{"id":18029,"date":"2026-03-21T16:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=18029"},"modified":"2026-03-24T23:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:00:45","slug":"the-keeping-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/the-keeping-room\/","title":{"rendered":"The Keeping Room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ensemble<\/em> by Jacqueline Dee Parker
20″x20″; vintage paper and acrylic on canvas; Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacqueline Dee Parker: The Keeping Room<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

at Baton Rouge Gallery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
27 February-24 March 2026 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jacqueline Dee Parker is inspired by ancient Greek pottery because it feels profoundly human\u2014shaped by hand, integrated into daily life, and embedded with stories that resonate across time. These vessels function simultaneously as utilitarian objects and cultural archives, bearing belief systems, rituals, and identities through form, surface, and use. They remind her that meaning is often preserved through touch, repetition, and design, rather than permanence alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Together (Twain)<\/em> by Jacqueline Dee Parker
18″x18″; vintage paper and acrylic on canvas; Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Much of Parker\u2019s practice centers on creating abstract, visceral spaces\u2014sites where memory gathers and settles. In this body of work, that impulse has shifted toward the construction of vessels. Drawing from the legacy of ancient pottery, she approaches the vessel as both container and storyteller. She imagines these forms holding the verbal and musical echoes of those who shaped her\u2014relatives, friends, artists, and writers\u2014preserving fragments of love, language, and influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a world unmoored by chaos and disbelief, Parker intends for these vessels to serve as safekeepers of truth and beauty.

(text adapted from material provided by the gallery)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INFORMATION<\/strong>

Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art<\/strong>
1515 Dalrymple Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808 USA
(225) 383-1470<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours:
Tuesday-Sunday, Noon\u20136PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COLLAGE ON VIEW Jacqueline Dee Parker: The Keeping Room at Baton Rouge Gallery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA 27 February-24 March 2026 Jacqueline Dee Parker is inspired by ancient Greek pottery because it feels profoundly human\u2014shaped by hand, integrated into…<\/p>\n

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