An Art Two-Fer at Big Sun Studios Sunday!
A Very Musical Weekend Downtown
Downtown is nothing if not musical this week. You may not have seen a lot about this benefit concert at The Missing Link, 504 Texas Street, on Saturday, but it will be well worth the $5 admission charge. There are eight bands playing beginning at 1 pm. All the bands are performing gratis to help […]
Two New Art Exhibits Open at Artspace
Two wonderful new exhibits open to the public TODAY at artspace, 708 Texas Street, and you’re invited to attend the opening reception that runs from 5-8 pm! Brazen Spirits is a combination of works by local sculptor Julie Glass and fiber artist Sherry Tamburo. Glass and Tamburo work with opposing materials–hard/soft, rough/smooth–to give the art […]
Welcome to The Gallery at Andress
If you haven’t had the opportunity to go by and see The Gallery at Andress, this weekend is your chance. The gallery is featuring the vibrant, colorful paintings of Martin Welch (see Welch’s story below). The space on the ground floor of the beautiful Andress Artist and Entrepreneur Center was filled over the grand opening […]
Ukraine Tribute through Art
Art, fashion and politics often intersect, but when they did recently downtown it created a thing of special beauty. Just days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, downtown’s Big Sun Studios sponsored a mural that features the country’s flag and national flower, the sunflower. The artwork, located at the corner of Marshall and Crockett Streets, […]
RFC- Your One Stop Oscar Shop
If you love the little gold statuette and all the drama and intrigue that leads to the Academy Awards presentations, you need to be in the know about all the activities at downtown’s Robinson Film Center. From now through March 27 (Oscars night!), RFC will be showing Best Picture nominees, hosting Oscars 101 talks […]
From Our Bridge to You, Slava Ukraini!
Slava Ukraini. You may have seen this phrase in media reports or on Facebook. It’s most literal translation is ‘Glory to Ukraine’ and it has been become an international rallying cry in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of the country. To show solidarity with Ukraine and its people, Shreveport-Bossier’s new ‘Bakowski Bridge of Lights’ […]
SUMAS Turns Twenty!
2022 is a big year for the Southern University Museum of Art at Shreveport (SUMAS) It is the museum’s 20th anniversary of bringing African and African-American Art to the Shreveport area. The museum, inside Southern University’s Metro Campus at 610 Texas Street, isn’t large in terms of square footage, but has a significant permanent exhibit […]
Lights, Camera, More Lights!
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Revel Welcomes New Executive Director
The Red River Revel, the area’s premier and longest-running arts and music festival, has welcomed a new Executive Director. Logan Lewis is taking the reins of the venerable organization, and we wish him the best! Here’s the press release from the Red River Revel. Red River Revel, Inc., proudly welcomes Logan Lewis as the new […]
