R.W. Norton Art Gallery Recognized in Wall Street Journal

Just the other day the state of Louisiana was number one for housing the most prisoners, and we still are by the way.

Today my son Sean shared a link on Facebook that is sure to make you proud to live in Shreveport and might even give you the urge to visit the R.W. Norton Art Gallery.

When Ralph Waldo Emerson said "beauty breaks in everywhere" he was thinking of nature, but he might as well have been thinking of art. America overflows with excellent little museums, tucked away in small towns, and worth a detour or even a trip.

Consider the R.W. Norton Art Gallery, located in Louisiana's third-largest city. Shreveport is now more famous for horse racing, casinos and drive-through daiquiri-dispensing stands than for the fine arts. The Norton occupies 43 acres of lush garden space—filled with purling streams, azaleas, magnolias, large pines and sculptures—in the middle of a quiet residential neighborhood. It's also the spot of choice for local couples posing for wedding photos.

A version of this article appeared May 17, 2012, on page D5 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Oil Money's Rich Bounty.

[WSJ]