- Baton Rouge Gallery
Baton Rouge Gallery, founded in 1965, is a
multi-media art gallery located inBaton Rouge ,Louisiana 's historicCity Park . Baton Rouge Gallery is one of theUnited States ' oldestartist co-op s and an important aspect of Baton Rouge's arts community.The Baton Rouge Gallery was founded in 1965 when eight artists formed a gallery to showcase not only their own work but also that of other local artists. The original eight were reflected in the gallery's original name, "The Unit 8 Gallery".Cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/arts/10977531.html|title=Gallery to Honor Founders with Exhibition|accessdate=2008-05-19|year=2007-11-04|author=Judy Bergeron|work=The Advocate] In 1984, Unit 8 Gallery moved to City Park and became known as Baton Rouge Gallery. The pavilion where the gallery is located was originally the park's pool house, built in the 1920s and closed in 1963.
When the Gallery celebrated its Silver anniversary in January 1991, its 25 years of operation were believed to be a record for a unique art gallery and the gallery's development mirrored that of Baton Rouge's arts community.Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4762C1706C9BB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Baton Rouge Gallery Marks Silver Anniversary|accessdate=2008-05-19|year=1991-01-06|work=The Advocate] Until a brief closing in April 1994 due to a controversy over an artist's work,Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4778A49E29960&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Artist's Work Sparks Showdown at Gallery|accessdate=2008-05-19|year=1994-04-09|work=The Advocate] Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D4EC1BC48B15&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Louisiana ACLU Sues After Art Exhibit Canceled|accessdate=2008-05-19|year=1994-09-10|work=The Dallas Morning News] the gallery was the nation's oldest professionally run artist co-opCite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4778BC08D22AB&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Sides in Gallery Closing Explain Stands|accessdate=2008-05-19|year=1994-04-17|work=The Advocate] and still remains one of the longest-running.Cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=3186461|title=Artists' Studio Tour|accessdate=2008-05-19|publisher=WAFB|year=2005-04-08]
References
External links
* [http://www.batonrougegallery.org/ Baton Rouge Gallery]
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