Image: LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge
A September 17, 2026 event at the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge will celebrate the opening of ‘The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson’. Scheduled from 6 to 8:30 p.m., the event includes a documentary screening, panel discussion, book signing and reception.
The film-and-panel segment will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Manship Theatre on the first floor of the Shaw Center. The program will screen ‘Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of the Islander’. Its panel discussion will feature the filmmaker Anthony Thaxton; John Anderson, the artist’s son; and Mattie Codling, director of the Walter Anderson Museum in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
From 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., a book signing and reception will be held at the LSU Museum of Art on the fifth floor of the Shaw Center. The reception is free to the public, with books available for purchase at the event. Visitors will be able to explore ‘The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson’ during the reception.
Before the film and panel, museum members are invited to a meet-and-greet with John Anderson from 5 to 5:45 p.m. at the museum on the fifth floor.
