The Folk Art Gallery

The Folk Art Gallery will be on view at the LSU Museum of Art in Baton Rouge, LA starting June 30, 2026. The LSU Museum of Art has been awarded a $25,000 Learning and Engagement Grant from Art Bridges, that will support five new wellness and community engagement programs inspired by our upcoming Folk Art Gallery. The gallery will feature works on loan for one year from the American Folk Art Museum in New York through Art Bridges’ Partner Loan Network, including works by Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, David Butler, Sam Doyle, Purvis Young, and Mary T. Smith. In addition to works from the American Folk Art Museum, the Folk Art Gallery will also feature artworks by Dr. Charles Smith, Thornton Dial, Richard Dial, Clementine Hunter, Mary Proctor, Mr. Imagination, James Harold Jennings, and others drawn from the LSU Museum of Art’s permanent collection and private collections.

In case you missed the press release about this upcoming gallery and grant award: click here