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A UNIQUE SLANT OF LIGHT: THE BICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF LOUISIANA ART KNOWLA FEATURES BIOGRAPHIES OF LOUISIANA GOVERNORS AND SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICES A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Louisiana Art, a landmark book published by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) in September 2012, includes 276 entries on Louisiana artists, authored by dozens of notable scholars and more than 400 images from private collections and the state’s major museums and archives. Commissioned by Louisiana's Bicentennial Commission and edited by Michael Sartisky, Ph.D., president of the LEH; J. Richard Gruber, Ph.D., director emeritus of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art; and Associate Editor John Kemp, the book, priced at $120, is widely available at bookstores and can be ordered through www.leh.org or through the University Press of Mississippi. The book is also accessible free of charge in a digital format at the LEH website (www.leh.org), where descriptions of the artists featured in the print edition are linked to KnowLA, the Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana (www.knowla.org), which offers additional image galleries and expanded biographical information. This issue of Louisiana Cultural Vistas features several stories adapted from the print/digital partnership of A Unique Slant of Light and KnowLA, including the essays about photo-artists Louviere + Vanessa and 19th-century painter George David Coulon. Future issues of the magazine will continue to share the scholarship and artistry from the book and website. KnowLA, the Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana History and Culture (www.knowla.org), through a partnership with the Louisiana Historical Association, now features the biographies of the entire pantheon of Louisiana governors. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne From the trials of Sieur de Sauvolve de Bienville and Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1699, forward to 2012, the stories of those 71 individuals at the helm of Louisiana's tumultuous history make for fascinating reading. Of equal merit is the variety of accompanying media and images, from maps of the earliest William C.C. Claiborne settlement of New Orleans, to portraits and letters that bring to life the circumstances and character of Louisiana's leaders. Upon the bicentennial of the Louisiana Supreme Court, the online encyclopedia will soon feature Huey P. Long biographies of all 25 Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justices, from George C. Mathews, who presided over the court shortly after Louisiana’s admission to the Union in 1812, to Bernette J. Johnson, the state’s first African American chief justice, who took the oath on February 1, 2013. Edwin Edwards KnowLA provides a comprehensive, dynamic and free online reference guide to the history and culture of Louisiana. READINGS IN LITERATURE AND CULTURE Copies of A Unique Slant of Light are available in these stores: • Faulkner House Books 624 Pirate’s Alley in New Orleans (504) 524-2940 • Friends of the Cabildo Book Store 523 St. Ann Street in New Orleans (504) 524-9118 • Garden District Book Shop 2727 Prytania Street in New Orleans (504) 895-2266 • Octavia Books 513 Octavia Street in New Orleans (504) 899-7323 • Barnes and Noble stores across the state 6 LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES • Spring 2013 Since 1983, the LEH’s adult reading and discussion series, RELIC, has enrolled nearly 93,000 readers in 63 parishes across Louisiana. These six-week thematic series are led by university scholars, who introduce the books and lead group discussions. Sessions are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Check out the RELIC schedule for a library near you. Advance registration at the host library is required, and participants check out the books used in each series. Log on to www.leh.org/html/relic.html for a complete list of programs. PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME Centered on families, the mission of PRIME TIME is to support intergenerational literacy and to offer opportunities for rigorous, thought-provoking humanities experiences to lowincome, low-literacy children and their parents or guardians. Visit www.primetimefamily.org.  http://www.leh.org http://www.knowla.org http://www.leh.org http://www.leh.org http://www.knowla.org http://www.leh.org/html/relic.html http://www.primetimefamily.org

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