Public Speaking, Media, & Food Writing

- June 15, 2026, The Wadsworth Showcases Connecticut’s role in the nation’s founding ahead of America 250, WFSB 3
- May 16, 2026, America the Artful: U.S. 250th anniversary exhibits bring revolt and revolution to The Wadsworth, Hartford Courant
- February 12, 2026, CT LIVE: Nissan Weekend Warrior – The Wadsworth, Interview on the Yoruba World exhibition, Hartford, CT
- January 2, 2026, Presenter, in conjunction with a screening of BLKNWS: terms & conditions, led Futurism workshop, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
- September 11, 2025, Moderator, in conjunction with the (Un)Settled: The Landscape in American Art exhibition’s Visions of the (Un)Settled Film & Discussion, RaMell Ross, Hale County The Morning, This Evening, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
- September 7, 2025 – Nor’Easter: The 55th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Juror’s exhibition overview, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
- August 19, 2025, Panelist, Celebrating Black Philanthropy Month 2025: Sankofa Now! Remember. Reclaim. Rise. Across Connecticut!The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven; Connecticut Community Foundation; Fairfield County’s Community Foundation; Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; and The Prosperity Foundation; Althea Marshall Brooks, Executive Director, Waterbury Bridge to Success Community Partnership; Julienne Foy, Executive Director, The Odyssey Family Executive Center, CT
- January 20, 2025, On MLK Day, Wadsworth Atheneum Invites Community to Get Creative, Fox 31
- March 15-16, 2024, Speaker, Artspreneur 2024, Conference, Baton Rouge, LA
- February 28, 2024, Event Planner’s Event and Photoshoot, Proverbial Wine Bistro, Baton Rouge, LA
- October 5, 2023, Louisiana Art Summit, Black Creatives Block introduction and welcome, Baton Rouge, LA Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and Louisiana Division of the Arts
- May 12, 2023, Episode 133: Exploring Louisiana’s Historically Black Universities, Errol Laborde, LouisianaLife.com
- April 1, 2023, Panel Moderator, Blerdfest 2023, New Orleans, LA
- March 12, 2023, Presenter, Artspreneur 2023, 25th Anniversary of Cultural Crossroads, For Black, Indigenous, People of Color, The Business of Art, Hilton Baton Rouge
- October 25, 2022, HBCU Advisory Council Meeting, HBCU Museum Project Proposal
- October 19, 2022, Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge pays tribute to D.C. Mardi Gras with new exhibit, WRKF89.3 Baton Rouge Public Radio | WWNO89.9 New Orleans Public Radio, Louisiana Considered
- October 19, 2022, The Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge pays tribute to DC’s Mardi Gras with a new exhibit, LocalToday.news
- October 11, 2022, Juban’s brunch is back with jazz, Hallelujah crab and breakfast cocktails, The Advocate, Contributing Writer
- September 20, 2022, Barton Leadership Program Speaker, Forum 225
- September 8, 2022, Capitol Park Museum to Unveil Washington Mardi Gras Exhibit, Whereyat.com
- September 2, 2022, Carnival in the Nation’s Capital: The Washington Mardi Gras Ball to open at Capitol Park Museum, Visitbatonrouge.com
- September 1, 2022, Forever Dolls at Capitol Park Museum, Scholarship Lunch for Dancers and New Exhibits at Hilliard, The Advocate
- July 27, 2022, Walmart now covering doula services for pregnant workers in Louisiana. Will other employers follow?, WRKF89.3 Baton Rouge Public Radio, Louisiana Considered
- July 14, 2022, The Capitol Park Museum’s Newest Exhibits Explore African American History, 225 Magazine
- July 1, 2022, Blues and Jazz Icon Professor Longhair Comes Back to Life at Capitol Park Museum Exhibit, 225 Magazine
- June 24, 2022, Looking for summer reading ideas? 11 Baton Rouge readers share their top picks, The Advocate, Contributing Writer
- June 29, 2022, Randazzo’s Italian Market: ‘You must try the meatball’ and the pizza and the bread pudding, The Advocate, Contributing Writer
- June 2, 2022, Professor Longhair: Explore one of the fathers of rock ‘n’ roll in ‘Me Got Fiyo’ exhibit, The Advocate
- June 3, 2022, Quad: LSU College of Art & Design Magazine, Summer 2022, Class Notes: Keeping Up with Art & Design Alumni, highlight
- May 22, 2022, Capitol Park Museum offers fun summer exhibits, activities, WAFB Channel 9 news, Interviewed
- March 25, 2022, Ruby Slipper Brunch, The Advocate, Contributing Writer
- March 25, 2022, The 5 Best Things We Ate In Baton Rouge and Acadiana this Week, The Advocate, Contributing Writer
- March 22, 2022, When Sacrifice is No Sacrifice: 4 Dishes to Not Miss This Lenten Season, The Advocate, Contributing Writer
- March 18, 2022, The Multidisciplinary Exploration of Black Baton Rouge through The Negro Motorist Green Book, 1936-1964, Chair
- March 17, 2022, A Celebration of Women’s History Month: Vignettes of Louisiana Women: Clementine Hunter, Capitol Park Museum, Speaker
- March 9, The Capitol Park Museum presents the Professor Longhair Centennial, The West Side Journal
- March 8, 2022, A $200+ lunch for two in Baton Rouge: Rodneyna Hart shares ‘ultimate meal’ at Umami, The Advocate
- March 8, 2022, Capitol Park Museum Opens Art Flow 2022, Whereyat.com
- March 6, 2022, Louisiana Museum Plans: Professor Longhair’s Life, Legacy, Associated Press, WWL
- March 4, Capitol Park Museum hosts Professor Longhair exhibition, Offbeat.com
- February 25, 2022, Two spots on WAFB Morning News
- January 17, 2022, Community revisits Baton Rouge’s bus boycott that paved way for Montgomery, others, WAFB
- January 15, 2022, ‘No people’: ‘Yellow Book’ exhibit explores how interstate devastated Old South Baton Rouge, The Advocate
- January 5, 2022, Wednesday, January 5th: George Morris, Azalea Miller, Rodneyna Hart, WRKF Talk Louisiana
- November 18, 2021, Louisiana Considered: The Yellow Book, WWNO & WRKF
- Fall 2021, Game Changer Reshaping Louisiana Business Climate – Vital Vision: Innovator, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry 5th & Main
- November 14, 2021, The Negro Motorist Green Book Exhibition at the Capitol Park Museum, Country Roads Magazine
- November 12, 2021, Pop Culture: From Zorro to Speedy Gonzales and Beyond, cavalierhousebooks.com
- November 7, 2021, 7 AM: Youth Literacy Event Held for Young People This Weekend, WAFB-TV
- November 5, 2021, 100 Black Women Day at Capitol Park Museum, Happening Next
- November 5, 2021, Where Hash Rules’ author to give presentation at Capitol Park Museum on Wednesday, WVLA-TV, BR Proud
- October 30, 2021, Green Book Club featuring author Candacy Taylor, Happening Next
- October 27, 2021, Capitol Park Museum Hosts A Discussion of the Untold Story of Black Travel in America, Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism Office of State Museum
- October 27, 2021, Driving the South – and Remembering the Legacy of “The Green Book”, AFAR, MSN, VN Explorer
- October 25, 2021, The 17th Annual Louisiana Book Festival Goes Virtual, deepsouthmag.com
- October 16, 2021, Louisiana State Museum Presents Green Book Exhibition Programs, The Daily Advent
- October 14, 2021, PechaKucha Night Baton Rouge Volume 15, Pechakucha.com
- October 7, 8, 14, 2021, 5 a.m.,5:30 a.m, 6 a.m, 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 8 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10 p.m., Online & Broadcast – Capitol Park Museum Introduces After Hours Programs for the Month of October, WVLA-TV, WGMB-TV
- October 7, 2021, Bygone Alexandria Businesses Listed in Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, The Town Talk
- October 6, 2021, Rock It Right Oct 6, 2021, Rock It Right Entertainment
- October 6, 2021, The Green Book Travel Guide and Racism – IN PERSON, Dialogue on Race – Louisiana
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, U.S. News
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, Democrat & Chronicle
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, Burlington Free Press
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, Associated Press
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, Desert Sun
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, The Tennessean
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, USA Today
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, Journal & Courier
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, Statesman Journal
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, Daily World
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, Daily Advertiser
- October 6, 2021, Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book programs for exhibit open at Capitol Park Museum, Deep South News
- October 5, 2021, Thursday Night Programs at Capitol Park Museum In Conjunction with “The Negro Motorist Green Book” Exhibit, Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism Office of State Museum
- October 5, 2021, LPB Explores Louisiana’s Green Book History, The West Side Journal
- October 4, 2021, Green Book exhibit makes a stop in Baton Rouge, Downtown East Social Ride
- September 9, 2021, Celebrating African American history: The Green Book Exhibit comes to Baton Rouge, The Reveille, LSU
- September 5, 2021, The Negro Motorist Green Book, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
- September 1, 2021, Safe Haven: Louisiana’s Green Book Stories, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Public Broadcasting System
- August 27, 29, 2021, ‘Green Book’: New Exhibit Shows How this Guide Steered Black Travelers to Safe Sites in Jim Crow Era, The Advocate
- August 26, 2021, Green Book Architecture and History Presentation by Kiwana McClung, Downtown Development District
- August 25, 2021, Smithsonian documentary exploring Green Books in the South coming to Sliman Theater, Daily World, The Advertiser
- August 23, 2021, 5:45 a.m. broadcast – Negro Motorist Green Book Exhibit Now Open, WVLA-TV
- August 23, 2021, 8 a.m. broadcast – The Green Book at the Capitol Park Museum, WGMB-TV
- August 22, 2021, Louisiana State Museum showcases Negro Motorist Green Book, WAFB-TV
- August 22, 2021, 5:30 p.m., 4:45 a.m. broadcast – Inside the Green Book Exhibit, WAFB-TV
- August 22, 2021, Smithsonian traveling exhibit “Green Book” arrives in Baton Rouge, BR Proud
- August 22, 2021, Free screening of ‘The Green Book’ Attracts History-Conscious Viewers, The Daily Iberian
- August 21, 2021, Green Book Bike Tour, Downtown East Social Ride
- August 21, 2021, 7:50 a.m., 7:45 a.m, Broadcast – Museum to Launch ‘Negro Motorist Exhibit’, WWL-TV
- August 21, 2021, 7:30 a.m., 7:20 a.m, Broadcast – The Negro Motorist Green Book Exhibit, WAFB-TV
- August 21, 2021, 10 p.m. broadcast – New Exhibit, 10 p.m., 9 p.m., 6 p.m broadcast, WVLA-TV, WGMB-TV
- August 20, 2021,8:30 a/m., 6:45 a.m., 5:45 a.m. broadcast – Green Book Exhibit Opens This Weekend, WGMB-TV
- August 19, 2021, ‘Green Book’ Exhibition Shows Struggles Black Families Faced When Traveling Under Jim Crow – And the Local Places That Helped Them, 225 Magazine
- August 18, 2021, Smithsonian exhibit ‘The Negro Motorist Green Book’ is coming to the Capitol Park Museum, Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
- August 18, 2021, Talk Louisiana: Wednesday, August 18th: Spencer Ackerman, Dan Lamothe, Rodneyna Hart, WRKF
- August 18, 2021, On Exhibit: ‘The Negro Motorist Green Book’ at the Capitol Park Museum, InRegister Magazine
- August 17, 2021, The Green Book and the Blues – An inside look at the Smithsonian Institution Traveling exhibition of “The Negro Motorist Green Book, speaker, City Club of Baton Rouge
- August 16, 2021, 10:20 p.m, 8:20 p.m. broadcast – interview with R. Hart on the Green Book, WBOK-AM
- August 12, 2021, Arts Council Radio, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
- August 9, 2021, Driving while Black: White Control over Black mobility continues, Louisiana Weekly
- August 7, 2021, Mid City Micro-Con, Moderator, East Baton Rouge Parish Library
- August 4, 2021, Chit Chat with Dima & Rob – Rodneyna M. Hart, Chit Chat with Dima & Rob Podcast
- August 4, 2021, Mid City Micro-Con Brings a World of Comics and Cosplay to Baton Rouge This Weekend, 225 Magazine Online
- August 1, 2021, SUNO Chancellor’s Report: Moving Forward, Southern University at New Orleans
- July 7, 2021, 11 p.m., 8 a.m., 9 a.m., p.m., broadcast – Traveling White Black (Interview about the Green Book), WBOK-AM
- July 7, 2021, Tourism in Baton Rouge is Making a Comeback, WAFB-TV, KSLA News 12, Shreveport
- July 2, 2021, Learn More About The Green Book Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit with Division Director Rodneyna Hart!, America, My Oyster Association
- June 22, 2021, Smithsonian ‘Green Book’ Exhibit makes its way to Capital City, BR Proud
- April 24, 2021, Standing Against Racism, Panelist, Capitol Park Museum
- April 5, 2021, Historic Black Travel Guide Exhibition Will Be at the Capitol Park Museum, whereyat.com
- March 23, 2021, Ask the Experts Web Series, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, HealthyBR and guest Panelists
- March 11, 2021, panelist, Place: How Historic Resources Define Significance in Our Culture, The East
Baton Rouge Parish Library - March 18, 2021, The Yellow House, Panelist, East Baton Rouge Parish Library
- March 4, 2021, Exhibition exploring “The Green Book” coming to BR, The West Side Journal
- March 3, 2021, Louisiana Considered: LEAP Testing and The Green Book, WWNO 89.9 New Orleans Public Radio
- March 3-4, 2021, panelist, Southern Futurism X South Summit, New Orleans Film Society
- March 2, 2021, Lt. Governor Nungesser Announces Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Exploring “The Green Book” Coming to Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge in August 2021, Louisiana Life Magazine
- February 26, 2021, Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Exploring “The Green Book” Coming to the Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge In August 2021,
- February 18, 2021, panelist, A Tribute to Clementine Hunter, Family of Clementine Hunter
- February 14, 2021, Green Book exhibit coming to Capitol Park Museum, HammondStar.com; Daily Advent
- December 8, 2020, Critical Conversations: Inclusive Narratives at Historic Houses, The Decorative Arts Trust, Media, PA
- October 21 & 23, 2020, Cultural Intelligence Student Summit, St. Joseph’s Academy, Third Eye Consulting, LLC
- October 13, 2020, Heart of Louisiana: Capitol Park Museum, Fox 8 Live
- September 21 & November 4, 2020, Virtual Guest Lecturer, Nova Southeastern University, Broward County, Florida
- September 29, 2020, Diversity Action Committee Focus Group Facilitation, St. Joseph’s Academy, Third Eye Consulting, LLC
- September 9, 2020, panelist, How can exhibitions meaningfully respond to community issues, Southeast Museum Conference (SEMC)
- August 29, 2020, Moderator, In Living Color: YouTube, Podcasts, & Online Content Panel. Bringing it Back: Using the Past to Create the Future, Virtual Mid City Micro-Con, East Baton Rouge Parish Library System
- July 16, 2020, Showcasing Louisiana: Fonville Winans photography exhibit opens in Baton Rouge, WAFB
- July 15, 2020, La. Capitol Park Museum to unveil Fonville Winans exhibit on July 14, TheAdvocate.com
- July 14, 2020, Capitol Park Museum, Downtowndevelopmentdistrict.com
- July 9, 2020, Thursday, July 9th: Julian Zelzer, Mark Ballard, Rodneyna Hart, Talk Louisiana with Jim Engster, WRKF.org
- July 7, 2020, Geaux Rouge Show with Franz Borghardt, Episode 33, Talk 107.3 FM
- February 21, 2020, Capitol Park Museum hosts 7th Annual Spanish Town Mardi Gras Parade Party, WAFB
- July 7, 2020, On exhibit: ‘A Colorful World in Black & White’, InRegister Magazine; February 14, 2020, The Digital Age, countryroadsmagazine.com
- January 8, 2020, Showcasing Louisiana: Mardi Gras only gets bigger as more parades develop. wafb.com
- January 7, 2020, Mid City Gras reveals its grand marshal, wbrz.com
- January 7, 2020, Louisiana State Museum’s Rodneyna M. Hart will reign over Mid City Gras Parade, theadvocate.com
- January 7, 2020, Rodneyna M. Hart named Grand Marshal of 2020 Mid City Gras Parade, thedrumnewspaper.com
- December 3, 2019, It is alive: Meagan Moore melds art and science by painting with live bacteria, theadvocate.com
- November 12, 2019, The Art of Science: Gallery Showcases Cancer, Bacteria Designs by LSU BE Senior, LSU.edu
- October 15, 2019, CISLANDERUS exhibition opening at the Capitol Park Museum, interview, BRProud.com
- October 11, 2019, CISLANDERUS: Canary Islanders in the United States, Canarian Descendants of Louisiana Opening at Capitol Park Museum, crt.state.la.us
- August 23, 2019, St. Mary Parish Toastmasters, live. Interview, Opening Reception for From Berwick Bay to Etouffee: With Rodneyna Hart – Division Director, Wedell Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum
- April 3, 2019, Moderator, Mid City Micro-Con celebrates comic books, fantasy, wafb.com
- February 26, 2019, Speaker, We Are Speaker Series Networking II
- February 2019, The Creatives: Instant Access – InRegister Features
- November 20, 2018, Baton Rouge Business Report’s 40 under Forty
- September 18, 2018, Director of Culture Candy, Episode 44, Blerd-ish Podcast
- September 18, 2018, Culture Candy Aubrey Dean, LEGACY Magazine
- September 10, 2018, Art Unwrapped, Dig Magazine
- September 5, 2018, CultureCandy connects artists to industry, community events, Legacy Magazine | LSU Now
- August 11, 2018, Black Out Loud Conference, panelist, McKinley Alumni Center, Baton Rouge
- August 5, 2018, Culture Candy and grassroots art show Stabbed in the Art return and join forces, 225 Magazine
- July 28, 2018, Culture Candy, Arts Council Radio Show
- April 11, 2018, Plaquemine Bank & Trust celebrates the 50th Anniversary and hosts 31st Annual Art Show, thewestsidejournal.com
- April 10, 2018, Plaquemine Bank and Trust Co. Celebrates its 50th anniversary and hosts 31st Annual Art Alert Art Show, postsouth.com
- March 27, 2018, Creative Connect with Rodneyna Hart, NOVAC, lecturer, The Parlor, Baton Rouge
- March 2018, “Art is All Hart” featured article, Dig Magazine, Baton Rouge
- January 26-27, 2018, “Kick it Out“ curtain speech, Of Moving Colors, Baton Rouge
- December 8, 2017, Artsy Distilling – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge, itsbatonrouge.la
- June 29, 2017, AltBR, interviewed Jacob Jolibois, MESH Studios, Baton Rouge
- June 27, 2017, Speaker, Creative Connection, Networking, collaboration, and identifying community resources for artists, 2017 Regional Arts Summit, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Main Library, Baton Rouge
- May 29 and July 17, 2017, Rodneyna Hart – The Art of Turning the Ordinary into the Remarkable, Interview, AltBR Podcast, Baton Rouge
- May 12, 2017, The Curator, The Advocate Newspaper article, Baton Rouge
- April 19, 2017, A Sundays@4 Presentation: Appropriate or Appropriation? A Discussion of Race, Art, and Censorship in the 21st Century, Panelist, Baton Rouge Gallery -center for contemporary art, Baton Rouge
- February 1, 2017, Interview, Ben Leger of 225 Magazine, for Juried Art at the Healthcare Gallery Showcases A Southern Take on Futurism, The Healthcare Gallery, Baton Rouge
- February 3, 2017, Speaker, PechaKucha Night Baton Rouge, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
- November 15, 2016, Speaker and Mini-Interviewer, City Year, Celerity Crestworth Charter School
- July 13, 2016, Interview, Baton Rouge artists create as images for healing, inspiring healthy dialogue, wafb.com
- August 21, 2014, Speaker, Art Happy Hour, The Walls Project Art and Design Center
- July 6, 2013, Interview, Artist Liaison and Scout, Culture Bat Grand Opening Weekend
- April 14, 2013, Plaquemine Bank to host 26th Annual Art Alert Art Show, postsouth.com
Baton Rouge Film Commission, Public Speaking on Art

Rodneyna M. Hart has been instrumental in developing art and cultural advancements in Louisiana for over fifteen years. After graduating from LSU in 2008, Hart worked as the Exhibitions Coordinator at the Baton Rouge Gallery – center for contemporary art, Preparator at the LSU Museum of Art, as the Exhibitions Manager at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum, and resident Curator and Art Manager of The Healthcare Gallery. Rodneyna received a gubernatorial appointment to the Louisiana State Arts…
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Rodneyna Hart is the Exhibition Manager at Louisiana Art & Science Museum in Downtown Baton Rouge. She’s responsible for tying together amazing pieces of art into cohesive — and sometimes eclectic — exhibits that have an entertaining, educational and philosophical nature. If you’re interested in creative thinking or exploring how art ties into and influences the rest of the world, this episode is a must-listen. Her foundation in the Baton Rouge workforce has been forged by a rich and varied body of experiences including but not limited to visual arts, retail, service and arts administration. Through the years she has been able to translate these skills in an array of environments that we dive into in this episode.
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