Click here to subscribe to our newsletter
This month, we travel to New Orleans, yet never leave the museum. Emily Meyers, education director, takes you into Norton Square, our new learning place with its indoor live oak trees, boulevards and store fronts resembling Jackson Square in New Orleans. Elsewhere in these pages you'll take a walk through the botanical gardens with its February color, and get tips for your own garden. You'll learn about upcoming First Saturday Tours, hear the voice of a Navy aviator, and leaf through a biblical commentary from 1665.
January is a good month for walks, both inside the museum and out on the grounds. In this months Around the Gallery, we give you a glimpse of our new Norton Research Library, home of the Norton Rare and Antiquarian Book Collection. Youll learn about the elements of its beauty, when tours of it are scheduled, and how you might enjoy it for reading and research. Also, meet the woman who has touched every volume in the collectionmore than 17,000 of them. We also highlight the great outdoors in winter. You can visit national parks across the country when you amble through the special exhibit, American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America, then take a winter walk in the botanical gardens, where theres more to see than you might think this time of year. Inside and out, January is a great time to see the Norton and get to know the gardens around it.
Come join us in this issue of Around the Gallery for a sneak peek of our annual December exhibition. Christmas: A Journey in Image and Word celebrates the season with displays of religious and secular works of art, all from the Nortons permanent collection. December, youll learn, is also a good time to stroll through our botanical gardens to see some gifts of the season. Youll also read about our First Saturday Christmas Tour, set for December 3; meet Fr. Jason Foster wholl present a history of iconography on December 17; learn more about our special exhibition, American Legacy: Our National Parks: On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America; and much more. This month, when you make your list and check it twice, be sure to put down a gift to yourself: a visit to the Norton.
We regret to announce that the South Highlands Tiger Chorus under the direction of Charles Brutus will not be able to appear at the Norton on December 10th as planned. We hope that at some point in the future we can welcome the South Highlands Tiger Chorus back to the Gallery. Please join us at the R.W. Norton Art Gallery throughout the Holiday season for events featuring our Norton Christmas Exhibition, First Saturday Tour: Christmas Tour, and Saturday Speaker Series featuring Father Jason Foster of Holy Nativity of the Lord Orthodox Church.
Join us in this cool, colorful month as we feature an exhibit delving into the heart of Louisiana legend: 21 drawings by 19th century artist Joseph Boggs Beale illustrating Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's classic, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie. In our "First Saturday Tour" we look at immigrant artists in America. We'll also study the work of silversmith Paul Revere (yes, that Paul Revere), stroll through fall flowers in the botanical garden, and learn about upcoming events for Christmas and a new special exhibit on national parks. November begins a eventful winter season at the Norton.
A few months ago, an intrepid group of 10 students and several dedicated teachers created a new concept in summer camp. In these pages of Around the Gallery, youll learn about our new Norton smART Camp from Emily Meyers, our director of education. Read on, and youll see that azaleas in our botanical garden step up for an autumn encore. Of course, October brings Halloween, when we offer a delightfully spooky tour of the museum. Youll also learn about Edgar Allen Poes The Raven and explore the world of Mississippi ghosts that haunt an artists canvas. Theres much more in this guide to the fall season at the Norton.
Copyright © 2012 The R.W. Norton Art Gallery ◊ 4747 Creswell Ave.
◊ Shreveport, Louisiana ◊ (318) 865-4201 ◊ All rights reserved ◊ Best viewed at 1024 X 768
