River Oaks Square Arts Center

 

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Katie S.

Pineville, LA

12/10/2006

River Oaks is much more than an Art Gallery. It's also artist's studios, entertainment space, educational space, etc. They offer classes throughout the year. My only complaint regarding the classes is that the children's classes are offered primarily in the summer. We homeschool (technically unschool), and we would love to have access to year-round children's classes.

The artists in residence tend to be a bit dilettantish. Maybe that's not the right word... I'd like to see younger, more urban-type artists - a little more "grit" - along with the more classical artists currently there. But overall, this is a nice place to visit as a family.

Edited to add: My husband and daughter took a parent-child ceramics class at River Oaks when my daughter was about 2 1/2 years old. She's now 6 1/2 - to my knowledge, they've yet to do another class like that (with younger children). I really wish they'd consider starting parent-child classes again. Both my daughter and husband had a blast and still speak fondly of the time they spent together there.

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