The artwork of Lafayette resident Jean Rosen is currently on display at Dupr茅 Library at the University of 麻豆果冻传媒 at Lafayette.
Rosen's artistic interest in capturing the music of mainly Zydeco and Creole musicians on canvas is the focus of the exhibit, which is entitled 鈥淔ifteen Years of Cajun and Zydeco Music: A Personal View,鈥 that will be on display through the end of May.
Using oils, acrylics, watercolors, pen and ink and colored pencils, Rosen's colorful works reflect her admiration for the musicians and their music.
Originally from Washington D.C., Rosen first experienced a mixture of Zydeco, Creole and Cajun music through her participation in international folk dancing in Lafayette, Calif. She moved to Lafayette, La., five-years ago. 鈥淚 am happy to be in Acadiana. It is a treasure to be here,鈥 she states. 鈥淎rt is my life.鈥
Rosen has exhibited at Columbia University, Alabama State University, the Zigler Museum, the Masur Museum and the Berkley Art Center. Her painting 鈥淟afayette Alive 2005鈥 was selected for the Southern Open Biennial. Two of her other pieces recently traveled to New York and are now in Boston as part of a juried show.
The exhibit at Dupr茅 Library is free and open to the public.
Call 482-2665 for library hours. For more information contact Sherry T. Broussard, Head of Special Projects, Services and Gifts at 482-6677 or stb@louisiana.edu