The Friends of the Lincoln Parish Library are holding two celebration events to welcome the Bulldog Project statue “Au Printemps” to the library. A reception for the artist who painted the bulldog, Leanna Patterson, will be held tonight at 6 in the Jack Beard Community Room. There will also be a children’s party on Saturday, starting with storytime at 10 a.m. in the children’s area. Then the winners of a children’s bulldog decorating contest held this week will be announced at 11 a.m. “Au Printemps” was one of 11 statues sold at auction in September as the second and final wave of the Ruston Cultural District’s Bulldog Project fundraiser.