On Sunday, October 16, Baton Rouge Gallery’s Sundays@4 series is honored to welcome Sarah Gardner and Susie Anders to talk about the ongoing efforts to restore the Frank Hayden sculptures in Downtown Baton Rouge.
Image courtesy of the Advocate
In recent years, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation has coordinated with community partners to restore a selection of publicly accessible 3D sculptures in the capital area. Among these are two bronze works by beloved Baton Rouge sculptor and former Gallery member artist Frank Hayden: Tribute to Oliver Pollock and the accompanying Marcha de Galvez fountain. The works are in Galvez Plaza adjacent to the Old State Capitol and honor Oliver Pollock, a significant financier of the American Revolution and the inventor of the US Dollar Sign ($), and Bernardo de Galvez, governor of Spanish Louisiana from 1777-1785.
In this Sundays@4 session you will hear about the broader art restoration initiative being led by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and dive into the processes local restorationist Susie Anders used to prepare for and conduct the restorations.
Sarah Gardner of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
Sarah is project manager of civic leadership initiatives at the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, a 501(c)3 community foundation that has grown to more than $700 million in managed assets since its founding in 1964. Her current projects include management of public art restoration and supporting the expansion of autism resources through the Capital Area Autism Network and Exceptional Lives Louisiana. Sarah also supports the work of her teammates in restoring the LSU Lakes, establishing passenger rail between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, safely reducing the prison population, and other initiatives focused on enhancing quality of life in South Louisiana.
She joined the Foundation in 2017 after graduating with an MBA from LSU, specializing in international business, human resources, and management consulting. Sarah earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2013 where she studied entrepreneurship.
Sarah is a member of the 2021 class of Baton Rouge Forty Under 40, the 2020 class of Leadership Baton Rouge, the 2017 class of Barton Leadership, and was named Best Speaker at the 2016 SEC MBA Case Competition.
Susie Anders of Anders Art Conservation, LLC
Susie Anders, owner of Anders Art Conservation, LLC has been conserving three-dimensional objects and sculptures for over twenty years. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and a Master of Arts degree with a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Art Conservation from Buffalo State College.
Prior to opening Anders Art Conservation, Susie interned and worked in the conservation departments of The American Museum of Natural History, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art, among others. Over the past 15 years, Anders Art Conservation has served many regional clients, including The Louisiana State Museum, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Mobile Museum of Art, The Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Louisiana Endowment of the Humanities, and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. She holds a Professional Associate status within the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Artifacts (AIC). Ms. Anders lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with her husband David, and their two girls.