The lecture series is sponsored by the MSU Juliet Hardtner Women in the Arts and Humanities Endowment. For more information, call the MSU Women s Studies Program at 475-5304. The art show is being held in conjunction with a performance by the renowned modern dance troupe, Alvin Ailey II, on March 3 in the Lake Charles Civic Center. Entries are welcome from all art students in the Calcasieu Parish School District. Students may enter as many works as they wish.
Entries can be in any two-dimensional media and can be of any size.
The show is being organized by Dr. Dan Vidrine, art supervisor for Calcasieu schools. Forty entries will be chosen to be matted and displayed in exhibits at the Lake Charles Civic Center and in the Lake Charles City Club in March. The art show was inspired by the fact that Alvin Ailey II will perform March 3 as the opening event for the 2001 McNeese Banners Series. The performance is being co-presented by the Lake Charles Ballet Society and the Black Heritage Festival. We think that when art students study how dance has been the subject of painting and other art forms throughout the centuries, and then see one of the best modern dance troupes in America, they will appreciate all these art forms more.