If you haven’t seen the finished mural on the side of 331 Milam (The Office Hub/downtown post office building), you’ll want to come by this week. The 2-story paint and vinyl work was completed over the Juneteenth weekend. Many murals are beautiful, but this art is a combination of history, a poignant and important story […]
Many of you may be familiar the artworks of Paige Powell. Paige has created an interesting niche of digital collage and mixed media pieces that use unrelated pairings to create a fun nod to local places and spaces. Think llama in the foreground of the old Selber Bros. store, UFOs over the Centenary Gold Dome, […]
The west side of 331 Milam Street, the building that houses the downtown post office and The Office Hub, is going to be undergoing a transformation this Juneteenth weekend. A new mural, entitled Absolute Equality is a collaborative project commemorating Juneteenth with Shreveport faces, people and places. The original art by muralist/artist Ka’Davien Baylor will […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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