Unknown Sitters Student Writing Contest Feature: « The New Orleans Vampire »
For HNOC’s 2024 Student Writing Contest, we invited students from across the country to create colorful identities for the mysterious portrait subjects in the 26 paintings featured in our « Unknown Sitters » exhibition! After receiving hundreds of entries, HNOC chose three winners across three age categories.
Today, we are excited to feature « The New Orleans Vampire » by Jayden Bergeron, a 12th grader at Zachary High School in Zachary, Louisiana who is among three first place winners in our high school category. Jayden wrote his spooky tale in response to the portrait entitled « Creole Gentleman, » painted in 1870 by François Bernard. We are now quite convinced that this « gentlemen » is actually a creature of the night—tell us what do you think!
Read all of the winning entries: https://ow.ly/cTEx50SrW9C
Learn more about « Unknown Sitters »: https://ow.ly/cHcw50SrW9E
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Narrated by Kurt Owens, HNOC Interpreter
« Creole gentleman, « 1870, painting by François Bernard. HNOC, 1997.120.8
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