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Art, Architecture, and Photography

Home Featured Authors & Panelists Programs by Subject 2025 Art, Architecture, and Photography

10:00 am to 10:45 am
Bienville Building, Conference Center 173
Contemporary Southern Vernacular: Creating Sustainable Houses for Hot, Humid Climates
Jane and Michael Frederick

Noon to 12:45 pm
State Library, Fourth Floor
Charles Whitfield Richards: The Artist and His Circle
J. Michael Warner with moderator Miki Pfeffer

Noon to 12:45 pm
Bienville Building, Conference Center 173
Seeing Black: Black Photography in New Orleans 1840 and Beyond
Shana Griffin and Tod Smith

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Bienville Building, Conference Center 173
Francis X Pavy: Forty Years Painting French Louisiana
Francis X. Pavy