Fun Fact Friday with Special Collections
Fri, 01/27/2023 - 10:14am
Today we are celebrating a big event from this past week; the release of the Ernest J. Gaines Stamp.
This past Monday, here at UL Lafayette, we celebrated the release of the Ernest J. Gaines Stamp. This is the 46th stamp in the Black Heritage Series.
Cheylon Woods of the Ernest J. Gaines Center here at Dupré Library was the Master of Ceremonies for the event. The stamp art is an oil painting of Gaines based on a 2001 photograph by Raoul Benavides and was designed by Mike Ryan with art by Robert Peterson. There was a jazz band, violinist, and speeches by University President Joseph Savoie and several others, including closing remarks by Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy.
Displays were available with art, photographs, some of his personal effects, reels from movies, as well as translations and samples of his work throughout the years.
Congratulations to The Ernest J. Gaines Center at UL Lafayette for a successful event!
Photo caption: From left, author Wiley Cash, Lafayette City Court Judge Jules Edwards III, Louisiana Poet Laureate Mona Lisa Saloy, USPS Board of Governors Member Donald Lee Moak, Dianne Gaines, University of Louisiana at Lafayette President E. Joseph Savoie, Florida A&M University Assistant Professor Lillie Anne Brown and George Mason University Professor Keith Clark unveil the Ernest J. Gaines stamp.
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