Music
Gatemouth Brown
Though described as a blues guitarist, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown embraced a variety of music genres and musical instruments, including the violin, viola, mandolin, mandola, harmonica, and drums.
Contemporary Period
Contemporary Period Index
Folklife
Gay Carnival
Since the mid-twentieth century, LGBTQ+ residents of Louisiana have contributed unique traditions to Mardi Gras celebrations.
Art
Gene Koss
Koss founded Tulane University's glass studio in 1977, thus ushering the art-glass movement into New Orleans.
Art
George Dunbar
George Dunbar has been a major figure in New Orleans contemporary art for more than five decades.
Art
George Dureau
George Dureau, a quintessential New Orleans artist, also is a nationally recognized painter, sculptor, and photographer.
Art
George Long
Photographer George Long is a well-known chronicler of New Orleans street culture, locales, events, and people.
Art
George Rodrigue
George Rodrigue, born and raised in New Iberia, is best known for his Blue Dog series of paintings and sculptures.
Art
George Yerger and Leslie Addison
New Orleans-based George Havard Yerger and Leslie Addison are a husband and wife team of photographers.
Art
Georgie and Allen Manuel
Allen and Georgie Manuel were a husband-wife team who made traditional costumes of the Cajun courir du Mardi Gras, the celebration of Carnival season in rural South Louisiana.
Art
Gladys LeBlanc Clark
Gladys LeBlanc Clark practices the Cajun folk tradition of spinning and weaving brown cotton.
Architecture
Glencoe Plantation
The architecture of Glencoe Plantation in Louisiana is unusually elaborate and resembles an illustration from a child's fairy-tale book.
Music
Goldband Records
Goldband Records was a nationally recognized music label with a unique catalog of music spanning several genres, including western swing, “hillbilly” string band, Cajun, zydeco, rhythm and blues, and rockabilly.
