Baton Rouge, Louisiana– LSU Museum of Art's (LSUMOA) Neighborhood Arts Project, which provides free art activities in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at community sites, is returning this summer. The Neighborhood Arts Project, in partnership with various city organizations provides art-making lessons inspired by exhibitions at LSUMOA, Cherished: The Art of Clementine Hunter (on view July 11, 2024) and Fierce Planets: Work from the Studio Art Quilt Associates (now on view until July 28, 2024).
Neighborhood Arts Project participants at Village Resource Center. Photography by Ingrid Williams.
Designed to reach historically underserved areas, the program’s goal is to reach individuals who traditionally lack access to arts programming. With sites selected in collaboration with churches, community centers, BREC, and the East Baton Rouge Library System, the initiative ensures free summer activities for these communities.
Dr. Aaron Ryan, from the LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy, is collaborating with LSUMOA to include space-related programs to the Neighborhood Arts Project featuring the Mobile Astronomy Resource System (MARS) Truck. The MARS Truck can travel anywhere in the state of Louisiana for informal science education events. With telescopes, a portable digital planetarium, interactive experiments, science demonstrations, and more, it offers a range of engaging experiences suitable for any age range.
By leading community pop-ups, the LSU Museum of Art hopes to provide children and parents with arts educational resources, connect families to the museum, and to encourage art learning, creativity, and engagement this summer through the Neighborhood Arts Project. More info here: https://www.lsumoa.org/nap
Below is our summer schedule for free art making with LSU Museum of Art’s Neighborhood Arts Project in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Neighborhood Arts Project participants at Pearl George Center. Photography by Ingrid Williams.
SUMMER 2024 SCHEDULE
Ageless Circle (3820 Gus Young Ave. Baton Rouge, LA 70802)
June 4 / 10 AM–12 PM
Pearl George Center (4000 Gus Young Ave. Baton Rouge, LA 70802)
June 7 / 10 AM–12 PM
New Hope Baptist Church (5854 Greenwell Springs Road Baton Rouge, LA 70806)
June 12 / 10 AM–12 PM / Youth & Open to all
Village Resource Center (765 N. Acadian Thruway Baton Rouge, LA 70802)
June 13 / 10 AM–12 PM / Youth & Open to all
Delmont Gardens Branch Library / Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Group (3351 Lorraine St. Baton Rouge, LA 70805)
June 14 / 10 AM–12 PM / Grandparents only
Gardere Initiative (1702 Gardere Lane Baton Rouge, LA 70820)
June 19 / 10 AM–12 PM / Gardere Initiative participants only
Village Resource Center (765 N. Acadian Thruway Baton Rouge, LA 70802)
June 20 / 10 AM–12 PM / Youth & Open to all
Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church (13530 Scenic Hwy Baton Rouge, LA 70807)
June 25 / 10 AM–12 PM / Youth & Seniors
Gardere Initiative (1702 Gardere Lane Baton Rouge, LA 70820)
June 26 / 10 AM–12 PM / Gardere Initiative participants only
Village Resource Center (765 N. Acadian Thruway Baton Rouge, LA 70802)
June 27 / 10 AM–12 PM / Youth & Open to all
Gardere Initiative (1702 Gardere Lane Baton Rouge, LA 70820)
July 2 / 10 AM–12 PM / Gardere Initiative participants only
Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch Library (11300 Greenwell Springs Road Baton Rouge, LA 70814)
July 3 / 10 AM–12 PM/ Youth & Open to all
Ageless Circle (3820 Gus Young Ave. Baton Rouge, LA 70802)
July 9 / 10 AM–12 PM
Mt. Gillion Baptist Church (346 E. Buchanan St. Baton Rouge, LA 70802)
July 10 / 10 AM–12 PM
Goodwood Branch Library (7711 Goodwood Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 70806)
July 12 / 10 AM–12 PM / Youth & Open to all
Eden Park Branch Library (5131 Greenwell Springs Rd. Baton Rouge, LA 70806)
July 16 / 10 AM–12 PM / Youth & Open to all
Baker Branch Library (3501 Groom Rd. Baton Rouge, LA 70714)
July 17 / 10 AM–12 PM / Youth & Open to all
My Faith Thrift Store (8844 Greenwell Springs Road Baton Rouge, LA 70814)
July 18 / 10 AM–12 PM
River Center Branch Library (250 North Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 7080)
July 19 / 10 AM–12 PM / Youth & Open to all
Visit LSU Museum of Art’s Facebook and Instagram pages @lsumoa regularly for program announcements and exhibition updates.
ABOUT LSU MUSEUM OF ART
LSU Museum of Art is supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council. LSU Museum of Art is supported in part by a grant from the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, funded by the East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President & Metro Council. Funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding for the 2023 Emergency Planning Grant has been provided by the State of Louisiana and administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Additional support is provided by generous donors to the LSU Museum of Art Annual Exhibition Fund. Free admission for Toddler Thursday is sponsored by the Junior League of Baton Rouge. Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
VISITOR INFORMATION
The museum is located in downtown Baton Rouge at 100 Lafayette Street on the Fifth Floor of the Shaw Center for the Arts. General admission is $5 each for adults and children age 13 and over. Admission is free to university faculty and students with ID, children age 12 and under, and museum members. Active-duty military and veterans, first responders, and their families receive free admission with ID as part of the Blue Star Museums program. Show your EBT card and photo ID at the admissions desk and receive free admission for up to 4 individuals as part of the Museums for All initiative. Museum Hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m.; and closed on Mondays and major holidays. Free admission occurs on the first Sunday of each month and every Friday night from 5-8 p.m. For more information: visit www.lsumoa.org, call 225-578-3000, and follow the museum on social media @lsumoa for exhibition and program updates.