Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Spring 2009 - (Page 6) Office space for lease at the Louisiana Humanities Center Office space is available for lease at the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities’ Louisiana Humanities Center at Turners’ Hall, 938 Lafayette Street, in New Orleans Central Business District. Single executive offices on our first and fourth floors vary in size from 11-by-12 feet to 12-by-20 feet and rent from $400 to $625 per month with a minimum 1year lease. Utilities and janitorial services are included and contract parking is available. The recently renovated 5-story office building is located at O’Keefe and Lafayette. LEH schedules 2009 Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study The LEH has scheduled the following teacher institutes to take place this summer in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Shreveport: • BATON ROUGE The Ottoman Empire: Record and Legacy, Louisiana State University and A & M College, June 8–30, led by Dr. Karl Roider and Dr. Reem Meshal • NEW ORLEANS Putting PRIME TIME in New Orleans Public Schools, University of New Orleans, June 8–July 2, led by Dr. Nancy Dixon • SHREVEPORT Lincoln, Gandhi and King: Humanitarian Agents of Change, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, June 1–25, led by Dr. William Pederson. All humanities teachers, librarians, principals, and assistant principals in Louisiana are invited to participate in LEH’s 2009 Teacher Institutes for Advanced Study. To learn more about the LEH’s teacher institute program, log on to: www.leh.org/html/tias.html Please call Warren Meyer at (504) 620-2484 for more information Museum exhibits, forums funded by LEH Public Humanities grants The general public is invited to attend the following programs funded in part by LEH grants: • BATON ROUGE – Arctic Spirit, hosted by the Louisiana Art and Science Museum from March 28 – May 31, 2009, is an exhibition consisting of 143 objects, maps, photographs and interpretative text spanning 22 centuries of creativity, with a host of educational programs focusing on the culture of the Inuit. For more information, contact Elizabeth Weinstein at (225) 344-5272, ext. 114, or log on to the museum’s website: www.lasm.org. • NEW ORLEANS – Twenty-Five Jazz Fests, featuring 125 photographs taken over 25 years at the New Orleans Jazz Fest by well-known New Orleans photographer Michael P. Smith, will be on view at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, April 17–July 12, 2009. For more information, contact Jay Weigel at (504) 528-3805 or log on to the CAC’s website: www.cacno.org • NEW ORLEANS – From Tramps to Kings: Celebrating One Hundred Years of Zulu, 1909-2009, will be on exhibit at the Louisiana State Museum’s Presbytere through June 30, 2009. The museum has partnered with the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club to commemorate Zulu’s Centennial with a major exhibition of artifacts, photographs and costumes. For more information, contact Dr. Charles Chamberlain at (504) 680-9044 or visit the museum’s website: www.lsm.crt.state.la.us • NEW ORLEANS – Showdown in Desire: Three Public Education Forums will be held from May 2 - June 3, 2009 to coincide with the publication of the book Showdown in Desire: Black Panthers Take a Stand in New Orleans by Orissa Arend. For more information, contact Community Mediation Services, Inc. at (504) 865-1619 or arendsaxer@bellsouth.net. 6 LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES\Spring 2009 http://www.leh.org/ http://www.leh.org/html/tias.html http://www.lasm.org http://www.cacno.org http://lsm.crt.state.la.us
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