November 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 works by Nicholls faculty and invited artists.

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.

“Lafourche Bicentennial,” on display through November, traces the history of Lafourche Parish between 1807-2007.

Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum (Houma)

7910 West Park Ave., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and noon-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $3 for adults; $2 children ages 12 and under. Group rates are available. For more information: (985) 580-7200.

“Paper Pulp Painting by Ellen Chase McCord,” Nov. 11 through Dec. 22. An opening reception with the artist will be held on Sunday, Nov. 11, from 4-6 p.m. The event is open to the public. McCord’s work celebrates life in south Louisiana.

Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans)

900 Camp St., Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $5. For more info: (504) 210-0224 or www.cacno.org.

“Street Level: Mark Bradford, William Cordova and Robin Rhode,” through Jan. 6. Recent works by three urban-focused artists who explore the ways that cultural territories are defined and space is transformed in urban environments.

“Emerge Project Artist: Jonathan Pellitteri’s Descent,” through Nov. 10.

“Celebrating Freedom: The Art of Willie Birch,” through Jan. 6. Paintings, works on paper, sculpture, photography, video, performance, installation and other mixed media by this New Orleans artist.

D-Day Museum (New Orleans)

945 Magazine St. Admission is $14 for adults; $8 for seniors. For more info: (504) 527-6012.

“Joseph Blackburn and Wartime Art.” Pfc. Blackburn was a draftsman and artist in civilian life and a sign and camouflage painter in the military. His drawings on the outside of letters to home gained national attention. They depict his pride in the Corps and homesickness, plus fondness for receiving mail, being “on leave” and pretty women.

Downtown Art Gallery (Houma)

630 Belanger St., Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more info: (985) 851-2198.

“Miniature Landscapes,” through December. A competition featuring Guild members’ landscape paintings.

“American Art Week,” Nov. 5-9. An open house will be held Nov. 5 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Features the works of Marty Ayo (painted porcelains) and her late mother, Libby Landry Ayo, who died recently at age 103. She was 101 when she painted the works on display. Photographer Francis Todd’s work will also be featured.

“Christmas Show and Sale,” Nov. 19 through December. An open house will be held Nov. 19 from 10 a.m-4 p.m. Many of the works will be for sale.

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. Admission is free. For more info: (985) 385-9945.

“Art Guild Unlimited Remembers.” Past AGU Gallery members Samuel Fisher Alice Gibson, Ray Written and Robert Greenwood works will be displayed. A wine and cheese reception will be held Nov. 16 from 5-7 p.m.

The Frame Shop (Morgan City)

708 Front St., Monday-Friday, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment. Extended shopping hours for the holiday season will begin Dec. 1. For more info: (985) 385-0730.

“The Works of Catherine Siracusa and Jackie Chauvin,” Nov. 2, the opening and artist reception will be held. Local Siracusa will be showing her newest collection of artworks celebrating St. Mary Parish and south Louisiana. The event is Chauvin’s premier exhibit.

“Fall Frenzy Open House,” Saturday, Nov. 3, from 10 a.m-4 p.m.

“Downtown After Hours” with refreshments and hors d’oeuvres on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 5-8 p.m.

“Christmas Fest Open House,” on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Featuring over 20 local and regional artists.

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) 523-4662 or www.hnoc.org.

“What’s Cooking in New Orleans? Culinary Traditions of the Crescent City,” through Nov. 17. 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.

“Birds of a Feather: Wildfowl Carving in Southeast Louisiana,” through Jan. 7, 2008. Admission is $6 for adults, free for students and children. This two-part exhibition traces the longstanding Louisiana tradition of wildfowl carving and features some of the most prominent carvers and their craft. Works include local carvers Mark McCool Whipple of Lake Long and Laurent Sr. and Laurent Verdin Jr., both of Bayou Blue.

“A Celebration of Sugar Bowl Memories Classic!,” Nov. 29 through Jan. 13, 2008. Includes more than seven decades of Sugar Bowl games, from the inaugural 1935 game to the 2008 Bowl Championship Series.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery (New Orleans) 400 A Julia St., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday. For more info: (504) 522-5471 or HYPERLINK “http://www.jonathanferraragallery.com” www.jonathanferraragallery.com.

“Tom’s Garage,” Nov. 3-24. An exhibition of paintings by Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose.

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.

“The Art of Devotion,” through Jan. 6. Two exhibitions of devotional art – one traditional, one 20th century; one depicting Old Testament stories and the other New Testament images.

Louisiana State Museum (Patterson)

118 Cotton Rd. For more info: (985) 399-1268. The museum features a new traveling exhibit each month.

“Artist Guild International Art Show,” through Nov. 3

“Annual Christ Tree Festival,” through December.

Louisiana State University Museum of Art (Baton Rouge)

Memorial Tower. For more info: (225) 578-4003.

“Gold. Treasure. Beauty. Power.” through Jan. 2, 2008. The glittering display tells the story of gold, the precious metal that has been an unparalleled symbol of wealth and success throughout history. The exhibit features hundreds of pieces – enormous gold nuggets, cultural artifacts, jewelry and recovered sunken treasure.

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.

“Full Circle – Prints from the Manneken Press,” through Nov. 4. A collection of contemporary intaglios, lithographs and woodcuts.

“Second Nature: David Borgerding, Ellen Burgin and Bradley Sabin,” Nov. 15 through Jan. 22, 2008. Includes sculptures and paintings.

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.

“Faberge Gallery.” The exhibit is larger and contains a broader range of Faberge’ objects than the museum has ever exhibited before.

“Katrina Through The Eyes of Children: Art by Displaced Children at Renaissance Village,” through January 2008. Includes 50 works – 32 drawings, 11 photos and 5 three-dimensional pieces – by children affected by the storm who worked with teams of registered art therapists who helped them deal with the trauma.

“Katrina – Days of Terror, Months of Anguish: Paintings by Rolland Golden,” Nov. 10 through Feb. 17, 2008. New Orleans born Golden has created in this exhibition a timeless body of work that will be as much a part of the storm’s collective legacy as the gripping television images that angered a nation.

“Blue Winds Dancing: The Whitecloud Collection of Native American Art,” Nov. 10 through Feb. 17, 2008. Includes over 400 objects, collected over the last 30 years by Dr. Thomas and Mercedes Whitecloud, which capture the stories and legacies connecting generations of Native peoples.

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 HYPERLINK “http://www.nicholls.edu/folkartcenter” www.nicholls.edu/folkartcenter.

Permanent collections include paintings, photographs, sculpture and pottery created by local artists.

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.

“Ed McGowin: Name Change (One Artist, Twelve Personas, Thirty-five Years) with Thornton Modestus Dossett,” through December. McGowin legally changed his name 12 times in the District of Columbia court system. Under each name, he created the featured works.

“Richard Sexton: Terra Incognita,” through December. Photographs of various landscapes.

“Letters From My Father: Photographs by David Rae Morris and Letters from Willie Morris,” through December. Includes exchanges between Harper’s Magazine Editor Morris and his father from 1976 through 1999.

Shaw Center for the Arts (Baton Rouge)

100 Lafayette St., from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. For more info: (225) 346-5001.

“Coined in New Orleans,” features a collection of silver coined between 1830-1861.

“An Artistic Legacy: Knute Heldner,” featurings the paintings of the Swedish-born artist.

“Spotlight on the 20th Century: Highlights from the Permanent Collection,” features modern and contemporary paintings and sculptures.

Southdown Plantation House/The Terrebonne Museum (Houma)

1208 Museum Dr., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Admission for the special exhibit room only is $2. Admission for full museum tour is $6, $3 for children. For more info: (985) 851-0154.

“Ma Vie en Roses (My Life of Roses) & Louisiana: Beauty and Fame Fleeting, Artworks by Susan Talbot Hoffman,” through Nov. 30. The three bodies of work – watercolors of antique roses, watercolors of Louisiaa irises, and etching depicting local cuisine – reveal a theme of lost beauty.

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.

“Cane Cutter Quilters,” through Oct. 7.

“Louisiana State Museum’s traveling Exhibit of Louisiana Literature,” through Nov. 20.

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 features images of Louisiana accompanied by a word. The idea is to stimulate the viewer first with the image and then a word that causes deeper reflection as to what it all may symbolize.