Where else would you find Academy Award winners, Louisiana state officials and artists from around the area noshing on gourmet food and drinks while looking at paintings, storyboards, mockups of buildings and filmed scenes from movies but at artspace?.

This fall will see some important races of local interest on the ballot in addition to the presidential race. The Bayou State will elect a new United States senator and the 4th Congressional District will elect a new member to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Nungesser is in the middle of the legislative maelstrom, heading departments that direct the state’s culture, art, recreation, state parks, several museums, archeology, French heritage, state tourism and historic preservation.