The Shreveport Sinners & Saints Collection captures the complex lives and legacies of historic figures from early 1900s Shreveport, specifically in the city's Red Lights District.
The portrait, "Shreveport Scarlett Sisters," imagines imagines the larger than life personalities of Annie McCune and Baby Jane, who were popular madams of brothels that popularly served white patrons and colored patrons during the era. Also, pictured is an unknown, far too young working girl, who recalls the women brought from New Orleans to work in local brothels.
The art explores the complexities of vice and survival, while appreciating vibrance of Shreveport Commons, where music, creativity, ambition, and struggle have intertwined over years - past and present.
Learn more about this era:
https://downtownshreveport.com/ova_por/downtowns-era-of-legal-brothels/
https://64parishes.org/leadbelly
