Baton Rouge Gallery presents Movies & Music on the Lawn with ‘Familiar Faces’

Baton Rouge Gallery's Movies & Music on the Lawn returns with the faces you know as you've never seen them before! Join us on the last Saturday of each month this summer as local musicians pair up with some of the most beloved characters in story-telling history for a look at silent film classics that you won't experience anywhere else.

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Baton Rouge Gallery and WRKF present a screening of the documentary, Garrison Keillor: the Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes

Baton Rouge Gallery and WRKF present a screening of the documentary, Garrison Keillor: the Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes on Friday, June 26 at 8pm on the lawn of Baton Rouge Gallery in BREC’s City Park.

This outdoor event is free and open to members of WRKF and Baton Rouge Gallery and their guests. 

Bring a chair or blankets and a picnic to this outdoor screening of Garrison Keillor: the man on the radio in the red shoes, Friday June 26 at 8pm, on the lawn of Baton Rouge Gallery, 1442 City Park Avenue. 

This independent feature-length documentary film by Peter Rosen goes behind the scenes at A Prairie Home Companion, and inside the imagination of the man who created it.

Over one year of filming has resulted in an unusual portrait: the subject himself is an enigma, and the fictional world he has created has become a real place in America. The film follows the writer-performer as he mingles fact and fiction to create one of America's favorite places, Lake Wobegon.

Today, there is no one like him. In the best tradition of Will Rogers and Mark Twain, Keillor mixes story telling and humor to give us a light hearted but deeply felt reflection of ourselves. A prolific author with more than 20 books to his credit and a weekly column, he is also a highly sought after speaker and lecturer. He is credited with reviving the virtually lost art of live radio entertainment in America.

Keillor's down-home commentary and love of the authentically American, have made him into an "everyman philosopher." While comparisons will be made between him and America's great humorists and essayist - from Mark Twain and James Thurber to Will Rogers - Garrison Keillor is unique. In this untraditional biography, we begin to see how and why.

 

Aspiring Artist Day Camp

Art Camp for Aspiring Artists is a summer camp designed for young people ages 5-13. Art instruction is provided by local artists and will cover numerous media and subject matter. The camp will be held at Womack Park, 6201 Florida Blvd., but participants must sill register at the Baton Rouge Gallery or online at www.brec.org

Ages and Dates:

Session 1:        June 1- June 5, 2009 (ages 5-7)

Session 2:        June 8- June 12, 2009 (ages 8-9)

Session 3:        June 15-June 19, 2009 (Ages 10-13)

Session 4:        June 22-June 26, 2009 (Ages 5-8)

Session 5:        June 29-July 3, 2009 (Ages 9-13)

Session 6:        July 6- July 10, 2009 (Ages 5-7)

Session 7:        July 13- July 17, 2009 (Ages 8-9)

Session 8:        July 20- July 24, 2009 (Ages 10-13)

Times: 8am-1pm (early drop off starting at 7:30am and late pick up until 1:30pm at no additional charge)

Cost: $85 per session for In-parish Residents, $102 per session for Out-of-Parish Residents

For more information: call Baton Rouge Gallery, 225.383.1470, or visit us at 1442 City Park Ave Baton Rouge, LA 70808.

 

BRG’s Surrealist Ball Combined Costume, Music and Visual Art

On Saturday, April 11, 2009 Baton Rouge Gallery presented a night of costumes, music and visual art at the Ephemeral Gallery. The Surrealist Ball and Juried Exhibition juxtaposed a surreal assortment of costumes, a state-wide juried art exhibition, and live music all under one roof! This was a one-of-a-kind evening unlike anything Baton Rouge has seen and it was an honor for Baton Rouge Gallery to host such a unique event.

Part of the fun of the Surrealist Ball and Juried Exhibition was that party goers could be part of the exhibition itself. Costumes inspired by surrealism were encouraged and the most elaborate attire was awarded cash prizes. Hundreds of Louisiana residents came out in costume, ranging from matadors and bunnies to geishas and solar systems. The audience itself ended up being a surreal work of art in and of itself. The first place winner for the most surreal costume went to Robert Sherman’s surrealist tree and Elise Toups, who was dressed as a rainbow, took home runner up.

At the center of the Surrealist Ball was the Juried Exhibition. A statewide call for surreal art was extended by Baton Rouge Gallery for the exhibition. Over 35 artists applied with over 100 original works of art to take part in the exhibit and a panel of Baton Rouge Gallery Artist Members served as jurors for the show. Winners for this year’s Surrealist Ball and Juried Exhibition were Patrick Brabham (who took home top honors for his piece, “Zombie Ink”), Molly Brau (who won second place for her piece titled “Plans”), and third place winner, Erica Terluin, for her piece titled “Bus Stop.”

Artists featured in the Surrealist Ball and Juried Exhibition were: Molly Brau, Todd Hines, Elise Toups, Chad Townson, Kevin Duffy, Christopher Smith, Charles Barbier, Tiffany Olson, Vitalija Svencionyte, Robin Hartman, Renee Smith, Steve Schmidt, Jenny Koelbel, Jennifer Roy Oliver, Patrick Brabham, Kit French, John Harlan Norris, Erica Terluin, Matthew Bourgeois, Elena McAdams, Sarah Cancienne, Rachel Taylor, Frank Yunker, Lee Reed and Radar Cockfield.

The musical components of the evening’s festivities were handled by two of Baton Rouge’s most diverse and compelling bands. Opening the night was Cohen and the Ghost. Their style has been lauded by critics and audiences alike and they didn’t disappoint by entertaining the costumed audience with over a dozen songs. Surrealist Ball Headliners, Harlan teamed up for a special one-night only reunion for the event. This was the first time in over a year that the homegrown quartet had performed with one another. They have been noted by publications such as Spin magazine, USA Today and 225 Magazine.

The Surrealist Ball and Juried Exhibition was like nothing Baton Rouge has seen and Baton Rouge Gallery is proud to bring it to the community in a continuing effort to highlight multi-disciplinary arts programs for the entire community to enjoy.

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