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St. Gabriel, Louisiana
		New homeowner Stacy Dorsey holds a personalized tile hand-painted tile created by Connie Bourgeois of TileArts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Youth Build/Church Coalition Build: HFH of Greater Baton Rouge (Louisiana, October/November 2004)

Connie Bourgeois of TileArts created and donated a hand-painted tile for each of the five new homeowners associated with the Youth Build/Church Coalition Build in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in October and November of 2004. Bourgeois is known for her hand-painted tiles and tile creations. She also donated a hand-painted tile to Tile Partners for Humanity for display in the TPFH office and at trade shows.


Ally Fertitta of TPFH, Bill Mundell of Habitat, new homeowner Robin Bradley, tile artist Connie Bourgeois and local weather anchor Diane Deaton admire the tile that Connie painted for Robin.		New homeowner Stacy Dorsey shows the tile that Connie Bourgeois, second from right, painted for her new home to Ally Fertitta of TPFH, Diane Deaton of WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge, and Lynn Clark of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge.


Connie Bourgeois of TileArts presents new homeowner Katina Coleman with a hand-painted tile outside her Habitat home in Baton Rouge’s Crosscreek neighborhood.		Ally Fertitta of TPFH, Connie Bourgeois of TileArts and Diane Deaton of WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge admire the tile that Connie painted for new homeowner Katina Coleman.


Student Melanie Reed, Connie Bourgeois of TileArts, homeowner Sonia Pania, Laticrete's Jack LeBlanc, homeowner Val Robinson, Ally Fertitta, and students Thomas Bourgeois and Vanessa Begat admire the tiles painted by Connie for Sonja and Val.		Catholic High School junior Thomas Bourgeois, right, visits with a fellow student and Jack LeBlanc's dog Coco. Bourgeois and his mother, Connie, both participated in the Habitat project in Baton Rouge.


New homeowner Val Robinson displays the hand-painted tile that Connie Bourgeois of TileArts painted for her new home.		Thomas Bourgeois, son of tile artist Connie Bourgeois, donated several days to help tile five homes in Baton Rouge’s Crosscreek neighborhood last November. Here, he mixes thinset mortar donated by Laticrete International.