Baton Rouge Art League

Members of the Baton Rouge Art League gathered at the LSU Rural Life Museum to decorate for the organization's 75-year Diamond Jubilee Art Exhibition and Sale. This annual event is held to raise funds for the purchase of a painting for the Art League's permanent collection. Guests are invited by Art League members, and attendance is by invitation only.

Carol Arabie and Jamie Berdon arrange a large vase of willow, palms, and other greenery. Jamie stuffed a half-dozen fresh, large, white hydrangea blooms in the bottom of the vase to make an attractive base for the plants.

The Baton Rouge Art League was organized in 1934 to:

1. cultivate appreciation of art among its members and the community,

2. hold an art exhibit each year,

3. try to purchase one painting each year,

4. work toward developing art in the public school curriculum, and

5. present a scholarship to an LSU student native to Louisiana.

The Art League's permanent collection of artwork hangs in the Louisiana State Archives.