NEWS FROM OPELOUSASFor Immediate Release
January 15, 2010
FEBRUARY BLACK HISTORY EXHIBIT BY LARRY KIP HAYES AND AGNES ST. AMAND AT OPELOUSAS MUSEUM & INTERPRETIVE CENTER
DATES: February 1 through March 31, 2010
WHAT: Black History Exhibit by artists Larry Kip Hayes and Agnes St. Amand
WHERE: Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center, 315 N. Main, Opelousas
CONTACT: Delores Guillory, 337-948-2589, museum@cityofopelousas.com
In recognition of Black History Month, the Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center will feature an exhibit by Louisiana Folk Artists, Larry Kip Hayes and Agnes St. Amand. The exhibit is scheduled from February 1 through March 31, 2010. A Business after Hours in coordination with the Opelousas-St. Landry Chamber of Commerce is also scheduled for Thursday, February 11, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Larry Kip Hayes of Broussard, LA is a multi-talented individual who has been sketching and painting since his high school days. Starting out in the ‘70s, Hayes applied his talents as a freelance photographer to his art. Enamored by the rural landscapes he saw, Hayes quickly began re-interpreting his photographs of barns, farmland and bayous onto canvas. Hayes' paintings have been sold nationally and internationally, from Louisiana to South Africa. The paintings, in both oil and acrylic, capture South Louisiana’s soul beauty, especially his latest series, titled "Les Fille Noir.” More of his work can be seen at kiphayes.imagekind.com
Agnes St. Amand, an Opelousas native, is a figurative artist, leaning toward classicism. Painting mostly African American women has become the bulk of her work, although she has painted and sold many landscapes and still life pieces. Her chosen medium is oil, on canvas, masonite and occasionally wood. She became aware of the salability of her art work during the New Orleans worlds Fair when many of her paintings were sold to out of state collectors. Her work was chosen, and then purchased at that time to show at Lord and Taylor in New York in conjunction with the Worlds Fair. Her work was also chosen by a panel of judges to show at the New Orleans Museum of Art, which was later sold after the exhibition. St. Amand resides in Broussard, Louisiana where she owns an art gallery.
The Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center is open six days a week on Monday through Friday from 8 – 4:30 p.m. and Saturday 10 – 3 p.m. For more information, or for reservations, please call the Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center at 337-948-2589. Visit us online at www.cityofopelousas.com