Upcoming Exhibits

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  TINA FREEMAN: Artist Spaces

  September 08, 2017 — May 05, 2018

  Guest curated by Bradley Sumrall

   

  Artist Spaces originated in 2014 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and also in book form, published by UL Press and co-au...

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  LIN EMERY: A Movement, 1957-2017

  October 07, 2017 — January 27, 2018

  This exhibition focuses on the longstanding innovative practice of New Orleans based artist Lin Emery. It features more than a dozen examples of her work and includes eight wind-powered kinetic s...

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  WILLIAM KENTRIDGE: Journey to the Moon

  September 08, 2017 — January 20, 2018

  Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, William Kentridge (b. 1955) works across a variety of media and disciplines—from sculpture to the performing arts, printmaking, books and film. Among th...

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  CRAFTING THE SOUTH LOUISIANA SOUND

  September 08, 2017 — October 15, 2017

  Curated by Anya Burgess and Chris Segura
  

   

  There is a long tradition in south Louisiana of people making musical instruments. In the early days it was done out of necessity...

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  THE NEW ORLEANS TRICENTENNIAL: George Rodrigue Foundation

  September 08, 2017 — October 14, 2017

  The George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation grants monetary scholarships to high school juniors and seniors through an annual visual arts compe...

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  CONTINGENt: drawing and sculpture by Joan Tanner

  May 23, 2017 — September 16, 2017

  Guest Curated by Julien Robson
  

   

  Over a prolific career, compelled by a “curiosity to engage contradiction” and an impulse to disrupt “assumptions about spatial relations,...

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  PIERRE BONNARD: Landscapes from Le Cannet

  May 27, 2017 — August 12, 2017

  Guest Curated by Veronique Serrano

   

  This solo exhibition marks the artist's first in Louisiana and is guest curated by Véronique Serrano, director of the Musée Bonnard in France...

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  Shirin Neshat: Fervor

  September 07, 2018 — January 19, 2019

  Shirin Neshat creates art with a cosmopolitan feel that is as moving as it is relatable. Born in Iran, she was pursuing her education in the United States during the Islamic Revolution of 1979. T...

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  Cosmos: George Rodrigue Foundation

  November 08, 2019 — December 07, 2019

  The George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts grants monetary scholarships to high school juniors and seniors through an annual visual arts competition in order to encourage individual participation...

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  Louisiana French: Myths and Movements

  September 07, 2018 — October 14, 2018

   

  The Hilliard University Art Museum is pleased to once again be partnering with Festivals Acadiens et Créoles on an exhibition celebrating life and culture in Louisiana.

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  LYNDA FRESE: Holy Memories & Earthly Delights

  February 17, 2018 — May 19, 2018

  This exhibition highlights Frese’s early gelatin silver photograms and experiments made in California thirty years ago – while also tracing a steady trajectory of her continued interest in human ...

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  SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS: Homemade Art from the Becky & Wyatt Collins Collection

  February 03, 2017 — August 12, 2017

  Guest Curated by Gus Kopriva
  

   

  An encyclopedic survey of vernacular Southern art, this exhibition comes to the Hilliard from the Collins’ New Iberia home, where they have a...

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  A. Hays Town and the Architectural Image of Louisiana

  June 15, 2018 — December 22, 2018

  Guest Curated by Dr. Carol McMichael Reese
  
  

  In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the original Art Center of Southwestern Louisiana, the Hilliard Museum is plea...

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  BILL VIOLA: The Raft

  February 03, 2018 — May 12, 2018

  The Raft by Bill Viola is part of a special exhibition series on the museum’s second floor that is focused on historically significant film and video artists. Offering an opportunity to ...

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  Gisela Colon: Pods

  January 18, 2019 — August 24, 2019

  This exhibition features the work of Gisela Colon, and American contemporary artist who has developed a unique vocabulary of organic minimalism, breathing life into reductive forms. Upon entering...

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  SPOTLIGHT ON SHAWNE MAJOR

  December 09, 2016 — May 13, 2017

  This exhibition features three large scale works by the Opelousas-based artist: Bud Sport (2008), Nadir (2011) and Vestige (2001). Major earned a BFA in painting in 199...

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  Daniel Canogar: Echo

  February 08, 2019 — April 27, 2019

   

  The fluid and fragile nature of memory is extremely important to Daniel Canogar. Within his studio practice Canogar frequently posits technology as reflective of society’s shared co...

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  Salvador Dalí’s Stairway to Heaven

  June 08, 2018 — January 18, 2019

  Curated by David S. Rubin
  
  

  The Hilliard Museum is excited to serve as the inaugural venue for the exhibition Salvador Dalí’s Stairway to Heaven,

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  SANDRA EULA LEE: Make of / Make do

  December 27, 2016 — May 06, 2017

  Guest Curated by Dr. Christopher Bennett
  

   

  Lee’s installations incorporate sculptural, photographic, and drawing traditions to consider ways in which place is created among...

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  Vitus Shell: 'Bout It 'Bout It, The Political Power of Just Being

  December 06, 2019 — August 15, 2020

  The tone of Shell’s portraits and political aims are carefully calculated. Time and again, he portrays his sitters as self-possessed, questioning individuals whose humanity shines. Those depicted...

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  Marina Zurkow: Mesocosm (Wink, TX)

  May 19, 2018 — August 15, 2018

  As part of a continuing series of exhibitions focused on historically significant film and video artists, the museum will feature Zurkow’s 2012 generative animation Mesocosm (Wink, TX). ...

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  Slavery, the Prison Industrial Complex: Photographs by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick

  February 08, 2019 — May 18, 2019

  Curated by Susan H. Edwards, PhD, Director & Katie Delmez, Curator
  

  Slavery, the Prison Industrial Complex reveals how a New Orleans husband-and-wife team uses their camera...

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  Spotlight on Francis Pavy

  May 19, 2017 — July 28, 2018

  The work of Lafayette native Francis X. Pavy (b. 1954) encompasses a wide range of practices and techniques. Since earning his B.F.A. in 1976 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now Un...

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  The Art of Sir Winston Churchill

  January 17, 2020 — March 21, 2020

  The Hilliard University Art Museum is pleased to be the exclusive venue for the exhibition The Art of Sir Winston Churchill.

  History has painted a portrait of Winston Churchill...

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  YUN-FEI JI: Looking for Lehman Brothers 

  February 03, 2017 — May 13, 2017

  Guest Curated by Dr. Christopher Bennett
  

   

  Yun-Fei Ji is a Chinese-American painter based in Ohio and New York. Growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution, Ji spent...

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  A CONTINUOUS MARK: Huguette Despault May & Kathleen Elliot

  September 14, 2013 — July 14, 2028

  Paired two seemingly incongruent artists, Huguette May and Kathleen Elliot, together to experience how each explored the concept of line. The exhibition suggested that the element of line visuall...

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  A Teaspoon and a Bit of String: The Illustrations of Denise Gallagher

  June 14, 2019 — August 31, 2019

  Denise Gallagher is passionate about creating. An internationally published author and illustrator, Denise is deeply inspired by rare animals, ancient folklore and her Louisiana home. Always read...

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  Acadian Brown Cotton: The Fabric of Acadiana

  September 12, 2020 — June 30, 2021

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• ANDY WARHOL: Photographic Legacy Program

  September 19, 2009 — December 31, 2009

  New acquisitions from the Andy Warhol Foundation.
  

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  ART UNDER THE BIG SKY

  September 05, 2015 — January 02, 2016

  Art Under the Big Sky offers selections from the Yellowstone Art Museum's permanent collection of contemporary and historic works of art from the Northern Plains and Rocky Mountain regio...

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  Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

  November 10, 2020 — November 19, 2020

  The Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition is composed of selected works by seniors completing degree requirements in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Louisiana at ...

• BEVERLY ERDREICH, METAPHOR BOXES AND DRAWINGS

  February 07, 2009 — April 07, 2009

  An artist's response to the culture of violence.
  

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  Black Nature: Letitia Huckaby

  October 02, 2020 — July 10, 2021

  This exhibition takes its name from Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, a collection of historical and contemporary poems exploring African Americans’ complic...

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  Bridging the Mississippi: Spans Across the Father of Waters

  August 04, 2020 — April 03, 2021

  Philip Gould’s Bridging the Mississippi: Spans across the Father of Waters is an expansive account of America’s greatest waterway. The impetus for this project, bridges, frequently do no...

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  CAJUN DANCE HALLS AND ZYDECO CLUBS: Then and Now

  September 09, 2016 — October 16, 2016

  Cajun Dance Halls and Zydeco Clubs: Then and Now is photographic portrayal, past and present, of south Louisiana Dance Halls. It combines the research of two ongoing projects about the sub...

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  CONDITION REPORT: Preserving Our Community's Art Collection

  March 19, 2016 — August 13, 2016

  The stewardship of a museum’s permanent collection ensures a strong foundation for cultural research and scholarship. This exhibition offers a behind the scenes look at the daily preservation pra...

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  CONTEMPORARY FOLK ART FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION

  January 19, 2013 — August 31, 2013

  Highlighted the many diverse objects and artists in HUAM’s collection. Falling under the rubric of contemporary Folk Art, the works reflected the personality and value systems of thei...

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  CONTEMPORARY MASTERS: Works On Paper

  May 17, 2014 — August 16, 2014

  Showcased selected works on paper by 20th century and contemporary masters from the Art Museum of South Texas. The 60 works on paper illustrate the diversity of approach and free experimentation ...

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  CREOLE WORLD

  June 10, 2016 — August 20, 2016

   

  New Orleans is known for its distinctive Creole heritage—evident in its food, architecture, and people—but it is part of an entire family of Latin Caribbean cities that ...

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  DEPICTIONS OF LOUISIANA

  January 02, 2016 — August 20, 2016

  Human geography is the relationship that individuals have to their surroundings defined through the terms space and place. As people move through their lives, their experiences with thei...

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  DICKIE LANDRY'S NEW YORK: 1969-1979

  January 11, 2014 — May 17, 2014

  Highlighted Richard "Dickie” Landry’s work as a visual artist and photographer, which began when he first arrived in New York City during the 1970s. Through Landry’s eyes, we see artists like Ric...

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  DICKIE LANDRY'S NEW YORK: 1969-1979

  January 11, 2014 — May 17, 2014

  Highlighted Richard "Dickie” Landry’s work as a visual artist and photographer, which began when he first arrived in New York City during the 1970s. Through Landry’s eyes, we see artists like Ric...

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  EARTH AND ELEMENT: The Art of George Dunbar

  May 31, 2014 — August 30, 2014

  New Orleans native, George Dunbar, has been moving earth and soil for over fifty years. Making his living as a land developer, the artist moved large amounts of earth by day and delicate layers o...

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  EARTH AS ART: Landsat Images From the NASA Program

  August 17, 2013 — November 16, 2013

  Featured a compilation of images from the NASA/UL Lafayette Regional Application Center. Utilizing NASA Landsat Satellite Imagery, the exhibit explored topics like climate change, wea...

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  ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

  May 23, 2015 — August 08, 2015

  Environmental Impact is a traveling exhibition curated by Dr. David J. Wagner. The purpose of the exhibition is to heighten public consciousness through the power of art about the intentio...

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  EXPULSION OF THE ACADIANS, THE EPIC JOURNEY FROM ACADIE TO LOUISIANA (1755-1785)

  September 05, 2015 — October 11, 2015

  Expulsion of the Acadians, The Epic Journey from Acadie to Louisiana showcases a selection of paintings by one of the most prolific and successful American muralists working today. The e...

• FABULOUS FLATWARE: Non-Traditional Tools of the Table

  August 20, 2011 — December 17, 2011

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  FACE TO FACE: A Survey of Contemporary Portraiture by Louisiana Artists

  September 09, 2016 — January 07, 2017

  Guest Curated Jane Hart
  

   

  Featuring Willie Birch, Douglas Bourgeois, George Dureau, Elizabeth Kleinveld & Epaul Julien, Aubrey Edwards, Deborah Luster, Rashaad Newsome,...

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  Faculty Miniatures: Toward the Condensed, and Not-Yet-Known

  August 23, 2019 — January 25, 2020

  The Hilliard University Art Museum is excited to present Faculty Miniatures: Toward the Condensed and Not-Yet-Known. Curated by Chris Bennett, Assistant Professor of Art History in the D...

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  FASHION FROM FICTION: Romance Novel Dresses by Carrie Ann Schumacher

  January 15, 2016 — May 14, 2016

  Carrie Ann Schumacher explores the relationship between fictional, romanticized representations of women in romance novels and the real-life experiences of women in society today. Working as both...

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  FINDING FREEDOM IN RUSSIAN ART, 1961-2014: Selections From the Kolodzei Art Foundation and the Collection of Dr. Wayne F. Yakes

  August 30, 2014 — December 06, 2014

  Featured selections from two large private collections of Russian art. This exhibition highlighted the stages and transitions of nonconformist and independent art, lending insight into Russian al...

• FOLK ARTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION

  September 05, 2009 — December 31, 2009

  Selections from the Warren C. and Sylvia S. Lowe Collection.
  

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  FRANCIE BISHOP GOOD: Comus

  September 09, 2016 — December 10, 2016

  Guest Curated Jane Hart
  

   

  A solo exhibition showcasing the works of Francie Bishop Good. This series utilizes digital media and originates from scans taken fro...

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  FROM THE VAULT: Works on Paper by Dali and Picasso

  January 15, 2016 — May 14, 2016

  Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso are among the most renowned 20th century European-born artists in the museum's collection. This exhibition of the artists' print portfolios--Dali's La Conquête...

• GEORGE RODRIGUE: Images of Home

  January 17, 2009 — September 05, 2009

  Paintings from the permanent collection and private collectors.
  

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• GRIMANESA AMOROS: Uros House

  August 15, 2011 — January 01, 2012

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  GUMBO: CONNECTING COMMUNITY AND THE HILLIARD COLLECTION

  January 19, 2013 — December 14, 2013

  Engaged people from all walks of life in Acadiana in the process of selecting artwork from the Hilliard’s permanent collections. The exhibition democratized the curatorial process and...

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  HENRY BOTKIN: EVOLUTION (PART I)

  September 20, 2014 — December 13, 2014

  Henry Botkin: Evolution presented the early work of American modernist painter from our permanent collection. The first exhibition traced the progression of twentieth century art through B...

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  HENRY BOTKIN: EVOLUTION (PART II)

  January 10, 2015 — April 18, 2015

  Part 2 of an exhibition curated from the museum's permanent collection. 

  Henry Botkin: Evolution presented the early work of American modernist painter from our permane...

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  HER SELF: WORKS BY KATHY SOSA

  April 25, 2015 — August 29, 2015

  Kathy Sosa's paintings and her selection of embroidered garments known as huipiles draw upon the rich cultural heritage of Mesoamerica, the area which extends from central Mexico through Central ...

• IMPRINTING THE SOUTH

  September 19, 2009 — December 31, 2009

  This exhibition focuses on Southern subjects or artists' images of the South during the 1920s through the 1940s.
  

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  IMPRINTING THE WEST: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined

  September 05, 2015 — January 02, 2016

  Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined features 48 hand-colored engravings and lithographs that explore artists' depictions of westward expansion in the nineteenth cent...

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  Installation: Land Displace Ment / Replace Ment

  February 20, 2019 — April 30, 2019

  An interactive public art project by Emily Stergar

  Part of being from a place, or living in a community is knowing the landscape. Oftentimes, the earth under your feet feels more authentic tha...

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  Installation: Land Displace Ment / Replace Ment

  February 20, 2019 — April 30, 2019

  An interactive public art project by Emily Stergar

  Part of being from a place, or living in a community is knowing the landscape. Oftentimes, the earth under your feet feels more authentic tha...

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  INTIMATE SCIENCE

  September 07, 2013 — December 07, 2013

  Featured contemporary artists conducting projects at the intersection of art, science, and technology for a better understanding of the physical and natural word. Their artistic practices hinged ...

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  JOHN BUCK: C'EST MAGNIFIQUE

  January 19, 2013 — May 11, 2013

  Highlighted the wood sculptures and prints of American artist and printmaker John Buck. The exhibit showcased the artist’s carvings, wood block prints, and shadow-box-like panel works...

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  John Gargano: Le Détroit In Dust Ree

  March 19, 2021 — July 31, 2021

  In the broadest sense, John Gargano’s installation Le Détroit In Dust Ree honors working people and the tools they use. While Gargano’s ceramic objects projecting from the wall ...

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  KATE CLARK: Mysterious Presence

  May 28, 2016 — August 27, 2016

  Clark uses the centuries-old technique of taxidermy to sculpt human-like facial features with wild animal hides. Her hybridized sculptures are at once familiar yet strange, insinuating primal sim...

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  Kate Gordon: Alligator Naps

  January 06, 2021 — June 30, 2021

   “The imagery I work with is largely stream of consciousness and dream based. As the individual images are cut up and re-stitched together, a nonsensical narrative often emerges focusing...

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  KEITH SONNIER: Selected Work from the Media Series (1992) and Duralde Abri (2000)

  January 18, 2014 — April 05, 2014

  Featured a selection of works from internationally renowned artist and UL Lafayette alum, Keith Sonnier. The exhibition highlighted Sonnier’s work in sculpture, drawing, silkscreen, film...

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  Kota Ezawa: Two Views

  May 10, 2019 — August 24, 2019

  Kota Ezawa is one of the world’s preeminent appropriation artists. His source materials, video footage in the case of Kota Ezawa: Two Views, are pulled from films that have achieved icon...

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  Kota Ezawa: Two Views

  May 10, 2019 — August 24, 2019

  Kota Ezawa is one of the world’s preeminent appropriation artists. His source materials, video footage in the case of Kota Ezawa: Two Views, are pulled from films that have achieved icon...

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  LaChaun Moore: 17845

  November 13, 2020 — May 29, 2021

  LaChaun Moore: 17845 is a contemplative exploration of the artist’s family history and relationship to agriculture. Moore’s worldview and artistic practice is informed by being a Black w...

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  LOUISIANA CELEBRATES CARNIVAL: George Rodrigue Foundation

  October 21, 2016 — December 03, 2016

  The George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation grants monetary scholarships to high school juniors and seniors through an annual visual arts competi...

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  LOUISIANA'S MUSIC: George Rodrigue Foundation

  November 17, 2015 — January 31, 2016

  The George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation grants monetary scholarships to high school juniors and seniors through an annual visual art...

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  Malaika Favorite: The Alchemist

  February 07, 2020 — September 19, 2020

  Malaika Favorite’s found object paintings seem to burst with an energy that conveys a sense of a life lived so well it verges on the mythical or magical. Somehow, seeing her work gathered en mass...

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  MiniScapes: Where the Land Meets the Mind

  May 06, 2021 — September 10, 2021

  This exhibition is presented in collaboration between the Lafayette Parish School System Talented Visual Arts Program and the Hilliard Art Museum. Using the  exhibitions on view in Spring , stud...

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  Monsters, Myths, and Legends: George Rodrigue Foundation

  September 07, 2018 — November 01, 2018

  The George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts grants monetary scholarships to high school juniors and seniors through an annual visual arts competition in order to encourage individual participation...

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  MORE THAN TIN: A Visual History of the University Art Museum

  January 25, 2014 — May 24, 2014

   

  Marked the 10 year anniversary for the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum. This exhibition traced the origins and history of the University Art Museum and examined the vis...

• MORE THAN WORDS

  February 07, 2009 — April 18, 2009

  An intimate view of American artists seen through illustrated hand-written letters to friends and family.

  Organized by the Smithsonian Institution.
  

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• MORGAN AS MENTOR: 1965-1998

  October 01, 2011 — May 19, 2012

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  Nancy Macko: The Fragile Bee

  April 17, 2021 — August 25, 2021

  Nancy Macko’s exhibition The Fragile Bee presents pollinator conservation as an environmental justice issue with roots in 1970s Ecofeminism. Macko’s bees are symbols of a movement that aims ...

• NEW AQUISITIONS 2000-2010

  April 02, 2011 — December 17, 2011

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  Notes from the Schoolyard

  February 07, 2020 — June 03, 2020

  Notes from the Schoolyard is a mail art exhibition organized in collaboration with Talented Visual Art in the Lafayette Parish School System. Typically, mail art is sent like corresponde...

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  OLIVER WASOW: Hudson Valley Studio Portraits

  September 02, 2016 — January 14, 2017

  Guest Curated Jane Hart
  

   

  A solo exhibition showcasing the works of upstate New York based artist Oliver Wasow, who has been widely recognized for his pioneering use of dig...

• Online Collection

  January 01, 0001 — January 01, 0001

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  Past the Frame: Abstraction and Its Environs in the Work of Allan Jones, 1968-2018

  August 10, 2018 — March 02, 2019

  Past the Frame: Abstraction and Its Environs in the Work of Allan Jones, 1968-2018, honors five decades of ambitious painting, from groundbreaking works of the late 1960s and 1970s defin...

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  Paths and Loops: Automatic Drawings by John F. Simon Jr.

  June 08, 2019 — November 16, 2019

  John F. Simon, Jr., a native of Louisiana, is a noted software art pioneer. Paths and Loops acknowledges this status, and explores the nature of his creative process with a breadth ...

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  Paths and Loops: Automatic Drawings by John F. Simon Jr.

  June 08, 2019 — November 16, 2019

  John F. Simon, Jr., a native of Louisiana, is a noted software art pioneer. Paths and Loops acknowledges this status, and explores the nature of his creative process with a breadth ...

• PISTOLS: Dazzling Firearms

  January 17, 2009 — May 30, 2009

  This exhibition reveals how art, historical events, and popular culture have shaped the design and symbolism of decorative firearms.
  

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  PORTRAITS FROM THE FLORA LEVY LECTURE SERIES: Works by George Rodrigue

  September 05, 2015 — January 02, 2016

  Portraits from the Flora Levy Lecture Series: Works by George Rodrigue presents paintings of some of the esteemed guests who have presented at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's ...

• PRINTS AND PORTFOLIOS FROM MARAIS PRESS

  June 20, 2009 — September 05, 2009

  Marais Press at UL-Lafayette; The products of this collaborative program pairing professional artists with visual arts students in an intensive week of experimental printmaking.
  

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  Quad Suite: Richard Landry

  September 06, 2019 — December 07, 2019

  Richard Landry’s 1973 video Quad Suite explores the performative nature of both video and music. As a musician and composer, Landry pushes the boundaries of music, exploring new ways to ...

• RADICAL VISION: The Revolution in American Photography

  May 22, 2009 — September 05, 2009

  A controversial offering: in their time these photographs challenged the old social order, exposing racism and alienation in our midst while striding beyond the bounds of the old esthetic order i...

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  Raine Bedsole: Water and Dreams

  January 16, 2021 — December 03, 2021

  Other than a fortuitous reference to water, Heraclitus of Ephesus’ aphorism, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man,” provides the perfe...

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  Robert C. Tannen | BOX-CITY

  February 07, 2020 — May 16, 2020

  The exhibition Robert C. Tannen|BOX-CITY is an interactive exhibition using cardboard boxes as to-scale models that allow museum visitors to explore urban design concepts as th...

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  SELECTIONS FROM THE UL COLLEGE OF ART FACULTY

  June 06, 2015 — December 12, 2015

  This exhibition showcased the talent of our dedicated faculty in visual arts, performing arts, architecture, and design. UL's College of the Arts is unique among Louisiana schools in that i...

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  Shadows-on-the-Teche: Plein Air

  December 21, 2018 — March 15, 2019

  Shadows-on-the-Teche: Plein Air presents a survey of contemporary Plein Air painting from around the nation. En Plein Air, French for the act of painting outdoors, is a method of pa...

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  Sharon Kopriva: No Small Thing

  September 13, 2019 — January 04, 2020

  Sharon Kopriva’s art is larger than life. This is not a result of her tendency towards large-scale work, rather it is connected to how she depicts and selects her subject matter. Her points of re...

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  SHEARWATER POTTERY AND THE ANDERSON FAMILY AESTHETIC

  June 14, 2014 — September 06, 2014

  Many people know the work of Walter Ingles Anderson, best known for his stylized paintings of flora and fauna off the Mississippi Coast, but few know the rich artistic heritage of his family, inc...

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  Signal/Form: Video Art by Woody and Steina Vasulka

  July 01, 2020 — October 17, 2020

  The playful and exploratory studio practices of Woody and Steina Vasulka bring to light the material qualities of video. Breaking from the narrative traditions of film-making and television, the ...

• SLIGHTLY UNBALANCED

  September 19, 2009 — December 31, 2009

  An exhibition exploring the peculiarities of the human psyche.
  

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  Songbirds: Nature As Metaphor | Paintings by Melissa Bonin

  September 06, 2019 — October 26, 2019

   

  Through the media of visual art and poetry, artist Melissa Bonin explores ancient and universal themes. She uses nature as metaphor to create a personal symbolic language. Her work ...

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  Spotlight on the Collection: Henry Botkin

  November 09, 2018 — May 04, 2019

  Henry Botkin (1896–1983) was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He studied art at the Massachusetts College of Art before moving to New York to continue his studies at the Art ...

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  SPOTLIGHT ON THE COLLECTION: Portraiture

  August 05, 2016 — December 03, 2016

  Spotlight on the Collection: Portraiture juxtaposes academic and vernacular art practices, while foregrounding a visual conversation on the museum’s collection – particularly as a vehicle ...

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  Spotlight on the Collection: William Moreland

  May 23, 2019 — November 01, 2019

  William Moreland was an educator who touched the lives of thousands of artists during his tenure at the University of Southwestern Louisiana from 1955 to 1986. He is best known for hi...

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  THE ART OF SEATING: 200 Years of American Design

  January 18, 2014 — May 03, 2014

  Design featured a survey of exceptional American chair design from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Curated by Ben Thompson, the exhibit presented for the viewer a sel...

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  THE NEW ART OF THE LOOM: Contemporary International

  May 25, 2013 — August 10, 2013

  Featured the work of artists from 17 countries. The exhibition showcased 25 pieces of tapestry which illuminated myriad themes of culture, nature, the figure, and history.

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  THE NEW SUBLIME: Video Works by Courtney Egan

  January 17, 2015 — May 16, 2015

  Courtney Egan's botanical art is comprised of projection-based sculptural installations and the works create a surprising association with myth, fairy tale, and modern technology. Her botanical v...

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  THROUGH SOVIET JEWISH EYES: Photography, War, and the Holocaust

  September 13, 2014 — December 13, 2014

  Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography, War, and the Holocaust, an exhibition of photographs by the most important Soviet photojournalists, included work by Evgenii Khaldei, George Zelma,...

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  Tripping Over Cypress: Recent Work by Cliff Tresner

  March 08, 2019 — August 10, 2019

   

  Tripping Over Cypress is an examination of how the artist Cliff Tresner places himself within the literal and cultural landscape of Louisiana. Originally a Hoosier, he is a...

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  TRUTH AND IDENTITY: Questions for the Self in Works by Gary Chapman

  January 17, 2015 — May 16, 2015

  Truth and Identity: Questions for the Self in works by Gary Chapman illustrates his search for identity through paintings and assembled progressions that view the world through the lenses of popu...

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  VISIONS OF TRADITION: 40 Years of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles

  October 01, 2014 — October 13, 2014

  Celebrated the 40 year anniversary of Festival Acadians et Créoles with an exhibition of photographs and ephemera in our A. Hays Town house. The exhibition documented the region’s rich heritage, ...

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  Your Town: A History of Culture and Community

  June 01, 2018 — September 01, 2018

  In 1968 Acadiana celebrated the opening of its first dedicated art museum – the Art Center for Southwestern Louisiana designed by architect, A. Hays Town. The construction of the Art Center symbo...