The Louisiana Partnership for the Arts (LPA) has revealed the specialty license plate designed by Lafayette author and illustrator Denise Gallagher.
Gallagher, a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, owns a graphic design and illustration business. She is also a published author and illustrator of children's books.
Gallagher serves as the Illustrator Coordinator for the Louisiana/Mississippi Region of the Society of Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the UL University Press and the Digital Media Advisory Committee for South Louisiana Community College. Gallagher is also actively involved in the Acadiana Center for the Arts’ Teaching Artist Program, where she teaches art and literature to students throughout Lafayette Parish.
Recently, Gallagher received an ArtSpark Grant from the Acadiana Center for the Arts, funded by the Lafayette Economic Development Authority and the National Endowment for the Arts. She will use the grant to write and produce a children’s musical based on her picture book A Tip Tap Tale. The musical will be performed in the summer of 2024.
Her fine art has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Indianapolis, and throughout Louisiana.
Proceeds from the LPA specialty license plate program will benefit artists throughout Louisiana. For more information, visit artforlouisiana.com/arts-license-plate.
Ed "Tiger" Verdin and Kelsea McCrary join Cory Crowe on KEDM's Lagniappe to discuss the project.
