Celebrate 11 years of SRAC's annual Critical MASS art exhibition on Saturday in Shreveport

Meredith G. White, Shreveport Times
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The Shreveport Regional Arts Council will be hosting a special event on Saturday, May 13 to celebrate 11 years of Critical MASS.

Critical MASS is an annual exhibition for all artists who reside in the 10 parishes of Northwest Louisiana. Its purpose is to showcase the 1,200 artists in NWLA and to provide professional, critical review of their art.

On Saturday, over 125 artistic works from the local community of visual and literary artists will be on display.

The day will begin at Caddo Common Park at Noon where performers and writers will take to the stage on the new performance pavilion. There will be food trucks and an arts market set up.

Shreveport Regional Arts CouncilÕs Critical MASS 10 visual exhibit at Artspace Friday, February 4, 2022.
Shreveport Regional Arts CouncilÕs Critical MASS 10 visual exhibit at Artspace Friday, February 4, 2022.

  • Pavilion Performers:

    • Anthony Benedetto

    • Cherina Alford

    • Donalveon

    • Dumb Young

    • Edi Ki

    • Joanie Nerretig

    • Mack Swans

    • Mimzy

    • Poetic X

    • QMajor The Violinist

    • Steven Waguespack

    • Su DeNim

    • Yungmelody

Shreveport Regional Arts Council’s Critical MASS 10 visual exhibit at Artspace Friday, February 4, 2022.
Shreveport Regional Arts Council’s Critical MASS 10 visual exhibit at Artspace Friday, February 4, 2022.

  • Literary Performers:

    • D.L. Holmes

    • Dorie LaRue

    • Jrayis Deyond

    • K.M. Usher

    • Laterina Taylor Washington

    • ML Dumars

    • Paul Adams

    • Poetic X

    • Rachard Dennis

    • Robert Trudeau

    • Ryan Hazelton

    • Shanna Dodd

    • Sysica

    • Timothy Miller

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At 5:30 p.m. the event will move to Artspace to find out who the professional art critics picked to win in each category: visual, literary and performing. Each winner will receive $5,000 to commission a solo exhibit, performance and literary presentation.

Lauren Smart is serving as the Critical MASS curator with Christopher Blay as the visual arts critic, Sanderia Faye as the literary arts critic and Eva Raggio as the performing arts critic.

For more information about Critical MASS, Artspace and other programs, visit the SRAC website.

Meredith G. White is the arts and culture reporter for the Shreveport Times. You can find her on Facebook as Meredith G. White, on Instagram and Twitter as @meredithgwhite, and email her at mgwhite@gannett.com.

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