Artist Leslie Elliottsmith Profile (2017)
Art Rocks!
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Art
Place Covered: Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2017-11-10
Duration: 00:06:57
Subjects: Elliottsmith, Leslie | Arts | ARTISTS
Contributors:
- Fox-Smith, James Host
- Kendrick, Dorothy Producer
- Elliottsmith, Leslie Interviewee
Description
This segment from the November 10, 2017, episode of the series “Art Rocks!” features producer Dorothy Kendrick’s profile of artist Leslie Elliottsmith of Alexandria, Louisiana. She discusses: studying art education at LSU; her paintings, including “You Can’t Keep Time Waiting”; her start as a photographer in 2010; her process for creating composite images using her photographs; using the 2017 hurricanes as the inspiration for “Prophetic Divination”; the narratives of her work; and wanting to make people feel something when they see her work. Host: James Fox-Smith