January Exhibits

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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 works n painting, printmaking and photography n of 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) 873-6367.

Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans) 900 Camp St., Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is free. For more info: (504) 210-0224 or www.cacno.org.

“Vision/Re-Vision: Louisiana Photography 2006,” January until further notice. The New Orleans Photography Alliance and students of the Art Administration Department Graduate Program of the University of New Orleans developed the showing, which includes works of photographers living in Louisiana that were displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

“PhotoSpeak,” Jan. 11, at 7 p.m.

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.

“Artist of the Month,” Jan. 2-31. Betty Brown.

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); and Earl Woodard (hand-painted and lacquered mats and frames).

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.

“City of Hope.” Historic photographs, prints, maps and books trace New Orleans’ perseverance through 300 years of periodic flooding and natural disasters, while contemporary photographs, oral histories, video footage and ephemera explore Hurricane Katrina’s impact and the city’s will to survive and rebuild against all odds.

“What’s Cooking in New Orleans? Culinary Traditions of the Crescent City,” Jan. 16 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,” Jan. 28-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.

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.

“Stop the Sun: Art and Agency in Kuba Funeral Rituals,” a lecture by David Brinkley, Frese senior fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, on Jan. 11, at 7 p.m., in the Multimedia Room II of Loyola’s Monroe Library. A reception will follow in the Diboll Gallery.

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.

“CARNAVAL!,” through Jan. 21. The exhibit captures the sights, sounds and pageantry of Carnival celebrations around the world. It is on loan from the Museum of International Folk Art, and includes eight rural and urban locations in Europe and the Americas.

Nicholls State University Art Studio (Chauvin) 5337 Bayouside Dr., Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1-3 p.m., or by appointment. Admission is free. For more info: (985) 594-2546.

“Delaina LeBlanc: Friends of the Garden Invitational,” through Jan. 12. A powerful mixed media display that explores man and his relationship with the environment A Thibodaux resident, LeBlanc is an award-winning artist..

“Michael w. Howes,” through February. The sculptures of renowned artist Michael w. Howes.

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, hats and 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-

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.

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.

“In A Word: Images of Louisiana,” by Brian Naquin. The exhibit includes images of Louisiana accompanied by a word. The idea is to stimulate and inspire the viewer that might cause a deeper reflection into what it all may symbolize.