April 12, 2013 One of the world's most famous paintings will be coming to Louisiana when 'An Adventure in the Arts: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Guild Hall', comes to the Alexandria Museum of Art April 12–June 15, 2013
Every Mardi Gras it's the same thing - 'Let's see how many beads we can catch!', followed by 'what the heck do we do with all these beads?' Some creative artsy-types have found a great use for those colorful Mardi Gras trinkets, as a palette for their artistic endeavors
July 26, 2012 Did you know you don't even have to go to a museum to see interesting 'art' in Lafayette? I was surprised to see just how many installations of sculpture there are around the Hub City. Here are a few that I spotted. Have you seen
June 21, 2012 Congratulations to Ridge Elementary's Caroline Daigle, 1st place winner of the Age 10-11 category in the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) 2012 Louisiana Aviation Art Contest.
As we showed in our lost Disney songs list, no Disney film is set in stone from start to finish. Plots get written, songs get dropped and characters get redesigned. Looking at early Disney concept art is like finally reading that novel that your favorite movie was based on only to discover it's totally different. Still, there's a simple charm in seeing these characters immediately after being birthed, before they were fine tuned, polished and marketed through endless merchandise.
April 30, 2012 For the first time in a few years, my job didn't interfere with Festival International (I usually have emceeing gigs or remote broadcasts that prevent me from enjoying the festival). Shannon and I couldn't make it there Wednesday night, but we were there Thursday through Sunday!
April 11, 2012 Carencro Catholic will host their Inaugural Art Festival, Saturday April 21, beginning at 10am. The festival will be held along St. Peter Street in Carencro, and will include an art walk, arts and crafts vendors, a cupcake decorating contest, bake sale, and a jambalaya cook-off.
You might not know his name, but you definitely know his work. Thomas Kinkade painted quaint scenes of cottages, cobblestone paths and warm, glowing windows, seemingly lit as an invitation to come inside. He had mass appeal that made him a household name and the target of disapproval from art critics. Kinkade passed away unexpectedly on Friday at the age of 54.
