Bossier Arts Council THE ARTS REVOLUTION STARTS HERE
The Bossier Arts Council is scheduling its 2013-2014 gallery season and is excited to announce that there are SEVEN gallery spaces for local artists! These spaces include: East Bank Gallery, Emerging Artist Gallery, Gallery Fine Art Center, three Community Trust Bank Locations, and 1800 Prime Steakhouse. The deadline for submission is MAY 31, 2013! If you have any questions please contact Steven Belk, the gallery coordinator for the Bossier Arts Council, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 318-741-8310.
The Bossier Arts Council is committed to promoting art work of regional artists. It is located at 630 Barksdale Blvd. right off of I-20. Our office hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 11:00am-6:00pm or by appointment.
The Bossier Arts Council is happy to announce that the artwork of Kay Smith will be on display from May through July 2013 at the Line Avenue Branch, 3400 Line Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104. There will be a reception on June 20th from 5-7pm.
A native of Arkansas, Kay has always called the Ark LA TEX home. Although having no formal art training, Kay has taken various workshops in oil painting and pastel painting as well as studying under Christie Cassell, a gifted portrait artist in Shreveport. Studying with Christie, Kay gained much knowledge and skill in painting with pastels, mainly learning to paint portraits in pastels. When asked about her artistic side she responded "Pastels, pencil studies and pen and ink are my major focus. My main subject matters are people, animals and landscapes. I enjoy bright colors and am striving to be more impressionistic in my work rather than quite so controlled."
Community Trust Bank's core purpose to Enrich the Lives of People in our Community is realized in this endeavor by showcasing community artists and their talents in a unique environment", said Larry Little, Regional President NWLA, EVP. "This also provides an artistic investment in our community by bring the artwork to the people in our community.
The Bossier Arts Council is committed to promoting art work of regional artists. It is located at 630 Barksdale Blvd. right off of I-20.
The Bossier Arts Council is proud to announce that the artwork of Steve Zihlavsky will be on display from May through July 2013 at the Airline Branch, 2790 Airline Dr. Bossier City, LA 71111. Zihlavsky came from humble beginnings in a living environment with many siblings and often felt like the runt of the litter. He found a way to escape reality into his own fantasy word. His creative tools, which consisted of a variety of pencils, markers, crayons and such, were his traveling guide. "Initially my expressions were in two dimensions, but I soon found through origami, cardboard boxes, and using leftovers with glue and an X-acto knife I could generate just about anything", stated the artist. Zihlavsky first recognized his artistic ability in his childhood, as did his family, teachers and peers. He continued, "They encouraged this with insights, useful gifts, and the sharing of talents with me." In 2000, Mr. and Mrs. Zihlavsky established "The Anomalous Brush" exploring new horizons in art and home decorating. "We truly love to beautify our friends, family, and neighbors' homes. It is only now that I am able to focus enough attention on art as a means to supporting myself that I feel I'm reaching some of the artistic potential that my maker gave me and practice the fact in my five year old hear that 'I'm gonna be an artist when I grow up'", he stated. Community Trust Bank's core purpose to Enrich the Lives of People in our Community is realized in this endeavor by showcasing community artists and their talents in a unique environment", said Larry Little, Regional President NWLA, EVP. "This also provides an artistic investment in our community by bring the artwork to the people in our community.
The Bossier Arts Council is excited to announce an exhibition of artwork by regional artist Arthur Simone. His artwork will be on display in East Bank Gallery from May 2nd through June 1st with a reception on May 11th from 3-6pm.
Arthur Simone is an improvisational actor, abstract expressionist artist and advocate of the culture of spontaneity. His artwork has been shown at galleries such as Chicago's Echo Gallery and art festivals such as Around the Coyote and the East Austin Studio Tour. Arthur's artwork has been twice a nominated finalist for the prestigious Hunting Art Prize. A graduate of Oberlin College and a veteran of the Chicago stage with Suspicious Clowns and Moving Dock Theatre, he is currently a co-founder of Austin's improv powerhouse ColdTowne, where he teaches sketch, improv, and acting. On the screen, Arthur has starred in Days of Delusion, Jigsaw, The Evil One, A&E's Faith of My Fathers, Big Momma's House 2, and has been featured on the series Friday Night Lights. Arthur won acclaim and praise for his original one-man show, Dear Frailty, including the designation as Best Actor in Austin from the Austin Chronicle, and recently shared in the Critic's Table designation of Best Ensemble for Rubber Repertory's Jubilee. In 2007, he won the O'Henry Pun-Off World Championships, Austin's regional Air Guitar Championship, and the Alamo Drafthouse's Air Sex World Championship.
"When we are born into this world, we are equal in the amounts of genetic memory stored in the body. As helpless infants we count on instinct to steer us towards sources of nourishment and protection, using hard-wired recognition of other humans to inform our reactions to hunger, cold, and danger. We start life seeking out connection to open eyes, smiles, and efforts to make contact. My wish is for the art viewer to be drawn into my work with the same fascination afforded to faces in knobby tree-trunks, shapes in the clouds, and the man in the moon. This rattling need for identification, this affective desire to empathize is a powerful common denominator, and it is that nature of participation that I aspire to induce in the viewer."
The East Bank Gallery is a project of the Bossier Arts Council is committed to promoting art work of regional artists. It is located in BAC headquarters at 630 Barksdale Blvd. right off of I-20. You can visit the gallery Tuesday-Saturday from 11:00am-6:00pm or by appointment.
The Bossier Arts Council's Emerging Artist Gallery is pleased to announce that the artwork of Alan Dyson will be on display throughout the month of May. There will be a reception on May 11th from 3-6pm.
"Tablet" - improvisations with god - is a collection of new work made from construction materials - limestone panels, brick, dimension lumber, and paper. Some materials, saved for years, bear the traffic marks of weather, vegetation, and mineral stains which I have responded to with watercolor, marker, and etching tools. The result is reminiscent of my daily piano improvisations - carefully, but randomly balanced, colorful and fun.
The signature piece of the show is a structure I am calling "Samuel's Ladder". It's a tower built like shoji screen panels - clad with photocopy enlargements of my father's hand-written sermon notes. It will be illuminated on the inside much like a Japanese lantern. The sermon, from Corinthians, and the limestone panels bearing the marks of nature are the inspiration for the title "Tablet".
This will be a collection of all new original works that I am really excited to share as it utilizes the materials of my work as an architectural artist but feels like my musical meditations...only in stone, brick, and wood.
A life-long Louisiana resident, Alan was reared in the small college town of Ruston by academic parents. His artistic talents were noticed at a very early age and allowed him to develop in what he now recognizes was a very industrious and progressive family. The intellectual arts of design, language and music were part of his daily routine and he was encouraged to study architecture and fine arts.
When asked about his creative process he responded "My work is in response to materials, environments, concepts or events. I often collaborate with musicians, poets, visual artists, architects, engineers, developers and technology innovators. Together, we create, develop, enhance and construct environments, and document works of cultural significance."
The East Bank Gallery is a project of the Bossier Arts Council is committed to promoting art work of regional artists. It is located in BAC headquarters at 630 Barksdale Blvd. right off of I-20. You can visit the gallery Tuesday-Saturday from 11:00am-6:00pm or by appointment.
The Bossier Arts Council is proud to announce an exhibition of artwork by regional artist Susan Duke. Her artwork will be on display in 1800 Prime Steakhouse at Boomtown Casino from April through July with a WAM openning on July 13th from 5:30 - 7:30pm. There will be a $20 fee for this event.
Susan Duke has been painting all her life. Many of her happiest early memories are of sitting at an easel, looking through the window and painting impressions of the scenery outside. Her father was a highly decorated Marine pilot and photographer with rapidly changing assignments; her mother was a schoolteacher with a sense ofadventure -- so the family moved frequently. Both of her parents preferred the freedom of living out in the country to the structure of base quarters, so Duke grew up exploring forests or beaches, wading in streams and following shafts of light into hidden magical places. Today, she is happily married to her best friend of 40 years, Patrick Posey, a songwriter and musician. Duke's vivid Impressionist oil paintings have been shown in galleries throughout the nation and are represented in numerous private and corporate collections coast to coast.
"My paintings are created as an antidote to anxiety. Each of my original Impressionist oil paintings is meant to be a window of imagination into a special healing place of beauty and energy. The impact of modern life's frantic pace coupled with the daily digital media onslaught leaves many people stressed and in need of a break - a contemplative moment - time to take a deep breath, relax and allow both body and soul to refresh and renew."
WAM is a partnership between the Bossier Arts Council and Boomtown Casino committed to promoting art work of regional artists. It is located in 1800 Prime Steakhouse at 300 Riverside Drive, Bossier City, LA. The hours of operation are Wednesday and Sunday 5-9pm and Friday and Saturday 5-10pm.