Pointe Coupee Hospice staff is excited to once again participate in the "Livingcolor Spring Flower Sale Fundraiser"!  Perhaps you purchased one or more plants and/or flowers from the spring flower sale last spring?    This year is more of the same great hanging baskets, landscape flats, vegetables, herbs, color bowls, 6 pack petunias, and new this year succulents! 

The Succulents come in a beautiful cedar frame. The 6 inch by 9 inch cedar picture frame is filled with a variety of succulents which add a touch of color and life to any setting. The succulent cedar frame container sells for $22.00.

The colorful landscape flat choices include dianthus, begonia, dusty miller, impatiens, marigolds, petunias, snapdragons and salvia. Choose from this selection of favorites that are fun to plant and grow! Each flat contains 36 plants and will fill your beds and containers with beautiful, vibrant plants and sell for $16.00.

The beautiful hanging baskets are the perfect Mother's Day Gift! They are beautiful, last longer than cut flowers and are a great way to kick off the gardening season! The hanging baskets are $20.00 each and the choices include begonias, geraniums, or petunias, all in a variety of colors.

Another really popular option are the four different 11" color bowls which contain a mix of a variety of colorful flowers.  The color bowls hold 7-8 plants and are pot inserts that can actually sit as is or fit into an existing 12" or larger patio container.  Each bowl sells for $20.00.

Starting a vegetable and herb garden at home is a fantastic way to save money, plus growing vegetables is a great way to spend time with your kids and friends or have a place to get away and spend valuable time outside in the fresh air. Vegetable and herb  choices include 6 packs of oregano, rosemary, thyme, sweet basil, bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, tomato, or cherry tomato plants.  The plants are $9.00 per 6 pack.

 Easy Wave Petunia are available in 6-pack containers and come in 3 different colors: blue, red and rose dawn.  The Easy Wave Petunias create a lush carpet of vivid color in any large container or flower bed. Each 6 pack of petunias sell for $11.00.

The sale is going on now.  The flowers, plants, hanging baskets, succulents and color bowls will arrive in late April, early May just in time for Mother's Day gift giving.  Orders will be taken until April 8th.

Call us or come by. We can also bring an order form to any office or group and pick it up at a later date.   Our phone number is (225) 638-5717 and the Pointe Coupee Hospice office is located at 350 Hospital Road, New Roads, LA.  The office is open Monday thru Friday 8am to 430pm.

 An Evening with the Rat Pack

The Arts Council of Pointe Coupee is excited to open its ninth Performing Arts Series with a vocal performance on Friday, January 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Poydras Center in New Roads. "An Evening with the Rat Pack" will be performed by Rayne, Louisiana native Spencer Racca. Racca was featured in an Advocate story by Patricia Gannon in August as the 100 th anniversary of Sinatra's birth was being celebrated with articles and television programs.

Racca has recently recorded a cover album for Jaded Records in Atlanta and enjoys performing Sinatra favorites, as well as those by Sinatra's Rat Pack peers. He currently performs in Lafayette at the Petroleum Club and plans to perform in Vegas in the near future.

Tickets for the January event will be available at Roy's Jewelers and The Therapy Center in New Roads or can be reserved by contacting Arts Council Director Gale Roy at 225 718-1574. Individual tickets can be purchased or season tickets are also available. Other events included in the 2016 PAS include an April performance by The Broadway Boys, "An Evening of Friends in Performance" in June featuring Pointe Coupee vocalists Jo Busse and Alisha Jarreau and Baton Rouge dancer Leonard Augustus, and a tribute to New Orleans great Fats Domino featuring Al "Little Fats" Jackson in September. The Arts Council of Pointe Coupee is excited to bring these outstanding performances to the community and invites current and past season ticket holders to share this information with others so we can pack the Poydras Center for these quality performances.

The Performing Arts Series is supported in part by a grant from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Foundation, as well as supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, and as administered by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works.

 

The Arts Council of Pointe Coupee is excited to offer a watercolor workshop facilitated by Louise Hansen. Louise Hansen studied art at the University of Southern Mississippi and pursued a career in Jackson, Mississippi and Shreveport, Louisiana in commercial art as an illustrator. After retiring from commercial work, she moved to Baton Rouge and fell in love with south Louisiana's delightful people, rich architectural history, beautiful swamps and varied wildlife.

She began studying transparent watercolor, a media she has always admired, and felt would best express the colorful and lively personality of Louisiana. She has taken workshops from such notable artists as Judi Betts, Pat Weaver, Birgit O'Conner, Tom Jones, Tony Couch, Lauren McCracken, Soon Y Warren, Ric Dentinger, Don Getz, Kathy Miller Stone and Mort Solberg.

Louise is a member of the boards of the Louisiana Watercolor Society and Associated Women in the Arts. She is also a member of the Louisiana Art and Artist Guild, River Regions Art Association, Southern Watercolor Society, and New Orleans Art Association. Her work has earned her many awards and she has been juried into regional, national and international shows. She has paintings in local and national private collections.

Louise will offer a workshop on Saturday, February 20 beginning at 9:00 and ending at 3:00 at the Arts Council of Pointe Coupee's annex room at the Poydras Center in New Roads. Louise will address two topic : Texture in Watercolor and Watercolor Water and Skies. Louise describes each component of the session. "Texture can add new excitement to your paintings. Wood, bricks to foliage, flowers to sand, rocks, all come alive with the addition of texture. Learn which paints you may already have that add texture as well as what mineral paints are available that add texture." Louise describes the segment on water and sky by commenting, "Learn to paint fluffy white clouds, stormy skies, stunning sunrises/ sunsets and how to wash in a perfect clear blue sky. Paint cresting waves, rippling rivers, quiet bayous. Learn the rules of reflections."

Artists interested in participating in Louise Hansen's Workshop can register by calling Gale Roy, Arts Council of Pointe Coupee Executive Director, at 225 638-6049 or 718-1574 or by contacting Gale at [email protected]. The workshop fee is $50 for non-members of the Arts Council or $35 for members. Space will be limited.