Feb. Exhibits

The Ameen Art Gallery (Thibodaux) 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, in Talbot Hall, room 200, on the campus of Nicholls State University. For more info: www.nicholls.edu. Art Exhibition. Featuring the worksnpainting, printmaking and photographynof New Orleans artists Mary-Jane Parker, Gary Oaks, Ann Schwab and Brian McCormick.

Bayou Lafourche Folklife and Heritage Museum (Lockport) 110 Main St., Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children under 12. For more info: (985) 532-5909. “Bayou Excursion: 1910,” the museum’s permanent exhibit. “The Rush for Black Gold: Pioneers in the Louisiana Offshore Oil and Gas Industry,” through March 30. Sponsored by the U.S. Minerals Management Service, the traveling exhibit features pictures, equipment and written accounts of the oil and gas industry in Louisiana. Photographs of onshore drilling in Golden Meadow during the 1930s will be included.

Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum (Houma) 7910 West Park Ave. For more info: (985) 580-7200. “The Art of Papermaking.” Through Feb. 9. Works by K-5th grade students at St. Francis de Sales Elementary School will be on display. The art was created during a workshop with artist Ellen McCord.

Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans) 900 Camp St., Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For more info: (504) 210-0224 or www.cacno.org. “The Eclectic Eye: Selections of Fantasy and Illusion from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,” Through April 8. A swan swimming in the clouds, a curtain of candy wrappers, a pair of boots with skin and a giant eyeball installed in the galleries amid an array of other vibrant works are among the eclectic pieces on display.

D-Day Museum (New Orleans) 945 Magazine St. Admission is $14 for adults; $8 for seniors. For more info: (504) 527-6012. “Anne Frank: A History for Today,” Through March 25. The exhibit introduces visitors to the history of the two World Wars and the Holocaust from the perspective of Anne Frank and her family. This presentation contrasts personal photos of the family, many never before seen, with images of historical events to show how the Franks and millions of other innocent people were victimized by the rise of National Socialism.

Downtown Art Gallery (Houma) 630 Belanger St., Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more info: (985) 851-2198. “Mardi Gras.” An exhibit of works from the intra-gallery competition. Features all types of mediums.

Everett Street Gallery (Morgan City) 201 Everett St., 11 a.m-4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. For more info: (985) 385-9945.Art Exhibition: Displaying works of local artists. Admission is free.

The Frame Shop (Morgan City) 708 Front St., Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment. For more info: (985) 385-0730.Photography exhibits: The photography of Wendy Nesin, Clyde Peterson, Leonard Price, Tammy Michael, Sherry Arcemont, Deborah Price and Jackie Price, as well as a collection of hand colored photography by local photographer Lisa Norris.Original art exhibits: Catherine Siracusa (oils, acrylic, enchaustic, also intaglio and lithography prints); Milded Gisclair (painted oyster shells); Elson Trahan (miniature duck decoys and plaques); Phyllis Smith (colored pencils); Jeanine B. van Sufelen (watercolor); Gloria Cormier (acrylic and oil); Ralph Nix (acrylic); Earl Woodard (hand-painted and lacquered mats and frames); and Earl Federine (decorated duck decoys).Local Interest Prints: Stained glass by Maria Heymann and Melissa Martin, pottery by Alex & Cindy Williams, wood turnings by Frank West and hand-crafted items from the Warren family of Pitcairn Island, South Pacific.

The Historic New Orleans Collection/Williams Gallery (New Orleans) 533 Royal St., Tuesday through Saturday (excluding holidays) from 9:30 a.m-4:30 p.m. For more info: (504) 524-4662 or www.hnoc.org. “What’s Cooking in New Orleans? Culinary Traditions of the Crescent City,” Through July 7. The exhibit documents a three-century-long culinary love affair. A smorgasbord of images and artifacts survey the types of food associated with New Orleans; examines the emergency of the nation’s first regional cuisine; and visits the city’s markets, kitchens and world-renowned restaurants.

Historic Ursuline Convent (New Orleans) 1100 Chartres St., open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; last tour begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more info: (504) 529-2651 or visit www.vatican-mosaic exhibit.org. Admission is $10 adults, $8 seniors, $6 students. “Mosaic Treasures of The Vatican,” Through June 1. Thirty-eight mosaics will form the exhibit and will include original creations of the art of Monet, Van Gogh, Chagall, Rouault and Rembrandt. The mosaics will be exhibited only in New Orleans before returning to Rome.

Louisiana Art & Science Museum (Baton Rouge) 100 South River Rd., 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. For more info: (225) 344-5272 or www.lasm.org. “Howardena Pindell Hidden Histories,” through Feb. 11. Featuring works over the artist’s 36-year career that emphasize the creative process of making art as well as works that reflect deeper meaning. The 50 works date from the 1920s through 2004..

Louisiana State Museum (Patterson) 118 Cotton Rd. For more info: (985) 399-1268. “Voices of the Atchafalaya,” Feb. 2 through June 30. This exhibit uses photographs and oral histories to explore the rich folk heritage within the Atchafalaya Swamp Basin of south Louisiana. Morgan City sound artist Earl Robichaux and photographer John Amrhein explore the older traditions and life stories of the basin’s hard working people.

Loyola’s Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery (New Orleans) 6363 St. Charles Ave., Monday-Saturday, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday from noon-4 p.m. For more info: (504) 861-5456. “Inside the Congo: An Introduction to the Field Research Archives of Frere Joseph Cornet (Part II),” through Feb. 28. The exhibition includes Congolese objects from private New Orleans collections to compliment the archive.

New Orleans Museum of Art (New Orleans) 1 Collins Diboll Circle. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Wednesdays-Sundays. For more info: (504) 658-4100. “The Odyssey Continues: Masterpieces from NOMA and from Private New Orleans Collections,” through Feb. 9. The fund-raising exhibition includes works by Taddeo di Bartolo, Lorenzo Lotto, Abraham van Bloemaert, Francois Boucher, Edgar De Gas, Mary Cassatt, George Braque, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Henri Matisse and others.

Nicholls State University Art Studio (Chauvin) 5337 Bayouside Dr., Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1-4 p.m., or by appointment. Admission is free. For more info: (985) 594-2546 or (985) 448-4597. Online, visit www.nicholls.edu/folkartcenter. “Michael w. Howes,” through Feb. 25. The sculptures of renowned artist Michael w. Howes, NSU professor of Art. The Baton Rouge native has exhibited internationally in the Florence Biennale, 2005 and 2003, and is a partner in MJ Bronz.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans) 925 Camp St., Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info: (504) 539-9600 or online at www.ogdenmuseum.org. “Kendall Shaw: Let There Be Light,” through April 15. The exhibition of works by Kendall Shaw, a native New Orleanian, will feature five decades of his experience in the Big Easy and New York City, and will include 23 new abstract works. While Shaw lived in New Orleans and studied at Tulane University, he worked as a graduate assistant for local artist Ida Kohlmeyer. “Contemporary Southern Quilts by Christine Tedesco,” through April 15. A trained architect, Tedesco works with fiber traditions in creating her quilts. “Bennie Day: LSU vs. Oklahoma, The Sugar Bowl of 1950 and The Day Family Quilt.” A balsa wood-carved depiction of the game that pitted the season favorite Sooners against the Tigers. The 5-foot by 8-foot football field and 96 figurines took Day more than three years to complete.

St. Mary Parish Library West End Branch (Baldwin) 100 Charenton Rd. For more info: (337) 923-6205. “Key Ingredients: America by Food.” Through Feb. 15. The Smithsonian Institute Exhibit is comprised of five kiosks that delve in the historical, regional and social traditions that merge in everyday meals and celebrations of the American table. Through a selection of artifacts, landscape and tradition influence the foods and flavors we enjoy. The exhibition looks at the evolution of the American kitchen and how food industries have responded to the technological innovations that have enabled Americans to choose an ever-wider variety of frozen, prepared and fresh foods. To view an interactive Web-site developed in conjunction with the exhibit, visit www.keyingredients.org.

Shaw Center for the Arts (Baton Rouge) 100 Lafayette Street, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. For more info: (225) 346-5001. “Woven Art: Native American Basketry,” Collection highlights a small portion of the works of Sharon and Jack Field, including over 30 woven baskets, olla vessels, water jugs, hatsand bowls by 17 Native American tribes.

Southdown Plantation House/The Terrebonne Museum (Houma) 1208 Museum Dr., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. TuesdaynSaturday. Admission for the special exhibit room only is $1. Admission for full museum tour is $5, $2 for children. For more info: (985) 851-0154.

Terrebonne Parish Main Library (Houma) 151 Civic Center Blvd. (East Houma Branch: 778 Grand Caillou Rd; North Branch: 4130 W Park Ave. in Gray) For more info: (985) 876-5861. “Louisiana Decoy Display,” by Roger Bourgeois. Ongoing. A collection of decoys and woodworking tools on display in the foyer cases at the Main Library. “Designs in Textiles,” by Clair Fenton, in the second floor display cases of the Main Library.

Thibodaux Branch of the Lafourche Parish Public Library (Thibodaux) 314 St. Mary St. For more info: (985) 447-4119. “The Art and Social Commentary of Clementine Hunter.” Through Feb. 10. A traveling exhibit of the Louisiana State Museum.

Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center (Thibodaux) 314 St. Mary St., open 9 a.m.-8 p.m. on Monday; until 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; and until 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. For more info: (985) 448-1375 or visit www.nps.gov/jela. “Voyage en Acadie,” by Richard Strasbourg. Through March 1. Before they were Cajuns, they were the Acadians of Nova Scotia, Canada. Strasbourg’s photos capture old Acadie’s landmarks.