October 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 info: (985) 580-7200.

“Ceramic Sculptures by Jeanine van der Loo,” through Oct. 19.

“Art:21,” Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. Following the showing of “Protest,” a segment from the fourth season of “Art:21 – Art in the Twenty-First Century,” van der Loo will discuss her ceramic sculpture exhibition. The event is free and open to the public.

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.

“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.

“Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway,” through Oct. 28, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. The exhibit tells the story of the dark days in 1942 when the fate of the nation and the world hung in the balance.

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’ landscapes.

“Tuesday Afternoon Man’s Painting Group,” featuring the works of Guild members Jesse Martin of Cut Off, Earl Theriot and Terry Marcantel of Houma and Otis Dobson of Galliano.

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.

“Roger Gaudet and Francis Todd.” Morgan City artist Roger Gaudet’s acrylic works and Franklin photographer Francis Todd’s works will be on display.

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 Crochet, Lisa Norris, Clyde Peterson, Leonard Price, William Gil, Tammy Michael, Sherry Arcemont, Deborah Price, Eric Berry and Jackie Price.

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); Jeanine B. van Suffelen (watercolor); Ralph Nix (acrylic and pastel); and Earl Woodard (hand-painted and lacquered mats and frames).

Local interest prints by Dana McKee.

Stained glass by Tommy Gros, Maria Heymann and Melissa Martin.

Other art forms: 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 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,” Oct. 23 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.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery (New Orleans)

400 A Julia St., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday. For more info: (504) 522-5471 or www.jonathanferraragallery.com.

“The Sawdust Ring,” Oct. 6-27. Miranda Lake’s long-awaited new body of work from her “post-diluvian reign” to the three ring.

“Metamorphosis” by Paul Villinski, through Oct. 20. The show extends Villinski’s love of transcendence into several new works using symbolic butterflies.

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.

“Artist Guild International Art Show.” The museum features a new traveling exhibit each month.

Louisiana State University Museum of Art (Baton Rouge)

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

“Silk and Samuai: Japanese Prints from the Collection of J. Luille Evans,” through Oct. 7. Highlights a selection of Ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints created during the Edo period.

“Invasion: Japanese Robots from the Collection of Warren Schwartz,” through Oct. 7. Showcases more than 200 robots – about one-tenth of Schwart’s collection.

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.

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.

“Gaston Lachaise 1882-1935,” through Oct. 28. Organized by the Lachaise Foundation, the works of the French-American sculptor will be featured.

“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.

New Orleans Film Festival (New Orleans)

Oct. 11-18. “ZOOM IN!” is the largest showcase of films in the Big Easy. Screenings will be held at Landmark’s Canal Place Cinema, the Contemporary Arts Center and the Prytania Theatre. The festival will feature films in every genre from local, national and international filmmakers, along with films submitted for jury consideration in five categories: Documentary, Animation, Experimental, Narrative Feature and Narrative Short.

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.

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.

“Art for Arts Sake” opens Oct. 6 at 6 p.m.

“Ed McGowin: Name Change (One Artist, Twelve Personas, Thirty-Five Years) with Thornton Modestus Dossett. For each name change, McGowin created works of ar and exhibited them at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1972. For the past 34 years, he continued to create works for the 11 names.

“Art and Paradise: Self-Taught Art Selections from the Permanent Collections of Ed McGowin and Claudia DeMonte.

“Richard Sexton: Terra Incognita.”

“Letters From My Father: Photographs by David Rae Morris and Letters from Willie Morris,” features works from 1976 through 1999.

“The Four Dog Blues Band.” Eleven-year-old illustrator Maggie Dunlap will be on hand Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. to sign copies of her children’s book. The main character is Chester, a howlin’ blues hound that dreams of being famous in the Big City. Along the road to fame, he gathers his band – Boy, Dog in the Fog and Dive, who help make the journey a magical one.

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.

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

“An Artistic Legacy: Knute Heldner,” featuring 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,” Oct. 7 through Nov. 30. The three bodies of work – watercolors of antique roses, watercolors of Louisiana irises, and etching depicting local cuisine – reveal a theme of lost beauty. An opening reception with the artist will be held Oct. 7 from 2-4 p.m.

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,” Oct. 22 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.