Lafayette. The exhibit combined his works with the poetry of Darrell Bourque. It ran May 28-July 31, 1999. A book published on the exhibit includes an essay by Dr. Steven Bradley. In 2007, Louisiana artist Brian Guidry traveled with Morgan to New York City to help facilitate Morgan’s America series. Morgan received the Distinguished Artist award by the Delgado Society, of the New Orleans Museum of Art (2000); was named in Outstanding Achievement in the Arts award by the Acadiana Arts Council (1990); and Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching award by the Amoco Foundation (1984–1985). Death and legacy Elemore Morgan died on May 18, 2008, after a complicated heart surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. In 2010, the state of Louisiana declared September 18 as "Elemore Morgan Day". Publications Morgan contributed photography for a book titled, Makers of Cajun Music: Musiciens Cadiens Et Creoles (1984), written by Cajun folklorist Barry Jean Ancelet. See also List of Cajuns References External links Elemore Morgan Jr. Elemore Morgan Jr., August 6, 1931 – May 18, 2008 Arthur Roger Gallery Louisiana Life profile 1931 births 2008 deaths Alumni of the Ruskin School of Art Louisiana State University alumni 20th-century American painters American male painters 21st-century American painters 20th-century American photographers University of Louisiana at Lafayette faculty Cajun people Artists from Baton Rouge, Louisiana 20th-century American male artists