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The happy land of the Felicianas is featured in art piece on current LSU exhibit

The happy land of the Felicianas is featured in art piece on current LSU exhibit

The LSU Museum of Art is holding an exhibit called “A Bayou State of Mind,” which includes one called “Happy Land/Feliciana” by Janice Sachse.
The piece was created in 1971 and is silkscreen on paper. It is part of the collection of the LSU Museum of Art.
The LSU School of Art named Sachse the first Louisiana Treasure in 2016. To learn more about her, visit https://design.lsu.edu/janice-r-sachse-honored-first-louisiana-treasure/.
“A Bayou State of Mind” features 40 paintings from famous artist George Rodrigue but includes many other artists and media highlighting Louisiana’s “culture, traditions, history, land, and essence,” according to the museum’s website.