The Hilliard Art Museum announced that they will officially reopen to the public on Tuesday, August 17.
While visiting, guests will be required to wear masks and adhere to social distancing guidelines put into place by the CDC.
The museum says that its members will be granted early access from August 4-15 and the UL Lafayette campus community will be welcomed from August 11-15.
"I truly hope to see you at the museum in August. We have an exciting line-up of exhibitions slated to be on view in the fall," said Susie Gottardi, Marketing Manager for the Hilliard Art Museum.
The full list of exhibitions for the fall include:
Malaika Favorite: The Alchemist
February 7, 2020 - September 19, 2020
Malaika Favorite's found object paintings seem to burst with an energy that conveys a sense of a life lived so well it verges on the mythical or magical. Somehow, seeing her work gathered en masse strengthens this impression, as does her merging of contemporary art and folk art practices. Favorite's synthesis of folk and contemporary is akin to alchemy; the medieval pseudo-science that strove to transform base metals into gold. Her approach is born of expressive utility that defies categorization, making it difficult to identify her work with a particular genre or media.
Signal/Form: Video Art by Woody and Steina Vasulka
July 1, 2020 - October 17, 2020
The playful and exploratory studio practices of Woody and Steina Vasulka bring to light the material qualities of video. Breaking from the narrative traditions of film-making and television, the Vasulkas engage in a collaboration with machines to create videos that escape the bounds of the artist's eye or a camera's lens.
Bridging the Mississippi: Spans Across the Father of Waters
August 4, 2020 - April 3, 2021
Philip Gould's Bridging the Mississippi: Spans across the Father of Waters is an expansive account of America's greatest waterway. The impetus for this project, bridges, frequently do not receive their due as architectural wonders although they speak to American ingenuity and can-do attitude as few other structures do. The resulting push and pull between grand narrative and singularly lived experience in these images hints at the complexity of creating a series that represents, as much as possible, the entirety of the Mississippi River.
Acadian Brown Cotton: The Fabric of Acadiana
September 11, 2020 - June 30, 2021
This landmark exhibition is the most comprehensive project to date dedicated to the cultural traditions associated with the farming and weaving of brown cotton in Acadiana. Acadian Brown Cotton: The Fabric of Acadiana is much like the blankets on view in that it is composed of many, many threads. The exhibition tells several stories that, taken as a whole, represent an ambitious synthesis of folklore, anthropology, economics, and art history.
To learn more about the exhibits and the museum, visit hilliardmuseum.org.
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