Southeastern's ‘Let's Talk: Art’ continues with April lectures
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – The second and third lectures in the spring series of “Let’s Talk:
Art,” sponsored jointly by Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Visual
Art + Design and the Friends of Sims Library, will be held April 10 and April 17,
at 5 p.m., at Southeastern’s Contemporary Art Gallery. Both lectures are free and
open to the public.
On April 10, art history student Cindy Ladner will present “Neoclassical Influences
on Early Mardi Gras Floats in New Orleans.”
“Mardi Gras parades, having officially begun in New Orleans in 1857, were created
by French designers who used contemporary artistic practices and designs to embellish
their parade floats,” said Irene Nero, Southeastern associate professor of visual
art. “Cindy Ladner will discuss how the first floats reflected royalty and gained
their now historic style.”
On April 17, art history student Blair Gallon will present “Hildegard: An Artistic
Identity,” discussing how artistic identity became relevant during the Middle Ages
through the work of German mystic, illuminator, composer and abbess Hildegard von
Bingen. Nero said the presentation will show that before von Bingen’s time artistic
identity was rare and deemed improper and that Von Bingen broke the mold as an artist
and holy person.
Next up in the “Let’s Talk: Art” series is Lacie Barbour presenting “Faith Ringgold:
‘Dancing at the Louvre,’” Wednesday, April 24, at 5 p.m., in Southeastern’s Contemporary
Art Gallery.
For more information, contact Nero at 549-2193.
