Events

Information about renting the Museum for a perfect backdrop for your Special Occasion.

Museum Moves - Ballroom Dance Class

2/7/2012 6:45:00 PM

Starting Tuesday MUSEUM MOVES Ballroom Dance Lessons begin in the museum’s third floor Gallery, and will culminate with a dance party on April 20th. An average adult can burn up to 500 calories during one hour of dance. In addition, ballroom dancing is good for your brain because it is both a physical and social activity that requires memorization. Dancing also helps to strengthen muscles and build bone mass which can prevent osteoporosis.

Instructor, RANDY SIMS, has been teaching Ballroom Dance for 25 years, beginning in the 80s with the Fred Astaire and Aurthur Murray organizations. Since then, he has taught, competed, done exhibitions and judged all over the country. Randy is a member of the National Dance Council of America and maintains his own continued training. This fall Randy will be teaching FOX TROT & SWING at AMoA.

Click here for Museum Moves entry form.

Street: 933 Second St
City: Alexandria
Country: USA
State: Louisiana
Second Saturday Market - GREEN MARKET!

2/11/2012 9:00:00 AM

INGLEWOOD FARM:
Salad Mix
Spinach
Arugula
Swiss Chard (multi colored)
Kale (green, red russian, dino akaitalian)
Collards
Braising mix (mixed saute greens)
Lettuce heads (mixed green, red andspecialty)
Bok Choi
Tat Soi (asian spinach)
Beets (red and chioggia)
Radishes (red and french)
Carrots
Turnips (white, gold, purple top)
Daikon Radish
Broccoli
Kohlrobi (purple)
Dill
Cilantro
Parsley
Scallions

BUTTERFIELDFARM:
WholePastured Broiler Chickens.- raised on pasture and hormone/antibiotic free.
(Cornish Game Hens coming next month)
Free Range Eggs from hormone/antibiotic free hens raised on pasture.
Grass Fed, hormone & antibiotic-free Beef:
ribeyes,t-bones, sirloin, chuck roasts, shoulder roasts, stew meat, ground beef, liver,short ribs, and tenderized round steak
We will also take deposits for beef shares.

Street: 933 Second Street (Main Street)
City: Alexandria
Country: USA
State: Louisiana
Acoustic Concert Series

2/16/2012 6:30:00 PM

Museum Afterhours Events

Acoustic Concert Series will resume on Thursday, February 16 from 6:30-8:30pm.
John Wakefield, our host, is revamping the program and scheduling more great musicians to entertain us. See you back at the museum for our even better, if possible, Acoustic Concert Series!

Thursday, February 16: Tod Whatley
Thursday, March 15: Ricky Jackson

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Family Art Classes

2/25/2012 10:00:00 AM

Dragon Head Pots -February25th from 10:00am-12:00pm.
Families will learn Africanpottery making techniques & create their own dragon themed pottery.

ObsessiveDragon Art Class - March 17th from 10:00am-12:00pm
Families will learn to create dragon themed images from piecesof recycled materials.

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YOGA TAO

1/17/2012 6:45:00 PM

February 17, 2012
Notice schedule has changed -- TUESDAYS 5:30 - 6:30 PM Only!
Join AMoA for our new YOGA IN THE GALLERY!
Our YOGA class is now FREE and open to the public thanks to a grant from the Rapides Foundation. Yoga will still meet in the Overlook Gallery on the third floor, which offers a warm atmosphere with wood floors, changing artwork, and a wonderful view.
We are pleased to announce b. Hedrick as our new Yoga instructor. b. Hedrick is an ascetic Taoist yogi with 14 years of yoga practice informing his teaching method – Yoga Tao.
Certified in Kripalu Yoga, Hedrick also practiced western medicine for 7.5 years. His knowledge and experience stem from eastern and western thinking and contribute to a dynamic sense of balance.
Yoga Tao is an “all level” opportunity – from beginner to advanced, incorporating spirit-mind-body techniques providing participants with stress reduction, strengthening, flexibility, and balance also useful in everyday life off the yoga mat.
His method has evolved out of a daily yoga practice directed by the natural flow of yin and yang energies. His intention is simply to share the journey of unfolding self-discovery with his participants – realizing that the real Guru is God.
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YOGA TAO
"Yoga Tao is an asana and pranayama practice directed by the natural flow of yin and yang energies.
As facilitator of this experience, individually or in a group, I serve as a mediator between the participants and the process, opening the space for yin/yang flow in the session.
Chakra imagery plays a substantial role in identifying and freeing energy to move at the various chakra levels activated as a result of mindful movement through asana and naturally occurring pranayama.
Participants connecting with Yoga Tao will find each session contributes to the evolution of their own private practice unfolding spontaneously moment to moment resulting in the discovery of a deeper, more conscious sense of one’s integration with the forces governing the cosmos and the perpetual creation of reality.
From this emerging awareness, individuals will further identify the sacredness of their own spirit, mind, body make-up honoring how and who they are in their own skin – the beginning of a personal wellness journey that doesn’t end – that doesn’t fizzle – that root sit self deep into the lasting soil of authenticity."
b. Hedrick

Street: 933 Second Street (Main Street)
City: Alexandria
Country: USA
State: Louisiana
Second Saturday Market at the Museum

1/14/2012 9:00:00 AM

New and Improved in 2012!
Any artists or food venders interested in a space should fill out this Second Saturday vendor contract and send contract to jgallent@lsua.edu or fax to 318-443-0545.

Any high school or college students can sell works of art at the Market for FREE of charge with a student ID on The Wall. Participants will be on a first come basis according to the space available. Fill out The Wall entry form and fax, mail, or hand deliver to AMoA.
2^nd Saturday Market at the Museum takes place onthe 2^nd Saturday of the month from 9am-1pm. It features original local art and crafts(tax-free in the downtown Cultural District!), locally made food and specialty products, live musical entertainment, art activities for kids, and FREE admission to the exhibits in the Museum.
News flash…
Starting in February, we’re proud to announce the long-awaited arrival of fresh local organic produce, local natural pecans, grass-fed beef & pastured poultry and eggs! Come “make groceries” and help us welcome our new local Green Market vendors: Inglewood Farm and Butterfield Farm!

Also…
We’re expanding our lineup of musical entertainment:
·Tammy May Hromadka (9am-11am)
·Gossamer Chorus (11am-1pm)

And finally…
Come be more than “just another brick in the The Wall!”
High school and college students can kick-start their careers as working artists at AMoA, free of charge, at our Second Saturday Market at the Museum! Aspiring artists with valid school ID may sell up to 3 works of art outside on The Wall (ok, so it’s really a fence…). Your art must be stable and ready to hang (either framed or mounted onto solid surface—no loose sheets of paper that can flap in the breeze and tear).
*AMoA is not responsible for your art—so be prepared tospend a shift hanging out at The Wall, where you can bring your sketchbook orsupplies and create art onsite and mingle with market-goers!
For more information: Call AMoA at 443-3458

In an effort to become self sufficient and sustainable, the Alexandria Museum of Art endeavors to establish programming that is collaborative in nature, beneficial to the community, and advances our mission to preserve, exhibit, and promote visual art throughout Central Louisiana in a way that contributes to the quality of life.

Street: 933 Main Street
City: Alexandria
Country: USA
State: Louisiana
2012 Louisiana Dragon Boat Races

5/12/2012 9:00:00 AM

Please check out the Louisiana Dragon Boat Races website!

2nd Annual Louisiana Dragon Boat Races will take place
May 12, 2012 to benefit the Alexandria Museum of Art

If you are interested in forming a team or sponsoring this year's event please select this year's 2012Louisiana Dragon Boat Races Sponsor and Team Registration Form (2)

Welcome to the 2012 Louisiana Dragon Boat Races! This year’s event will be held on
May 12^th on the scenic Red River in Alexandria. The Alexandria Museum of Art is proud
to bring this exciting experience back to Central Louisiana. Please join us this year for a
great time, both on and off the water! If your business, organization, or group is interested
in having a Boat Team, start gathering together your co-ed team of 21 participants.

Dragon boating is visually spectacular, easy to learn, and most importantly, extremely safe.
Anyone can do it, regardless of age, gender, or athletic ability. For these reasons it has become
an extremely popular team building activity for community organizations and corporations. To
view the Louisiana Dragon Boat Races Website, click here

We appreciate the support from all of last year's sponsors, participants, volunteers, and
boat teams, including:
C3 (Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital)
Calvary Baptist Church
CAPTIVATORS (Capital One Bank)
Clash Titans (Central LA Surgical Hospital)
Cleco Power Paddlers
Diamond Grill
Draggin Tails
Dragon Masters (Louisiana Athletic Club)
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Flamingo (Kyle’s Collision Center)
Forest Friends
Good Life (Dresser)
Hixson Heat (Hixson Autoplex)
Kiwanis Club of Alexandria
Kresstonites (The Rapides Foundation)
Locomotion (Dr. Vincent Mallory)
LSUA Spit Fires (LSUA Students)
Motley Crew (Hixson Autoplex)
Ninja Flyers (Noles Frye Reality)
Pan American Engineers, Inc.
Premier Athletic Club
Rapides Lifesavers (Rapides Regional Medical Center)
Red River Bank Rowers
Red River Pirates (Larvadain & Son, Attorneys at Law)
Regions Bank/Alexandria Port Authority
Shalom Strokers (The Jewish Temple)
Team Ratcliff (Ratcliff Construction Company)
The Filthy Oars
The Healing Dragons (Central Louisiana Home Health Care)
The Ninja-neers (Meyer, Meyer, LaCroix & Hixson)
Thompson Home Health
Walker Rockets (Walker Automotive)
Wave Pavers (Gilchrist Construction)

Street: The Red River
City: Alexandria
Country: USA
State: Louisiana
Don't miss the changing of the exhibit in the "Clementine Cafe"

11/24/2010 9:53:53 AM

The Clementine Café celebrates the change of season with a new exhibit—Rural Life: Spirituality.

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