Chauvin Sculpture Garden

Photo Gallery NSU Folk Art Center



Paul James' Sunday at 4 reading encompassed several things. First and foremost, it was about his time exploring the barrier islands through the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) Coastal Landscape Photography program. His words were beautiful, and although I'm not much of a naturist. I must say I'm considering doing this some year. The class lasts one week in May where you spend the entire week exploring the islands under the supervision of Gary LaFleur, Biologist from Nicholls State University, and learning about photography from Dennis Siporski (Artist, Southeastern Louisiana University). The week culminates in an art show of the student's work from the week. Although the class is focused on photography, they are open to other artistic endeavors. The cost is just $225 including room and board for the week. That's probably less than a chartered fishing trip in the area for just one day. You can find out more information about the course at the LUMCON site.

You might be asking yourself, what does this have to do with the Chauvin Sculpture Garden mentioned in the title of this post? Well, if you go to LUMCON you will go to Chauvin as well and the image was too good to pass up. Paul is also on the board for Chauvin and he promoted a new festival there on April 17. This coincides with the blessing of the fleet, and sounds like a fantastic event. It will be free and includes music, traditional arts, and contemporary arts. I didn't come across any further details at the site linked above, or at this official Chauvin site.