North Louisiana Arts Interchange comes to a close

The Ross Lynn Charitable Foundation has hosted the 2022 North Louisiana Arts Interchange Exhibit at Creative Exchange in downtown Ruston. 

The North Louisiana Arts Interchange was an opportunity for northwest Louisiana artists to collaborate virtually with artists from outside of their region to produce new work to display in Early Fall of 2022.

Eight artists who spent the summer working in pairs had their work displayed in this year’s exhibition. Starting as strangers, they navigated challenges in becoming familiar with each other while moving through the collaborative process.  The wide variety of concepts and mediums illustrated how each artist pair experimented and found their path while collaborating.

The participating artist pairs are:

Inique Harris (West Monroe)  & Whitney Tates (Shreveport)

Derrick Helphenstine (Baker) & Eric Hess (Shreveport)

Chris Wicker (Texarkana, TX) & Keldrick Dunn (Homer)

Kendall DeShea (Shreveport) & Jessica Ann (Quitman)

The NLAI is supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, as administered by the Shreveport Regional Arts Council. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.