Knock Knock - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

We spend a lot of time talking about the importance of the economy
and of economic development to the health of a community like Baton
Rouge. And certainly, jobs and opportunities are what keep a city
growing and humming. But cultural and educational attractions like
museums and galleries are increasingly key in attracting young
people and what author Richard Florida has called "creative class
professionals." Peter Olson is Executive Director of the Knock
Knock Children s Museum, which opened in July after nearly a decade
of planning and fundraising. The Knock Knock Children s Museum was
the inspriration of a dedicated group of then young mothers in the
city, who worked tirelessly to create a truly firsto rate
educational and entertaining attraction for children in this
market. Peter was recruited from his native Minnesota, where he was
Executive Director of the Children s Museum of Southern Minnesota,
which he helped establish over the course of seven years. Jason
Andreasen is Executive Director of the Baton Rouge Gallery, one of
the hidden gems in this community and, tucked away in City Park, is
something of a neighbor to the Knock Knock Children s Museum. For
50 years Baton Rouge Gallery has showcased contemporary art and
artists from Baton Rouge and Louisiana, including some of the State
s most admired visual artists like Caroline Durieux, Edward Pramuk,
James Burke, Frank Hayden, Paul Dufour, Janice Sachse, and many
more. Jason has served at the helm of the gallery since 2008, three
years after relocating to Baton Rouge from his native Miami with
plans of becoming an attorney Needless to say, those plans have
been shelved. As the arts awareness movement is fond of reminding
us, Art Works Yes, apparently, it does. Photos at Mansurs on the
Boulevard by Ken Stewart.

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