dollar purchases. La Carte is intended to simplify your buying process and improve your cycle t ime from ordering to payment. Typical examples of items that may qualify f or this program include books\, computer accessories\, materials\, and sup plies. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lacarte-2325 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GeauxGrants Proposal Development for Manual Proposals DTSTART:20260910T183000Z DTEND:20260910T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260801T121708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53582500861024 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for faculty and staff at the LSU A&M campus w ho prepare\, route and submit proposals. The workshop will provide an over view of the GeauxGrants proposal modules with a focus on creating proposal s\, building a budget\, and routing a proposal for institutional approvals . This class will be conducted via Zoom. Participants must register at htt ps://training.lsu.edu to be sent a Zoom Invitation prior to the workshop. Instructor is Josh Boudreaux. LAST-MODIFIED:20260801T121708Z LOCATION:Online Sponsored Programs Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/geauxgrants-proposal-development-for-ma nual-proposals-8164 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fulbright Fellowship Application Workshop DTSTART:20260910T210000Z DTEND:20260910T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260812T002348Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53664529085082 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Campus Fulbright representatives and writing coaches from the CXC lab will help students workshop their Purpose Statement and Fulbright Grant proposal. LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T002348Z LOCATION:Coats\, 151 (CXC Lab) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/fulbright-fellowship-application-worksh op-7506 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Accounting Awards Banquet DTSTART:20260910T233000Z DTEND:20260911T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T183026Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53885417405458 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:The LSU Department of Accounting Awards Banquet is an annual\, invitation-only event held at the Business Education Complex to honor out standing students\, faculty\, and scholarship recipients.\n\n \n\n*Invite Only LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T183026Z LOCATION:Business Education Complex\, Rotunda URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/accounting-awards-banquet X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adjust Meal Plan DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260912 DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53372153775311 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:First-year meal plans (the Tiger Twelve) will be automatically loaded for all students living on campus.\n\nEdit your meal plan selectio n July 20-September 11\, 2026\, in the housing portal.Direct all meal plan questions to the Tiger Card Office at tigercard@lsu.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/adjust-meal-plan X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260911T160000Z DTEND:20260911T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636425450 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LASAL Information Session DTSTART:20260913T210000Z DTEND:20260913T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53700268857249 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Interested in making a difference in Louisiana? Join us for a LASAL Information Session to learn more about the Louisiana Service and Le adership (LASAL) Scholars Program. \n\n \n\nDuring the session\, you’ll learn about the LASAL program\, its commitment to leadership and service\, and opportunities to engage with Louisiana communities in meaningful ways . We’ll also explain the application process and what you need to know t o become a LASAL Scholar.\n\n \n\nAttendance at a LASAL Information Sessio n is required for students who wish to apply to the program. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:French House\, 135 FH URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lasal-information-session-5656 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LASAL Information Session DTSTART:20260913T210000Z DTEND:20260913T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53700295063317 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Interested in making a difference in Louisiana? Join us for a LASAL Information Session to learn more about the Louisiana Service and Le adership (LASAL) Scholars Program. \n\n \n\nDuring the session\, you’ll learn about the LASAL program\, its commitment to leadership and service\, and opportunities to engage with Louisiana communities in meaningful ways . We’ll also explain the application process and what you need to know t o become a LASAL Scholar.\n\n \n\nAttendance at a LASAL Information Sessio n is required for students who wish to apply to the program. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:French House\, 135 FH URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lasal-information-session-4748 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LASAL Information Session DTSTART:20260913T210000Z DTEND:20260913T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T181554Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53700289847691 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Interested in making a difference in Louisiana? Join us for a LASAL Information Session to learn more about the Louisiana Service and Le adership (LASAL) Scholars Program. \n\n \n\nDuring the session\, you’ll learn about the LASAL program\, its commitment to leadership and service\, and opportunities to engage with Louisiana communities in meaningful ways . We’ll also explain the application process and what you need to know t o become a LASAL Scholar.\n\n \n\nAttendance at a LASAL Information Sessio n is required for students who wish to apply to the program. LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T181554Z LOCATION:French House\, 135 FH URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lasal-information-session-9422 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LASAL Information Session DTSTART:20260913T210000Z DTEND:20260913T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T181554Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53700298564865 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Interested in making a difference in Louisiana? Join us for a LASAL Information Session to learn more about the Louisiana Service and Le adership (LASAL) Scholars Program. \n\n \n\nDuring the session\, you’ll learn about the LASAL program\, its commitment to leadership and service\, and opportunities to engage with Louisiana communities in meaningful ways . We’ll also explain the application process and what you need to know t o become a LASAL Scholar.\n\n \n\nAttendance at a LASAL Information Sessio n is required for students who wish to apply to the program. LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T181554Z LOCATION:French House\, 135 FH URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lasal-information-session-5146 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:IIA Baton Rouge Chapter and LSU CIA&CRM Annual Conference DTSTART:20260914T123000Z DTEND:20260914T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T183027Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53825124015153 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the IIA Baton Rouge Chapter\, the LSU Cent er for Internal Auditing & Cybersecurity Risk Management hosts a two-day C PE training conference designed for internal auditors at all experience le vels seeking to elevate their skills and stay ahead in the rapidly evolvin g professional landscape. For questions\, email lsucia@lsu.edu. \n\n \n\nI IA Members: $300 for both days\, $170 for a single day\nNon-members: $380 for both days\, $200 for a single day\n\nRegister by Aug. 31 for this in-p erson event. LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T183027Z LOCATION:L'Auberge Casino & Hotel URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/iia-baton-rouge-chapter-and-lsu-ciacrm- annual-conference X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260914T160000Z DTEND:20260914T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636427499 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Global Learning Opportunities (GLO) Table Sit DTSTART:20260914T170000Z DTEND:20260914T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T002822Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53817153990280 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Want to have a short international experience and earn college credit? Stop by the Global Learning Opportunities (GLO) table to find out how! LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T002822Z LOCATION:Business Education Complex\, rotunda URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/global-learning-opportunities-glo-table -sit X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:IIA Baton Rouge Chapter and LSU CIA&CRM Annual Conference DTSTART:20260915T123000Z DTEND:20260915T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T183027Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53825124016178 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the IIA Baton Rouge Chapter\, the LSU Cent er for Internal Auditing & Cybersecurity Risk Management hosts a two-day C PE training conference designed for internal auditors at all experience le vels seeking to elevate their skills and stay ahead in the rapidly evolvin g professional landscape. For questions\, email lsucia@lsu.edu. \n\n \n\nI IA Members: $300 for both days\, $170 for a single day\nNon-members: $380 for both days\, $200 for a single day\n\nRegister by Aug. 31 for this in-p erson event. LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T183027Z LOCATION:L'Auberge Casino & Hotel URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/iia-baton-rouge-chapter-and-lsu-ciacrm- annual-conference X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Global Learning Opportunities (GLO) Table Sit DTSTART:20260915T140000Z DTEND:20260915T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T182839Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53753632194146 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Want to have a short international experience and earn college credit? Stop by the Global Learning Opportunities (GLO) table to find out how! LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T182839Z LOCATION:Business Education Complex\, rotunda URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/global-learning-opportunities-glo-table -sit X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GeauxGrants Proposal Development for Manual Proposals DTSTART:20260915T143000Z DTEND:20260915T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260804T120339Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53609043634206 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for faculty and staff at the LSU A&M campus w ho prepare\, route and submit proposals. The workshop will provide an over view of the GeauxGrants proposal modules with a focus on creating proposal s\, building a budget\, and routing a proposal for institutional approvals . This class will be conducted via Zoom. Participants must register at htt ps://training.lsu.edu to be sent a Zoom Invitation prior to the workshop. Instructor is Josh Boudreaux. LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T120339Z LOCATION:Online Sponsored Programs Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/geauxgrants-proposal-development-for-ma nual-proposals-8164 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260915T160000Z DTEND:20260915T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636428524 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Internship Panel Lunch & Learn DTSTART:20260915T160000Z DTEND:20260915T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T062808Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53869183949145 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join OBSS and your fellow students for an Internship Panel Lun ch & Learn! Hear directly from your peers about their internship experienc es\, including how they found their internships\, what they gained from th e experience\, challenges they faced\, and lessons they wish they had know n beforehand. Leave with practical insights\, advice\, and tips you can ap ply to your own internship and career journey. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T062808Z LOCATION:Business Education Complex\, Dining Room URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/internship-panel-lunch-learn X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Travel DTSTART:20260915T183000Z DTEND:20260915T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555962895322 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Travel: This course is intended to give an overview of the Uni versity Travel Program for travelers and administrative personnel. The cou rse will also include detailed information such as\, how to create a spend authorization\, expense report\, and other helpful reports to assist in t he processing of travel transactions. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/travel-1371 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Career Expo Prep DTSTART:20260915T223000Z DTEND:20260915T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53744583545420 CATEGORIES:market DESCRIPTION:Each semester\, the Career Expo (Career Fair) brings hundreds of employers to the LSU campus looking for interns and full time employees . Learn the best ways to prepare yourself to take full advantage of this o pportunity and tips to make a memorable and positive impression. Create an d practice your own "elevator pitch" and learn how to network successfully . LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:French House\, Sternberg Salon URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/career-expo-prep X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Effort and Key Personnel DTSTART:20260916T140000Z DTEND:20260916T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974551086 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course defines effort and key personnel and explains how departmental personnel and principal investigators should properly monitor and document them. Zoom information and handouts will be provided to part icipants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/effort-and-key-personnel-2047 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Payroll 101 DTSTART:20260916T143000Z DTEND:20260916T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555962907614 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course is intended to give an overview of Payroll Process ing. We will also discuss special requirements for international employees as well as the ramifications of overpayments and ways to prevent overpaym ents. This is a lecture style training that is open to new employees as we ll as existing employees needing a refresher class. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/payroll-101-4288 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260916T160000Z DTEND:20260916T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636430573 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Management Foundation Series - Policy Basics DTSTART:20260916T180000Z DTEND:20260916T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53370141516794 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:To ensure managers are fully equipped to supervise team member s\, this workshop educates managers on the types of leave\, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)\, responsibilities of supervisors pertaining to leave\, and the workplace application of pertinent Policy Statements (PS)\, Perman ent Memorandums (PMs)\, and Finance and Administration Standard Operating Procedures (FASOPs). LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union 256-J URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/management-foundation-series-policy-bas ics-256 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ourso Org Fair DTSTART:20260916T180000Z DTEND:20260916T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T002227Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683933228100 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Joining a student organization is a great way to learn about y our field\, grow your professional network\, and make lifelong friends. Vi sit the Ourso Org Fair to find the groups that are a good fit for you. \n\ n \n\nRead more about Ourso Orgs LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T002227Z LOCATION:Business Education Complex\, Rotunda URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/ourso-org-fair-9069 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Introduction to Sponsored Programs DTSTART:20260916T190000Z DTEND:20260916T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260801T121708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53582500935784 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The class will provide fundamental guidance regarding sponsore d programs including review of basic LSU policy\, Federal policy\, proposa l preparation\, budget preparation\, proposal routing\, review\, approval and submission as well as award and post-award procedures conducted by OSP . Participants must register at https://training.lsu.edu to be sent a Zoom Invitation prior to the workshop. Instructors are Jennifer Donaldson and Lisa Gremillion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260801T121708Z LOCATION:Online Sponsored Programs Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/introduction-to-sponsored-programs-3866 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Picture Your Future: First Gen Vision Board Night DTSTART:20260916T223000Z DTEND:20260917T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T181554Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53745083065695 CATEGORIES:community,food,gaming DESCRIPTION:Join us for Picture Your Future\, a vision board night created especially for first-generation honors students! Take some time to reflec t on your goals\, picture your future\, and create a vision board for the academic year ahead. Enjoy pizza\, connect with other first-gen students\, or relax with board games and Nintendo Switch games. Come create\, play\, and celebrate your first-gen journey! LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T181554Z LOCATION:French House\, Salon URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/picture-your-future-first-gen-vision-bo ard-night X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Engineering Networking Reception DTSTART:20260916T230000Z DTEND:20260917T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52948997199110 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Engineering students can network with companies looking to hir e for full-time\, part-time and internship opportunities. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Patrick F. Taylor Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/engineering_networking_reception X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869685676 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ross Ahlhorn (trumpet)\, Faculty Recital DTSTART:20260917T003000Z DTEND:20260917T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53196496470330 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:LSU School of Music faculty member Ross Ahlhorn presents an ev ening of 21st-century solo and chamber works for trumpet. Featuring music by Nicole Piunno\, William Linthicum Blackhorse\, Robert Bradshaw\, and ot hers\, offering a compelling look at the bold\, varied\, and expressive so und world of contemporary trumpet repertoire.\n\n \n\nThe evening will als o feature guest artist Dr. Brianne Little\, Assistant Professor of Flute a t the University of Louisiana at Lafayette\, in a program that showcases b oth the power of solo performance and the nuance of chamber collaboration. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/ross-alhorn-trumpet-faculty-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BUILD: Knowing Yourself as a Leader through The Five Paths to Lead ership® Self-Assessment Debrief DTSTART:20260917T140000Z DTEND:20260917T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T122622Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_51830849581596 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:In this session\, you will explore your unique leadership styl e and philosophy through the Five Paths to Leadership® Self-Assessment\, gaining insights into your strengths\, stress responses\, and strategies t o build confidence and effectiveness. This proven model identifies your ea se of access to five intuitive leadership styles—Critical Thinker\, Rela tor\, Visionary\, Warrior\, and Sage—and helps you lead with greater sel f-awareness and impact. LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T122622Z LOCATION:Union 256-J URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/build-knowing-yourself-as-a-leader-thro ugh-the-five-paths-to-leadership-self-assessment-debrief-7884 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Specs and More Specs DTSTART:20260917T150000Z DTEND:20260917T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T121629Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53741793087222 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This session will focus on and apply the basic principles\, te chniques\, and tips for preparing specifications for not only goods and se rvices but also for more complex procurements which typically identify oth er items such as scope of work\, evaluation criteria\, and technical and f inancial requirements. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T121629Z LOCATION:Online Zoom URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/specs-and-more-specs-6634 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Career Expo DTSTART:20260917T160000Z DTEND:20260917T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52948992225781 CATEGORIES:market DESCRIPTION:The biggest career fair of the semester\; all majors welcome! Meet and network with companies looking to hire LSU students. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Pete Maravich Assembly Center URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu_career_expo_325 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260917T160000Z DTEND:20260917T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636431598 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GeauxGrants Proposal Development for Grants.gov (S2S) Proposals DTSTART:20260917T183000Z DTEND:20260917T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260804T120339Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53609043695654 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for faculty and staff at the LSU A&M campus w ho prepare\, route and submit proposals. The workshop will provide an over view of the GeauxGrants proposal modules with a focus on creating Grants.g ov proposals for federal Grants.gov proposal submissions\, building a budg et\, and routing a proposal for institutional approvals. Participants must register at https://training.lsu.edu to be sent a Zoom Invitation prior t o the workshop. Instructors are Josh Boudreaux and Gina Billiot. LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T120339Z LOCATION:Online Sponsored Programs Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/geauxgrants-proposal-development-for-gr antsgov-s2s-proposals-945 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Customer Accounts Receivable and Deposit (CARD 2.0) DTSTART:20260917T190000Z DTEND:20260917T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974602295 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:New employees as well as existing employees are invited to att end the CARD 2.0 Instructor-Led Workday Training. In this training\, compl eting\, approving\, printing\, submitting\, and editing a CARD entry will be covered as well as reviewing the status of CARD entries\, best practice s for merchants including PCI requirements\, and establishing and clearing receivables. This class will be conducted via Zoom. Participants will be sent a Zoom invitation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/customer-accounts-receivable-and-deposi t-card-20-5321 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kendra Wheeler (saxophone) & Jeong-Eun Lee (piano): Faculty Recita l DTSTART:20260917T223000Z DTEND:20260917T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53196530986270 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Faculty members Kendra Wheeler and Jeong-Eun Lee join together to present an inviting evening of music for saxophone and piano. Together \, these two artists will share a program that highlights the warmth\, col or\, and expressive voice of the saxophone\, supported by the depth and nu ance of the piano. With music that moves between lyricism\, energy\, and c lose musical conversation\, this recital offers audiences a chance to expe rience the thoughtful collaboration of two LSU faculty performers. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/kendra-wheeler-saxophone-jeong-eun-lee- piano-faculty-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Walter Anderson Film Screening & Opening DTSTART:20260917T230000Z DTEND:20260918T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53428476312716 CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:Walter Anderson Film Screening & Opening\n\nThursday\, Septemb er 17 • 6–8 PM • Free\n\nEnjoy a screening of Walter Anderson: The E xtraordinary Life and Art of the Islander\, followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmaker Anthony Thaxton\, the artist’s son\, John Ander son\, and Mattie Codling\, the Director of the Walter Anderson Museum in O cean Springs\, Mississippi. Film and panel in Manship Theatre. A reception and book signing will follow in the LSU Museum of Art to celebrate the op ening of the museum's exhibition\, The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\ nPROGRAM SCHEDULE:\n\nFilm and Panel in Manship Theatre (1st floor) from 6 –7:30 PM\nFilm Screening of Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of the Islander. Panel Discussion featuring the filmmaker Anthony Thax ton\, the artist’s son\, John Anderson\, and Mattie Codling\, the Direct or of the Walter Anderson Museum in Ocean Springs\, Mississippi.\n\nBook S igning and Reception in the LSU Museum of Art (5th floor) from 7:30–8:30 PM\nBook signing and reception in the LSU Museum of Art on the 5th floor of the Shaw Center. Explore the museum’s exhibition The South's Most Elu sive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/walter-anderson-film-screening-opening X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LASAL Information Session DTSTART:20260918T000000Z DTEND:20260918T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53700295064342 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Interested in making a difference in Louisiana? Join us for a LASAL Information Session to learn more about the Louisiana Service and Le adership (LASAL) Scholars Program. \n\n \n\nDuring the session\, you’ll learn about the LASAL program\, its commitment to leadership and service\, and opportunities to engage with Louisiana communities in meaningful ways . We’ll also explain the application process and what you need to know t o become a LASAL Scholar.\n\n \n\nAttendance at a LASAL Information Sessio n is required for students who wish to apply to the program. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:French House\, 135 FH URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lasal-information-session-4748 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869686701 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LASAL Information Session DTSTART:20260918T000000Z DTEND:20260918T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T181554Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53700289847692 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Interested in making a difference in Louisiana? Join us for a LASAL Information Session to learn more about the Louisiana Service and Le adership (LASAL) Scholars Program. \n\n \n\nDuring the session\, you’ll learn about the LASAL program\, its commitment to leadership and service\, and opportunities to engage with Louisiana communities in meaningful ways . We’ll also explain the application process and what you need to know t o become a LASAL Scholar.\n\n \n\nAttendance at a LASAL Information Sessio n is required for students who wish to apply to the program. LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T181554Z LOCATION:French House\, 135 FH URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lasal-information-session-9422 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LASAL Information Session DTSTART:20260918T000000Z DTEND:20260918T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T181554Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53700298565890 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Interested in making a difference in Louisiana? Join us for a LASAL Information Session to learn more about the Louisiana Service and Le adership (LASAL) Scholars Program. \n\n \n\nDuring the session\, you’ll learn about the LASAL program\, its commitment to leadership and service\, and opportunities to engage with Louisiana communities in meaningful ways . We’ll also explain the application process and what you need to know t o become a LASAL Scholar.\n\n \n\nAttendance at a LASAL Information Sessio n is required for students who wish to apply to the program. LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T181554Z LOCATION:French House\, 135 FH URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lasal-information-session-5146 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Chamber Singers DTSTART:20260918T003000Z DTEND:20260918T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53196560351074 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The LSU Chamber Singers is an advanced chamber ensemble that s erves as the resident recital choir for graduate students in choral conduc ting. It is comprised of graduate students and select undergraduate studen ts in the vocal and choral departments. Chamber Singers serves as a traini ng choir for professional choral singing profession\, as singers prepare a diverse repertory of music at a high artistic level over a shortened rehe arsal period. Their season opens with a shared performance led by Doctoral student\, Craig Coelho and Director of Choral Studies\, Dr. Alissa Rowe. The performance will feature well known choral and organ works\, as well a s\, famous cori spezzati repertoire from the turn of the 17th century. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Baton Rouge URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-chamber-singers-8055 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260918T160000Z DTEND:20260918T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636433647 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869687726 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Siege of Fort New Richmond Reenactment at the LSU Rural Life Museu m DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260812T002348Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53647786203071 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Experience the sights\, sounds\, and smells of the American Re volution! Step back in time at the inaugural 247th Anniversary Siege of Fo rt New Richmond\, a living history event commemorating Bernardo de Galvez ’s capture of British-held Baton Rouge in 1779. Explore 18th-century en campments and civilian life with interactive demonstrations\, performances \, and reenactments on both days. \n\n \n\nThroughout the weekend\, visit ors can enjoy: \n\nMilitary drill demonstrations and battle reenactments \ n\nRevolutionary-era music and dance \n\nOpen-hearth cooking \n\nColonial games and pastimes \n\nLiving history demonstrations\, including candle m aking\, butter making\, laundry washing\, and more \n\nA fascinating look at the daily lives of civilians and soldiers during the American Revolutio n \n\n \n\nWhether you’re a history enthusiast\, family\, educator\, or simply looking for a unique weekend\, the Siege of Fort New Richmond offer s an unforgettable opportunity to witness the people\, traditions\, and ev ents that helped shape Louisiana’s role in the American Revolution. LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T002348Z LOCATION:LSU Rural Life Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/siege-of-fort-new-richmond-reenactment- at-the-lsu-rural-life-museum X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Enterprise Products Case Competition - Kickoff Presentation DTSTART:20260919T170000Z DTEND:20260919T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T183026Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53885367951578 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is a publicly traded partner ship listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE Ticker: EPD). Enterprise is one of the largest providers of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas\, natural gas liquids\, crude oil\, refined p roducts\, and petrochemicals.\n\n \n\nEnterprise is partnering with the Ou rso College and the LSU College of Engineering to sponsor a business case competition this fall. The competition will allow students to work on a re al business case in which the teams will perform market analysis and propo se building a real capital project that Enterprise will use one day.\n\n \ n\nThe competition will last about nine weeks\, beginning with the kickoff presentation at noon on Saturday\, Sept. 19 (BEC 1305) and culminating wi th students’ final presentations on Saturday\, Nov. 21. Cash awards will be given to the first\, second\, and third spots of $3\,000\, $2\,000\, a nd $1\,000\, respectively.\n\n \n\nSign up LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T183026Z LOCATION:Business Education Complex\, 1305 URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/enterprise-products-case-competition-ki ckoff-presentation X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ART BREAK at the LSU Museum of Art: Art as an act of SPIRIT DTSTART:20260919T180000Z DTEND:20260919T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53428502792309 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:ART BREAK\nArt as an act of SPIRIT\n\nSaturday\, September 19\ , 2026 from 1–4 PM\nFree admission to the museum all day on Art Break da ys\nThis is a wellness-focused program for teens and adults.\n \n\nCreate a painting inspired by the work of Purvis Young\, a self-taught artist who painted with spiritual urgency from whatever materials he could find. Enj oy live music from The Lady DeeJay! Spinning exclusively on vinyl\, Lady D eejay (Leah Smith) creates one-of-a-kind sets by blending classics from th e '50s\, '60s\, and '70s—many from her father's record collection—with modern favorites. Her eclectic mix and vintage turntables create the perf ect soundtrack for an afternoon of creativity inspired by artist Purvis Yo ung. The theme for this Art Break at the Museum is Art as an Act of Spirit .\n\n \n\nDrop-in and create art during these programs. No experience nece ssary. This is a wellness-focused program for teens and adults. A docent w ill be stationed in the Folk Art Gallery so you can learn more about the w orks and artists on view.\n\n \n\nFolk Art Gallery Support Generously lent by American Folk Art Museum\, New York as part of Art Bridges’ Partner Loan Network. Support provided by Art Bridges. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/art-break-at-the-lsu-museum-of-art-art- as-an-act-of-spirit X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869688751 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260922 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869689776 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Unclassified Employees (Profes sional\, Faculty\, and Other Academic) DTSTART:20260921T133000Z DTEND:20260921T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T122802Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953303165 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Unclassified/Professional\, Faculty\, or Other Academ ic employee\, you are encouraged to attend the Benefits and Retirement Ori entation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on t he first and third Monday of every month*. Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. Or ientation begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes by 12:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employee benefits\, retirement plan s and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T122802Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-3782 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260921T160000Z DTEND:20260921T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636435696 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Classified Only DTSTART:20260921T180000Z DTEND:20260921T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953333889 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Classified employee\, you are encouraged to attend th e Benefits and Retirement Orientation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on the first and third Monday of every month*. Ch eck-in begins at 1:00 p.m. Orientation begins at 1:15 p.m. and concludes b y 4:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employe e benefits\, retirement plans and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-classif ied-only-3895 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260923 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869690801 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260922T160000Z DTEND:20260922T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636436721 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mauldin & Jenkins Table Sit DTSTART:20260922T160000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260730T000836Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53559930791431 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Mauldin & Jenkins is an award-winning\, Top 100 accounting and advisory firm with a 100+ year legacy of excellence. With over 800 profes sionals across 19 offices in the Southeast and beyond\, we combine the ext ensive resources of a national firm with the tight-knit\, collaborative cu lture of a regional office.\n\n \n\nWe provide high-impact services in tax \, assurance\, and consulting across diverse industries like healthcare\, government\, and financial institutions. Recognized as a "Best Firm to Wor k For\," M&J is where your growth\, mentorship\, and long-term career acce leration come first.\n\n \n\nAccounting majors: Stop by to learn more abou t Mauldin & Jenkins. LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T000836Z LOCATION:Business Education Complex\, Rotunda URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/mauldin-jenkins-table-sit X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Resume Review Opportunity DTSTART:20260922T180000Z DTEND:20260922T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T002807Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53887436339030 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Want to polish your professional documents before the Business Networking Reception? Stop by the Resume Review Table in the BEC Rotunda from 1PM - 3PM on Tuesday\, September 22nd! LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T002807Z LOCATION:Business Education Complex\, Rotunda URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/resume-review-opportunity X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Invoice Processing and Special Meals DTSTART:20260922T183000Z DTEND:20260922T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260731T121620Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573730668647 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course is intended to give an overview of the University Direct Charge and Purchase Order invoice processing. It will include detai led information such as\, AS forms\, creating receipts\, and Purchase Orde r obligation balances. This course is also intended to give an overview of the University policies regarding special meals. This course will include detailed information such as completing AS forms and creating Expense Rep orts. LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T121620Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/invoice-processing-and-special-meals-69 86 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Strategic Sourcing 101 DTSTART:20260922T190000Z DTEND:20260922T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T121629Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53741793156863 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course will focus on LSU’s strategic methods for procur ing goods and services and the impact to the campus. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T121629Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/strategic-sourcing-101-7416 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260924 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869691826 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:An Elegant Evening of Violin & Piano Sonatas: Lin He (violin) & Mi chael Gurt (piano)\, Faculty Recital DTSTART:20260923T003000Z DTEND:20260923T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53196605489300 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Two of LSU’s distinguished faculty artists present An Elegan t Evening of Two Violin & Piano Sonatas. Featuring violinist Lin He and pi anist Michael Gurt\, this recital celebrates the lyricism\, balance\, and expressive conversation that make this repertoire so enduring. Audiences c an expect an intimate evening of chamber music shaped by clarity\, warmth\ , and the close collaboration of two accomplished performers. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lin-he-violin-michael-gurt-piano-facult y-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Safe to Speak: How High-Performing Teams Build Psychological Safet y DTSTART:20260923T140000Z DTEND:20260923T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T000301Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53614038889418 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Psychological safety is a critical driver of high-performing t eams. When people feel safe speaking up\, asking questions\, and challengi ng ideas\, teams make better decisions\, adapt faster\, and achieve strong er results.\n\n \n\nThis interactive workshop equips participants with a p ractical model for promoting psychological safety in real work teams. Thro ugh guided reflection\, small-group practice\, and applied exercises\, par ticipants will learn how to recognize the current level of psychological s afety on their teams and intentionally strengthen it through specific beha viors.\n\n \n\nThe session emphasizes real-world application\, ensuring pa rticipants leave with strategies they can immediately use in their roles. LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T000301Z LOCATION:LSU LDI\, 256 Coates Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/safe-to-speak-how-high-performing-teams -build-psychological-safety X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Budget Instructor Led Workday Training DTSTART:20260923T150000Z DTEND:20260923T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547130044368 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:New employees as well as existing employees with the Budget An alyst\, HR Analyst\, HR Originator or Cost Center Manager Security Roles a re invited to attend the Budget Instructor Led Workday Training/Practice L ab. This course will focus on costing allocations as well as how to find y our budget in Workday. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/budget-instructor-led-workday-training- 2994 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Supplier Relationship Management DTSTART:20260923T150000Z DTEND:20260923T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T121629Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53741793170179 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course will focus on LSU’s supplier management methods to establish & maintain strategic suppliers while ensuring contract compli ance and providing value-added benefits to campus. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T121629Z LOCATION:Online Zoom URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/supplier-relationship-management-5569 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636437746 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Business Networking Reception DTSTART:20260923T220000Z DTEND:20260924T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52948986184031 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Network with business-related companies looking to hire LSU st udents. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:LSU Student Union\, Royal Cotillion Ballroom URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/business_networking_reception_1226 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260925 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869692851 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich No. 5 DTSTART:20260924T003000Z DTEND:20260924T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53196647278382 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The LSU Symphony Orchestra opens their academic year with an u nforgettable evening of powerful music and bold expression that showcases the vibrant voice of Valerie Colemna alongside the hauntingly spiritual so und world of Arvo Pärt\, including his striking work for solo trombone an d strings featuring LSU faculty artist Arie VandeWaa. The evening culminat es in the defiant power and ultimate triumph of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symp hony No. 5\, a monumental masterpiece that continues to captivate audience s. Don't miss this inspiring start to the LSU Symphony's new season. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-symphony-orchestra-shostakovich-no- 5 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Participant Support & Fellowships/Subawards DTSTART:20260924T140000Z DTEND:20260924T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974643263 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course covers two separate and distinct topics: (1) parti cipant support costs and fellowships\; and (2) subawards. It provides info rmation for departmental personnel and principal investigators on how to a dminister and monitor these types of costs. Zoom information and handouts will be provided to participants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/participant-support-fellowshipssubaward s-6518 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260924T160000Z DTEND:20260924T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636439795 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Professional\, Specialty & Consulting Services DTSTART:20260924T190000Z DTEND:20260924T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874523621253 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course will focus on defining the different types of cont racted services and determining what is needed to obtain a contract. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122906Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/professional-specialty-consulting-servi ces-4616 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260926 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869693876 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Wind Ensemble DTSTART:20260925T003000Z DTEND:20260925T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53196678986851 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The LSU Wind Ensemble opens its 2026-2027 season with a powerf ul evening of music under the baton of Director of Bands\, Damon Talley in LSU's Union Theater. The ensemble will present a dynamic program that sho wcases their depth and versatility of the modern wind ensemble repertoire. \n\nRepertoire details will be announced later this summer. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-wind-ensemble-5645 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to K eep Him Alive DTSTART:20260925T003000Z DTEND:20260925T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683868386533 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:After the president turns a public appearance into a spectacul ar political mess\, the seven women responsible for keeping him—and the country—on track race to contain the fallout. Their increasingly despera te efforts unleash a whirlwind of rivalries\, secrets\, and comic mayhem i n this sharp\, fast-paced farce about the women working behind the scenes of male power. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Shaver Theatre\, 100 Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/potus-or-behind-every-great-dumbass-are -seven-women-trying-to-keep-him-alive X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Agriculture Career Fair DTSTART:20260925T150000Z DTEND:20260925T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52948974994835 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:All majors can network with local and nationwide employers rec ruiting for a variety of internship and full-time positions within the agr iculture industry including: \n\nFood & nutritionTextiles & fashion mercha ndising Environmental\, plant\, soil and animal sciences Forestry\, wildli fe and fisheries biology\, Conservation and natural resources management\, Business\, engineering\, communications\, sales\, human services and more. \n Additionally\, students will have the chance to inquire about admissio n information on agriculture professional school programs.\n\nBusiness cas ual attire is encouraged but not required. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:LSU Student Union\, Royal Cotillion Ballroom URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/agriculture_career_fair_3481 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260925T160000Z DTEND:20260925T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636440820 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program: Fall 2026 Orientat ions DTSTART:20260925T173000Z DTEND:20260925T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T000301Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53621751096087 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The LSU Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program (DURP)\ , offered by the LSU Office of Undergraduate Research\, is a graduation di stinction that students can work toward earning through their participatio n in faculty-mentored undergraduate research. An LSU Distinguished Undergr aduate Researcher is a student who has demonstrated oustanding abilities a s an advanced student researcher in their discipline. \n\n \n\nStudents in terested in pursuing the graduation distinction must attend an in-person o rientation and enroll in the program prior to the start of their graduatin g semester in order to be eligible. The orientation covers all of the requ irements for earning the distinction. LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T000301Z LOCATION:Hatcher Hall\, 344 URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/distinguished-undergraduate-researcher- program-fall-2026-orientations X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869693877 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to K eep Him Alive DTSTART:20260926T003000Z DTEND:20260926T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683868387558 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:After the president turns a public appearance into a spectacul ar political mess\, the seven women responsible for keeping him—and the country—on track race to contain the fallout. Their increasingly despera te efforts unleash a whirlwind of rivalries\, secrets\, and comic mayhem i n this sharp\, fast-paced farce about the women working behind the scenes of male power. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Shaver Theatre\, 100 Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/potus-or-behind-every-great-dumbass-are -seven-women-trying-to-keep-him-alive X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869695926 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to K eep Him Alive DTSTART:20260927T003000Z DTEND:20260927T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683868388583 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:After the president turns a public appearance into a spectacul ar political mess\, the seven women responsible for keeping him—and the country—on track race to contain the fallout. Their increasingly despera te efforts unleash a whirlwind of rivalries\, secrets\, and comic mayhem i n this sharp\, fast-paced farce about the women working behind the scenes of male power. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Shaver Theatre\, 100 Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/potus-or-behind-every-great-dumbass-are -seven-women-trying-to-keep-him-alive X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Katey Jahnke (horn)\, Faculty Recital DTSTART:20260927T190000Z DTEND:20260927T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53196733503000 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Dr. Katey Jahnke presents her recital as a member of the LSU S chool of Music faculty with a program that celebrates the unique chamber m usic for horn and double reeds\, with works that showcase the rich colors\ , character\, and expressive possibilities of these distinctive instrument s. This recital will feature works for horn\, oboe\, and piano.\n\nJahnke will perform alongside Dr. Jenna Sehmann (oboe) of Stephen F. Austin State University\; Dr. Keegan Hockett (bassoon) of St. Ambrose University and t he University of Wisconsin-Platteville\; and LSU faculty member\, pianist Jeong-Eun Lee. Jahnke\, Sehmann\, and Hockett are also members of the awar d-winning chamber ensemble The Wild Prairie Winds. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/katey-jahnke-horn-faculty-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to K eep Him Alive DTSTART:20260927T190000Z DTEND:20260927T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683868389608 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:After the president turns a public appearance into a spectacul ar political mess\, the seven women responsible for keeping him—and the country—on track race to contain the fallout. Their increasingly despera te efforts unleash a whirlwind of rivalries\, secrets\, and comic mayhem i n this sharp\, fast-paced farce about the women working behind the scenes of male power. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Shaver Theatre\, 100 Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/potus-or-behind-every-great-dumbass-are -seven-women-trying-to-keep-him-alive X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869696951 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260928T160000Z DTEND:20260928T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636442869 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869697976 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260929T160000Z DTEND:20260929T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636444918 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Science Café: Parentheses\, Hospitality\, and Other Obvious T hings DTSTART:20260929T220000Z DTEND:20260930T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52815639005576 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Think parentheses don’t matter? They quietly reshape meaning \, turning sentences into spaces of connection and unexpected significance .\n\nThis is a talk about parentheses\, and the ways they rely on a suppos edly obvious premise: things inside parentheses are purportedly less impor tant than the content outside them. And yet\, parentheticals change the se ntences in which they appear\, and their contents\, while theoretically be ing less significant than their contexts. Parentheses create spaces for wo rds and phrases that seem alien and vulnerable in their contexts\, and thu s demonstrate a kind of hospitality\, welcoming into sentences elements th at seem unrelated but are themselves crucial to the stories in which they appear.\n\nIn this talk\, Associate Professor Chris Barrett looks at works of Renaissance literature (when parentheses first started appearing widel y in text) to explore how parentheses perform a kind of welcoming into a s entence’s household. Remembering that the Greek word for household is oi kos\, the root of the word “ecology\,” Barrett proposes that parenthes es help us see the fundamentally ecological nature of literature. Parenthe ses highlight how even the most disparate and seemingly least relevant thi ngs are intimately connected\, and how literature can create spaces of wel come and refuge for hosting\, at least for a brief while\, those most vuln erable to evanescence.\n\n \n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nChris Barrett is an as sociate professor of English at LSU\, a Dean’s Fellow in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences\, and director of its Humanities Center. She joined the LSU faculty in 2012 after completing her doctoral degree in Eng lish at Harvard University. Her research and teaching interests include ea rly modern English literature\, poetry and poetics\, ecocriticisms\, and g eocritical approaches to literature. Her published works—recognized by R ainmaker Awards in 2018 and 2025—include the book Early Modern English L iterature and the Poetics of Cartographic Anxiety (Oxford University Press \, 2018)\, as well as articles and essays on forests\, Shakespeare\, Spens er\, Milton\, butterflies\, whales\, fire\, ether\, compasses\, birdsong\, knock-knock jokes\, and more. Her research has been supported by the Coun cil on Research\, the Newberry Library\, the Folger Library\, the Dumbarto n Oaks Museum and Collection\, the Lilly Library\, and the Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. In 2013-2024\, Barrett was the faculty adviser to Spectrum\, LSU’s largest LGBTQIA+ student organizatio n. Additionally\, Barrett has been the recipient of several teaching award s\, including the inaugural Outstanding Professor Award from the LSU Stude nt Government (2018)\, the Tiger Athletic Foundation President’s Award ( 2017)\, the Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award (2014)\ , and the English Graduate Student Association Graduate Faculty Award (201 4). This talk is drawn from her second monograph\, on the poetics of the o bvious. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Pastime Restaurant URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-science-cafe-parentheses-hospitalit y-and-other-obvious-things X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Impulsive Nature: Nanci Belmont (bassoon)\, Faculty Recital DTSTART:20260929T223000Z DTEND:20260929T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53197747198219 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:LSU faculty member Nanci Belmont presents Impulsive Nature\, a faculty solo and chamber recital featuring contemporary works for the bas soon that explore the beauty and complexity of the human spirit and the na tural world. Joined by collaborators Jeong-Eun Lee\, piano\; Leander Star\ , horn\; and Stuart Breczinski\, oboe\, the program includes works by LSU composition faculty Mara Gibson\, Lera Auerbach\, Milica Djordjevic\, Dai Fujikura\, and Amanda Harberg. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/impulsive-nature-nanci-belmont-bassoon- faculty-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Gaining Experience DTSTART:20260929T223000Z DTEND:20260929T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53744636155408 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:There are countless ways to gain experince to build your resum e\, cultivate valuable skills\, and lock in an internship\, co-op or part- or full-time job.Learn the best ways to do this successfully both on- and off-campus.. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:French House\, Sternberg Salon URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/gaining-experience-3143 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869699001 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Jazz Showcase DTSTART:20260930T003000Z DTEND:20260930T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53197700488510 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Feel the energy and excitement of America’s original art for m at the LSU Jazz Showcase — a high-octane evening celebrating the full spectrum of jazz. This event brings together the powerhouse LSU Jazz Ensem ble\, Jazz Lab Band\, and Chamber Groups for an exhilarating series of bac k-to-back performances.\n\n \n\nFrom hard-hitting big band charts to intim ate combo improvisations\, the showcase highlights the depth and versatili ty of LSU’s Jazz Studies program. Expect a fast-paced\, ever-changing se tlist\, fresh off the bandstand — where the music is alive\, the energy is electric\, and every note is a celebration of jazz’s past\, present\, and future. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-jazz-showcase-5781 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Post Award Management Reports DTSTART:20260930T140000Z DTEND:20260930T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974653507 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course reviews suggested sponsored programs reports along with tips and tricks for navigating reporting in Workday. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/post-award-management-reports-8218 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Department Solicitations DTSTART:20260930T150000Z DTEND:20260930T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T121629Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53741793215242 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course will outline the process departments must follow w hen creating a department solicitation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T121629Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/department-solicitations-2380 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20260930T160000Z DTEND:20260930T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636446967 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261002 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891141609 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261002 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869700026 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to K eep Him Alive DTSTART:20261001T003000Z DTEND:20261001T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683868394731 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:After the president turns a public appearance into a spectacul ar political mess\, the seven women responsible for keeping him—and the country—on track race to contain the fallout. Their increasingly despera te efforts unleash a whirlwind of rivalries\, secrets\, and comic mayhem i n this sharp\, fast-paced farce about the women working behind the scenes of male power. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Shaver Theatre\, 100 Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/potus-or-behind-every-great-dumbass-are -seven-women-trying-to-keep-him-alive X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BUILD: The Anatomy of Trust DTSTART:20261001T140000Z DTEND:20261001T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_51830849595936 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Trust is at the heart of leadership—even when you’re not i n a formal supervisory role. As an emerging leader\, your ability to build and maintain trust influences how effectively you collaborate\, communica te\, and inspire others. In this session\, you’ll explore what drives tr ust in professional relationships\, how to recognize when it breaks down\, and practical ways to rebuild it. You’ll leave with tools to strengthen your credibility\, foster stronger connections\, and increase your impact across yo LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/build-the-anatomy-of-trust-5904 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261001T160000Z DTEND:20261001T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636447992 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261003 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891142634 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261003 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869701051 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to K eep Him Alive DTSTART:20261002T003000Z DTEND:20261002T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683868395756 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:After the president turns a public appearance into a spectacul ar political mess\, the seven women responsible for keeping him—and the country—on track race to contain the fallout. Their increasingly despera te efforts unleash a whirlwind of rivalries\, secrets\, and comic mayhem i n this sharp\, fast-paced farce about the women working behind the scenes of male power. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Shaver Theatre\, 100 Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/potus-or-behind-every-great-dumbass-are -seven-women-trying-to-keep-him-alive X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Management Foundations Series: Managing People DTSTART:20261002T140000Z DTEND:20261002T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53370141566978 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Manage more effectively by learning about your management pref erences and priorities using the DiSC Management profile. Learn how to mot ivate\, delegate\, and develop your employees based on their preferences a nd priorities as well as how to manage your relationship with your supervi sor! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union 256-J URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/management-foundations-series-managing- people-4275 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261002T160000Z DTEND:20261002T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636450041 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261004 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891142635 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261004 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869702076 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to K eep Him Alive DTSTART:20261003T003000Z DTEND:20261003T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683868396781 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:After the president turns a public appearance into a spectacul ar political mess\, the seven women responsible for keeping him—and the country—on track race to contain the fallout. Their increasingly despera te efforts unleash a whirlwind of rivalries\, secrets\, and comic mayhem i n this sharp\, fast-paced farce about the women working behind the scenes of male power. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Shaver Theatre\, 100 Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/potus-or-behind-every-great-dumbass-are -seven-women-trying-to-keep-him-alive X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261005 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891143660 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261005 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869703101 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to K eep Him Alive DTSTART:20261004T003000Z DTEND:20261004T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683868396782 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:After the president turns a public appearance into a spectacul ar political mess\, the seven women responsible for keeping him—and the country—on track race to contain the fallout. Their increasingly despera te efforts unleash a whirlwind of rivalries\, secrets\, and comic mayhem i n this sharp\, fast-paced farce about the women working behind the scenes of male power. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Shaver Theatre\, 100 Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/potus-or-behind-every-great-dumbass-are -seven-women-trying-to-keep-him-alive X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261004T070000Z DTEND:20261004T090000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636452090 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to K eep Him Alive DTSTART:20261004T190000Z DTEND:20261004T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683868397807 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:After the president turns a public appearance into a spectacul ar political mess\, the seven women responsible for keeping him—and the country—on track race to contain the fallout. Their increasingly despera te efforts unleash a whirlwind of rivalries\, secrets\, and comic mayhem i n this sharp\, fast-paced farce about the women working behind the scenes of male power. LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Shaver Theatre\, 100 Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/potus-or-behind-every-great-dumbass-are -seven-women-trying-to-keep-him-alive X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891144685 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869704126 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Unclassified Employees (Profes sional\, Faculty\, and Other Academic) DTSTART:20261005T133000Z DTEND:20261005T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T122622Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953372806 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Unclassified/Professional\, Faculty\, or Other Academ ic employee\, you are encouraged to attend the Benefits and Retirement Ori entation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on t he first and third Monday of every month*. Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. Or ientation begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes by 12:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employee benefits\, retirement plan s and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T122622Z LOCATION:Union Vieux Carre Room (325) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-8017 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261005T160000Z DTEND:20261005T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636454139 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Classified Only DTSTART:20261005T180000Z DTEND:20261005T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T122622Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953404554 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Classified employee\, you are encouraged to attend th e Benefits and Retirement Orientation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on the first and third Monday of every month*. Ch eck-in begins at 1:00 p.m. Orientation begins at 1:15 p.m. and concludes b y 4:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employe e benefits\, retirement plans and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T122622Z LOCATION:Union Vieux Carre Room (325) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-classif ied-only-2670 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:OHC Study Abroad Fair DTSTART:20261005T223000Z DTEND:20261006T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T181554Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53746826200912 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This fair will showcase numerous LSU faculty-led study abroad programs as well as provide info on semester and year-long exchange progra ms. Come and learn about the many available opportunities for study and tr avel abroad. LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T181554Z LOCATION:French House\, Sternberg Salon URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/ohc-study-abroad-fair-3788 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261006 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261007 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891144686 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261006 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261007 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869705151 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU A Cappella Choir DTSTART:20261006T003000Z DTEND:20261006T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53197786848395 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The LSU A Cappella Choir\, LSU’s flagship touring choir\, op ens the 26-27 season with with soaring choral works inspired by the beauty of the natural world and the promise of “Another glorious day.” From radiant harmonies that greet the morning to powerful musical portraits of forests\, rivers\, skies\, and changing seasons\, we invite our audience t o reconnect with nature through song. Uplifting\, exciting\, and deeply mo ving\, this opening program celebrates the joy of shared voices and the ti meless inspiration found in the world around us. The concert features cont emporary composer\, Jake Runestad's "Come to the Woods" from his American Triptych. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:University United Methodist Church URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-a-cappella-choir-392 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Climbing the Career Ladder - Building Your Brand\, Your Elevator P itch DTSTART:20261006T140000Z DTEND:20261006T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53370141599752 CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Class 1 of 4. Building a personal brand can separate you from others in your industry and open up professional opportunities. Your brand is what you’re about. Your brand is about your personal projection. You r brand is who you are\, your knowledge\, expertise\, and what you stand f or. This class will discuss perception management\, becoming more visible in the workplace\, and help you perfect your elevator pitch. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Peabody 225 URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/climbing-the-career-ladder-building-you r-brand-your-elevator-pitch-6770 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261006T160000Z DTEND:20261006T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636455164 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program: Fall 2026 Orientat ions DTSTART:20261006T180000Z DTEND:20261006T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T000301Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53621751097112 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The LSU Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program (DURP)\ , offered by the LSU Office of Undergraduate Research\, is a graduation di stinction that students can work toward earning through their participatio n in faculty-mentored undergraduate research. An LSU Distinguished Undergr aduate Researcher is a student who has demonstrated oustanding abilities a s an advanced student researcher in their discipline. \n\n \n\nStudents in terested in pursuing the graduation distinction must attend an in-person o rientation and enroll in the program prior to the start of their graduatin g semester in order to be eligible. The orientation covers all of the requ irements for earning the distinction. LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T000301Z LOCATION:Hatcher Hall\, 344 URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/distinguished-undergraduate-researcher- program-fall-2026-orientations X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261008 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891144687 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261008 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869706176 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Intro to Post Award DTSTART:20261007T140000Z DTEND:20261007T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974705740 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Zoom information and handouts will be provided to participants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/intro-to-post-award-6690 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261007T160000Z DTEND:20261007T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636457213 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261009 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891145712 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261009 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869707201 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Holiday Begins - Fall 2026 DTSTART:20261008T123000Z DTEND:20261009T045900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179412164645 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/fall-holiday-begins-fall-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GeauxGrants Award Overview DTSTART:20261008T150000Z DTEND:20261008T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260804T120339Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53609043776563 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for faculty and staff at the LSU A&M campus w ho work on sponsored programs. This workshop will provide an overview of t he GeauxGrants award modules with a focus on viewing awards and the workfl ow approval process for both. This class will be conducted via Zoom. Parti cipants must register at https://training.lsu.edu to received Zoom link. I nstructor is Josh Boudreaux. LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T120339Z LOCATION:Online Sponsored Programs Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/geauxgrants-award-overview-9808 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261008T160000Z DTEND:20261008T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636459262 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Travel DTSTART:20261008T183000Z DTEND:20261008T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555963011052 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Travel: This course is intended to give an overview of the Uni versity Travel Program for travelers and administrative personnel. The cou rse will also include detailed information such as\, how to create a spend authorization\, expense report\, and other helpful reports to assist in t he processing of travel transactions. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/travel-6635 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261009 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261010 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891145713 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261009 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261010 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869708226 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Holiday Begins - Fall 2026 DTSTART:20261009T123000Z DTEND:20261010T045900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179412253741 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/fall-holiday-begins-fall-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sole Source Procurements DTSTART:20261009T150000Z DTEND:20261009T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T121629Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53741793322774 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course will focus defining sole source procurements and o utlining the differences between sole source procurements and solicitation s that include approved proprietary specifications. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T121629Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/sole-source-procurements-9059 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261009T160000Z DTEND:20261009T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636460287 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261010 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261011 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891146738 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261010 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261011 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869709251 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261012 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891146739 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261012 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869710276 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261013 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891147764 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261013 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869711301 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261012T160000Z DTEND:20261012T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636462336 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261014 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891147765 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261014 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869712326 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261013T160000Z DTEND:20261013T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636464385 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LaCarte DTSTART:20261013T183000Z DTEND:20261013T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555963021296 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:LaCarte Purchasing Card “LaCarte” is a credit card issued to authorized employees for the purpose of making low dollar purchases. La Carte is intended to simplify your buying process and improve your cycle t ime from ordering to payment. Typical examples of items that may qualify f or this program include books\, computer accessories\, materials\, and sup plies. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lacarte-3571 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261015 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891148790 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261015 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869713351 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Marjorie Prime DTSTART:20261014T003000Z DTEND:20261014T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683937365156 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:a 2014 science‑fiction drama by American playwright Jordan H arrison that explores memory\, identity\, and the limits of technology to replicate the human experience LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/marjorie-prime X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ogden Honors College Spring 2027 course information fair DTSTART:20261014T050000Z DTEND:20261014T113000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683503035928 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Learn about the spring HNRS offerings from the professors teac hing them! LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:French House URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/ogden-honors-college-spring-2027-course -information-fair X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cost Transfers DTSTART:20261014T140000Z DTEND:20261014T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974739539 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course defines cost transfers and provides detailed instr uctions on how to properly prepare them for departmental personnel and pri ncipal investigators. Zoom information and handouts will be provided to pa rticipants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/cost-transfers-5007 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Health Professions & Wellness Career Fair DTSTART:20261014T150000Z DTEND:20261014T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52948970322892 CATEGORIES:community,wellness DESCRIPTION:Students interested in careers in the healthcare or kinesiolog y industry connect with professional schools and programs at this tailored career event. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:LSU Student Union\, Royal Cotillion Ballroom URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/health_and_wellness_professions_career_ fair X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Budget Instructor Led Workday Training DTSTART:20261014T150000Z DTEND:20261014T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547130107865 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:New employees as well as existing employees with the Budget An alyst\, HR Analyst\, HR Originator or Cost Center Manager Security Roles a re invited to attend the Budget Instructor Led Workday Training/Practice L ab. This course will focus on costing allocations as well as how to find y our budget in Workday. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/budget-instructor-led-workday-training- 3912 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261014T160000Z DTEND:20261014T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636466434 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Procurement Institute DTSTART:20261014T183000Z DTEND:20261014T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T121629Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53741793370909 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course gives the basics of procurement for new LSU employ ees and explains the role of department purchasing staff vs. Procurement. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T121629Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/procurement-institute-2995 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Achieving Financial Wellness – Presented by Corebridge DTSTART:20261014T200000Z DTEND:20261014T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53449793595705 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:In this webinar\, we will cover basis to actions that one can take to make this happen (fun games involved). LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online HR Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/achieving-financial-wellness-presented- by-corebridge X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261016 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891148791 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261016 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869714376 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Marjorie Prime DTSTART:20261015T003000Z DTEND:20261015T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683937365157 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:a 2014 science‑fiction drama by American playwright Jordan H arrison that explores memory\, identity\, and the limits of technology to replicate the human experience LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/marjorie-prime X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261015T160000Z DTEND:20261015T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636467459 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2026 Hall of Distinction DTSTART:20261015T230000Z DTEND:20261016T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T002509Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53702379718277 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business is proud to announce t he induction of three distinguished individuals into its prestigious Hall of Distinction and to recognize one exceptional graduate with the 2026 Out standing Young Alum Award.\n\n \n\nThe Hall of Distinction\, established i n 1996\, celebrates alumni and friends who have achieved exceptional profe ssional accomplishments\, demonstrated a commitment to their communities a nd brought distinction to the Ourso College and LSU. The 2026 inductees ar e Marian Wilfert Beauchamp\, Thomas “Tom” King\, and\, awarded posthum ously\, Robert “Bob” T. Justis.\n\n \n\nThe college will also award La uren C. Taylor with the Outstanding Young Alum Award\, recognizing her rem arkable early career achievements and leadership.\n\n \n\nThe honorees wil l be formally honored at a banquet on Thursday\, October 15\, 2026 at the Business Education Complex and is by invitation only.\n\n \n\nFor details regarding the October 15 event\, please contact Leigh Ann Charles. LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T002509Z LOCATION:Business Education Complex\, Rotunda URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/2026-hall-of-distinction X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261017 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891149816 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261017 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869715401 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Celebrating America's 250th Anniversary: LSU Symphony Orchestra\, Wind Ensemble\, & A Cappella Choir DTSTART:20261016T003000Z DTEND:20261016T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53197816590228 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Celebrate a historic milestone as America marks its 250th anni versary with a spectacular evening of music. LSU's flagship ensembles\, th e symphony orchestra\, wind ensemble\, and A Cappella Choir join together for a powerful showcase of iconic American composers that include Aaron Co pland\, Randall Thompson\, Tobias Picker\, and John Adams. This celebrator y program highlights the richness\, diversity\, and spirit of American mus ic. You won't want to miss this inspiring tribute to the nation's artistic legacy and rare combination of LSU's premiere musical groups. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/celebrating-americas-250th-anniversary- lsu-symphony-orchestra-wind-ensemble-a-cappella-choir X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Marjorie Prime DTSTART:20261016T003000Z DTEND:20261016T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683937366182 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:a 2014 science‑fiction drama by American playwright Jordan H arrison that explores memory\, identity\, and the limits of technology to replicate the human experience LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/marjorie-prime X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GeauxGrants Subaward Overview DTSTART:20261016T150000Z DTEND:20261016T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260804T120339Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53609043812411 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for faculty and staff at the LSU A&M campus w ho work on sponsored programs with outgoing subawards. This workshop will provide an overview of the GeauxGrants Proposal Tracking Agreements tab wi th a focus on viewing subawards and subaward amendments and the workflow a pproval process for both. This class will be conducted via Zoom. Participa nts will be sent a Zoom Invitation. Participants must register at https:// training.lsu.edu. Instructor is Josh Boudreaux. LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T120339Z LOCATION:Online Sponsored Programs Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/geauxgrants-subaward-overview-6431 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261016T160000Z DTEND:20261016T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636469508 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261017 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261018 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891149817 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261017 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261018 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869716426 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Marjorie Prime DTSTART:20261017T003000Z DTEND:20261017T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683937367207 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:a 2014 science‑fiction drama by American playwright Jordan H arrison that explores memory\, identity\, and the limits of technology to replicate the human experience LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/marjorie-prime X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261018 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261019 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891150842 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261018 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261019 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869717451 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Marjorie Prime DTSTART:20261018T003000Z DTEND:20261018T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683937368232 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:a 2014 science‑fiction drama by American playwright Jordan H arrison that explores memory\, identity\, and the limits of technology to replicate the human experience LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/marjorie-prime X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Valentine Michaud and Casey Dierlam Tse\, Guest Artist Recital DTSTART:20261018T210000Z DTEND:20261018T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53205775562467 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Valentine Michaud and Casey Dierlam Tse\, Guest Artist Recital \n\nThe LSU School of Music welcomes saxophonist Valentine Michaud and pia nist Casey Dierlam Tse for an evening of guest artist performance. Featuri ng music that highlights the saxophone’s remarkable range of color\, cha racter\, and expression\, the recital brings together two artists recogniz ed for their vibrant musicianship and commitment to collaborative performa nce.\n\n \n\nBlending technical brilliance with imaginative interpretation \, Michaud and Dierlam Tse offer a program that explores the lyrical\, dra matic\, and contemporary possibilities of saxophone and piano. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/valentine-michaud-and-casey-dierlam-tse -guest-artist-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261019 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261020 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891150843 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261019 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261020 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869718476 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Marjorie Prime DTSTART:20261019T003000Z DTEND:20261019T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683937368233 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:a 2014 science‑fiction drama by American playwright Jordan H arrison that explores memory\, identity\, and the limits of technology to replicate the human experience LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/marjorie-prime X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Unclassified Employees (Profes sional\, Faculty\, and Other Academic) DTSTART:20261019T133000Z DTEND:20261019T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T122802Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953414798 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Unclassified/Professional\, Faculty\, or Other Academ ic employee\, you are encouraged to attend the Benefits and Retirement Ori entation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on t he first and third Monday of every month*. Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. Or ientation begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes by 12:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employee benefits\, retirement plan s and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T122802Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-5501 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261019T160000Z DTEND:20261019T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636470533 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Classified Only DTSTART:20261019T180000Z DTEND:20261019T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953425042 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Classified employee\, you are encouraged to attend th e Benefits and Retirement Orientation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on the first and third Monday of every month*. Ch eck-in begins at 1:00 p.m. Orientation begins at 1:15 p.m. and concludes b y 4:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employe e benefits\, retirement plans and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-classif ied-only-8250 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261020 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261021 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891151868 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261020 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261021 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869718477 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Music of Eugene Bozza: Michael Gurt & Friends\, Faculty Recita l DTSTART:20261020T003000Z DTEND:20261020T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53205920460774 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:LSU Manship Distinguished Professor of Piano\, Michael Gurt jo ins with other talented LSU faculty artists for a recital that features th e music of french composer Eugene Bozza. Known for his colorful writing\, lyrical melodies\, and lively character\, Bozza's music has long been a fa vorite among chamber musicians\, especially wind and brass players. This r ecital will offer an engaging look at Bozza's distinctive voice through a program of works that balance charm\, clarity\, and energy. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-music-of-eugene-bozza-michael-gurt- friends-faculty-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Payroll 101 DTSTART:20261020T143000Z DTEND:20261020T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555963068408 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course is intended to give an overview of Payroll Process ing. We will also discuss special requirements for international employees as well as the ramifications of overpayments and ways to prevent overpaym ents. This is a lecture style training that is open to new employees as we ll as existing employees needing a refresher class. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/payroll-101-880 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261020T160000Z DTEND:20261020T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636472582 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Invoice Processing and Special Meals DTSTART:20261020T183000Z DTEND:20261020T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260731T121620Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573730785400 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course is intended to give an overview of the University Direct Charge and Purchase Order invoice processing. It will include detai led information such as\, AS forms\, creating receipts\, and Purchase Orde r obligation balances. This course is also intended to give an overview of the University policies regarding special meals. This course will include detailed information such as completing AS forms and creating Expense Rep orts. LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T121620Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/invoice-processing-and-special-meals-13 0 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Professional\, Specialty & Consulting Services DTSTART:20261020T190000Z DTEND:20261020T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T121629Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53741793449767 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course will focus on defining the different types of cont racted services and determining what is needed to obtain a contract. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T121629Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/professional-specialty-consulting-servi ces-7258 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261021 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261022 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891151869 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261021 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261022 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869719502 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Symphonic Winds DTSTART:20261021T003000Z DTEND:20261021T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53205937004523 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join the LSU Symphonic Winds for their season-opening concert\ , featuring a dynamic program that showcases the ensemble’s power\, prec ision\, and passion through a compelling blend of classic masterworks and bold new voices.\n\n \n\nRepertoire details will be announced later this s ummer. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-symphonic-winds-1727 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BUILD: Navigating Conflict DTSTART:20261021T140000Z DTEND:20261021T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_51830849607204 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As an emerging or aspiring leader\, your ability to handle dis agreement and tension with professionalism and empathy directly shapes how others perceive your leadership potential. In this session\, you’ll lea rn practical strategies for communicating effectively\, actively listening to understand different perspectives\, and addressing conflict in a way t hat strengthens rather than strains relationships. By developing these ski lls now\, you’ll be better prepared to build trust\, influence outcomes\ , and LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/build-navigating-conflict-6638 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261021T160000Z DTEND:20261021T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636473607 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GeauxGrants Creating Modification/Prior Approval Requests DTSTART:20261021T183000Z DTEND:20261021T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260804T120339Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53609043859524 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This class is for faculty and staff with a Department Administ rator role on the LSU A&M campus who create and route post award modificat ion/prior approval requests. This class will focus on creating post award modification/prior approval requests and routing the requests for institut ional approvals. This workshop will be held via Zoom. Participants must re gister at https://training.lsu.edu. Instructors is Josh Boudreaux. LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T120339Z LOCATION:Online Sponsored Programs Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/geauxgrants-creating-modificationprior- approval-requests-3478 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261023 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891151870 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261023 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869720527 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cost Sharing DTSTART:20261022T140000Z DTEND:20261022T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974815328 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course defines cost sharing and how to properly monitor a nd document cost sharing for departmental personnel and principal investig ators. Zoom information and handouts will be provided to participants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/cost-sharing-4490 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hiring in Higher Ed DTSTART:20261022T150000Z DTEND:20261022T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T122758Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821422825224 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Designed for HR Analysts and HR Originators\, this training pr ovides a practical\, end-to-end look at the hiring process in a higher edu cation environment. Participants will explore the requirements of the Amer icans with Disabilities Act (ADA)\, including the process for requesting a nd providing reasonable accommodations. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T122758Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/hiring-in-higher-ed X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261022T160000Z DTEND:20261022T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636474632 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hiring in Higher Ed DTSTART:20261022T190000Z DTEND:20261022T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T122758Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821422836492 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Designed for HR Analysts and HR Originators\, this training pr ovides a practical\, end-to-end look at the hiring process in a higher edu cation environment. Participants will explore the requirements of the Amer icans with Disabilities Act (ADA)\, including the process for requesting a nd providing reasonable accommodations. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T122758Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/hiring-in-higher-ed-4519 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program: Fall 2026 Orientat ions DTSTART:20261022T210000Z DTEND:20261022T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T000301Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53621751098137 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The LSU Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program (DURP)\ , offered by the LSU Office of Undergraduate Research\, is a graduation di stinction that students can work toward earning through their participatio n in faculty-mentored undergraduate research. An LSU Distinguished Undergr aduate Researcher is a student who has demonstrated oustanding abilities a s an advanced student researcher in their discipline. \n\n \n\nStudents in terested in pursuing the graduation distinction must attend an in-person o rientation and enroll in the program prior to the start of their graduatin g semester in order to be eligible. The orientation covers all of the requ irements for earning the distinction. LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T000301Z LOCATION:Hatcher Hall\, 344 URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/distinguished-undergraduate-researcher- program-fall-2026-orientations X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261024 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891152895 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261024 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869721552 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Chamber Singers DTSTART:20261023T003000Z DTEND:20261023T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53205953135157 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The LSU Chamber Singers is an advanced chamber ensemble that s erves as the resident recital choir for graduate students in choral conduc ting. It is comprised of graduate students and select undergraduate studen ts in the vocal and choral departments. Chamber Singers serves as a traini ng choir for professional choral singing profession\, as singers prepare a diverse repertory of music at a high artistic level over a shortened rehe arsal period. Their second concert of the season features doctoral student conductors Kelsey Snyder and Stephen Guillory. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Church URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-chamber-singers-7778 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Construction Interviewing Day DTSTART:20261023T131500Z DTEND:20261023T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T000301Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52948980941376 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Construction Management and Civil and Industrial Engineering s tudents can sign up to interview for full-time\, part-time\, internship\, and co-op positions. Participating organizations will choose which student s and alumni to interview from among those who submit resumes for consider ation.\n\nPlease note: This career fair requires a pre-event application p rocess. You can find more information about the deadlines associated with the event in Handshake. LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T000301Z LOCATION:LSU Student Union\, Royal Cotillion Ballroom URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/construction_interviewing_day_3216 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Management Foundation Series: Managing Conflict DTSTART:20261023T140000Z DTEND:20261023T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53370141640719 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Managers will learn about the five conflict management styles and learn how to use each one successfully in the workplace. Managers will also learn how to establish a work environment that reduces unproductive conflict in the workplace. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/management-foundation-series-managing-c onflict-2487 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261023T160000Z DTEND:20261023T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636476681 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261025 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891151872 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261025 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869722577 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU High Voltage Concert DTSTART:20261024T003000Z DTEND:20261024T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T183027Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53206031123702 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:High Voltage returns this year with bold new energy and a spot light on the Polyphonic Fender Rhodes\, a one-of-a-kind instrument develop ed at LSU. Featured in three newly commissioned collaborations with Louisi ana-based composers and improvisers Jonathan Freilich\, Brian Haas\, and S imon Moushabeck\, this groundbreaking keyboard takes center stage in a pro gram full of invention\, artistry\, and surprise. The evening also include s works by EMDM faculty and more to be revealed. Sponsored in part by a Co mmunity Partnership Grant from the Jazz and Heritage Foundation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T183027Z LOCATION:Louisiana Digital Media Center\, Digital Media Center Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-high-voltage-concert X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ViolaLA! 2026: DJ Cheek\, Guest Artist DTSTART:20261024T220000Z DTEND:20261024T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53206090486869 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:ViolaLA! 2026 concludes with a guest artist recital featuring DJ Cheek\, joined by pianist Jeong-Eun Lee. This final event brings the fe stival to a close with an evening of expressive chamber music\, highlighti ng the collaboration between guest artist and pianist in an intimate recit al setting. Audiences are invited to enjoy a thoughtful program that celeb rates the sound\, versatility\, and artistry at the heart of ViolaLA! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/violala-2026-dj-cheek-guest-artist X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261026 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891152897 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261026 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869723602 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261026 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261027 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891152898 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261026 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261027 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869724627 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261026T160000Z DTEND:20261026T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636477706 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261027 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261028 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891153923 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261027 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261028 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869725652 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Tiger Glee Club & Chorale DTSTART:20261027T003000Z DTEND:20261027T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53206216688499 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The LSU Tiger Glee Club and Chorale present an evening of chor al music that showcases the voices and musicianship of LSU students. Featu ring a varied program for vocal ensemble\, the concert highlights the conn ection\, discipline\, and joy that come from singing together. From rich h armonies to moments of lively expression\, this performance offers audienc es a welcoming look at LSU’s choral community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:University United Methodist Church URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-tiger-glee-club-chorale X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Climbing the Career Ladder Series - Interacting with Others: Netwo rking Tips for Professionals DTSTART:20261027T140000Z DTEND:20261027T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53370141651987 CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Class 2 of 4. In this workshop\, you will learn practical netw orking tips and techniques for introverts\, extroverts\, and the socially awkward! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Peabody 225 URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/climbing-the-career-ladder-series-inter acting-with-others-networking-tips-for-professionals-5587 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261027T160000Z DTEND:20261027T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636478731 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Science Café: Research as an Act of Creativity: Composing wit h Sound\, Space\, & Technology DTSTART:20261027T220000Z DTEND:20261028T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52815694475746 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:What if you could shatter a single sound into thousands of fra gments and send them swirling around a room? What if sound could surround you so completely that you couldn’t tell where the music ends and physic al space begins?\n\nThese are the kinds of questions that drive both scien tific inquiry and artistic creation. In this talk\, composer Stephen David Beck reveals how the research process—asking “what if” and pursuing answers through experimentation—can be at the heart of creating electro acoustic music. Through examples from his compositions\, discover how curi osity about sound\, space\, and technology leads to unexpected and sometim es surprising results. Whether in the lab or in the studio\, scientists an d artists share a common approach: they ask questions\, test possibilities \, and explore the unknown. Join us for a journey into the creative proces s\, where the boundaries between art and science blur and innovation emerg es from simply asking “What if?”\n\n \n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nStephen David Beck (b. 1959) teaches music composition and electroacoustic music a t LSU\, where he is the Derryl & Helen Haymon Professor of Music. He recei ved his Ph.D. in music composition and theory from the University of Calif ornia\, Los Angeles\, where he studied with Henri Lazarof\, Elaine Barkin\ , Paul Reale\, Alden Ashforth\, and Roger Bourland. In 1985\, he studied c omputer music at IRCAM with the support of an Annette Kade/Fulbright Fello wship and joined the faculty at LSU in 1988. Since 2003\, he has held a jo int faculty position at the Center for Computation & Technology\, where he established the cultural computing group and led the development of the P h.D. program in experimental music and digital media.\n\nBeck has been act ive as a researcher and creative artist\, with over 35 peer-reviewed artic les\, book chapters\, presentations\, and talks\, 56 compositions\, and ov er $7 million in funded research activities. He has also served as the int erim director of the Center for Computation & Technology\, director of the School of Music\, and most recently as associate vice president of resear ch and economic development. He has since returned to his faculty role\, s pending time teaching and creating music in his labs at the Digital Media Center. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Pastime Restaurant URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-science-cafe-research-as-an-act-of- creativity-composing-with-sound-space-technology X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tigerama DTSTART:20261028T000000Z DTEND:20261028T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53206247349620 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The LSU Department of Bands and School of Music are proud to p resent the 42nd annual Tigerama: a musical extravaganza for all ages\, fea turing The Golden Band from Tigerland\, LSU Wind Ensemble\, LSU Symphonic Winds\, Golden Girls\, and Colorguard. \n\n \n\nWhat began as a recruiting event over three decades ago by the late Director of Bands Frank Wickes g rew through his vision and fortitude into an increasingly popular and icon ic representation of some of the best music LSU has to offer. Proceeds fro m Tigerama go to suppor the LSU Tiger Marching Band and the Department of Bands in the LSU School of Music. \n\n \n\nRecent funds raised through Tig erama\, along with the efforts of generous donors\, have enabled the Tiger Band to perform in Dublin\, Ireland at the St. Patrick's Day Parade. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/tigerama-9531 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261029 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891153924 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261029 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869726677 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Detroit '67 DTSTART:20261028T003000Z DTEND:20261028T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683992248277 CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:Detroit ‘67 tells the story of conflicting siblings against a backdrop of the race riots that shook Detroit\, Michigan\, in the summer of 1967. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/detroit-67 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261028T160000Z DTEND:20261028T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636480780 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261029 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261030 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891154949 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261029 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261030 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869727702 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Guest Artist\, Yevgeny Kutik (violin) with Michael Gurt (piano) DTSTART:20261029T003000Z DTEND:20261029T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53206279797296 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Internationally recognized violinist Yevgeny Kutik and LSU fac ulty member Michael Gurt team up for an evening of chamber music that brin gs together expressive violin playing with the clarity\, color\, and depth of the piano. Kutik\, known for his thoughtful interpretations of both cl assic and contemporary repertoire\, joins Gurt\, LSU’s Manship Distingui shed Professor of Piano\, for a recital centered on musical conversation a nd close collaboration. The performance offers audiences a chance to hear two accomplished artists in an intimate setting. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/guest-artist-yevgeny-kutik-violin-with- michael-gurt-piano X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Detroit '67 DTSTART:20261029T003000Z DTEND:20261029T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683992249302 CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:Detroit ‘67 tells the story of conflicting siblings against a backdrop of the race riots that shook Detroit\, Michigan\, in the summer of 1967. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/detroit-67 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Post Award Management Reports DTSTART:20261029T140000Z DTEND:20261029T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974840934 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course reviews suggested sponsored programs reports along with tips and tricks for navigating reporting in Workday. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/post-award-management-reports-6804 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Specs and More Specs DTSTART:20261029T150000Z DTEND:20261029T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T121629Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53741793535793 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This session will focus on and apply the basic principles\, te chniques\, and tips for preparing specifications for not only goods and se rvices but also for more complex procurements which typically identify oth er items such as scope of work\, evaluation criteria\, and technical and f inancial requirements. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T121629Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/specs-and-more-specs-3149 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261029T160000Z DTEND:20261029T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636481805 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261031 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891155974 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261031 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869728727 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bluebeard's Castle in Concert: Lindsay Kate Brown and Johnnie Bank ens\, Faculty & Guest Recital DTSTART:20261030T003000Z DTEND:20261030T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53206373730455 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Experience the haunting psychological drama of Bartók's only opera\, Bluebeard's Castle. Sung in Hungarian\, this one-act masterpiece f ollows Judith as she uncovers the secrets behind seven locked doors in Blu ebeard's Castle\, a powerful symbol of the human psyche. \n\n \n\nThis per formance features mezzo soprano and LSU faculty member Lindsay Kate Brown\ , acclaimed for her expressive artistry and dramatic nuance\, alongisde ba ss and Southeastern Louisiana University faculty member Johnnie Bankens\, known for his commanding vocal presence and depth of interpretation. Piani st and LSU faculty member Jeong-Eun Lee will join them to bring the score to life with her vivid color and sensitivity. \n\n \n\nThrough richly evoc ative orchestration and striking\, color-driven imagery that is ehanced by multimedia projections and immersive staging\, this production transforms Bartók's dark\, symbolic world into a visually and emotionally compellin g experience\, inviting audiences to explore love\, curiosity\, and the hi dden corners of the soul. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/bluebeards-castle-in-concert-lindsay-ka te-brown-and-johnnie-bankens-faculty-guest-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Detroit '67 DTSTART:20261030T003000Z DTEND:20261030T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683992250327 CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:Detroit ‘67 tells the story of conflicting siblings against a backdrop of the race riots that shook Detroit\, Michigan\, in the summer of 1967. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/detroit-67 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261030T160000Z DTEND:20261030T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636483854 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891156999 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869729752 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hänsel und Gretel: Presented by the Turner-Fischer Center for Ope ra DTSTART:20261031T003000Z DTEND:20261031T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53206405520116 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:The Turner-Fischer Center for Opera opens the 2026-27 season w ith Engelbert Humperdinck's enchanting Hänsel und Gretel. Based on the cl assic Brothers Grimm tale\, this opera has become one of the most beloved fairy-tale operas ever created\, resonating with audiences of all ages. \n \n \n\nA protégé of Richard Wagner\, Humperdinck brings to the score a r ich musical sophistication shaped by his mentor's influence\, whil retaini ng a warmth and lyric charm all his own. Beneath its magical surface\, the opera acknowledges the darker textures of the Grimm tradition\, yet prese nts them with elegance\, wit\, and heart. \n\n \n\nLibretto by Adelheid W ette. Conducted by Michael Borowitz. The opera will be sung in German with English supertitles. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music & Dramatic Arts Building\, Shaver Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/hansel-und-gretel-presented-by-the-turn er-fischer-center-for-opera X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Detroit '67 DTSTART:20261031T003000Z DTEND:20261031T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683992251352 CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:Detroit ‘67 tells the story of conflicting siblings against a backdrop of the race riots that shook Detroit\, Michigan\, in the summer of 1967. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/detroit-67 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Super Science Saturday DTSTART:20261031T150000Z DTEND:20261031T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T182848Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53851134705843 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Super Science Saturday is a free public outreach and science e ducation event for kindergarten to 12th-grade students\, parents\, and any one interested in seeing science in action! \n\n \n\nThe event features in teractive\, hands-on science stations hosted by LSU departments\, campus o rganizations\, and local industry partners. Past participants include Albe marle\, BASF\, Dow\, ExxonMobil\, the Greater Baton Rouge Industry Allianc e\, the LSU College of Science\, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wa ve Observatory (LIGO)\, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICh E)\, and the Our Lady of the Lake College Chemistry Department.\n\n \n\nSu per Science Saturday is sponsored by the LSU College of Science and the Ba ton Rouge Section of the American Chemical Society. LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182848Z LOCATION:Pete Maravich Assembly Center\, Upper Level Concourse URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/super-science-saturday-3432 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891157000 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869730777 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Detroit '67 DTSTART:20261101T003000Z DTEND:20261101T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683992251353 CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:Detroit ‘67 tells the story of conflicting siblings against a backdrop of the race riots that shook Detroit\, Michigan\, in the summer of 1967. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/detroit-67 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261101T080000Z DTEND:20261101T100000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636484879 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Spring Semester App Opens DTSTART:20261101T160000Z DTEND:20261101T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_47736293193476 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Applications for the spring semester open on November 1 in the housing portal. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/spring-25-applications-open X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hänsel und Gretel: Presented by the Turner-Fischer Center for Ope ra DTSTART:20261101T210000Z DTEND:20261101T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53206405521141 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:The Turner-Fischer Center for Opera opens the 2026-27 season w ith Engelbert Humperdinck's enchanting Hänsel und Gretel. Based on the cl assic Brothers Grimm tale\, this opera has become one of the most beloved fairy-tale operas ever created\, resonating with audiences of all ages. \n \n \n\nA protégé of Richard Wagner\, Humperdinck brings to the score a r ich musical sophistication shaped by his mentor's influence\, whil retaini ng a warmth and lyric charm all his own. Beneath its magical surface\, the opera acknowledges the darker textures of the Grimm tradition\, yet prese nts them with elegance\, wit\, and heart. \n\n \n\nLibretto by Adelheid W ette. Conducted by Michael Borowitz. The opera will be sung in German with English supertitles. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music & Dramatic Arts Building\, Shaver Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/hansel-und-gretel-presented-by-the-turn er-fischer-center-for-opera X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261103 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891158025 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261103 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869731802 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Detroit '67 DTSTART:20261102T013000Z DTEND:20261102T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002757Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683992252378 CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:Detroit ‘67 tells the story of conflicting siblings against a backdrop of the race riots that shook Detroit\, Michigan\, in the summer of 1967. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002757Z LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, 129A Music & Dramatic Arts Building URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/detroit-67 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Unclassified Employees (Profes sional\, Faculty\, and Other Academic) DTSTART:20261102T143000Z DTEND:20261102T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T122802Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953447575 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Unclassified/Professional\, Faculty\, or Other Academ ic employee\, you are encouraged to attend the Benefits and Retirement Ori entation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on t he first and third Monday of every month*. Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. Or ientation begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes by 12:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employee benefits\, retirement plan s and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T122802Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-8028 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261102T170000Z DTEND:20261102T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636486928 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Classified Only DTSTART:20261102T190000Z DTEND:20261102T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953458843 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Classified employee\, you are encouraged to attend th e Benefits and Retirement Orientation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on the first and third Monday of every month*. Ch eck-in begins at 1:00 p.m. Orientation begins at 1:15 p.m. and concludes b y 4:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employe e benefits\, retirement plans and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-classif ied-only-6506 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261103 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261104 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891158026 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261103 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261104 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869731803 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Constantinides New Music Ensemble (CNME) DTSTART:20261103T013000Z DTEND:20261103T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53206438619741 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join the Constantinides New Music Ensemble for an exciting eve ning of contemporary and boundary-pushing works that venture into uncharte d musical territory and expand the landscape of contemporary sound by both living and recent composers. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/constantinides-new-music-ensemble-cnme- 3655 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261103T170000Z DTEND:20261103T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636488977 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261105 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891159051 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261105 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869732828 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Intro to Post Award DTSTART:20261104T150000Z DTEND:20261104T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974864492 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Zoom information and handouts will be provided to participants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/intro-to-post-award-3813 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261104T170000Z DTEND:20261104T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636490002 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261106 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891159052 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261106 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869733853 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261105T170000Z DTEND:20261105T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636492051 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final Date for Dropping Courses or Resigning from the University - Fall 2026 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261107 DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179412582469 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/final-date-for-dropping-courses-or-resi gning-from-the-university-fall-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final Date to Petition Dean's Office for rescheduling a final exam when three examinations are scheduled in 24 hours - Fall 2026 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261107 DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179412682831 CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/final-date-to-petition-deans-office-for -rescheduling-a-final-exam-when-three-examinations-are-scheduled-in-24-hou rs-fall-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261107 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891160077 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261107 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869734878 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU String Faculty in Recital DTSTART:20261106T013000Z DTEND:20261106T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53231531663871 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join LSU's String Faculty as they present an evening of compel ling\, poetic\, and beautiful string chamber music. Featuring Lin He (viol in)\, Espen Lilleslåtten (violin)\, Kimberly Sparr (viola)\, Dennis Parke r (cello)\, and Yung-Chiao Wei (Bass) More program information regarding r epertoire coming later this summer. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-string-faculty-in-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Management Foundation Series: Managing Performance DTSTART:20261106T150000Z DTEND:20261106T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53370141682713 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Learn how to identify and respond to a performance problem\, u nderstand the Workday process\, identify ways to increase motivation \, pr ovide specific feedback\, and address performance issues through the posit ive discipline process. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union 256-J URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/management-foundation-series-managing-p erformance-7937 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sole Source Procurements DTSTART:20261106T160000Z DTEND:20261106T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T121629Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53741793631033 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course will focus defining sole source procurements and o utlining the differences between sole source procurements and solicitation s that include approved proprietary specifications. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T121629Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/sole-source-procurements-4338 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261106T170000Z DTEND:20261106T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636493076 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261108 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891160078 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261108 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869735903 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891160079 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869736928 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261110 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891161104 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261110 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869737953 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261109T170000Z DTEND:20261109T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636495125 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Undergraduate Composers Recital DTSTART:20261109T233000Z DTEND:20261110T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53231572773678 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Discover bold new sounds from LSU’s undergraduate composers as they present original works that traverse diverse musical landscapes. E xperience their creativity\, innovation\, and passion in this dynamic spri ng showcase. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-undergraduate-composers-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261111 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891161105 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261111 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869738978 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BUILD: Communication Using the Five Paths to Leadership® Model DTSTART:20261110T150000Z DTEND:20261110T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_51830849619496 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As an aspiring leader\, it’s essential to know how to commun icate clearly and stay composed—especially when conversations become cha llenging. This interactive session will help you build the skills and conf idence needed to navigate tough discussions with clarity and poise. You’ ll explore strategies for managing your own reactions\, applying transpare nt communication principles\, and practicing real-world scenarios that ref lect everyday leadership challenges. Through guided exercises\, you’ll l eave w LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/build-communication-using-the-five-path s-to-leadership-model-3857 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GeauxGrants Proposal Development for Manual Proposals DTSTART:20261110T153000Z DTEND:20261110T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260801T121708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53582501187717 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for faculty and staff at the LSU A&M campus w ho prepare\, route and submit proposals. The workshop will provide an over view of the GeauxGrants proposal modules with a focus on creating proposal s\, building a budget\, and routing a proposal for institutional approvals . This class will be conducted via Zoom. Participants must register at htt ps://training.lsu.edu to be sent a Zoom Invitation prior to the workshop. Instructor is Josh Boudreaux. LAST-MODIFIED:20260801T121708Z LOCATION:Online Sponsored Programs Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/geauxgrants-proposal-development-for-ma nual-proposals-9655 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261110T170000Z DTEND:20261110T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636497174 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Travel DTSTART:20261110T193000Z DTEND:20261110T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555963139075 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Travel: This course is intended to give an overview of the Uni versity Travel Program for travelers and administrative personnel. The cou rse will also include detailed information such as\, how to create a spend authorization\, expense report\, and other helpful reports to assist in t he processing of travel transactions. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/travel-3159 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GeauxGrants Proposal Development for Manual Proposals DTSTART:20261110T193000Z DTEND:20261110T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260804T120339Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53609043926093 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for faculty and staff at the LSU A&M campus w ho prepare\, route and submit proposals. The workshop will provide an over view of the GeauxGrants proposal modules with a focus on creating proposal s\, building a budget\, and routing a proposal for institutional approvals . This class will be conducted via Zoom. Participants must register at htt ps://training.lsu.edu to be sent a Zoom Invitation prior to the workshop. Instructor is Josh Boudreaux. LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T120339Z LOCATION:Online Sponsored Programs Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/geauxgrants-proposal-development-for-ma nual-proposals-9655 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261112 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891162130 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261112 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869740003 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Big Bands in Concert DTSTART:20261111T013000Z DTEND:20261111T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53231607147293 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Experience an unforgettable evening of jazz as the LSU Jazz En semble\, under the direction of Doug Stone\, and the LSU Jazz Lab Band\, l ed by John Madere\, take the stage for a spirited fall performance celebra ting America’s original art form. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-big-bands-in-concert-5377 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Department Solicitations DTSTART:20261111T160000Z DTEND:20261111T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T121629Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53741793678144 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course will outline the process departments must follow w hen creating a department solicitation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T121629Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/department-solicitations-8048 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Department Solicitations DTSTART:20261111T160000Z DTEND:20261111T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T122758Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53856825535040 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course will outline the process departments must follow w hen creating a department solicitation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T122758Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/department-solicitations-8924 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261111T170000Z DTEND:20261111T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636499223 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program: Fall 2026 Orientat ions DTSTART:20261111T193000Z DTEND:20261111T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T000301Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53621751099162 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The LSU Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program (DURP)\ , offered by the LSU Office of Undergraduate Research\, is a graduation di stinction that students can work toward earning through their participatio n in faculty-mentored undergraduate research. An LSU Distinguished Undergr aduate Researcher is a student who has demonstrated oustanding abilities a s an advanced student researcher in their discipline. \n\n \n\nStudents in terested in pursuing the graduation distinction must attend an in-person o rientation and enroll in the program prior to the start of their graduatin g semester in order to be eligible. The orientation covers all of the requ irements for earning the distinction. LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T000301Z LOCATION:Hatcher Hall\, 344 URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/distinguished-undergraduate-researcher- program-fall-2026-orientations X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261113 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891162131 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261113 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869741028 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Symphonic Band DTSTART:20261112T013000Z DTEND:20261112T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53231630138355 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The LSU Symphonic Band invites you to its final performance of the fall semester—a celebratory evening of music that brings together s tudents\, families\, and the Baton Rouge community. Under the direction of Dr. Weston Lewis\, the ensemble will perform a vibrant program featuring both classic and contemporary works for winds. Come experience the power o f live music and support the next generation of Louisiana’s musical tale nt.\n\nRepertoire details will be announced later this summer. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-symphonic-band X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Effort and Key Personnel DTSTART:20261112T150000Z DTEND:20261112T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974905460 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course defines effort and key personnel and explains how departmental personnel and principal investigators should properly monitor and document them. Zoom information and handouts will be provided to part icipants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/effort-and-key-personnel-6392 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GeauxGrants Proposal Development for Grants.gov (S2S) Proposals DTSTART:20261112T153000Z DTEND:20261112T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260804T120339Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53609043962961 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop is for faculty and staff at the LSU A&M campus w ho prepare\, route and submit proposals. The workshop will provide an over view of the GeauxGrants proposal modules with a focus on creating Grants.g ov proposals for federal Grants.gov proposal submissions\, building a budg et\, and routing a proposal for institutional approvals. Participants must register at https://training.lsu.edu to be sent a Zoom Invitation prior t o the workshop. Instructors are Josh Boudreaux and Gina Billiot. LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T120339Z LOCATION:Online Sponsored Programs Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/geauxgrants-proposal-development-for-gr antsgov-s2s-proposals-4722 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261112T170000Z DTEND:20261112T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636501272 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LaCarte DTSTART:20261112T193000Z DTEND:20261112T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555963148295 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:LaCarte Purchasing Card “LaCarte” is a credit card issued to authorized employees for the purpose of making low dollar purchases. La Carte is intended to simplify your buying process and improve your cycle t ime from ordering to payment. Typical examples of items that may qualify f or this program include books\, computer accessories\, materials\, and sup plies. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lacarte-2814 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261114 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891163156 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261114 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869742053 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Gospel Choir DTSTART:20261113T013000Z DTEND:20261113T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53231662340437 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The LSU Gospel Choir returns to Broadmoor Baptist Church to pr esent their Fall concert. You won't want to miss this electrifying program that highlights traditional and contemporary gospel music from prominent gospel and Christian artists. This concert is free and open to the public. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Broadmoor Baptist Church URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-gospel-choir-619 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream DTSTART:20261113T013000Z DTEND:20261113T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683967076036 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:DreamOn the eve of a royal wedding\, four young lovers become tangled in a bewildering chase fueled by desire\, jealousy\, and a mischie vous bit of magic. As romantic confusion collides with a troupe of hilario us actors and meddling fairies\, Shakespeare’s beloved comedy celebrates the exhilarating foolishness of love—and the transformations that can h appen in one unforgettable night LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Reilly Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261113T170000Z DTEND:20261113T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636503321 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261115 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891163157 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261115 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869743078 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana DTSTART:20261114T013000Z DTEND:20261114T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53231752452034 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:In its annual concert\, the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana expl ores the intersection between technology and collective music making\, tra nsforming itself into a hybrid virtual percussion ensemble for the evening . LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Louisiana Digital Media Center\, Digital Media Center Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/laptop-orchestra-of-louisiana-2499 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream DTSTART:20261114T013000Z DTEND:20261114T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683967077061 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:DreamOn the eve of a royal wedding\, four young lovers become tangled in a bewildering chase fueled by desire\, jealousy\, and a mischie vous bit of magic. As romantic confusion collides with a troupe of hilario us actors and meddling fairies\, Shakespeare’s beloved comedy celebrates the exhilarating foolishness of love—and the transformations that can h appen in one unforgettable night LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Reilly Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Experimental Statistics Seminar: Satabdi Saha Postdoctoral Fellow\ , Department of Biostatistics\, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center DTSTART:20261114T193000Z DTEND:20261114T202000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_51135450740211 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Bayesian Variable Selection for Compositional Microbiome Data\ n\nOngoing advancements in microbiome profiling have provided unprecedente d insights into the\nmolecular dynamics of microbial communities\, sparkin g a surge of interest in uncovering the\nmicrobiome’s critical role in h uman health. Identifying microbial features linked to clinical\noutcomes\, however\, remains challenging due to the high-dimensional\, sparse\, and compositional nature of microbiome data. Additionally\, many microbial tax a\, although classified as distinct\, may share functional roles\, complic ating traditional variable selection methods.\nTo address this\, we develo ped two complementary Bayesian frameworks. Our first\napproach\, BRACE\, p rovides a unified nonparametric approach for data-adaptive feature\naggreg ation and selection. By clustering regression coefficients\, BRACE identif ies groups of taxa with similar functional impacts\, yielding interpretabl e models and effective dimension reduction without relying on external inf ormation. In contrast\, our second approach\, GRACE\, investigates the rol e of external feature similarity graphs. It combines variable selection wi th outcome-driven graph learning\, characterizing how recovery of outcome- relevant networks changes when guided by external\, outcome-agnostic graph s such as phylogeny or co-occurrence. Both methods explicitly respect comp ositionality and have shown strong performance in oral microbiome applicat ions\, together offering new strategies for interpretable regression model s in compositional data settings. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Coates Hall\, 145 URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/experimental-statistics-seminar-satabdi -saha-postdoctoral-fellow-department-of-biostatistics-the-university-of-te xas-md-anderson-cancer-center X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261116 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891164182 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261116 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869744103 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream DTSTART:20261115T013000Z DTEND:20261115T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683967077062 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:DreamOn the eve of a royal wedding\, four young lovers become tangled in a bewildering chase fueled by desire\, jealousy\, and a mischie vous bit of magic. As romantic confusion collides with a troupe of hilario us actors and meddling fairies\, Shakespeare’s beloved comedy celebrates the exhilarating foolishness of love—and the transformations that can h appen in one unforgettable night LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Reilly Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream DTSTART:20261115T200000Z DTEND:20261115T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683967078087 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:DreamOn the eve of a royal wedding\, four young lovers become tangled in a bewildering chase fueled by desire\, jealousy\, and a mischie vous bit of magic. As romantic confusion collides with a troupe of hilario us actors and meddling fairies\, Shakespeare’s beloved comedy celebrates the exhilarating foolishness of love—and the transformations that can h appen in one unforgettable night LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Reilly Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261117 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891164183 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261117 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869745128 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Unclassified Employees (Profes sional\, Faculty\, and Other Academic) DTSTART:20261116T143000Z DTEND:20261116T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T122802Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953478304 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Unclassified/Professional\, Faculty\, or Other Academ ic employee\, you are encouraged to attend the Benefits and Retirement Ori entation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on t he first and third Monday of every month*. Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. Or ientation begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes by 12:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employee benefits\, retirement plan s and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T122802Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-1090 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Payroll 101 DTSTART:20261116T153000Z DTEND:20261116T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555963168780 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course is intended to give an overview of Payroll Process ing. We will also discuss special requirements for international employees as well as the ramifications of overpayments and ways to prevent overpaym ents. This is a lecture style training that is open to new employees as we ll as existing employees needing a refresher class. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/payroll-101-8051 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261116T170000Z DTEND:20261116T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636505370 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Classified Only DTSTART:20261116T190000Z DTEND:20261116T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953488548 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Classified employee\, you are encouraged to attend th e Benefits and Retirement Orientation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on the first and third Monday of every month*. Ch eck-in begins at 1:00 p.m. Orientation begins at 1:15 p.m. and concludes b y 4:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employe e benefits\, retirement plans and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-classif ied-only-3640 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261118 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891165208 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261118 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869745129 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon) & Sean Friar (piano)\, Guest Artist Rec ital DTSTART:20261117T013000Z DTEND:20261117T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53231780636428 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:LSU welcomes the Kuuskmann-Friar Duo to the Recital Hall for a dynamic program of new music for amplified bassoon and piano. Featuring G RAMMY-nominated bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann and Rome Prize-winning compose r-pianist Sean Friar\, the duo blends elements of classical\, rock\, jazz\ , electronic\, and ambient music to create a fresh and expressive chamber music experience. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/martin-kuuskmann-bassoon-sean-friar-pia no-guest-artist-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Climbing the Career Ladder Series - The Guide to Managing Up DTSTART:20261117T150000Z DTEND:20261117T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53370141720608 CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Class 3 of 4. In this class\, discover how to build strong wor king relationships with your supervisor(s) that help you gain influence yo u need to grow your career. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Peabody 225 URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/climbing-the-career-ladder-series-the-g uide-to-managing-up-2008 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261117T170000Z DTEND:20261117T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636506395 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261119 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891165209 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261119 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869746154 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Symphonic Winds DTSTART:20261118T013000Z DTEND:20261118T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53231844625448 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join the LSU Symphonic Winds for an inspiring evening of music as they present their final performance of the fall semester\, led by Dr. Simon Holoweiko. This concert will feature a thoughtful selection of work s that showcase the ensemble’s musical depth\, precision\, and expressiv e power. Open to music lovers of all ages\, the event offers a wonderful o pportunity for the campus and Baton Rouge communities to come together in celebration of the arts.\n\nRepertoire details will be announced later thi s summer. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-symphonic-winds-1762 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Participant Support & Fellowships/Subawards DTSTART:20261118T150000Z DTEND:20261118T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670974963838 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course covers two separate and distinct topics: (1) parti cipant support costs and fellowships\; and (2) subawards. It provides info rmation for departmental personnel and principal investigators on how to a dminister and monitor these types of costs. Zoom information and handouts will be provided to participants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/participant-support-fellowshipssubaward s-7946 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261118T170000Z DTEND:20261118T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636508444 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Introduction to Sponsored Programs DTSTART:20261118T200000Z DTEND:20261118T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260801T121708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53582501281935 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The class will provide fundamental guidance regarding sponsore d programs including review of basic LSU policy\, Federal policy\, proposa l preparation\, budget preparation\, proposal routing\, review\, approval and submission as well as award and post-award procedures conducted by OSP . Participants must register at https://training.lsu.edu to be sent a Zoom Invitation prior to the workshop. Instructors are Jennifer Donaldson and Lisa Gremillion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260801T121708Z LOCATION:Online Sponsored Programs Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/introduction-to-sponsored-programs-4501 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261120 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891166234 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261120 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869748203 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream DTSTART:20261119T013000Z DTEND:20261119T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683967079114 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:DreamOn the eve of a royal wedding\, four young lovers become tangled in a bewildering chase fueled by desire\, jealousy\, and a mischie vous bit of magic. As romantic confusion collides with a troupe of hilario us actors and meddling fairies\, Shakespeare’s beloved comedy celebrates the exhilarating foolishness of love—and the transformations that can h appen in one unforgettable night LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Reilly Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261119T170000Z DTEND:20261119T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636510493 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261121 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891166235 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261121 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869749228 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream DTSTART:20261120T013000Z DTEND:20261120T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683967080139 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:DreamOn the eve of a royal wedding\, four young lovers become tangled in a bewildering chase fueled by desire\, jealousy\, and a mischie vous bit of magic. As romantic confusion collides with a troupe of hilario us actors and meddling fairies\, Shakespeare’s beloved comedy celebrates the exhilarating foolishness of love—and the transformations that can h appen in one unforgettable night LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Reilly Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Management Foundation Series - Managing Teams DTSTART:20261120T150000Z DTEND:20261120T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53370141732900 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Managers will explore team dynamics\, culture\, and the team f ormation process to help build and lead effective teams. This course will help managers understand the importance of trust and psychological safety in the workplace. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union 256-J URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/management-foundation-series-managing-t eams-3452 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261120T170000Z DTEND:20261120T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636512542 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261122 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891167260 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261122 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869749229 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Of Thee I Sing: Presented by the LSU Symphony & Turner-Fischer Cen ter for Opera DTSTART:20261121T013000Z DTEND:20261121T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53231886986998 CATEGORIES:music,theater DESCRIPTION:In a rare and exciting collaboration\, the LSU Symphony Orches tra and the Turner-Fischer Center for Opera join forces to present a speci al semi-staged peformance of Of Thee I Sing. As part of the celebration of American's 250th anniversary\, this groundbreaking musical by George and Ira Gershwin returns to the spotlight with all the brilliance that made it the first musical to receive the Pulitzer Prize. \n\nWIth its irresistibl e score\, sharp satire\, and exuberant wit\, Of Thee I Sing delights even as it lampoons the machinery of politics\, ambition\, and corruption. Prov ing its humor remains strikingly timely. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/of-thee-i-sing-presented-by-the-lsu-sym phony-turner-fischer-center-for-opera X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream DTSTART:20261121T013000Z DTEND:20261121T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683967080140 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:DreamOn the eve of a royal wedding\, four young lovers become tangled in a bewildering chase fueled by desire\, jealousy\, and a mischie vous bit of magic. As romantic confusion collides with a troupe of hilario us actors and meddling fairies\, Shakespeare’s beloved comedy celebrates the exhilarating foolishness of love—and the transformations that can h appen in one unforgettable night LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Reilly Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891167261 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869750254 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream DTSTART:20261122T013000Z DTEND:20261122T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683967081165 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:DreamOn the eve of a royal wedding\, four young lovers become tangled in a bewildering chase fueled by desire\, jealousy\, and a mischie vous bit of magic. As romantic confusion collides with a troupe of hilario us actors and meddling fairies\, Shakespeare’s beloved comedy celebrates the exhilarating foolishness of love—and the transformations that can h appen in one unforgettable night LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Reilly Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Midsummer Night's Dream DTSTART:20261122T200000Z DTEND:20261122T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260829T003040Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683967081166 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:DreamOn the eve of a royal wedding\, four young lovers become tangled in a bewildering chase fueled by desire\, jealousy\, and a mischie vous bit of magic. As romantic confusion collides with a troupe of hilario us actors and meddling fairies\, Shakespeare’s beloved comedy celebrates the exhilarating foolishness of love—and the transformations that can h appen in one unforgettable night LAST-MODIFIED:20260829T003040Z LOCATION:Reilly Theatre URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/a-midsummer-nights-dream X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261124 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891168286 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261124 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869751279 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hamiruge: LSU Percussion Group DTSTART:20261123T013000Z DTEND:20261123T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53231909481460 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Experience the power\, precision\, and imagination of Hamiruge : The LSU Percussion Group in an electrifying fall performance that brings the full spectrum of percussion to life. Known for championing bold conte mporary works and expanding the boundaries of the percussion medium\, Hami ruge transforms rhythm in color\, motion\, and sound. Under the direction of Dr. Brett Dietz\, the ensemble brings together adventurous new sounds i n a program that showcases artistry and versatility of LSU's percussionist s. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music & Dramatic Arts Building\, Old Band Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/hamiruge-lsu-percussion-group X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261123T170000Z DTEND:20261123T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636513567 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261125 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891168287 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261125 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869753328 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kimberly Sparr (viola)\, Faculty Recital DTSTART:20261124T013000Z DTEND:20261124T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53231936032790 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Faculty member and award-winning violist Kimberly Sparr joins with pianist Michael Gurt to present an evening of unique and inspiring mu sic for viola and piano. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/kimberly-sparr-viola-faculty-recital X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261124T170000Z DTEND:20261124T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636515616 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Invoice Processing and Special Meals DTSTART:20261124T193000Z DTEND:20261124T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260731T121620Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573730920586 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course is intended to give an overview of the University Direct Charge and Purchase Order invoice processing. It will include detai led information such as\, AS forms\, creating receipts\, and Purchase Orde r obligation balances. This course is also intended to give an overview of the University policies regarding special meals. This course will include detailed information such as completing AS forms and creating Expense Rep orts. LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T121620Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/invoice-processing-and-special-meals-55 24 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261126 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891169312 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261126 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869754353 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Chamber Jazz Ensembles DTSTART:20261125T013000Z DTEND:20261125T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53232014374384 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The LSU Chamber Jazz Ensembles will present a concert featurin g classic small group jazz repertoire from a variety of eras. In the chamb er jazz ensemble format\, student musicians have the opportunity to focus on improvisation\, exploring the harmonic and rhythmic nuances of the piec es\, and highlighting their unique and personal melodic musical voices. Pl ease join us for an intimate and inspiring musical evening. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-chamber-jazz-ensembles-9089 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Concert Orchestra DTSTART:20261125T013000Z DTEND:20261125T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53232038473178 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join the LSU Concert Orchestra in a captivating fall performan ce at University United Methodist Church. This ensemble brings together st udents from across LSU\, including non-music majors\, who share a love for playing orchestral music. The concert will feature a varied program perfo rmed in a warm community setting\, offering audiences a chance to hear LSU students collaborate\, grow\, and make music together. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:University United Methodist Church URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-concert-orchestra-2035 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261125T170000Z DTEND:20261125T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636517665 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thanksgiving Holiday - Fall 2026 DTSTART:20261125T183000Z DTEND:20261126T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179412788313 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/thanksgiving-holiday-fall-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261127 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891169313 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261127 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869755378 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thanksgiving Holiday - Fall 2026 DTSTART:20261126T183000Z DTEND:20261127T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179412869217 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/thanksgiving-holiday-fall-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261128 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891170338 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261128 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869756403 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thanksgiving Holiday - Fall 2026 DTSTART:20261127T183000Z DTEND:20261128T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179412914274 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/thanksgiving-holiday-fall-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261129 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891170339 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261129 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869757428 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261130 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891171364 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261130 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869758453 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261201 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891171365 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261201 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869759478 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261130T170000Z DTEND:20261130T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636519714 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Really\, Really New Music Marathon DTSTART:20261130T210000Z DTEND:20261130T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53232102908747 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Really\, Really New Music Marathon\, an aftern oon and evening of four back-to-back concerts featuring brand-new works by student composers from the Experimental Music & Digital Media and Composi tion areas at the LSU School of Music.\n\nThese performances highlight ori ginal music that’s just been created—composed\, produced\, and perform ed by students pushing the boundaries of sound and creativity. Come hear w hat's new\, what's bold\, and what's next. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/really-really-new-music-marathon-9211 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Really\, Really New Music Marathon DTSTART:20261130T223000Z DTEND:20261130T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53232102909772 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Really\, Really New Music Marathon\, an aftern oon and evening of four back-to-back concerts featuring brand-new works by student composers from the Experimental Music & Digital Media and Composi tion areas at the LSU School of Music.\n\nThese performances highlight ori ginal music that’s just been created—composed\, produced\, and perform ed by students pushing the boundaries of sound and creativity. Come hear w hat's new\, what's bold\, and what's next. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/really-really-new-music-marathon-9211 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Really\, Really New Music Marathon DTSTART:20261201T000000Z DTEND:20261201T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53232102909773 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Really\, Really New Music Marathon\, an aftern oon and evening of four back-to-back concerts featuring brand-new works by student composers from the Experimental Music & Digital Media and Composi tion areas at the LSU School of Music.\n\nThese performances highlight ori ginal music that’s just been created—composed\, produced\, and perform ed by students pushing the boundaries of sound and creativity. Come hear w hat's new\, what's bold\, and what's next. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/really-really-new-music-marathon-9211 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261202 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891172390 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261202 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869760503 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Really\, Really New Music Marathon DTSTART:20261201T013000Z DTEND:20261201T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53232102910798 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Really\, Really New Music Marathon\, an aftern oon and evening of four back-to-back concerts featuring brand-new works by student composers from the Experimental Music & Digital Media and Composi tion areas at the LSU School of Music.\n\nThese performances highlight ori ginal music that’s just been created—composed\, produced\, and perform ed by students pushing the boundaries of sound and creativity. Come hear w hat's new\, what's bold\, and what's next. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Music Building\, Turner-Fischer Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/really-really-new-music-marathon-9211 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Climbing the Career Ladder Series - Building Your Expertise DTSTART:20261201T150000Z DTEND:20261201T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53370141743144 CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Class 4 of 4. In this workshop you will identify opportunities to keep your knowledge and skills up to date\, learn how your supervisor can invest in your development\, and create an action plan for your develo pment goals. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Peabody 225 URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/climbing-the-career-ladder-series-build ing-your-expertise-9555 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261201T170000Z DTEND:20261201T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636521763 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261203 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891172391 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261203 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869761528 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Chamber Singers DTSTART:20261202T013000Z DTEND:20261202T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53232153514920 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The LSU Chamber Singers is an advanced chamber ensemble that s erves as the resident recital choir for graduate students in choral conduc ting. It is comprised of graduate students and select undergraduate studen ts in the vocal and choral departments. Chamber Singers serves as a traini ng choir for professional choral singing profession\, as singers prepare a diverse repertory of music at a high artistic level over a shortened rehe arsal period. Their final concert of the season features doctoral student conductor Yimo Li's final DMA recital. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-chamber-singers-8182 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Wind Ensemble DTSTART:20261202T013000Z DTEND:20261202T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53232125050744 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join LSU's renowned Wind Ensemble for its final performance of the Fall semeseter\, under the baton of Dr. Damon Talley. This culminatin g concert will showcase the ensemble’s remarkable precision\, power\, an d musicality through a dynamic program of contemporary works and timeless wind band classics. Don’t miss this powerful conclusion to an unforgetta ble season of music.\n\nRepertoire details will be announced later this su mmer. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-wind-ensemble-3875 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Concentrated Study Period Begins - Fall 2026 DTSTART:20261202T133000Z DTEND:20261202T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179412949093 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 - No meetings\, social activities\, athletic events\ , or other extracurricular activities requiring student participation will be scheduled\; no major examinations will be given in academic courses ot her than labs. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/concentrated-study-period-begins-fall-2 026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261202T170000Z DTEND:20261202T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636525860 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261204 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891172392 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261204 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869762553 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Intro to Post Award DTSTART:20261203T150000Z DTEND:20261203T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670975002758 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Zoom information and handouts will be provided to participants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/intro-to-post-award-4815 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261203T170000Z DTEND:20261203T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636528933 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program: Fall 2026 Orientat ions DTSTART:20261203T190000Z DTEND:20261203T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T000301Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53621751100187 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The LSU Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program (DURP)\ , offered by the LSU Office of Undergraduate Research\, is a graduation di stinction that students can work toward earning through their participatio n in faculty-mentored undergraduate research. An LSU Distinguished Undergr aduate Researcher is a student who has demonstrated oustanding abilities a s an advanced student researcher in their discipline. \n\n \n\nStudents in terested in pursuing the graduation distinction must attend an in-person o rientation and enroll in the program prior to the start of their graduatin g semester in order to be eligible. The orientation covers all of the requ irements for earning the distinction. LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T000301Z LOCATION:Hatcher Hall\, 344 URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/distinguished-undergraduate-researcher- program-fall-2026-orientations X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261205 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891173417 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261205 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869763578 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Managing Foundations - Capstone DTSTART:20261204T150000Z DTEND:20261204T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53370141753388 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Wrap up the Managing Foundations Series with a capstone worksh op! We will work through scenarios and building on connections across seri es concepts through group work of activities. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union 256-J URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/managing-foundations-capstone-7413 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261204T170000Z DTEND:20261204T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636533030 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261206 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891173418 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261206 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869765627 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LSU Candlelight Concert DTSTART:20261205T013000Z DTEND:20261205T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53232248703484 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:You're invited to celebrate the season with one of the LSU Col lege of Music & Dramatic Arts and School of Music's most cherished holiday traditions: the annual Candlelight Concert.\n\nEnjoy an inspiring evening of holiday music\, spirituals\, and seasonal choral works featuring the e xceptional voices of LSU's A Cappella Choir\, Tiger Glee Club\, Gospel Cho ir\, CHorale\, and more. This festive concert and treasured tradition fill s the air with holiday cheer\, sacred sounds\, and timeless melodies. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Theater URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lsu-candlelight-concert-312 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261207 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891174443 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261207 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869766652 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261206T080000Z DTEND:20261206T100000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636536103 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261208 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891174444 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261208 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869767677 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Concentrated Study Period Ends - Fall 2026 DTSTART:20261207T040000Z DTEND:20261207T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179413158009 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/concentrated-study-period-ends-fall-202 6 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final Examinations Begin - Fall 2026 DTSTART:20261207T133000Z DTEND:20261207T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179413274755 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/final-examinations-begin-fall-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Unclassified Employees (Profes sional\, Faculty\, and Other Academic) DTSTART:20261207T143000Z DTEND:20261207T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T122802Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953505960 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Unclassified/Professional\, Faculty\, or Other Academ ic employee\, you are encouraged to attend the Benefits and Retirement Ori entation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on t he first and third Monday of every month*. Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. Or ientation begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes by 12:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employee benefits\, retirement plan s and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T122802Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-8586 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261207T170000Z DTEND:20261207T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636541224 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Classified Only DTSTART:20261207T190000Z DTEND:20261207T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953517228 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Classified employee\, you are encouraged to attend th e Benefits and Retirement Orientation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on the first and third Monday of every month*. Ch eck-in begins at 1:00 p.m. Orientation begins at 1:15 p.m. and concludes b y 4:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employe e benefits\, retirement plans and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-classif ied-only-4882 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261209 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891175469 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261209 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869768702 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261208T170000Z DTEND:20261208T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636565801 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LaCarte DTSTART:20261208T193000Z DTEND:20261208T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555963240471 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:LaCarte Purchasing Card “LaCarte” is a credit card issued to authorized employees for the purpose of making low dollar purchases. La Carte is intended to simplify your buying process and improve your cycle t ime from ordering to payment. Typical examples of items that may qualify f or this program include books\, computer accessories\, materials\, and sup plies. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/lacarte-895 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261210 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891175470 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261210 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869769727 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cost Sharing DTSTART:20261209T150000Z DTEND:20261209T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670975043726 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course defines cost sharing and how to properly monitor a nd document cost sharing for departmental personnel and principal investig ators. Zoom information and handouts will be provided to participants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/cost-sharing-2540 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261209T170000Z DTEND:20261209T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636567850 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261211 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891176495 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261211 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869770752 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cost Transfers DTSTART:20261210T150000Z DTEND:20261210T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670975053970 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course defines cost transfers and provides detailed instr uctions on how to properly prepare them for departmental personnel and pri ncipal investigators. Zoom information and handouts will be provided to pa rticipants the day before the training takes place. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/cost-transfers-9104 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261210T170000Z DTEND:20261210T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636569899 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Travel DTSTART:20261210T193000Z DTEND:20261210T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555963250715 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Travel: This course is intended to give an overview of the Uni versity Travel Program for travelers and administrative personnel. The cou rse will also include detailed information such as\, how to create a spend authorization\, expense report\, and other helpful reports to assist in t he processing of travel transactions. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/travel-4141 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261212 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891176496 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261212 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869771777 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Payroll 101 DTSTART:20261211T153000Z DTEND:20261211T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53555963261983 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course is intended to give an overview of Payroll Process ing. We will also discuss special requirements for international employees as well as the ramifications of overpayments and ways to prevent overpaym ents. This is a lecture style training that is open to new employees as we ll as existing employees needing a refresher class. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/payroll-101-4859 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261211T170000Z DTEND:20261211T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636572972 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261213 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891177521 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261213 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869772802 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261214 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891177522 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261214 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869774851 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dorms Close for Winter Break DTSTART:20261213T020000Z DTEND:20261213T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T183026Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53885922476940 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Residence halls close for winter break on December 12\, 2026\, at 8 p.m.\n\nResidents in residence halls - not apartments - must vacate the room within 24-hours of your last exam or by December 12\, 2026\, at 8 p.m.\, whichever comes first.\n\nAttend your floor's closing meeting the last week in November\, and view the checklist from your RA for steps to p repare for winter break\, like thawing out the refrigerator\, removing bed ding\, setting the temperature\, etc. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T183026Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/dorms-close-for-winter-break X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final Examinations End - Fall 2026 DTSTART:20261213T040000Z DTEND:20261213T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179413374093 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/final-examinations-end-fall-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261215 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891178547 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261215 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869775876 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Classes Begin - Wintersession 2026 DTSTART:20261214T133000Z DTEND:20261214T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179424546811 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/classes-begin-wintersession-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261214T170000Z DTEND:20261214T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636575021 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final Date for Dropping Courses without receiving a 'W' grade - Wi ntersession 2026 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261216 DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179424648197 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/final-date-for-dropping-courses-without -receiving-a-w-grade-wintersession-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final Date to Add Courses for Credit and Making Section Changes - Wintersession 2026 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261216 DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179424738319 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/final-date-to-add-courses-for-credit-an d-making-section-changes-wintersession-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261216 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891178548 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261216 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869776901 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261215T170000Z DTEND:20261215T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636576046 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Invoice Processing and Special Meals DTSTART:20261215T193000Z DTEND:20261215T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260731T121620Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573730984085 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course is intended to give an overview of the University Direct Charge and Purchase Order invoice processing. It will include detai led information such as\, AS forms\, creating receipts\, and Purchase Orde r obligation balances. This course is also intended to give an overview of the University policies regarding special meals. This course will include detailed information such as completing AS forms and creating Expense Rep orts. LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T121620Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/invoice-processing-and-special-meals-54 38 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261216 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261217 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891179573 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261216 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261217 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869776902 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Post Award Management Reports DTSTART:20261216T150000Z DTEND:20261216T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T122320Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53670975103129 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This course reviews suggested sponsored programs reports along with tips and tricks for navigating reporting in Workday. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T122320Z LOCATION:Online Online URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/post-award-management-reports-2598 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Budget Instructor Led Workday Training DTSTART:20261216T160000Z DTEND:20261216T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547130279919 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:New employees as well as existing employees with the Budget An alyst\, HR Analyst\, HR Originator or Cost Center Manager Security Roles a re invited to attend the Budget Instructor Led Workday Training/Practice L ab. This course will focus on costing allocations as well as how to find y our budget in Workday. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Finance Virtual Training URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/budget-instructor-led-workday-training- 368 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261216T170000Z DTEND:20261216T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636578095 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Commencement Activities - Fall 2026 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261218 DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179413566625 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Fall 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/commencement-activities-fall-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261218 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891179574 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261217 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261218 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869778951 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261217T170000Z DTEND:20261217T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636580144 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261218 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891180599 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261218 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869779976 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261218T170000Z DTEND:20261218T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636582193 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261220 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891180600 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261220 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869781001 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261220 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261221 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891180601 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261220 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261221 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869782026 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261222 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891181626 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261222 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869783051 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Unclassified Employees (Profes sional\, Faculty\, and Other Academic) DTSTART:20261221T143000Z DTEND:20261221T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T122802Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953528496 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Unclassified/Professional\, Faculty\, or Other Academ ic employee\, you are encouraged to attend the Benefits and Retirement Ori entation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on t he first and third Monday of every month*. Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. Or ientation begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes by 12:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employee benefits\, retirement plan s and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T122802Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-5972 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261221T170000Z DTEND:20261221T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636584242 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Benefits & Retirement Orientation - Classified Only DTSTART:20261221T190000Z DTEND:20261221T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52458953542836 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:As a new Classified employee\, you are encouraged to attend th e Benefits and Retirement Orientation within two weeks of your start date. Orientation takes place on the first and third Monday of every month*. Ch eck-in begins at 1:00 p.m. Orientation begins at 1:15 p.m. and concludes b y 4:00 p.m. Orientation will provide you with information on LSU\, employe e benefits\, retirement plans and parking permits. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Union Capital Chamber Room (329) URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/benefits-retirement-orientation-classif ied-only-9412 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final Date for Dropping Courses or Resigning from the University - Wintersession 2026 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261223 DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179425170479 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/final-date-for-dropping-courses-or-resi gning-from-the-university-wintersession-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261223 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891181627 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261223 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869784076 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261222T170000Z DTEND:20261222T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636586291 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261223 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261224 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891182652 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261223 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261224 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869785101 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20261223T170000Z DTEND:20261223T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636588340 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261225 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891182653 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261225 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869786126 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Holiday DTSTART:20261224T133000Z DTEND:20261225T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179424821271 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/winter_holiday X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261226 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891183678 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261226 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869786127 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Holiday DTSTART:20261225T133000Z DTEND:20261226T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179424881689 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/winter_holiday X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261227 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891183679 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261227 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869787152 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Holiday DTSTART:20261226T133000Z DTEND:20261227T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179424930842 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/winter_holiday X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261228 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891184704 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261227 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261228 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869788177 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Holiday DTSTART:20261227T133000Z DTEND:20261228T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179424941083 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/winter_holiday X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261229 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891184705 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261229 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869789202 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Holiday DTSTART:20261228T133000Z DTEND:20261229T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179424951324 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/winter_holiday X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261229 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261230 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891185730 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261229 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261230 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869790227 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Holiday DTSTART:20261229T133000Z DTEND:20261230T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179424960541 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/winter_holiday X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261230 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261231 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891185731 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261230 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261231 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869791252 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Holiday DTSTART:20261230T133000Z DTEND:20261231T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179424974878 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/winter_holiday X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891186756 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261231 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869792277 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Holiday DTSTART:20261231T133000Z DTEND:20270101T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179424991263 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/winter_holiday X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270102 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891186757 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270102 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869793302 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Holiday DTSTART:20270101T133000Z DTEND:20270102T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179425005600 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/winter_holiday X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270103 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891187782 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270103 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869794327 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Holiday DTSTART:20270102T133000Z DTEND:20270103T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179425018913 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/winter_holiday X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270103 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270104 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737891188807 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:on view October 1\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Museum of Art\n\n \n\nThis fall the LSU Museum of Art presents Southern Gothic: L iterary Intersections with Art from The Johnson Collection. Drawing from t he celebrated holdings of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg\, South Ca rolina\, and Louisiana institutions and private collectors\, this exhibiti on explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s l ayered history through a lens long cultivated in Southern literature.\n\n \n\nOriginally curated as a collaboration between The Johnson Collection a nd Wofford College\, also in Spartanburg\, the show examines how nineteent h- and twentieth-century artists employed potent visual language to transc ribe the tensions between the South’s idyllic aura and its historical re alities. Using Southern Gothic literary traditions as inspiration\, the gr ouping considers how artists translate into visual form the same tensions found in the writings of William Faulkner\, Flannery O'Connor\, Tennessee Williams\, and Toni Morrison. Often described as a mood rather than a stri ct genre\, Southern Gothic blends elements of horror\, romance\, decay\, s pirituality\, and dark humor. In painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture\, these sensibilities emerge as evocative landscapes\, charged domestic inte riors\, allegorical scenes\, stereotypical antebellum imagery\, and portra its that hint at psychological depth and social complexity.\n\n \n\nThe co re group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments\, layered histories\, and enduring traditions. Obje cts from The Johnson Collection are placed in conversation with selections from LSUMOA’s permanent collection and significant loans from the Louis iana State Museums system\, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University\, the renowned Roger Houston Ogden Collection\, and art collector Jeremy Sim ien. This expanded framework creates a dynamic dialogue between regional v oices and the broader scope of Southern art history. Together\, the object s illuminate how artists have negotiated myth and memory\, confronting the South’s romanticized imagery alongside its difficult and often contradi ctory realities.\n\n \n\nFounded in 2002\, The Johnson Collection has grow n into a distinguished holding of more than 1\,400 objects spanning multip le centuries that trace the cultural evolution of the American South. The organization champions the pivotal role Southern art plays within the nati onal narrative and is dedicated to elevating historically under-recognized voices through thoughtfully curated publications and exhibitions that con tinually reassess and expand the story of Southern art.\n\n \n\nFunding fo r the 2026 Parish America 250 Mini Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor and th e America 250 Louisiana State Commission. The views\, findings\, conclusio ns\, or recommendations expressed in this (publication\, program\, exhibit ion\, website) do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities\, the America 250 Louisiana State Commission\ , or the State of Louisiana.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $ 5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeLSU Facul ty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and their famili es: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday o f every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/southern-gothic-literary-intersections- with-art-from-the-johnson-collection X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The South's Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270103 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270104 DTSTAMP:20260819T181703Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53737869795352 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:on view September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027 at the LSU Muse um of Art\n\n \n\nThe LSU Museum of Art is pleased to host The South’s M ost Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson\, an exhibition of over 40 work s by American artist\, Walter Inglis Anderson. The exhibition is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs\, MS\, and d raws from WAMA’s Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter A nderson. The exhibition includes rarely seen watercolors\, block prints\, ceramics\, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable a nd iconic works. This exhibition will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art from September 17\, 2026–January 3\, 2027.\n\n \n\nBorn in 1903 on Broad way Street in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, Anderson came of age during a peri od of rapid modernization across the American South. As industrialization reshaped the mainland\, he increasingly sought refuge in the solitude of t he natural world\, particularly the barrier islands beyond the Mississippi Sound. His subject matter ranges widely—from the Indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf Coast to the endangered birds and animals that once freely ro amed its shorelines. He is perhaps best known for his intimate watercolors of Horn Island\, a remote barrier island twelve miles off the coast of Oc ean Springs\, Mississippi. Rowing alone in a small skiff\, Anderson spent days observing and recording the island’s flora and fauna\, often workin g on simple 8.5 x 11-inch sheets of typing paper. These modest materials b elie the power of the resulting images\, which capture both the majesty an d the fierce unpredictability of the natural world.\n\n \n\nAnderson’s a rtworks and writings serve as meditations on perception and presence. “T he realization of form and space is through feeling\,” he wrote. “When I feel the beauty of a flower on the trunk of a tree\, I am at once induc ted into a world of three dimensions and have a sense of form which is opp osite of artificial forms and conventions.” His reflections illuminate t he philosophical core of the artist’s practice: a belief that careful at tention to nature offers transcendence and renewal.\n\n \n\nAnderson lived a life marked by privacy and periods of self-imposed isolation. Yet he le ft behind an almost complete artistic record\, from childhood drawings to works created in the final days of his life\, many preserved in his coasta l cottage in Ocean Springs. Through these drawings\, paintings\, and ceram ic works\, viewers encounter not only the landscapes and creatures of the Gulf Coast\, but also the inner life of an artist who struggled against hu man frailty and found profound meaning in the rhythms of the natural world . The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson offers a rare opportunity to engage with a body of work that continues to astonish and d elight\, reconnecting us to the beauty\, complexity\, and fragile wonder o f the environment that surrounds us.\n\n \n\nAdmission\n\nAdults\, 13 and older: $5Children\, 12 and under: FreeMembers: FreeStudents with ID: FreeL SU Faculty and Staff with ID: FreeEducators with ID: FreeVeterans and thei r families: Free with military ID (LSUMOA is a Blue Star Museum)The first Sunday of every month is FREE admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181703Z LOCATION:Shaw Center for the Arts\, LSU Museum of Art\, 5th floor URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/the-souths-most-elusive-artist-walter-i nglis-anderson X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20270103T080000Z DTEND:20270103T100000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636590389 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Winter Holiday DTSTART:20270103T133000Z DTEND:20270104T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179425031202 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/winter_holiday X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Classes Resume - Wintersession 2026 DTSTART:20270104T133000Z DTEND:20270104T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179425072165 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/classes-resume-wintersession-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20270104T170000Z DTEND:20270104T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636593462 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20270105T170000Z DTEND:20270105T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636594487 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Classes End - Wintersession 2026 DTSTART:20270106T040000Z DTEND:20270106T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179425273913 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/classes-end-wintersession-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Final Examinations - Wintersession 2026 DTSTART:20270106T130000Z DTEND:20270107T055900Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53179425377347 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Wintersession 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/final-examinations-wintersession-2026 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20270106T170000Z DTEND:20270106T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636596536 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20270107T170000Z DTEND:20270107T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636597561 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20270108T170000Z DTEND:20270108T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636598586 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dorms Reopen for Spring Semester DTSTART:20270109T160000Z DTEND:20270109T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T183026Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53885939278516 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Residence halls reopen at 10 a.m. on Saturday\, January 9\, 20 27. Complete express check-in when you arrive at your community.\n\nIf you 're moving to campus for the first time\, staff is available at your commu nity's service desk to check you in between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. January 9-1 1\, 2027.\n\nNotify us if you will arrive after the first day of classes s o we can hold your space. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T183026Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/dorms-reopen-for-spring-semester-6377 X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20270111T170000Z DTEND:20270111T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636600635 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20270112T170000Z DTEND:20270112T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636601660 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20270113T170000Z DTEND:20270113T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636602685 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20270114T170000Z DTEND:20270114T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636604734 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stiches in Time: Quilts and Fashion DTSTART:20270115T170000Z DTEND:20270115T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52649636605759 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the exhibition opening on Sunday\, May 3rd\ , from 2:00 pm -4:00 pm in the Human Ecology Building. There will be comme ntary from the museum curator Dr. Michael Mamp\, as well as refreshments! \n\n \n\nRegular museum hours will resume on Monday May 4th\, 2026 and run through January 15th\, 2027.\n\n \n\nStitches in Time: Quilts & Fashion e xplores the enduring dialogue between quilt making and dress. Nineteenth a nd twentieth-century quilts are juxtaposed with quilted fashions to highli ght connections in technique\, color\, and historical moment. At the heart of the exhibition is a remarkable recent gift from Sylvia R. Karasu\, MD\ , Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine\, a collectio n of garments by legendary American designer and Louisianian\, Geoffrey Be ene. These pieces represent Beene's enduring attention to craftsmanship\, fabrication\, and quilting as a means of elevating design and detail in hi gh-end fashion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Human Ecology Building\, Textile & Costume Museum URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/stiches-in-time-quilts-and-fashion X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Making Cash Work - Presented by Corebridge DTSTART:20270126T210000Z DTEND:20270126T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53449793798480 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:In this webinar\, we will cover on stacking cash management\, dealing with debt and turning today’s cash into tomorrow’s retirement income. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Microsoft Teams Meeting URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/making-cash-work-presented-by-corebridg e X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cybersecurity - Presented by Corebridge DTSTART:20270409T200000Z DTEND:20270409T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53449793810772 CATEGORIES:tech DESCRIPTION:In this webinar\, we will cover our threat landscape\, guided approach\, and recommendations. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z LOCATION:Online Microsoft Teams Meeting URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/cybersecurity-presented-by-corebridge X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:May Closing DTSTART:20270509T010000Z DTEND:20270509T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T183026Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53885968419557 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Vacate res halls and apartments by 8 p.m. on Saturday\, May 8\ , 2027\, or within 24-hours of your last exam\, whichever comes first.\n\n Complete an extension request in the housing portal by noon\, Wednesday\, May 5\, 2027\, to request to remain in the hall until 2 p.m. on Sunday\, M ay 9.\n\nFollow the check-out instructions given by your in-hall staff. \n \nNicholson Gateway Apartment residents with a 12-month housing agreement do not check out in May. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T183026Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/may-closing X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cancellation Fees Begin for Fall Applications DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270602 DTSTAMP:20260729T180906Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_47728529262199 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Housing agreements are for an academic year and have cancellat ion penalties starting June 1.\n\n \n\nIf your plans to live on campus or attend LSU change\, you must cancel your housing agreement. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180906Z URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/event/cancellation-fees-begin-for-fall-applic ations X-SOURCE-NAME:Louisiana State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.lsu.edu/andonie_museum_411 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR