NATCHITOCHES – Paintings by Dr. Massimo D. Bezoari will be featured in the art gallery at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts Sept. 1-28.  An artist’s reception for “Scenes from the Cane River and Louisiana” will take place from 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8.  The event is free and open to the public.

The collection of recent works (2021-2022) relate to the Cane River and Louisiana in general, according to Bezoari, who retired from NSU in 2020 after serving as the Richard Lounsbery Professor of Chemistry at the Louisiana Scholars’ College from 2006-2020.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday.  Visitors are required to check in at the LSMSA main office during regular hours or make an appointment with curator Chris King by contacting him at cking@lsmsa.edu.