Architecture
Madisonville
Madisonville became an important Louisiana shipbuilding center, boasting four shipyards by the late nineteenth century.
Contemporary Period
Contemporary Period Index
Architecture
Magnolia Mound Plantation
The antebellum Magnolia Mound plantation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana was constructed in the 1790s.
Music
Mannie Fresh
Byron O. Thomas, known professionally by his stage name Mannie Fresh, is a Grammy-nominated producer and rapper from New Orleans.
Folklife
Marc Savoy
Marc Savoy is a Cajun folklorist, musician, and master accordion maker in Eunice.
Music
Marcia Ball
Marcia Ball, a blues and swamp-rock pianist and singer, grew-up in the small town of Vinton.
Folklife
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Mardi Gras in New Orleans is celebrated by costumed revelers, krewes, floats and flambeaux, parades, and masked balls.
Folklife
Mardi Gras Indians
Mardi Gras Indians have become recognizable symbols of New Orleans's unique local culture, yet remain closely tied to their specific communities and traditions.
Art
Mark Sindler
Photographer Mark Sindler spent several years documenting Vietnamese and Laotian communities along the Gulf Coast in his "Vietnamese Documentary Project"
Art
Martin Payton
Sculptor Martin Payton is best known for his improvisational compositions made from found industrial steel parts assembled into rhythmic forms inspired by jazz music, African symbolism, and his African American heritage.
Art
Matthew Anderson IV
For three decades, photographer Matt Anderson has focused his camera on New Orleans's musicians, cultural events, and the performing arts.
Art
Melissa Bonin
Lafayette painter Melissa Bonin paints landscapes, she says, "that permit me to sit on the edge of abstraction and reality." The painter's interest in abstraction began with her studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Music
Mia X
A ground-breaking female rapper
