Community Calendar

The Arts Council showcases the work of Region 8 artist Dorothy Williams in a retrospective exhibition at The Gallery at 118 Cotton Street.

Dorothy S. Williams is a native of Louisiana and currently resides in Ouachita Parish. She graduated from Ruston's Louisiana Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in Clothing Art and a Bachelor of Science in Education. She taught Home Economics in Junction City, Arkansas and was an elementary educator in El Dorado, Arkansas.

Dorothy's garments have been finalists in the International Quilt Festival and have won awards in the Hobbs Fashion Show, the Dallas Quilt Celebration, the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, the National Quilting Association and the Mid-Atlantic Wearable Art Festival. Dorothy is also a 2002 Bernina Fashion Show Designer.

The exhibition is on display through March 6.

The Wellspring would like to invite our friends and neighbors to join us at our 94th Annual Meeting & Luncheon Thursday, February 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Methodist Monroe on Loop Road. This is a great chance to learn about our organization, and the impact we have in our community.

The 2024 Annual Report will be presented, and an update on future initiatives will be given. New board members and officers will be elected and outgoing board member will be honored. In addition, volunteers of the year will be recognized, and staff service awards will be presented. Lunch will be provided.

As always, thank you for your support of our local programs and services.

We look forward to seeing you!

Union Museum of History and Art is proud to announce it will exhibit 47 original works by the famed Louisiana primitive artist Clementine Hunter from January 25 to March 5. A celebratory opening reception will be held Saturday, Jan. 25, at 1:30 p.m., hosted by the local Grambling State University Alumni group. DeAnna Ellsworth will perform a brief concert and Jackie Hill will portray the artist. The public is cordially invited.
The artworks will be on loan from Tom Whitehead of Natchitoches, who was a personal friend of Hunter starting in the 1960s until her death in 1988. He is co-author of the well-known biography, Clementine Hunter: Her Life and Art.

Juror’s talk and awards: 6:30 PM

The Masur Museum of Art’s Annual Juried Competition showcases contemporary artists throughout the United States of America working in any medium. First started in 1964, the Annual Juried Competition is the Masur Museum’s longest-running tradition and one of its best-reviewed exhibitions each year.

Receptions at the Masur Museum of Art are free and open to the public. Light food and refreshments are served and ID for alcoholic beverages is required. Parking at the museum is limited so carpooling is suggested.

Sponsored by the Northeast Louisiana Arts Council

Juror's talk and awards begin at 6:30, and the exhibition is on view from February 20th to May 3rd.

Receptions at the Masur Museum of Art are free and open to the public. Light food and refreshments are served and ID for alcoholic beverages is required. Parking at the museum is limited so carpooling is suggested.

Piano music six nights a week. Ann Fenn Monday and Tuesday; Pearson Cross Wednesday and Thursday, Rod Payne Friday and Saturday.

The Arts Council showcases the work of Region 8 artist Dorothy Williams in a retrospective exhibition at The Gallery at 118 Cotton Street.

Dorothy S. Williams is a native of Louisiana and currently resides in Ouachita Parish. She graduated from Ruston's Louisiana Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in Clothing Art and a Bachelor of Science in Education. She taught Home Economics in Junction City, Arkansas and was an elementary educator in El Dorado, Arkansas.

Dorothy's garments have been finalists in the International Quilt Festival and have won awards in the Hobbs Fashion Show, the Dallas Quilt Celebration, the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, the National Quilting Association and the Mid-Atlantic Wearable Art Festival. Dorothy is also a 2002 Bernina Fashion Show Designer.

The exhibition is on display through March 6.

The 2025 Black History Month theme at the University of Louisiana at Monroe is “African Americans and Labor.” The event will focus on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.

The program will feature keynote speaker Courtney T. Joiner, a former assistant United States attorney for the Department of Justice.

Union Museum of History and Art is proud to announce it will exhibit 47 original works by the famed Louisiana primitive artist Clementine Hunter from January 25 to March 5. A celebratory opening reception will be held Saturday, Jan. 25, at 1:30 p.m., hosted by the local Grambling State University Alumni group. DeAnna Ellsworth will perform a brief concert and Jackie Hill will portray the artist. The public is cordially invited.
The artworks will be on loan from Tom Whitehead of Natchitoches, who was a personal friend of Hunter starting in the 1960s until her death in 1988. He is co-author of the well-known biography, Clementine Hunter: Her Life and Art.

Piano music six nights a week. Ann Fenn Monday and Tuesday; Pearson Cross Wednesday and Thursday, Rod Payne Friday and Saturday.