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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information Office
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                                           SLU 10880, Hammond, LA 70402
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    Date: 9/20/99
      Contact:                           Carol Dotson 52m

Editors: Photos accompany release
FANFARE EXHIBITS INCLUDE LANDSCAPES, CIVIL WAR AND MORE
     HAMMOND -- Fanfare, Southeastern Louisiana University's fall celebration of the arts,
will present five art exhibits on campus and in the community, beginning in September.    
     Southeastern's Center for Regional Studies hosts "100 Years of Sunshine," an exhibit
celebrating the centennial birthday of Jimmy Davis, Louisiana's "Sunshine Governor." The
exhibit, which spotlight's Davis' stellar political and musical careers, opens September 29 with a
reception, from 3-5 p.m. at the Center in Sims Memorial Library. The exhibit runs through
October. 
     "We hope that Governor Davis will be able to visit us to view the exhibit during
Fanfare," said Fanfare Interim Director Don Marshall.
     Northshore artist Elemore Morgan's "Where Land Meets Sky" will open October 4 in
Clark Hall Gallery. Morgan, considered Louisiana's foremost landscape artist, will show the
retrospective of paintings and drawings through November 5. 
     At the opening reception from 3-5 p.m. on October 6, Morgan will be sign copies of the
recently reissued book, "Cajun and Creole Music Makers," as well as the exhibit's companion
catalog. "Cajun and Creole Music Makers" is a collection of more than 100 photos by Morgan
and interviews by folklorist Barry Ancelet. Poet Darrell Bourque will join Morgan to sign the
"Where Land Meets Sky," which includes poetry by Bourque.  
     Photographer Claude Levet presents his Civil War reproduction photography as well as
contemporary images in "Gun-Cotton and Ether," October 4-November 10 in the Sims
Memorial Library. Levet, Southeastern's university photographer, is a master of the early "wet
collodion" photographic process, which used ingredients such as gun-cotton (pyroxyline), ether
and silver nitrate to create the images of the mid-1800's. The opening reception for the exhibit is
scheduled for 3-5 p.m., October 4. Levet's work will be on display through October. 
     Also during Fanfare, North Oaks Hospital in Hammond unveils its new permanent 
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collection by artists in the Florida Parishes. And  opening reception is scheduled for 4-6 p.m.,
October 7 at the hospital.
     Also on the Fanfare schedule is "Louisiana Laughs," an exhibit of humorous works by
Louisiana student artists and their teachers. The exhibit is in conjunction with the annual meeting
in Hammond of the Louisiana Art Education Association and will be on display at the Hammond
Regional Arts Center, 217 East Thomas Street. An opening reception will be held in conjunction
with Fanfare's Gallery Stroll from 1-5 p.m., October 10. 
     All of the exhibits are free and open to the public. For a FANFARE brochure or more
information call 504-549-2333 or visit the Fanfare web site, www.selu.edu/fanfare. Fanfare
tickets are available at the Fanfare box office   504-549-2323, Gate 1, SLU University Center,
700 W. University Ave. Box office hours are 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., weekdays.

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