42nd River Road Show

A National Juried Exhibition

December 5, 2011 - January 27, 2012

Louisiana State Archives Gallery

Reception - January 6, 2012, 5pm-8pm

153 artists entered 479 works of art in the 42nd Annual River Road Show.

The juror, Pam Ingalls, selected 80 paintings produced by 51 artists from 15 states, to be exhibited in the show.

  • 1st Place: Victoria Castillo, The Cocktail Hour
  • 2nd Place: Maureen Killaby, My Dreams
  • 3rd Place: Janice Cipriani-Willis, Rose
  • Merit Awards:
    • David Savellano, In Full Swing
    • Kurt Weiser, Property Line
    • Daniel Cassity, Explosives
    • Patsy Lindamood, Seaside Romp
    • Bill Eshelman, Oranges
    • Ernie Fournet, Pelican Over Barataria
    • Laurel Lake McGuire, Crazy Hair
    • Mareth Curtis-Warren, Sixty Years of Sundays
  • Honorable Mentions:
    • Suzanne Stewart, Offering
    • Carol Creel, Red Silk
    • Jovann Armstrong, Lemons with Blue and White
    • Joann Mobley, Home to Roost
  • Victoria Castillo, The Cocktail Hour

    First Place
    Victoria Castillo, The Cocktail Hour

  • Maureen Killaby, My Dreams

    Second Place
    Maureen Killaby, My Dreams

  • Janice Cipriani-Willis, Rose

    Third Place
    Janice Cipriani-Willis, Rose

View more winners and all entries in the River Road Show Gallery

Featured Class

Steve Shamburger - Basic Drawing Skills

2nd Monday through the last Monday of each month, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Classes held at the Studio in the Park, 2490 Silverest Ave.

Fee: $60.00 members / $75.00 nonmembers   / per month

To register contact Steve Shamburger at or 225-751-1049

Students will learn the basic drawing skills essential to accurately interpreting any subject in line and tone from direct observation.

Current Exhibit

Fabulous Firsts

January 12 - March 15

Reception on February 19

Independence Park Theater

Featured Artist

Jules Haigler - interviewed by Caroline Derbes

Jules Haigler

Jules Haigler is a 20-year old on a mission. His painting The Pounding Wind recently placed 2nd in a LAAG show. While being interviewed at a LAAG Wednesday Open-Studio, he was working on a painting of Romeo and Juliet as a gift for his cousin. In addition to his painting, Jules has written and illustrated a self-published book, The Color of Red, and is working on his second of the series, The Color of a Rose. He is also a playwright and is working on a Shakespearian style play.

Jules is an LSU anthropology major who worked as a volunteer in the LSU Archaeology Lab at a "dig" this summer in Galvez, LA. They found metal and ceramic fragments, glass beads, and the structure of a house from a Spanish Colonial town, Galveztown.

The Pounding Wind, Jules Haigler

Jules' art lessons began at age 10 in a local class called Kids Can Draw, taught by Barbara Crosely. When Jules was a student in the EBRP Gifted & Talented program, he was influenced to write by his 8th grade teacher, Jane McBryde.

His mature art has been influenced by Caravaggio and La Tour. Creating his paintings from memory, Jules refers to photographs only occasionally, as when adding an item like a rose. He then takes black-and-white photos of his paintings to ascertain whether they have enough value contrast and are not too grey.

For fun, Jules includes symbolic items and also hides things in his works to "mess with people's heads".

The Bookkeeper, Jules Haigler

See more of Jules' artwork in his Gallery on this website.