50th Anniversary of the Baton Rouge Gallery (2016)
Art Rocks!
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Art
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2016-06-18
Duration: 00:11:48
Subjects: Baton Rouge Gallery | Arts | ARTISTS
Contributors:
- Fox-Smith, James Host
- Jackson, John E. Producer
- Miguez, Cat Producer
- Pramuk, Edward Interviewee
- Burke, James Interviewee
- Jeansonne, Jim Interviewee
- Corso, Samuel J. Interviewee
- Henry, Randell Interviewee
- Marcel, Kathy Interviewee
- Haymon, Ava Leavell Interviewee
- Andreasen, Jason Interviewee
Description
This segment from the June 18, 2016, episode of the series “Art Rocks!” features a profile of the 50th anniversary of the Baton Rouge Gallery, one of the oldest artist cooperatives in the United States. It includes interviews with: Edward Pramuk, James Burke, and Jim Jeansonne, co-founders; Samuel J. Corso and Randell Henry, artist members; Kathy Marcel, former director; and Ava Leavell Haymon, a former Louisiana Poet Laureate. Host James Fox-Smith also interviews Jason Andreasen, the current executive director of the Baton Rouge Gallery. He discusses: the artists with the biggest impact on the Baton Rouge Gallery; their exhibitions; their artist members; the current “Before the Fork” exhibition; and the work of ceramicist David Scott Smith.