an alligator and the cypress tree capture the wild beauty of South Louisiana, where Borne grew up. And, of course, the shine on the strawberries signifies 47 years of strawberry festival posters.

On Thursday, March 3, the Ponchatoula Kiwanis unveiled the official 2022 Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival poster on the Northshore. Allison Portier is this year’s winning artist of the annual ...

PONCHATOULA, La. -- An artist who designed a poster for a Louisiana strawberry festival disputes claims the picture is racist because it depicts two black children with no facial features except ...

This year’s poster features a bounty of bright, red strawberries; a brown pelican, Louisiana’s official ... the inception of the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival. Moore, a native of Maine ...

Bernard’s recent posters for the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival and Crowley ... With this record, Tony Bernard is the Festival Poster King of Louisiana, producing more festival posters today ...

organizers of a Louisiana strawberry festival have agreed not to show or sell this year’s festival poster, which the local NAACP president called racially offensive. However, it remains the ...

Deedy Mayer was among the thousands gathered at the festival ... strawberry. “So sweet, so ripe,” Mayer said. Mayer is visiting from Salt Lake City, Utah. She said the strawberries in ...

PONCHATOULA, La. (WGNO) — It’s a peaceful place for Kathryn Latham – at the easel. With each stroke of her brush, she turns a blank space into a vibrant canvas. She started painting in high ...

That could be for good reason. Latham is a talented artist, even being selected as the winner of the 2025 Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival poster design. “I was just super excited when I got the ...