frankie gould - a beetle’s life

Nov 22 - dec 22, 2022*

FIRST WEDNESDAY opening: dec 7, from 6 - 9pm

ARTICULATE ARTIST TALK: SUNDAY, dec 11, AT 4PM.

normal gallery hours: TUe - SUn, 12PM - 6PM

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NOTE: The gallery will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday (Nov 24 - 25).

Frankie Gould works in a variety of media: acrylics, colored pencils, watercolor, scratchboard, block prints, and sculpture. In conjunction with her accomplished art career, Gould is the Director and Professor of Communications and Public Relations at the LSU AgCenter. Her professional experience is in public relations, crisis communication, graphic design, multimedia, publications, and Web development.

Gould is profoundly interested in the natural world, and how even the smallest creatures work to shape our environment. She, like many, is dazzled by the variety that you can find when you tune in to one single category of creature. For this exhibition, she has focused on beetles to explore the many facets of form and color to be found.

“Beetles, or Coleoptera, inhabit nearly every landscape in the world. They are the largest group of animals with approximately 350,000 species. I find their shapes, textures and colors fascinating. How they are displayed and the juxtaposition of one to another, in text books or venues such as the Iridescence Exhibit at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum or the LSU AgCenter Department of Entomology’s Arthropod Museum, are intriguing and sensual.
In my art, I have used seductive shapes, bold colors, lines and textures, with an element of whimsy to bring you ‘A Beetle’s Life.’ A special thanks goes to Dr. Nathan Lord for his expertise and guidance on beetles.” - Gould

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This exhibition is presented alongside the latest works from Anita Cooke, Michael w. Howes, and Isoko Onodera. All works from these artists are on view, free of charge, during normal gallery hours (12 - 6 p.m., Tue - Sun) from November 22 - December 22, 2022. NOTE: The gallery will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday (Nov 24 - 25).