Ruston visual artist and Louisiana Tech School of Design professor Frank Hamrick is the recipient of Argent Financial Group’s Fellowship for the 2021 Hambidge Center’s Creative Residency Program, which includes a $700 stipend and a two-week residency at the Hambidge Center in Rural Gap, Ga., in July.
Hamrick is a tintype photographer and book artist, inspired by objects, the surrounding environment and the human experience. Besides serving as a professor, he is also Tech’s Master of Fine Arts Graduate Program Coordinator. Hamrick has also taught at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina and the University of Georgia’s study abroad program in Cortona, Italy.
‘Shalom, Y’All!’ Museum of Southern Jewish Experience to open in New Orleans
‘Shalom, Y’All!’ Museum of Southern Jewish Experience to open in New Orleans
In addition to photos, artifacts, paintings and history, the museum will address issues of race and anti-Semitism, and the ways Southern Jews navigated such challenges in different times.
Rendering of the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in New Orleans, to open on the fall of 2020. Credit: The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience.
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(February 12, 2020 / JNS) Officials with the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience (MSJE) announced that the new museum will open in fall 2020 in New Orleans.
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“Hedy! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr”
Shows are back on at BB’s Stage Door Canteen at the National World War II Museum. From May 21-30, check out “Hedy! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr.” Born in Vienna, Lamarr was an actress once known as “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” while she shined on the silver screen from the 1930s to the 1950s.
There was much, much more to Lamarr than her beauty and acting talent, however. While married to an Austrian arms dealer, she retained knowledge about munitions and put that knowledge to use aiding the Allied war effort. She invented the Secret Communication System, which made torpedoes more accurate. This technology would later be used in cell phones, WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth among other innovations.
Week in Review, April 26-30: City Allows Bigger Gatherings
04/30/2021
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NEW ORLEANS – This week, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards fell in line with most other Southern governors by partially
lifting Louisiana’s statewide mask mandate. Face coverings are now only required in schools, healthcare facilities, daycare centers, some state buildings and other specific locations – including on public transit.
Meanwhile, at a Thursday morning press conference, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Dr. Jennifer Avegno, director of the city’s health department, announced that the
city’s mask mandate will remain in place but larger gatherings will be allowed. In addition, capacity limits are going away for most establishments. Under the new rules that take effect Friday, outdoor gatherings of up to 500 will be allowed. Indoor, the maximum number of people is now 250. “We believe that this will definitely accommodate residents as well as our hospitality industry,”