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The Alexandria Museum of Art (AMoA) of Alexandria, central Louisiana, United States opened its doors in 1977 in the historic Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building (circa 1898). Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building is a historic bank building completed in 1898 in the Renaissance Revival style, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1980. In 1998, AMoA expanded and constructed its grand foyer and offices as an annex to the Rapides Bank Building. In 1999, AMoA was honored as an Outstanding Arts Organization in the Louisiana Governor's Arts Awards. In 2007, the Museum entered into a collaborative endeavor agreement with Louisiana State University of Alexandria (LSUA). AMoA now also serves as a downtown campus for LSUA classes and is host to multidisciplinary

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  • The Alexandria Museum of Art (AMoA) of Alexandria, central Louisiana, United States opened its doors in 1977 in the historic Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building (circa 1898). Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building is a historic bank building completed in 1898 in the Renaissance Revival style, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1980. In 1998, AMoA expanded and constructed its grand foyer and offices as an annex to the Rapides Bank Building. In 1999, AMoA was honored as an Outstanding Arts Organization in the Louisiana Governor's Arts Awards. In 2007, the Museum entered into a collaborative endeavor agreement with Louisiana State University of Alexandria (LSUA). AMoA now also serves as a downtown campus for LSUA classes and is host to multidisciplinary community events, including concerts and recitals, lectures, yoga classes, Second Saturday Markets, and Museum Afterhours. These events support all art forms – film, literature and poetry, songwriting and visual arts. The Museum holds between five and seven exhibitions each year, displaying a variety of historic and contemporary subjects. AMoA offers multidisciplinary programming surrounding every exhibit, including lectures and master classes on the subject of or in the medium of the exhibit. Additionally AMoA engages elementary-aged Rapides Parish students by offering the ArtExpress program, a free-to-schools initiative that puts resident artist educators and museum staff in classrooms around the parish for arts-integrated lessons. The Art2Go program provides hands on visual art workshops free to elementary school teachers to support the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education requirements to provide 1 hour per week of visual arts instruction in the classroom and are taught by certified art teachers. The Museum also offers summer workshops for elementary and middle school students and provides arts activities in the Bolton Avenue Community Center afterschool program. The Museum is located at 933 Second Street in downtown Alexandria. It is open Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pmand Saturday 10am-4pm. (en)
  • Das Alexandria Museum of Art ist ein 1977 errichtetes Kunstmuseum in der Stadt Alexandria im US-Bundesstaat Louisiana. Nach einer vorübergehenden Schließung und Modernisierung wurde es 1998 wiedereröffnet. Das Museum verfügt über einen umfangreichen Bestand zeitgenössischer Kunst aus Louisiana und umfasst die größte Sammlung von aus dem Norden des Bundesstaates. (de)
  • L'Alexandria Museum of Art (« musée d'Art d'Alexandria ») a été fondé en Louisiane centrale en 1977. Il a par la suite été modernisé et s'est rouvert au public en 1998. Le musée est connu pour sa collection permanente d'art contemporain de la Louisiane et loge la plus grande collection d'art folklorique de la Louisiane du Nord dans l'état. (fr)
  • Het Alexandria Museum of Art is een Amerikaans museum voor kunst in Alexandria in Midden-Louisiana. Het is gevestigd in het historische en gerenoveerde Rapides Bank & Trust Company Building. Het museum werd opgericht in 1977, vervolgens gemoderniseerd en heropend in 1998. Het is voornamelijk bekend van de permanente verzameling van hedendaagse kunst van kunstenaars uit Louisiana. Het bezit de grootste verzameling volkskunst van Noord-Louisiana. In de collectie van het museum bevinden zich meerdere werken van o.a. , Clementine Hunter, , , en . Het museum verzameld niet alleen werken van lokale gevestigde kunstenaars maar ook van docenten en studenten van lokale kunstopleidingen. Ook heeft het museum een aantal keramische werken van de voormalige Newcomb College Art Pottery. Een pottenbakkerij opgericht door vrouwelijke studenten van de gelieerd aan de Tulane University. (nl)
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  • Das Alexandria Museum of Art ist ein 1977 errichtetes Kunstmuseum in der Stadt Alexandria im US-Bundesstaat Louisiana. Nach einer vorübergehenden Schließung und Modernisierung wurde es 1998 wiedereröffnet. Das Museum verfügt über einen umfangreichen Bestand zeitgenössischer Kunst aus Louisiana und umfasst die größte Sammlung von aus dem Norden des Bundesstaates. (de)
  • L'Alexandria Museum of Art (« musée d'Art d'Alexandria ») a été fondé en Louisiane centrale en 1977. Il a par la suite été modernisé et s'est rouvert au public en 1998. Le musée est connu pour sa collection permanente d'art contemporain de la Louisiane et loge la plus grande collection d'art folklorique de la Louisiane du Nord dans l'état. (fr)
  • The Alexandria Museum of Art (AMoA) of Alexandria, central Louisiana, United States opened its doors in 1977 in the historic Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building (circa 1898). Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building is a historic bank building completed in 1898 in the Renaissance Revival style, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1980. In 1998, AMoA expanded and constructed its grand foyer and offices as an annex to the Rapides Bank Building. In 1999, AMoA was honored as an Outstanding Arts Organization in the Louisiana Governor's Arts Awards. In 2007, the Museum entered into a collaborative endeavor agreement with Louisiana State University of Alexandria (LSUA). AMoA now also serves as a downtown campus for LSUA classes and is host to multidisciplinary (en)
  • Het Alexandria Museum of Art is een Amerikaans museum voor kunst in Alexandria in Midden-Louisiana. Het is gevestigd in het historische en gerenoveerde Rapides Bank & Trust Company Building. Het museum werd opgericht in 1977, vervolgens gemoderniseerd en heropend in 1998. Het is voornamelijk bekend van de permanente verzameling van hedendaagse kunst van kunstenaars uit Louisiana. Het bezit de grootste verzameling volkskunst van Noord-Louisiana. In de collectie van het museum bevinden zich meerdere werken van o.a. , Clementine Hunter, , , en . Het museum verzameld niet alleen werken van lokale gevestigde kunstenaars maar ook van docenten en studenten van lokale kunstopleidingen. (nl)
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