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Sit and Learn Series / MY FAVORITE CHAIR

The Art of Seating Programming: Sit and Learn Series
Learn more from contemporary chair designers, hear from local chair collectors, and explore Louisiana chair history with local scholars. Stay tuned for interactive chair challenges and more activities in this series.

MY FAVORITE CHAIR / April 11 at 2:00 p.m. CST on Zoom
Tune in on Zoom for a conversation from local designers and collectors as they talk about favorite chairs & furniture and their process of collecting and creating spaces. Join us at 2 p.m. CST as LSU MOA Educator Grant Benoit chats with special guests:

  • Garrett Kemp, Owner of The Market at Circa 1857

  • Arianne Bellizaire, Owner of Arianne Bellizaire Interiors LLC

  • Ethan Melancon, Director of Government Affairs of Louisiana Department of Education and President-Elect of Forum 225


LSU Museum of Art thanks Partner Sponsor, Donald J. Boutté and Michael D. Robinson, and Presenting Sponsor, Taylor Porter Attorneys At Law, for sponsoring this exhibition. Additional support is provided by generous donors to the LSU MOA Annual Exhibition Fund: The Imo N. Brown Memorial Fund in memory of Heidel Brown and Mary Ann Brown; Louisiana CAT; Charles Schwing; The Alma Lee, H. N., and Cary Saurage Fund; The Newton B. Thomas Family/Newtron Group Fund; LSU College of Art & Design; Elizabeth M. Thomas; Mr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Arst. The Art of Seating is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, in collaboration with the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation and is toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C. Programming sponsored by Louisiana CAT.

Sponsors of The Art of Seating