Save the Date!
Elevate your culinary adventures by securing your spot in our exclusive food and beverage experience. Join our mailing list for reminders and updates. Tickets will go on sale in Fall 2025. Stay in touch so you can be the first to indulge in an unparalleled gastronomic experience that promises to delight your palate.
The Southern Palette Experience will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2025, from 5 to 10 p.m. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lafayette Park and the Shaw Center for the Arts will host over 30 chef tents and fine wine and top-shelf spirits stations sprinkled under the oak trees in Lafayette Park. As the sun sets over the Mississippi River, the main stage comes alive with music and dancing.
Our Committee
The Southern Palette Committee is comprised of passionate and visionary volunteers with a dedication to the mission of this new event.
Lauren Coco, Chair, Civic Leader/LSU Museum of Art Advisory Board
Dan Bergeron, Friends Board/Designer
Arlene Coco Buscombe, Chef Consultant, Culinary Compass Consulting
Kristy Coast, Dunham School/Educator
Jeanne Badeaux Green, Sweet Green Foods, St. Francisville
Lori Demand, LD Art Designs
Heather Kleinpeter, Bonton Associates
Claire Major, ArtVark Ltd./Friends Board
Adele Netterville, Attorney, Gordon McKernan Law
Priscilla Simpson, Shaw Center for the Arts
Kathy Scherer, Louisiana Public Broadcasting/Artist
Carol Steinmuller, Friends Board/IT
Museum Staff
Sandy Parfait Mark Tullos
Friends of the LSU Museum of Art
The Friends of the LSU Museum of Art are the Governance and Financial Administrators for the Southern Palette: Food and Beverage Experience. As an independent nonprofit organization, they are dedicated to supporting the mission of the LSU Museum of Art through fundraising and advocacy.
President: Clarke J. Gernon, Jr.
Vice President: Brad Way
Secretary / Treasurer: Jim Fairchild, CPA
Brad M. Bourgoyne
Jeff Bell
Leon F. Elliott Jr.
Claire Major
Ann Wilkinson
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