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A photo of the Elvis Presley and James Burton statues

Elvis Presley and James Burton statues are back on Elvis Presley Boulevard

August 21, 2014Chris JayNo Commentsdowntown Shreveport, elvis, james burton, james burton guitar festival, public art, Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, statues

Photo: The bronze statues of Elvis Presley and James Burton are back on Elvis Presley Boulevard and will be uncovered on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Before I started by job at the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and…

A photo of Buck Winn's WPA-era mural in Shreveport's CNB building.

Art for All, and All for Art

September 25, 2013Randall Ross3 commentsart, downtown Shreveport, history, murals, public art, randall ross, shreveport

I hold this truth to be self-evident: there is no such thing as bad public art. On the history of a certain public art genre — murals — Lincoln Kirstein wrote in 1932, “The decoration…