By james art 
For the 25th Magnolia Mound Petite Antiques Forum, a People’s Art Expert from Williammsburg will make his way to Baton Rouge.
Laura Barry, Julie Granger’s curator at Colonial Williamsburg, will be a guest speaker at 10 am Thursday, January 30, in the Louisian State Archives building, 3851 Autumn Lay, Baton Rug. Barry will present a lecture on “The American folk art at the colonial Williamsburg,” and then the forum will move to the Baton Rouge village club, where participants will enjoy lunch.
“We are so happy,” said Catherine White, a member of Friends of Magnolia Mound and director on the board. “This year we are really proud that we can come Laura Barry because she has been in Colonial Williamsburg for about 30 years and she knows a lot about their collection.”
This year, the colonial Williamsburg will celebrate the 90th anniversary of its collection of folklore art, which was named after its founder Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller, who began to acquire naive art in the 20s, when there were few other serious collectors.
Naive art covers forms of fine arts, such as paintings and sculptures, from artists who may not have had broad or formal training. Often these artists decide not to follow the doctrine and ideas of traditional artistic training and to rely on their own knowledge of how to do things.
Commercial signs of the People’s Art, attributed to e.g. Washburne & Co., Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Purchase of a Museum.
Rockefeller also saw value in folk art, practical objects such as meteorological blades and commercial signs created by craftsmen at a time when not many people recognize the work as art. Barry will share the collection of the Aby Arabian Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, the first museum of folk art in America, as well as pieces of the Dewitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum.
White says the event is unique because it is so intimate that the attendees are able to dine and meet the respected guest lecturer.
After lunch, the participants will tour a private historic home at Pointe Coupee, Bonnie Glen, who was built around 1830 by Antoine Gosserand in the new Greek style of Renaissance. In 1935, the great -grandson of Gosserens Luis Henry Gosseran updated the residence with the functions of the colonial style of the Revival.
The property has been owned by the same family since the beginning of 1800, and the current owners are the eighth generation to enjoy it.
Receipts raised from the forum will be used by the organization of friends to continue to maintain the collection of furniture and other artifacts shown in the main house and outbuildings of the Magnolia Magica Magilali Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge.
Entrance is $ 175 per person and includes lecture, lunch and tour. The seats are limited and pre -registration is required. Sponsorships are offered. To attend the forum or learn more, please contact the Friends of Magnolia mound (225) 421-3162.
For more information, visit Friendsofmagnoliamound.org.