A photo from a past edition of Baton Rouge Gallery’s Surreal Salon Soirée, the annual party that celebrates the gallery’s international juried ‘Surreal Salon’ exhibit. This year’s soiree is set for Jan. 24.
FILE PHOTO BY PAM BORDELON
Not forgotten
The West Baton Rouge Museum, 845 N. Jefferson Ave., Port Allen, will open the exhibit, “Gone But Not Forgotten: Black Cemeteries of West Baton Rouge” on Jan. 10.
The exhibit examines the historic lost burial grounds of enslaved Black people across the parish, as well as those cemeteries that are in danger of becoming lost to Mother Nature or land development. Many of these were started by Black churches or Benevolent Societies in the latter part of the 19th century.
For more information, visit westbatonrougemuseum.org.
Surreal Salon
Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Drive, will open “Surreal Salon 18,” its annual internationally juried exhibit of pop-surrealism and lowbrow art, on Jan. 4.
The show will run through Jan. 25 with its coinciding Surreal Salon Soiree celebration set for Jan. 24. Admission to the exhibit is free, and advance tickets for the soiree are $40 for gallery members and $50 for nonmembers. All tickets are $60 at the door.
Visit batonrougegallery.org.
At LASM
The museumwide exhibit, “Coca-Cola Christmas: A Month of Magic at LASM,” has returned for a second year at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum, 100 S. River Road. The show runs through Jan. 4.
Visit lasm.org.
In the Shaw Center
The Gallery at the Manship Theatre is showing “On Display: Composition. Color. Pattern.” by Kevin Babb through Dec. 31 in the Jones Walker Foyer Gallery in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St.
Admission is free. Visit manshiptheatre.org.
At the Arts Council
The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge is showing “Continuum,” an exhibition featuring the work of David Dew Bruner, through Jan. 10 in the Shell Gallery at the Cary Saurage Community Arts Center, 233 St. Ferdinand St.
The show features a focused selection of Bruner’s collages, portraits and abstractions shaped by memory, loss and resilience.
Admission is free. Visit artsbr.org.
At LSU MOA
The LSU Museum of Art in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St., is showing “The Sculpture of Scott, Payton, Hayden, and Bechet” through Jan. 25, and “A Bayou State of Mind” through Jan. 4.
Visit lsumoa.org.
Upcoming classes
Registration is open for the Art Guild of Louisiana’s January classes at Studio in the Park, 2490 Silverest Ave., Baton Rouge:
- “Larry Downs, The Complete Artist Using Eyes, Hands, and Brain — the Basics of Art,” 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays from Jan. 8 to Feb. 12.
- “Kerry Curtin, Stained Glass — Create Your Own Treasure,” 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 9-10 and Jan. 16-17.
- “Roberta Loflin, Watercolor Basics — Tools and Techniques,” 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays Jan. 31-Feb. 21.
Visit artguildlouisiana.org.