School is out for summer, which means we’ll begin removing our spring exhibitions and installing all new exhibits for the fall!
Find info on summer programming on our website (link in bio)
The senior exhibition for this spring is now installed!
“The Garden He Planted” by Kaitlyn Moton is in our Project Space, and her artist talk is tonight at 5:30pm.
Sixteen works from our permanent collection are currently on view @michelsonmuseumofart in Marshall, TX!
All by Centenary art professor Don Brown, the works capture landscapes and wildlife of the region from the 1920s-1960s.
Cheering on @nasa ’s Artemis II mission with these moon-inspired artworks currently on view!
Nancy Graves was an American artist who used topographical maps of the moon, Mars, and the ocean floor as source material for this oversized pointillist painting.
It is displayed alongside Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige’s “Tamagawa no shugetsu (Autumn Moon over Tama River).” Otsukimi (moon viewing) is a Japanese festival celebrating the autumn moon—like the one depicted here—that is thought to date back to the Heian period (794-1185 CE).
Students from Dr. Rietveld’s ART 315: Ancient Greek Art course visited the museum this morning!
Each student chose an image to research from one of two books currently housed in the museum. The books resemble scrapbooks, with a variety of Greco-Roman imagery collaged and pasted onto the pages.
We have exciting news!
The Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana has been reaccredited through the American Alliance of Museums!
This is the highest national recognition a museum can earn. Of the nation’s estimated 33,000 museums (this includes all types of museums, zoos, and botanical centers), about 1,100 are accredited through AAM.
The Meadows is one of 23 accredited Louisiana museums and is the only accredited museum in the state north of Alexandria.
We are proud to continue this distinction that we have held since 1980 for another 10 years!
Just over one month left to enjoy our 50th Anniversary exhibitions!
Upcoming dates to know:
4/3-4/6: closed for Easter break
4/23: closed for Research Conference
4/27-5/1: open 10am-3pm
5/2: closed
5/4-5/8: open 10am-3pm
5/9: closed for summer break
Centenary senior art majors have installed another exhibit!
“Soundtracks of Home” by Jordyn Templeton is now on view in our Project Space Gallery through April 17.
How does an economist interpret art?
“This Wayang Klitik puppet once traveled through lively trade networks linking carvers, painters, and performers across Java. Economically, it reflects an informal economy —a system of artisans and storytellers earning livelihoods outside formal markets.
Rooted in the Hindu epics, Wayang theater blended faith, culture, and enterprise. The puppet also shows how culture itself can be a form of capital-producing social trust, collective memory, and cooperation. These intangible assets are essential for economic development, even if they don’t appear on balance sheets.
Performances created positive externalities by spreading shared values and strengthening community ties. By turning myth into market activity, Wayang theater shows how art, religion, and informal labor together shaped economic growth-reminding us that creativity is both spiritual expression and economic enterprise.”
- Dr. Priyanka Chakraborty
See twenty-six other Centenary faculty interpretations of art from our permanent collection in our current exhibitions celebrating our 50th anniversary!
Stop by the Whited Room lobby on @centenaryla ’s campus to learn about the history of the Meadows Museum!
Thanks to Centenary Archives for featuring the museum! ❤️
