"We have a show this Thursday nite! Sick/Sea will be set up for your listening pleasure. Starts at 7pm All Ages. $3 to get in. It goes to helping the band on tour," says Rex Gilcrease.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Krewe of Highland Parade Route 2014: a 4-mile block party
The Krewe of Highland parade may start at noon or 1 pm, Sunday, March 2, says Emma McCarty, allowing for the rain forecast.
Fern Ave will be closed from 7 am until the parade is finished.
Additional streets on the parade route will be closed at 1:00 pm. The route is the same as last year.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Fluent oil painter Julie Crews at Gallery Fine Art Center, Bossier City; party Tues, Feb 25, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Though she says of herself,"I am an oil painter with stakes driven firmly in the painterly realist camp," artist Julie Crews admits, "I am inherently a rule-breaker. I frequently find myself trying to sneak a triangle into the corner of a composition, create uncomfortable tangents and play with multiple focal points."
Living in Ruston since 2008, the painter has made Louisiana her oyster. She's been featured by LPB, included in the Meadows Triennial and been given a solo exhibit in Ruston. Crews has also exhibited in Salt Lake City, Savannah and Sacramento.
Her subject matter? "I desire to give the viewer an intimate glimpse into my personal life. My work concentrates on the very scenes of domestic life that take me away from painting. Some scenes of domesticity require self-portrayal; others are simply familiar scenes of my daily dealings."
Painter Talbot Hopkins Trudeau bought one of Crews' oils upon first view. "The luminosity, clarity and beauty of her compositions is very persuasive," she says.
Painters John Wagoner and Steve Zihlavsky, also worthy artists, share the gallery show with Crews.
Reception Tues, Feb 25, 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The show will remain until April 30.
Gallery Fine Art Center is adjacent to 2Johns Restaurant, 2151 Airline Dr. , Bossier City.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Blanc et Noir Marching Society leads the Krewe of Highland Parade on Sun, March 2, 2 pm; join us!
The New Orleans-style carnival marching club experience is what inspires Blanc et Noir of Shreveport.
Music from Dirty Red and the Shreveport Second Line horns combined with the Beat The Street percussion corps is going to make a jazzin' second line experience.
And the Blanc et Noir festivities begin with a pre-parade brunch.
Throw together a costume of any sort. Black 'n white is favored, but anything will do. Please don a mask or face paint.
Beads, brunch and stickers, $35 per person. Those who can contribute to the costs of the horns, please don't hesitate to write a check to Blanc et Noir.
RSVP to Marion Marks, 318 349 7063, or Robert Trudeau, 318 272 6045.
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Costumes Encouraged, Masks Required at Krewe of Highland Bal Masque on Fri, Feb 28, 7 pm, Randle T Moore Center
Costumes encouraged, masks required at the 2014 “Cirque du Highland” Bal Masque
Friday, February 28 @ 7 pm, say Queen Highland XIX Victoria Provenza and Captain Kristy Rabalais.
Randle T. Moore Center. $40 tickets (or $45 at the door) Heavy hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, dance music by Mars Hill Band. Presentation of court, 8 pm.
Individuals not wearing a costume or mask
will be required to purchase a mask for $5 at the door.
Tickets are available for purchase now at Marilynn’s Place.
Sponsorship opportunities for the Bal Masque are available.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Orchesis Dance Company, Louisiana Dance Theater and additional actors, singers perform Can I Get A Witness at Hook Center Feb 27, 28
The Orchesis Dance Company from Grambling State University and the Louisiana Dance Theatre, Shreveport, plus additional singers and actors - such as Nia Savoy, above - will present “Can I Get a Witness” Feb. 27-28 at the Emmett Hook Center, 550 Common St., Shreveport, says Vincent Williams.
The production is dedicated to Hattie Wade, retired choir teacher and the minister of music at Galilee Baptist Church, where she has served over 40 years.
The original score of “Can I Get a Witness” is by David Barr with revisions by Williams.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or reserved by calling (318) 687-2672.
Carnival cyclovia: a day for bicyclists to ride the middle of the Clyde Fant Parkway
Cyclovia is the closing of streets to give right-of-way to bicycles and pedestrians. The idea originated in Bogota, Colombia, says Wikipedia.
Locals treasure the principal Carnival parade days, Feb 22 and March 1, as a time for freely biking the major thoroughfares.
Ride in costume or not, say local bike enthusiasts.
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Announcing a new post over at the Shreveport Songs blog...
Around 1972, Essie Lee Hayes recorded two gospel songs at Sound City Studios in Shreveport, Louisiana. “God Truly Healed My Body,” relates a story about Sister Essie’s sickness and subsequent healing. This spoken recording features a haunting, repetitive guitar...it's a favorite around these parts.
For the rest of story on Essie Lee Hayes and audio from her record, visit:
http://shreveportsongs.blogspot.com/2014/02/essie-lee-hayes-im-working-for-lord-bw.html
Ch-ch-changes: Texas Ave Makers Fair, April 12, 2014, 11 am to 6 pm, will be integral to UnScene
The Texas Ave Makers Fair has undergone a massive site change. "We will NOT be under the permanent structure across from SRAC's Central ArtStation," says Dan Keele.
Now integral to Shreveport Regional Arts Council's UnScene, the plan has been expanded to a big city-style street fest site.
Register here.
"In collaboration and support of our partner the Texas Avenue Makers Fair, there will be no UnScene/UnKnown Market or UnScene Juried Arts Market in April," adds Kelly McSwain.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Martin Scorses's The Wolf of Wall Street arrives at RFC
Opens February 21
Biography/Comedy, 180 minutes.
Robinson Film Center, Texas St, Shreveport.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Centaur and Gemini Parade Routes, Shreveport, 2014
Clyde Fant Parkway to East King's Highway, basically.
Bossier Arts Council ready to fill 7 gallery spaces with art in 2014-2015 season; apply now
The Bossier Arts Council is open to artist submissions for the 2014-2015 Gallery Season, says Leigh Anne Chambers.
BAC will be accepting applications from March 1st- April 30th. In addition to completing the application form (download: www.bossierarts.org) the artist must submit 3-5 digital images of their work, artist statement, artist biography, and resume (self taught or emerging artists do not have to submit a resume).
Application packets can be mailed, dropped off (630 Barksdale Blvd), or emailed (leigh@bossierarts.org). All applications packets must be labeled as below:
Artist Application Packet
Attention:Leigh Anne Chambers
Guilds, groups. or societies need only to submit one packet for their organization. Packets need to include an organizational bio, organizational statement, member list, and 3-5 images that best represent the groups overall aesthetic.
The Bossier Arts Council manages seven spaces in both traditional and non-traditional settings. They accept artists at all levels of career paths. Application are processed and assignments are made by the BAC Gallery Committee which is made up of professional artists and community members.
Please contact Leigh Anne Chambers, Executive Director at 318-741-8310 or via email at leigh@bossierarts.org with any questions.
Oil composition by Julie Crews above is currently on view at Gallery Fine Arts Center - adjacent to 2Johns Restaurant.
Public radio pledge drive continues at Red River Radio, Shreveport
"The Spring 2014 membership campaign is underway and your support is needed now. Our theme is "I Love Red River Radio" and we hope you will show your love with a pledge of support," says Kate Archer Kent.
"Everyone who pledges is automatically entered into each drawing including our final one for Google Nexus 7 Full HD Tablet at the end of our drive. Call in at 800-552-8502 or go online and pledge now."
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
RFC airs new Blayne Weaver film, a dark, edgy story, Thurs, Feb 20, 7:30 pm
"If you like edge-of-your seat, dark, twisty movies, this one is for you. It is not for the faint of heart," says actor Blayne Weaver. Raised in Bossier City but a NYC actor and filmmaker for some years, Weaver returns to Shreveport with his latest works in hand.
Weaver impressed local theater audiences in the 2013 River City Rep drama, "Art."
"Favor" will be released on Pay-Per-View, VOD and DVD on April 1.
Thurs night Weaver will be doing a Q&A following the film and then having drinks at Abbie Singer's Bistro.
Using SBFunguide.com to spread the word about your arts event
SBFunguide.com is a self-filling site and self-correcting, too.
Try it to see how easy it is to bring new eyes to your arts event: http://www.sbfunguide.com/admin/events/create
Monday, February 17, 2014
San Francisco restaurateur Evan Rich chats with artists in Shreveport on Tues, Feb 18, 6 pm, Central Artstation
Meet Chef Evan Rich of the San Francisco restaurant Rich Table on Tues at Central Artstation.
In preparation of the June UnScene artist residency with Rich Table, we welcome Culinary Artist Evan Rich to Shreveport Common, says Casey Jones.
Tuesday, Feb 18, 6 pm to 8 pm to participate in a discussion with Evan Rich about the Farm to Table/ Locally Grown/ fresh food movement.
Learn about the Vision for the upcoming 2-week Residency in June, and determine how artists can participate!
www.richtablesf.com
www.unsceneshreveport.com/therichtable.
Shreveport Common's subtle new work: environmental art by sculptor Julie Glass on Texas Ave
Escutcheons of concrete seem to float in the air on an empty lot aside the 800 block of Texas Ave. Sculptor Julie Glass recently installed the surreal series, which she calls "Uplifting."
In what will one day be a part of Shreveport Common called Caddo Park, Ms Glass leveraged 3-inch thick plates of concrete from the pavement . As a welder she was able to mount them on top of rebar stalks and weld steel fingers to the mount so as to firmly hold the macadam.
"I have been biking in Broadmoor and walking around downtown Shreveport the last several months as a way to balance activity with my sedentary work life (she is an attorney). I began noticing and eventually became obsessed with the beauty and design of the myriad cracks and imperfections in concrete streets and sidewalks. I started working on a series of sculptures and mixed media pieces based on these exciting irregularities," writes Glass.
"Thinking about a public art installation, I walked around the empty lots of Shreveport Common in the triangle between Cotton, Crockett and Texas Streets. The concrete slabs have beautiful designs in them. I decided to choose some of the designs found on these concrete slabs and literally lift them up so they can be seen by passers-by. This serves two purposes: a) it adds color and visual interest to a vacant, dilapidated area, and b) it helps people to realize there is beauty and potential in the imperfections of the area.
While perusing the vacant lots in Shreveport Common, I also noticed an old rusty metal rope barrier, held in place on concrete-filled metal posts, enclosing part of the space. I wanted to free it from its concrete captivity and help it soar into the air to express the idea of breaking free from its old decrepit state. So I welded the twisted wires to the tops of the stanchions. This series I call 'Breaking free.' "
The work by Glass is high-concept and poetic but visually low-key. It fulfills what Texas Ave resident David Nelson hopes for in the Shreveport Common art: "that installations are done considering context, meaning, scale and audience." Says artist Kathryn Usher, who has installed a series of chrome and red disks on a fence not far from the Glass work, says, "Julie Glass's work is an effective use of materials sourced from the immediate area." She adds, "The three hefty sentinels lean as thought they were attempting to collect rays of new growth on Texas Ave."
Photos by Talbot Hopkins Trudeau.
Lithographic illustrations of the Beatles from Monroe, La, artist Enoch Doyle Jeter
Enoch Doyle Jeter says of his new series of lithographs, "She Loves You Illustrations - 2013: "This exhibition contains fourteen prints taken from original stone lithographs executed between January and December of 2013. Each image is meant to interpret the songs on the album “With the Beatles,” which was released on November 22, 1963."
The illustrations are included in the recent book on John Lennon titled "She Loves You" by Jude Southerland Kessler.
"I hope my work captures a tiny bit of the wonder four lads from Liverpool gave to us all," adds Jeter, who is artist in residence at ULM, Monroe, and is proprietor of the long-running music and burger venue called Enoch's.
See more here.
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