Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 3 hours 45 minutes
Presented by author Dr. Thomas J. Durant, Jr. This lecture includes an account of the author’s journey from a small racially segregated town in north Louisiana to a large predominately white university, where he became engaged in the racial desegregation movement, during his 36-year tenure as a professor...
Presented by Southern regional art historian and visiting professor at LSU, Claudia Kheel. Ms. Kheel discussed American and European artists including Thomas Sully, Matthew Harris Jouett, Louis Antoine Collas, Jean Joseph Vaudechamps, Jacques Amans, Adolph Rink, Jules Lion, George Harrison Hite, and George Peter Alexander Healy.
Presented by Eugene Groves. Mr. Groves explains, “Louisiana is rich in its trove of talented artists and famous patrons. Some of the finest artists in America lived or worked in Louisiana during their illustrious careers. The friction between paintings and early photographs evidenced itself in Louisiana as it did across the country, through the nineteenth century.” Mr. Groves discussed how portrait painting was impacted by the discovery and evolution of photography.
Presented by art historian Susan Hymel of the Angela Gregory Art, LLC. Ms. Hymel presents a lecture about Angela Gregory and the artist’s pioneering work, and about the art of Selina Bres Gregory, Angela's mother, who influenced Angela as an artist. This special lecture includes the unveiling of the permanently installed relief portraits sculpted by Angela Gregory that were originally commissioned for the exterior of the new state capitol building in 1932...
Presented by Dr. Jessica Dorman. Dr. Dorman shares the history of prominent courthouses and buildings in West Baton Rouge and the local region designed by Henry Howard. This program was presented in partnership with the Historic New Orleans Collection.
Presented by Dr. Rachel Emanuel and Dr. Charles Vincent. Dr. Emanuel and Dr. Vincent describe the origins, development, and heyday of the vibrant neighborhoods of Scotlandville before the community’s incorporation into Baton Rouge. Dr. Emanuel is the director of communications and development support for the Southern University Law Center and Dr. Vincent is a professor of history at Southern University.
Presented by Thomas Neff. Mr. Neff discusses his book "Holding Out and Hanging On: 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina", a photograph book detailing the stories of people who survived Hurricane Katrina.
Presented by Claudia Kheel. This talk will look at the artists who worked in Louisiana prior, during, and after the Civil War. These artists interpreted and reflected the complexities and sentiments of the times leaving behind a rich legacy of paintings, prints, and photographs.
Presented by Attorney Gary Ethridge. Mr. Ethridge speaks about the many individuals whose work contributed to the creation of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the complex inner workings of the two very different atomic bombs, and the story of Hiroshima survivor Shigeyoshi Morimoto.
Presented by Dr. Jenna Kuttruff. Mourning dress functioned to identify the mourner, show respect for the dead, elicit the sympathy of the community, match the mourner’s somber mood and serve as a barrier against unwanted intrusions on private feelings. Dr. Kuttruff is the Louisiana State University Beverly Griffin Shea Alumni Professor and Head of the Department of Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandising...