Studio In The Woods Restoration Residency

Deadline January 4

A Studio in the Woods continues to offer Restoration Residencies into 2008 in order to give New Orleans artists the opportunity to rebuild their artistic lives and by extension contribute to and even inspire the rebuilding of our city.

Month-long Restoration Residencies are specifically designed for local visual artists, musicians, composers, writers and performing artists who experienced significant loss due to the hurricane and the failure of the federal levees, and who are in the process of reconstructing their lives and artistic careers here in New Orleans.

Restoration Residencies provide lodging, food, studio space and uninterrupted time in the rustic, natural setting in a bottomland hardwood forest on the West Bank of New Orleans. Also provided are transportation costs to and from New Orleans and within the city, a $2000 stipend and supply costs up to $1000.

March 9 April 6 (Application due January 4, notification by January 15) April 10 May 8 (Application due January 4, notification by January 15)
For more INFO, GUIDELINES and APPLICATION go to www.asitw.org

Quintron's "Metal Machine Music"

Quintron delivers a Drum Buddy to a special client -
Reblogged from Rhizome - see link

Convening at LA Artworks SUNDAY

From LA Artworks director Joy Glidden:

On December 16th from 3-5 PM, Louisiana ArtWorks will be holding the December artists’ convening session. We will be meeting at the Louisiana ArtWorks building, at 725 Howard Avenue. Artists in attendance will have the opportunity to voice problems, suggest solutions, share opportunities and resources, and discuss trends.
We will also be giving a tour of the Louisiana ArtWorks building, including the metalworking, ceramics, glassblowing, and printmaking workshops, as well as the artists’ studios. The convenings have been a fascinating component of Louisiana ArtWorks programming thus far; please join us on the 16th and help us continue to move them forward!
Pass the word to other artists, and be there promptlyat 3pm this Sunday.

DesCours

Last weekend for DesCours, thanks to humidhaney for the concise arrangement of all the events in the order below.
also see Doug MacCash's blog for info and some photos

FRENCH QUARTER
723 Ursuline Ave. -- Michael Fox and Juintow Lin (FoxLin)
828 N. Rampart St. -- Marcella Del Signore
831 Dauphine St. -- Allison Kudla
926 Orleans Ave. -- Howeler Yoon Architecture
926 Toulouse St. -- FutureProof
726 Saint Peter St. (Preservation Hall) -- Noel Fisher

CANAL STREET
1015 Canal St. -- David Sullivan
920 Canal St. -- Anonymous
920 Canal St. -- Nano
800 Canal St. -- Nano
800 Canal St. -- Atomless
700 Canal St. -- Noah Klersfeld

ST. ROCH NEIGHBORHOOD
NOTE: These shows open on Dec. 10.
2448 N. Villere St. -- Erica Gangsei
1338 Arts St., -- Edward Bekkerman, Lisa Lozano and Gayle Laird
2459 N. Villere St. -- Janice Bellatto
1335 Music St. -- Natsu
2457 N. Villere St. -- Margaret Evangeline
2449 N. Villere St. -- Anne Senstad

UPTOWN
1031 Annunciation St. (Dixie Steel Mills) -- Victor Jones (FievreJones)

Artspeak Returns Weds Dec 12 @ CAC

Art (Star) Fantasies and other Sundry Items

I'm so intrigued by the "come to new orleans and make an artwork" movement. Several approaches to this process are emerging, from the official Prospect 1 Biennial "get-invited-spend-a-little-time-here" approach; to the Brad Pitt money-where-his-mouth-is approach (that's certainly community based! see photo and link); to Takashi Horisaki's self-reliant diy project (which he did get a small grant for from Socrates Sculpture Park); to Art in Action, which faciliates between local and national artists and the N.O. community; to the Paul Chan "put-in-the-time" with the help of Creative Time model of community art; to other sundry people who get grants from elsewhere and arrive (see interview with Mark Bradford and Sam Durant on Transforma website.) And based on my busy weekends, there seems to be alot of artmaking by folks who are pre- and post- storm residents. It feels really active here, but dialogue, other than that of our two local art critics, seems mostly centered around the national artists coming in to town. (**Plug- this is what this website is for, local dialogue...participatory...sorry, that means you! Write something!**;) This is good, right?--all the artists from elsewhere, making work here. And doesn't the "insider - outsider" dichotomy need to be ditched anyway? Maybe each local artist can "adopt" a visiting artist...a welcome wagon... Where is this going?

The Biennal and the crowds it will bring to town have put stars in local artists eyes. There's some talk about New Orleans artists getting together to create their own alternative track to the Biennial. Will alternative, local shows be just another art site for Biennial attendees to fit into their busy schedule? How can local artists leverage our daily lives here to create an alternative that is truly unique? (Art = Life we need you, Linda Montano! Maybe she could come in as a consultant for the local art scene!) But seriously, how can we reframe the Biennial approach to provide a must-see alternative that is more than a bunch of disparate artworks in a warehouse?

Read the linked article and check out the Transforma website, which posits a community based approach to artmaking. It will be interesting to see what community-based projects will be in the Biennial. The Transforma New Orleans project is a beta test for extension of this approach into other cities.

'Tis...

a couple of holiday events, shop locally y'all

Newcomb Art Department Holiday Sale
Friday and Saturday, December 7th and 8th
10 am – 4 pm, in the Carroll Gallery, Newcomb Art Department
Special Preview for Newcomb Art League Members Thursday, December 6th, 6 – 8 pm
Join that night and enjoy early shopping and a special reception.

The New Orleans Craft Mafia presents…
The Crescent City Craft Market - Holiday Shopping Edition
The Big Top Gallery (504-569-2700)
1638 Clio St. - near Lee Circle, between St. Charles Avenue and Carondelet Street
Sunday, December 9th, 2-6pm

Last Stop Shop at The Big Top
The Big Top Gallery (504-569-2700)
1638 Clio St. - near Lee Circle, between St. Charles Avenue and Carondelet Street
Thursday, December 20th, 6-10pm
Further Info: New Orleans Craft Mafia

Marigny & Bywater Open Studios

This coming weekend Dec 8 & 9 - go check out the wide variety of artists east of Elysian Fields, see link for details.
While you are there, stop by the Recycle for the Arts Art Auction and Oddities Bazaar!

articles about Godot

Insider and outsider articles about Waiting for Godot. wait wait, which is which?

NYTimes article

NOLA Fugees article

NYTs article is about Paul Chan, his vision and his process as an artist / activist. NOLA Fugees article is a review of the experience of the play from a local's perspective.

Photo NOLA

an amazing lineup of photo-related events from Nov 30 - Dec 15th, check out website for details.

Local Artists Biennial Meeting

NOLA ARTISTS BIENNIAL PLANNING MEETING
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Calling all New Orleans visual artists:

We are gathering to discuss ideas, plans, and possibilities the upcoming New Orleans Biennial slated for the Fall of 2008. What do you want to do? Group shows in abandoned buildings? Art truck convoys? Parades? Massive grafitti and propaganda campaigns? Paint the superdome black? Bring your ideas and we’ll hash things out, get inspired by each other, and hopefully get a sense of where we’re all headed and what we’re all thinking. Work with us, work against us, it doesn’t matter just so long as we’re all working toward something to make an awesome show of New Orleans artists’ presence at the Biennial.

Meet at Buffa’s, 1001 Esplanade, Dec 8th, 8pm. Email hotironpress@hotmail.com if you have any questions.

Lucy Lippard quote for the day

" Actions left untheorized tend to disappear from history, if only for lack of serious consideration."

Identifying Outsider Art - Tomorrow Night 11/27

The Home Repo Project

Installation on home demolition site, in Gentilly
Tuesday 3:30 - 6
1432 Aviators Street, one block from robert e lee towards the river, between st. bernard and paris

[ ] Projects is a collaborative group consisting of three artists: Rachel Jones, Jeff Rinehart, Natalie Sciortino and Fernando Braxton. The Home Repo Project will be the groups' first effort as a collective. Working on the remaining terrazzo floor slab of a flooded home in Lake Vista, [ ] Projects utilizes traditional materials of home construction and domesticity: nails, wood, floor polish, yarn, string and other fabrics. These materials and methods come together to create a type of installation reconstruction atop this existing floor while exploring ideas of growth, spaces, scale, and rebuilding. In addition, a sounds component will be incorporated into the art environment to broaden the depth of the experience as a whole. A small house will also be constructed and raised up in avoidance of potential threats - representative of the current neighborhood and city as a whole. It is these issues of "safety" and "domesticity" that [ ] seeks to address through this space. [ ] Projects also joins with Art in ACtion to promote and further a dialogue not only with other AiA artists, but with the community as a whole.

Prospect.1 New Orleans Announces Organizations and Preview Events Schedule

November 17, 2007

	Prospect.1 New Orleans
	Prospect.1 New Orleans  Announces Participating Organizations and Preview Events Schedule Website Launched Preview Events Held on October 30 and 31, 2008  http://www.prospectneworleans.org  With just a year before the inaugural launch of Prospect. 1, Dan Cameron has announced an initial list of eleven organizations with which it will partner in hosting the biennial, which will be on view November 1, 2007 through January 18, 2008. The venues are among New Orleans' most prominent and beloved cultural institutions, and will form the hub for exhibitions during Prospect.1. Participating Organizations (in alphabetical order):  The Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans The Historic New Orleans Collection L9 Louisiana Artworks The U.S. Mint Louisiana State Museum The National World War II Museum The Louisiana African American Museum New Orleans Center for Creative Arts|Riverfront The New Orleans Museum of Art The Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University The Ogden Museum of Southern Art Additionally, several historic landmarks are being renovated specifically for the biennial, and other venues, including warehouses, factory spaces, and municipal open spaces across the city will also welcome exhibitions. With a total of over 100,000 square feet of exhibition space, the biennial will have a visible presence across the city throughout its eleven-week run. On view will be work by 75 local, national, and international artists most of whom are creating new, original works that respond both to the locations in which they will be installed and to the city of New Orleans as a whole. "It's a sign of the community's support for Prospect.1 that these eleven institutions have already joined us as exhibition venues. It speaks very strongly to our shared belief that the biennial can play a leading role in rejuvenating both the contemporary art scene and the economy of the city of New Orleans," said Dan Cameron, Director of PROSPECT.1 New Orleans. Opening Events The vernissage of Prospect.1 will take place on October 30th and 31s, with private previews to be held at all participating venues. A Gala Opening Ball to help underwrite the costs of presenting Prospect.1 will take place on the evening of the 31st. The biennial will open to the public with a ribbon cutting ceremony on November 1, 2008 and will remain open from 10am to 8pm throughout the weekend. Prospect.1 will be on view until January 18, 2008, Tuesday through Sunday, 12pm to 8pm. Website Prospect.1 has just launched its website http://www.prospectneworleans.org The site will act as a resource for information on the biennial, venues, artists, events, and the city as a destination and will be updated regularly. About Prospect.1 New Orleans: Dan Cameron conceived Prospect.1 New Orleans to reinvigorate the city, a historic regional artistic center, following the human, civic, and economic devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The primary goal of the biennial exhibition is to redevelop the city as a cultural destination where the visual arts are celebrated and can once again thrive. New Orleans was the first U.S. city to host a recurring international art exhibition, beginning in 1887 with the Exhibition of the Art Association of New Orleans. In this tradition, Prospect.1 will provide the public with new work by 75 artists conceived and developed for the city. The largest international art biennial ever held in the United States, Prospect.1 will reach an estimated audience of one quarter million visitors, half of which will likely be Louisiana state residents. Prospect.1 is founded on the principle that art engenders social progress, so the exhibition and all related events will be free to the public. The biennial will be open every day except Monday, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and visitors can see the exhibition in any order they choose and as many times as they like. There will be daily guided tours of the biennial venues.  Fore more information on Prospect.1 New Orleans, please visit http://www.prospectneworleans.org or contact U.S. Biennial, Inc. at (212) 686-5305  or info@prospectneworleans.org. ### Media Contacts: For further information, interviews, and images, please refer to the following contact: Kellie Honeycutt Blue Medium, Inc. T: (212) 675-1800 F: (212) 675-1855 E: kellie@bluemedium.com

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Tulane 2007 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition

The Carroll Gallery presents: 2007 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
Juror: Dennis Sipiorski, Head of Visual Arts, Southeastern Louisiana University

Opening reception: Thursday, Nov. 15, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Exhibition dates: November 15 – 30, 2007
[gallery closed Nov. 21, 22, 23]

Cash prizes will be awarded.
questions? please contact Laura Richens, Curator, Carroll Gallery
Newcomb Art Department, Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University
phone: 504.314.2228

Mid City Holiday Open Studios

MID CITY STUDIOS Annual HOLIDAY OPEN STUDIOS AND SALE

Who: Artists at Mid City Studios
What: Holiday Open Studios and sale of original artworks
When: Saturday, Dec.8, 2007 12–5p.m.
Where: 4436 Toulouse St. corner Murat St.

Mid City Studios announces its annual Holiday Open Studios and sale of original artwork on Saturday, December 8 from 12 -5 p.m.

Located in a converted warehouse at 4436 Toulouse St. near City Park, Mid City Studios will feature original artwork from over 30 artists who will open their spaces to exhibit paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, glass mosaics, and mixed media constructions. Food, refreshments and entertainment by Les Grattons de Berry will be featured throughout the afternoon.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, list of exhibiting artists, and site map contact: www.midcitystudios.com

Abdalian Art

DATE: November 1 – December 7, 2007
VENUE: Dillard University Art Gallery, FN 116 Cook Communications Center
2601 Gentilly Boulevard. New Orleans, LA 70122
HOURS: Monday – Thursday, 10a-3p, Friday by appointment
WEBSITE: zarouhie.com

Dillard University presents new monotypes and oil paintings by Zarouhie Abdalian in an exhibition entitled "Approximations". The work is culled from aerial photographs of New Orleans taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration soon after Hurricane Katrina. By turns sensuous and painstakingly detailed, her treatment of these images serves as an investigation of the relationship between distance and fidelity, scale and noise.

BECA Gallery opening in Warehouse district

BECA gallery to open in New Orleans January 5, 2008 - Bridging Emerging Contemporary Artists
BECA, a new local gallery, is holding a regional group show and are accepting submissions, see the website.

Art Sessions - Identifying Outsider Art

Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival Submission Deadline Nov, 30

11th Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival: May 30 - June 8, 2008 | Festival NEWS | Submit FAQ | Submit RULES | SUBMIT ONLINE |  Submission Deadline: November 30, 2007 CATEGORIES: Feature, Documentary, Short, Experimental, Animation  AWARDS: $80,000 in services, products, and cash. SUBMISSION DEADLINES: November 30, 2007 (Early) :: March 15, 2008 (Final) FILM FESTIVAL DATES: May 30 - June 8, 2008 For MORE INFO or to SUBMIT: http://wbff.org/submit/  11th Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival 180 South 4th Street, Ste 2 South, Brooklyn, New York 11211 - USA ph: (718) 388 4306 submit08@wbff.org - http://www.wbff.org + click here to submit online + sent to: joyglidden@aol.com + click here to edit your subscription

Call to Artists: Special Editions Residency 2008

Call to Artists: Special Editions Residency 2008 Application Deadline Monday, December 3, 2007 The Special Editions Residency Program is a competitive national residency that offers emerging artists the opportunity to complete an important new body of work in printmaking. This work is created in collaboration with our experienced Master Printers, and is fully sponsored by the Lower East Side Printshop. Printmaking experience is not necessary. The Printshop will provide materials, studio access, technical assistance, documentation, exhibition opportunities, limited travel and accommodation stipends for artists residing outside New York, and a $2,000 honorarium. Applications must be postmarked or hand-delivered by December 3, 2007. Applicants must be legal US residents. For more information about the Printshop, the Special Editions Residency, and application requirements, visit www.printshop.org Lower East Side Printshop, Inc. (LESP) is a non-profit printmaking center in New York City that promotes excellence in the art of printmaking by enabling artists to create new artwork and offering educational programs for the general public.  Founded in 1968 as a community art center, the Printshop has provided thousands of emerging artists with studio space, technical and financial assistance.  The Printshop enriches the field by promoting high professional standards in printmaking, artistic collaboration, innovation, and environmentally friendly practices. Printshop is the largest openly accessible print workshop in New York City, with studios open 24/7. The Lower East Side Printshop's programs have been supported in part by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Con Edison Company of New York, Ford Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, The Jerome Foundation, Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Community Trust, PECO Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs.   This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

24 Hr Draw-a-thon

NEW ORLEANS – In conjunction with Recycle for the Arts, Press Street presents its second annual twenty-four hour drawing marathon. In activities led by local artists, both beginners and professionals can explore a variety of techniques and materials.

“We wanted to do something where the focus was on the process of creating, instead of just showing the finished project,” said Brad Benischek, an event organizer and Visual Arts Coordinator for Press Street. “Last year over two hundred people participated during the twenty-four period. It was inspiring to see families and individuals from so many different backgrounds and skill levels making so much art. Over 1400 drawings were produced.”

The schedule includes morning activities for children, life drawing, large scale drawing, voluntary collaborations, and a variety of art stunts, culminating in a celebratory breakfast and gallery show. Music and various food vendors will be on site throughout the day. A full schedule will be available at press-street.com on November 1st.

Free and open to the public. All materials will be provided.

WHAT: 24-Hour Draw-a-thon

WHERE: The Green Project, 2831 Marais St., NO. L.A

WHEN: 6:00 AM Saturday November 17 to 6AM Sunday November 18

see website for detailed schedule

Sean Derry-An Interlude to Stillness

dont miss this -
the old Robert at Broad and Bienville, by the pumping station -
come see the 35 soft scuplture cars repopulate the parking lot!

Group Critiques at Palma Gallery

Do you miss the days of those fiery art school critiques?
Do you find yourself alone in your studio wanting to connect with other artists in the New Orleans area but don’t know how?
Do you need serious criticism of your work, and ready to deal with it?

Then come to Palma Gallery every second Tuesday of the month for a group critique.

Recognizing a need within the New Orleans art community for more opportunities for artist to meet and discuss their work, Palma Gallery wishes to provide a space where artists can meet and have an informal, critical discussion about new works.

Contact Palma Gallery (504)598-2276 or go to www.palmagallery.com for more information.

Where: Palma Gallery, 828 Howard Ave., near Lee Circle, just past Carondelet heading towards the Super Dome.

When: Second Tuesday of each month, 6-9pm. Free Admission.

Who: Serious artists, professional artists, emerging artists, college level art students.

You are invited to bring a maximum of two works to the critique. As many works will be critiqued as possible, but please remember, time restraints may limit the number of artists that can be critiqued in a given evening. All attendees are invited to participate in the critique of presented works, and the critique will be moderated by the gallery director.

Palma Gallery wishes to create an environment where criticisms, views and opinions about presented works are freely and enthusiastically discussed. A lively, spirited critique will be encouraged, but rude and inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated.

LA Artworks Prof Career Development Workshops

Art Egg Open Studios

Waiting for Godot in New Orleans

Let us not waste our time in idle discourse! (Pause. Vehemently.) Let us do something, while we have the chance! It is not every day that we are needed. Not indeed that we personally are needed. Others would meet the case equally well, if not better. To all mankind they were addressed, those cries for help still ringing in our ears! But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late! Let us represent worthily for once the foul brood to which a cruel fate consigned us! What do you say?
—Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Paul Chan's statement on his vision to stage Waiting for Godot in New Orleans begins with the above quote from the play, and I was hooked. Read his statement about the project on Creative Time's website.

The play will take place over the first two weekends in November, in the Lower 9th Ward and in Gentilly. See the website for details.

Here's a conversation between Paul and New Orleans based artist Willie Birch.

Art's Roundtable with artist Paul Chan this saturday at 628 Baronne St

Just a reminder to everyone about the Arts Roundtable with Paul Chan this Saturday. Doors open at 6pm and the talk will begin around 7pm. Feel free to browse the online catalogue from the show for more information: www.unwrappedart.com.

What: Art's Roundtable with artist Paul Chan

Where: 628 Baronne St. (old YA/YA Gallery) now featuring work by eight local emerging artists: Kami Galeana, Rachel Jones, Jeff Pastorek, Jeff Rinehart, Megan Roniger, Natalie Sciortino, Michael Sowell and Marla von Ettenberg.

When: Saturday, Oct.13th (open at 6pm, talk starts at 7pm)

Please contact Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart for more information: 504.756.7060

Super Nova show and NOVA Projects Artist Registry

Barrister's Gallery, 2331 St. Claude Ave, invites you to
Super Nova
October 13 thru November 3, 2007

an exhibition showcasing the first group of artists curated for NOVA Projects' New Orleans Artist Registry by Jeanette Ingberman, founding director of Exit Art.

OPENING: Saturday, October 13, 4:00-9:00

Adam Montegut, Christopher R. Harris, Dan Tague, Generic Art Solutions, Rachel Jones, Jayme Kalal, Kourtney Keller, Jamar Pierre, Ron Bennett, Heather Weathers, Myrtle von Damitz, III, and Malcolm McClay

This is a continuing effort to permanently catalog online working contemporary artists in the region.
The next curated selection will be exhibited June, 2008. Each exhibit will call upon a different curator--different region, different sensibility--pick up information at the opening.

Identity Show - Art for Arts Sake

Please join us for the premier exhibition at the New Orleans Photo Alliance's new gallery space.


Identity: Contemporary Photographic Portraiture
Juried by Deborah Luster

Opening Saturday Oct 6, 6-9pm

New Orleans Photo Alliance
1111 St. Mary St
Nola 70130

ArtEgg Open Studios

Artist Open-Studios in Partnership with Smithsonian Institute’s CultureFest: Oct. 26-28, 2007 – New Orleans
ArtEgg Studios is pleased to join CultureFest in hosting an Open-Studio event on October 28, 2007 from 12noon - 4pm at 1001 S. Broad Street, New Orleans, 70125.

ArtEgg resident artists will be opening their art studios for a rare opportunity to view artworks in progress and meet with the artists in person to discuss their work and learn about local contemporary art in New Orleans. Present your CultureFest Access Pass for Lagniappe! Directions from your location to ArtEgg may be found at http://www.mapquest.com or email mroberts411@yahoo.com for a .pdf map in advance.

Participating artists include: Amy Jean Boebel, Ty Dimig, Andre Downin, Jim Hart, Kenny McAshan, Tony Nozero, Melissa Roberts, Kurt Schlough, Tracy Thomson and Georgia Wohnsen.

UNWRAPPED

The “Unwrapped” art series is an effort executed by artists for artists that focuses on the talents of local emerging individuals in New Orleans. Unwrapped seeks to promote the work of several up-and-coming artists in the city during one of the most active art events in New Orleans – Art for Art’s Sake. The next show, curated by Kami Galeana and Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart, will feature new work by: Kami Galeana, Rachel Jones, Jeff Pastorek, Jeff Rinehart, Megan Roniger, Natalie Sciortino, Michael Sowell, and Marla von Ettenberg. There is a variety of work that includes painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and mixed media. An opening reception with the artists will be held on Saturday, October 6th, from 6pm until midnight at the Temp Gallery on 628 Baronne St.

An open Arts Roundtable discussion, moderated by Paul Chan, will also be held at the gallery on Saturday, October 13th. Doors will open at 6pm and the discussion will begin at 7pm and end at 9pm. The work in the gallery will be on view from Saturday, October 6th to Saturday, October 13th from 10am to 4pm or by appointment. Please contact Natalie at 504.756.7060, or you can email Kami at kmgalean@aol.com and visit the website for more information

New Art New Media New Orleans

The Carroll Gallery presents:

NEW ART
NEW MEDIA
NEW ORLEANS

curated by David E. Robinson and Derek W. Toten,
featuring work by:

Gerald Cannon
Sandy Chism
Teresa A. Cole
Courtney Egan
Barbie L’Hoste
Kevin H. Jones
Josh and Emily Minnie
Matteo Neivert
Tae Hong Park
Blake Sanders
Cynthia Scott
David Sullivan

Exhibition dates: October 4 – November 9, 2007
Opening reception: Wednesday, October 3, 6 – 8 pm


This exhibition is presented in association with the New Media Consortium.
Special thanks to Tulane Technology Services for their generous support of this exhibition.


Also opening that evening [in the Newcomb Art Gallery]:
A Spectral Image of Self: an exhibition of time-based media
from the Artist Pension Trust

Carroll Gallery hours: M – F, 9 am – 4 pm
Gallery closed on official Tulane holidays.

For more information, please contact:
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Laura Richens
Curator, Carroll Gallery
Newcomb Art Department
Woldenberg Art Center
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
phone: 504.314.2228
fax: 504.862-8710
www.tulane.edu/~art/carrollgallery
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1 DAY OF ART - NEW ORLEANS - (t)here magazine submissions

On the success of the the first 1 DAY OF ART - NEW YORK and BERLIN, we
are proud to announce -
1 DAY OF ART - NEW ORLEANS

Artists of all disciplines will gather in NEW ORLEANS for a one day
creative event - 1 DAY OF ART. In this premier (t)here magazine
concept - photographers, writers and visual artists from New Orleans
will participate in an undisclosed editorial assignment. On the
evening of FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, at 9pm, our participants will gather in
one location where they will randomly draw their assigned subject.
Their subsequent content must be executed in one day, and executed
within the city limits of New Orleans. All files and relevant
materials are due at 9pm on SATURDAY OCTOBER 20, at a location to be
determined.

The resulting (t)here Issue 11, due for release in SPRING 2008.

You must be living in the city of New Orleans at the present time or
have some connection to New Orleans to participate.

(t)here is dedicated to creating content that is neither edited or
editorialized. It is a museum book that provides an advertising free
flow of original artistic content from beginning to end. In addition,
(t)here hopes to provide a platform for artists of all backgrounds to
come together in one city, rely on the inspirational people, culture,
history, architecture and art of New Orleans to execute a body of
work.

For more information please visit
http://www.1dayofart.com

University of California, Riverside Seeks Art Faculty Position

NOTICE OF ART FACULTY POSITION
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE

The Department of Art at the University of California, Riverside, invites applications for an Open Rank (Assistant, Associate, Full) Professor in Photography and/or Imaging Technology, effective July 1, 2008.


QUALIFICATIONS:
(BA, MFA, or MA) in a relevant discipline. The department seeks an artist working with some form of imaging technology and possessing a broad understanding of contemporary visual arts. Candidates must be able to participate in shaping a curriculum that is inclusive of both technical and critical issues.

The department desires a candidate who is a working artist with a significant exhibition history, who has broad understanding of the history and contemporary practice within the medium as well as the practical and theoretical implications of new technologies. Hired candidate will teach on a 5 / 4 course yearly rotation and will participate in the formation of curriculum and other departmental planning.

SALARY:
Commensurate with education and experience

APPLICATION:
Applications should include cover letter, CV, statement of teaching philosophy, adequate representation of production with supplemental material, and three letters of recommendation (Assistant Level) or names & addresses of three referees (Associate/Full Prof. Level). A SASE for return of materials should be sent to:

Photography Search
Attn: Professor John Divola
Department of Art
900 University Ave.
235 Arts Building
Riverside, CA 92521-0319

DEADLINE:
Review of applications will begin on December 15, 2007 and will continue until position is filled.


The University of California, Riverside is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.

Louisiana Artworks - ART SESSIONS

Louisiana Artworks | 818 Howard Avenue | Suite 300 | New Orleans | LA | 70113

Lower East Side Printshop, New York, Residency

Dear Friends,

I hope this finds you well, and that you have enjoyed a good summer so
far. I wanted to let you know about a great opportunity for emerging
artists at the Printshop, that is also open to non-printmakers. If you
have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, and feel free
to forward this to anyone you think might be interested.

Wishing you a happy holiday weekend.

Regards,

Felicity

Felicity Hogan

Outreach Director
felicity@printshop.org
212.673.5390. x13

Lower East Side Printshop, New York, offers free year-long
studio residencies for emerging artists. Application deadline is
September 9, 2007; residencies start on October 1st.

Keyholder Residencies include free 24/7 access to a large shared
studio, professional printmaking facilities, storage and basic
supplies, exhibition opportunities, educational programming, and
support services. Artists from all disciplines are eligible;
printmaking skills are not required; basic instruction in printmaking
is available at no cost.

Click here for more information about the studio facilities, and
application requirements.

Contact:
Sei Kim
Programs Manager
Lower East Side Printshop, Inc.
306 West 37th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10018

212-673-5390
info@printshop.org
http://printshop.org

Lower East Side Printshop, Inc. (LESP) is a non-profit
printmaking center in New York City that promotes excellence in the art
of printmaking by enabling artists to create new artwork and offering
educational programs for the general public. Founded in 1968 as a
community art center, the Printshop has provided thousands of emerging
artists with studio space, technical and financial assistance. The
Printshop enriches the field by promoting high professional standards
in printmaking, artistic collaboration, innovation, and environmentally
friendly practices. Printshop is the largest openly accessible print
workshop in New York City, with studios open 24/7.

The Lower East Side Printshop's programs are supported by the public
funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State
Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural
Affairs. Private funders include: the Lily Auchincloss Foundation,
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New
York, Con Edison Company of New York, Ford Foundation, The Greenwall
Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Wolf
Kahn and Emily Mason Foundation, MacDermid Printing Solutions, New York
Community Trust, New York State Artist Workspace Consortium, The
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., The Andy Warhol Foundation for the
Visual Arts, our members, and numerous generous individuals.

Curating Opportunity

VOX POPULI

GUEST CURATED EXHIBITION: Tell all your emerging curator friends that Vox Populi is now accepting proposals for our annual Guest Curated Exhibition in January 2008. Proposals are due September 1, 2007.

For information on how to submit, please visit: http://voxpopuligallery.org/vox.php?contact_vox=on&id=21

via: Nurture Art

dialog on New Orleans at IN MEDIA RES

I hope everyone is doing well. I wanted to inform your blog readers about an Internet-facilitated dialog about Katrina, the flooding of New Orleans, and continued political and social issues in the area. We will be posting brief texts and video clips to In Media Res beginning Monday 13 August 2007. In Media Res is a website where media researchers present brief statements and video clips in order to engage with the public about contemporary cultural issues. You can read this material at In Media Res and, more importantly, you can respond to each text. You do need to provide some basic registration information in order to post comments.

This critical engagement relates to ongoing discussions about the ways New Orleans is understood both locally and internationally. Our goal is to engage a larger community in considering what happens to place and site-based identity after it has been produced by the media, how we continue to understand or forget disasters, and the ways political and infrastructural failures may be displaced by narratives about individual “victims” rather than keeping these issues in tension. We also begin to highlight the practices of activists and artists from the area. We hope that you will participate.

The following people will be posting texts and video clips:

Michele White (Monday 13 August)
Betsy Weiss (Tuesday 14 August)
Marline Otte (Wednesday 15 August)
Mark Vail (Thursday 16 August)
Joy Fuqua (Friday 17 August)

The Aesthetic of Disaster: Live, Broken, and Pretty

by Michele White

Driving the New Orleans streets, I cycle between rushes of pleasure at the magnificent architecture and melancholy. Views of cultural heritage are intermeshed with scenes of flooded homes, interiors and personal belongings littering the streets, spray painted signs indicating the bodies and living creatures found after the flooding, and people who struggle to put their lives, homes, and communities back together as buildings molder and sag next door.

In a series of important installations in gutted homes, artists from NOLA have been considering home, stories about disaster, the detritus that is left behind, and how to rebuild community. In Neighborhoods:2426 BRADISH PLACE, NOLA artists presented obsessive archives of detritus; clusters of tin-can phones (Elizabeth Underwood); and chairs filled with books, which were suspended from trees and reminded viewers of lynching, school system failures, and things hanging broken after the storm (Jonathan Traviesa). These neighborhood installations featured broken things displayed against gutted homes--rooms only marked by weathered slats and beams. The artists used materials that are available and appreciated for their beauty--bits of debris, worn wood, and other recycled items--and continue to chronicle endeavors in blogs like Art in Action and Alternative Arts New Orleans.

New Orleans has long been a site of “charming” decay and some tastes--built on the aesthetics of Arte Povera, scatter art, architectural fragments, open beams, and shabby chic--may only increase our appreciation of failure, wear, and neglect and make it more difficult to read what decades of governmental, corporate, and personal disinterest have produced. This aesthetic of breakdown and failure seems to, but doesn’t, connect those who can choose clean parts of it to the material realities of those living in NOLA and other post-disaster places. We need to further theorize this aesthetic and what it renders.

The news produces armchair disaster experts and situates people, through the rendering of liveness and connected spaces, in places they have never been. Nevertheless, some of us are unsure how to speak from and of a place that so many people “know” from the media. In NOLA, we keep telling stories about lost lives, missing stuff, reduced networks and communities, and maggot-infested refrigerators. As the stories repeat, without a new vocabulary that makes them legible to people in other places, we use a language that is harder to understand in a country that has moved on and suggests people can succeed without help, “get over it,” and “love it or leave it.” New Orleanians need, but have not fully found, visual and narrative strategies that have personal meaning and critical power.

Show Opportunity Katrina-related work

From: "Rehema Barber" < Rehema.Barber@wadsworthatheneum.org>
Date: August 3, 2007 3:01:09 PM EDT
Subject: Open Call for Sculpture and 3-d works for Katrina Show

Hello All:

I hope you are enjoying your summer. I am reaching out to you in hopes that you'll be able to pass along this email to your fellow artists and colleagues that may be interested in the following opportunity. In the Spring of 2008, The Amistad Center is presenting a mixed media show that will be examining the aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast Region. I have found quite a bit of photography and other two-dimensional works, but I really am in need of three-dimensional works for the show. I know this is late notice and I am deeply apologetic about that, but I really need submissions by the end of this month. Please feel free to circulate my contact information (shown below) to any artist that may be interested in the opportunity to exhibit their work in the Katrina show.

Thank you for your help!

Sincerely,

Rehema

Rehema C. Barber
Curatorial Associate
for The Amistad Center for Art & Culture
at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
direct: 860.838.4089
fax: 860.527.0803

Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center – August 2007 Events!

All events are at Tulane University – School of Architecture – Richardson Memorial Building – Rooms 204 or 201 – Next to Loyola University , second building off of St. Charles – Free Parking on campus after 7:00 p.m. and on weekends.

(504) 827-5858 www.zeitgeistinc.net zte@bellsouth.net

Admission is by donation: $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $5 Zeitgeist members and children 15 and under / Free for Tulane students and Faculty (unless otherwise noted.)

Site #22: Butch Merigoni "Sunrise" 9001 Pritchard Place, New Orleans via Art In Action!

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'Sunrise' is a boxing match in which I will be the only contender. The bout will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday August 6th and end the next day as the sun fully rises (appx. 6 a.m). The consecutive rounds will be 3 minutes in length, divided by 1 minute breaks. Other breaks might be taken out of necessity. This performance will take place on a makeshift boxing ring built in front of Gregory White's home in New Orleans. His neighborhood, a community that is a quarter of what it was before Katrina, is one of many still struggling to rebuild.

The challenges of darkness (literal and metaphorical) truly exist in our lives, no matter how conscious we are of them. Though I will be standing in the middle of what can be the fearful night and repeatedly surrendering, I trust that I will come out whole into the clarity of the next day. In this regard, 'Sunrise' is symbolic of the devotion and risk that life in post-K New Orleans demands of its citizens.

Visitors are welcome to visit the performance at any time but I invite those who make the trek to stay for as long as possible. Given that 'Sunrise' is essentially about allowing quiet space to grow out of surrender, and falling into that space once it has opened, this process will take time. By investing in the performance of 'Sunrise' (the audience is as much a part of the work as anything else) you will participate in the performance and make it your own - it is as much for me as it is for everyone struggling to "let go" and recover their lives. That said, 'Sunrise' is especially dedicated to Gregory's family for many reasons, the least being that their contribution to this performance is priceless.

- Butch Merigoni

NOVA Projects

Our new slide registry is up and running and there is a call to New Orleans artists to fill it up...  The details are on the NOVA Projects website on the front page.  It is being curated by Jeanette Ingberman, Exit Art founding director in NYC.  We are very lucky to have her curating.  This first round is to fill up the registry with its first 25 artists, 10 of which will be in the show for ART FOR ARTS SAKE at Barrister's Gallery.  Deadline is August 1st so there is time but not much...

The purpose of the registry is to show New Orleans' has a thriving art community that makes world-class art.  We want to show that good ideas can come from here.  The world thinks of New Orleans as a provincial back-water which is simply not true.  We are a city with many facets, many connections, and we have a world view.  Its different than the rest of the world but its here - here is a chance to show it off!

Any questions about NOVA Projects feel free to contact myself, Dan or Karen. Our contact information is here.

Tim

Constance

Constance is an art and literature publication that explores the fragmentary life that is New Orleans. Publishing various forms of visual art and creative writing, including photography, painting, illustration, drawing, collage, print making, graffiti, graphic design, poetry, fiction, nonfiction and creative nonfiction, Constance offers a fresh interpretation of a city that is in immense, and often times, overwhelming cultural and social flux. Constance aims to not only make sense of the fissured New Orleans identity, but to discover the creative and experimental possibilities of the present historical moment.

Constance is now accepting visual art and writing submissions for Issue 02, Delicate Burdens.

Delicate Burdens seeks work that confronts the everyday experience of making New Orleans home. Bring honest and uncompromising portrayals of yourself, your city and of those that look on or even look away. There’s a double meaning to everything in New Orleans – an anger in the devotion, a pleasure in the pain – and we want you to define it.

Inquiries/Questions to Constance
Mailing Address: Constance, 1437 N Roman Street, New Orleans, LA 70116

call for NOLA artists in Chicago ASAP

Call for NOLA artists for Chicago show posted by Karen Louise Crain, July 15, 2007:

Heather Weathers told me about this Call for Artists for this upcoming Katrina- related show in Chicago. Curated by NOLA native Michelle Mashon the deadline is coming up QUICK—This Wednesday, July 18th!
The great news is that there is no submission fee, artists get 100% of the sale price and shipping is free! I’ve asked the curator for more info on where the show will be and what the exact dates of the show are and will pass those on in a comment to this post when I get an answer. But with the deadline coming so soon I wanted to post asap….

I thought David’s comments a couple of weeks ago on this blog regarding William Steacy were really interesting and the record number of comments suggests how resonate the post was. My thoughts on the subject are far more nuanced than this, but the bottom line is that if we want authentic “Katrina art” we have to make it ourselves and make sure it gets out there. Here’s a chance for us to represent in Chicago….Below is a statement by the curator, along with a bio on her, followed by more info on the show and submission process.

click here to download the curator's statement and application form

In A Responsiveness That Ultimately Expresses Itself In Action

Behind my voice is the chorus of all the other people who made all the other things and all the other people they made them for. All work is collaboration, all work contains the eyes of other artists. I know I’m collaborating with them but they don’t know about this collaboration… vs. say, Francis Alys. I walk his path through Mexico City when I walk Gentilly in New Orleans and he always says, “Point beyond yourself, beyond the diaristic, beyond the artist as solo flyer. Collaborate with your “Self”. Let’s get it on making art in the partnership mode.”

We cannot be in the present moment and run our story lines at the same time. Experiment with this for yourself, and watch how it changes you. Impermanence becomes vivid in the present moment; so do compassion and wonder and courage. And so does fear. In fact, anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present, without a reference point, experiences groundlessness. That’s when our understanding goes deeper, when we find that the present moment is a pretty vulnerable place and that this can be completely unnerving and terribly tender at the same time.

What gets made is no single subject, it’s not appropriation, not about the death of originality, death of the author, blah, blah, blah. It’s a wild, generous, sexy thing. Someone called me an anarchist yesterday; we laughed because it’s true.

The Battersean Bee Station
The Homeless Vehicle
Africa
Re-create forgotten tools
The two towers of Saint Leu d’Esserent

When a particular cultural idea like freedom becomes so abstract and overvalued, as in the case of Richard Serra, that it finally assumes control of the entire personality (or collective mentality) and suppresses all other motivations, then it becomes dogmatic and limiting. Anything which is not “in the whole” is not individuality but egocentrism.

Change is most likely to occur through people who are as far removed from cynicism as they are from utopianism. Making art as if the world mattered. Resisting the dehumanization of art. In order to change the social ills that we see we will first need to change our vision. Art is not only art. I submit that when vision is made concrete and situational, its traditional formalism and abstractness are overcome. In other words, vision that is truly engaged with the world in not purely cognitive, or purely aesthetic, but is opened up to the body as a whole and must issue forth in social practices that “take to heart” what is seen.

Within the framework of art as it is currently understood and practiced, the pedigree of work that is oriented toward compassionate action is always somewhat suspect, not least because its potential for yielding an income is low, and it creates few opportunities for the prevailing business culture. Obviously, in a cultural climate where radical autonomy has been the built-in assumption of artistic practices for so long, to propose a shift in the artist’s role from that of a self-directed, achievement-oriented professional to something like that of a cultural awakener or healer is to open oneself up to the accusation of mistaking art for a medical emergency team trying to save Western culture from itself. I think that is funny and a lot of fun.

Art oriented toward dynamic participation rather than toward passive, anonymous spectatorship has to deal with living contexts; and once an awareness of the ground, or setting, is actively cultivated, the audience is no longer separate. Meaning is no longer in the observer, nor in the observed, but in the relationship between the two. Interaction is the key that moves art beyond the aesthetic mode: letting the audience intersect with, and even form part of, the process, recognizing that when observer and observed merge, the vision of static autonomy is undermined.

“Sea Full of Clouds, What Can I Do?”
World as Lover, World as Self
Walker Mettling
Grief
The Adivasi
A city designed, crumbles
Here to fish?

How do we achieve the “world view of attachment” that James Hillman talks about? At this point we lack any practical blueprint for action, unless we are willing to act as architects and engineer a new conceptual framework for our lives. It is precisely to the periphery and the margins that we must look, if we are to find the core that will be central to society in the future, for it is here that it will be found to be emerging. It is here. You know where to find me.

Authors: “The Sienese Shredder”, “Proxemics”, Jane Hammond, “Bald Ego”, The Federal Levee Breaks That Flooded My City, Frida Motherfucking Kahlo, Pema Chodron, Pigeons, Suzi Gablik, My Great-Grandfather Who Escaped Russia With Nothing But The Violin He Made With His Own Two Hands And My Great-Grandmother Who For Some Reason Tried To Murder Him, Sojurner Truth, Dr. Isabelle Wallace, Chess Life & Review.

Biennal Mardi Gras

Does New Orleans need a Biennal?
There are alot of possible pros and cons for an event like this in our city.
One might question who benefits from something like this, and how.
Does this event improve our public schools or our murder rate? Can a contemporary art that denies its social responsibility have a positive effect in a city that's desperate for social responsibility?

On the flip side, much radical and contemporary art has been made in this city, and it's under the art world's radar. Could a biennal change that?

We live in New Orleans becaue it has a certain quality of insulation to it, like it or not. it's not NY, Los Angeles, Miami or Venice. Will the work of the art industry, in attempting to put N.O. on the comtemporary art world map, a la the above cities, change the character of the city in such a way that those making art here now will want to leave?

There's much to discuss about this. The art industry community has actively set their sights on New Orleans as a location for a biennal. I am curious as to how the artists and arts administrators feel - whether or not this may help them, short term or long term.
What exactly is the goal / hope for an event of this nature being held in N.O. and why specifically N.O.?

Discuss.

-Master of Disaster, guest moderator

art review haikus

beautiful installations at kirsha's gallery, see the post below for info.
haiku for the mcKay's installation:
particles in space
ephemeral point cloud home
shimmer and vibrate

haiku for sally heller's installation (with Thomas little):
colorful web spun
in post-k terrarium
for nighttime gymnasts

-ds

Hot Iron Press Call For Visiting Artists - Printmaking Residency

http://www.hotironpress.com/visitingartists.htm

How the program works:

Selected artists may use the Hot Iron Press letterpress and silkscreen
facilities in New Orleans for free for a period of up to two weeks in order
to work on and complete their proposed project. We welcome all artists to
apply - from those with no prior printmaking experience to seasoned
printmaking experts. Hot Iron Press staff will be available in whatever
capacity the artist needs - anything from occasional technical assistance to
hands-on collaboration in the art-making process. The ultimate goal of the
program is for the artist to use our facilities to complete an editioned
work of art. Upon completion, the artist retains 3/4 of their edition while
Hot Iron Press receives the other 1/4 to sell in our online catalog, display
in art shows, or use for other promotional purposes. While visiting artists
are allowed to use our facilities for free, they are also expected to
provide paper for their project at their own expense as well as any other
items they may need that we don't have on hand. It is also the artist's
responsibility to find and pay for his or her own accomodations and
transportation while in New Orleans, though we can be of assistance in
helping locate affordable options.


Our facilities include:

Showcard sign press (printing area of up to 14.5" x 44.5")

Showcard sign press (printing area of up to 22.5" x 28")

Vandercook Universal I proofing press (printing area of up to 21" x 15")

Chandler and Price guillotine paper cutter (cuts up to 30" x 30" and 3.5"
thick)

120 different typefaces

Various old cuts and engravings

Vaccuum table with hinge clamps for silkscreen (printing surface area of up
to 36" x 60")

Exposure unit (capable of burning image area up to 26" x 42")

Various size silkscreens

Various inks - acrylic for silkscreen; rubber-based, oil-based, and
water-based for letterpress or relief

AB Dick 360 offset press (prints up to 11" x 17")

Drying rack


How to submit a proposal:

There is no deadline for proposals as this program is open year-round.
Interested artists should submit a detailed written description of their
proposed project accompanied by some sort of visual representation of what
they're envisioning (sketches, photos, etc.). Additionally, artists must
submit a resume and 10 to 20 images of previous work (jpegs are preferred,
but slides may also be sent). Proposals may be submitted by email to
hotironpress@hotmail.com
or by regular mail to
Hot Iron Press
1422 Kentucky St.
New Orleans, LA 70117.
Any questions can be directed to Kyle at 504-920-3980.

alt art happenings this weekend

palma gallery one night only
Collective: Ideas from Six Different Someones
UNO Undergraduate Show
Featuring works by
Isaac Kirshbom Megan Nolan Yen Lang Jenny KoelbelMark Waguespack Valerie Corradetti
Opening Reception Saturday July 7th, 6 to 9 pm
828 Howard Ave • New Orleans, LA • www.palmagallery.com

KKProjects, sat only
CLOUDLINE mike mckay + elizabeth swanson mckay
FLYSPACE sally heller with projection by thomas little
WHITEHOUSE an inhouse project
we are open every saturday through sept from 10 - 4 or by appointment
please join us for contemplation, relaxation, and refreshments!
IN FAUBOURG ST ROCH
2448 n villere st, new orleans la 70117, info@kkprojects.org, 218 8701

tea party for helen hill
vegan potluck and showing of helen's newly re-mastered films
Sunday, July 8 @ 3:30 p.m.
Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center  
at Tulane University – Richardson Memorial Building – Rooms 204 or 201
(504) 827-5858

color blind

if anybody in the united states of north america had lulled themselves into the belief that racism was an issue laid to rest by MLK in the sixties, this convenient illusion was harshly broken by the footage and stories that came out of New orleans after the flood. Just as the rest of our country would like to turn its back on the gulf coast in the belief that everything has been taken care of (mission accomplished!), most people would like to close their eyes once again to the many tangled issues that surround race in this country, and in our little part of it particularly. Luckily a small group of artists are attempting to keep us on track. Ron Bechet, Willie Birch , Jacqueline Bishop, Dawn Dedeaux are putting together a loose group, provisionally called "ColorBlind". they are looking for ideas and practical actions that might help bring awareness and understanding to this important issue.

Although race in the south has historically pitted those of african descent against those of european descent, any discussion of race in our city today must include the vietnamese, central american and south american communities. all other categories we use to divide ourselves (class, gender, etc,) must be brought into the mix.
Somehow we have to bypass the shorthand of stereotypes and assumptions our culture uses to simplify things, so we can see each other as we really are. This is not a simple task, since we have to continuously and critically deconstruct the fiction we write for others, and, even tougher, for ourselves.


There will be a second public meeting sometime in August. For more info and to share ideas, contact
Ron, Willie, Jacqueline, & Dawn.

unusual suspects @ barrister's gallery

Barrister's new space on st. claude is a cornerstone in the reconfiguration of this street as an art district, a great alternative to julia. The gallery space itself is a nice renovation of Andy's downstairs. I especially like the wall of doors in the back.

Each artist in this group show takes on different guises. Disguises are commonplace in a city where a large portion of the population is used to putting on costumes at least once a year. Of course, when you are showing with the art cops, it might be best to hide your identity.
tim best's suit is vacuous and lost in an existential void. The man in a suit was once perhaps the artists' antithesis, but the 1980's made even the artist a businessman, just with a more relaxed suit. I'm glad to see the introduction of gumballs, which hints at larger and more expressive possibilities. Most clowns I see these days seem to be of the drunk, sad, pathetic, and violent variety. This must be some new archetype that has hit a vein with a certain demographic. I'm not sure how Dan tague sees his photos fitting into this, but his clown is fittingly down and out. HIs pieces ride the edge of dumbness & numbness. Daphne Loney's women are animals, but big, clunky plastic headed animals, best when caught posing in their natural habitat of casual and banal domesticity.

As an artist, i'm afraid to say anything about the art cops for fear of repercussions. I demand an independent, outside investigative committee to look into their activities.

my haiku art review

suits, clowns, and horse girls,

every artwork is a crime.

what are they hiding?

Arts initiatives panel

In the middle of the summer in new orleans, it is hard to even think about activism, much less actually go out to see some artists talk about it. i was glad to see so many folks there. With so many needs in this city, it is up to artists to demonstrate the importance and relevance of art and artists to the community. This panel was the first of a new program called Art Sessions: A Series of Discussions on Contemporary Visual Art put on by louisiana artworks. Five different artist/organizers talked about the projects they had put together.

Kyle Bravo, ofHot Iron Press spoke about their press and the new orleans book fair. they also have a visiting artist program. Their work looks great, so check them out.

Erik Kieswetter, talked about the print project, Constance. The next issue will be coming soon and they are looking for submissions.

Elizabeth Underwood, started art in action to showcase and encourage artists creating work that engages our current city landscape. She is always willing to discuss ideas for projects.

Owen Murphy, from the new orleans photo alliance discussed the benefits of artists organizing to accomplish what they want. Any photographers interested should contact the alliance.

Dan Tague spoke about his development as a freelance curator in response to the opportunities available to artists in new orleans. His current project is NOVA, a new orleans visual artists registry. Take a look at the site and apply to the registry.

The panel was ably moderated by one of new orleans's premier activists, Jackie Bishop.
Before you sink back into summer slumber, muster what initiative you might have left and talk to some of these folks. If they aren't doing what you think should be done, they might be able to help you organize your own arts initiative. - DS

haiku reviews of cac shows i saw in june, ending soon

"Making 10 Years – Ammar Eloueini", downstairs and already down, this showed the work of Ammar Eloueini, an associate professor in the Tulane School of Architecture. Now i need a rapid prototyping machine, if anyone wants to share. http://www.digit-all.net/

my haiku art review:

clear, cut plastic

folded in space or stacked up

commerce meets culture

Rachel Jones - "multiples" installation in the circle gallery until July 8
Rachel's show is the first in the CAC's new Emerge Project installations in the circle gallery. The CAC is still in the midst of post-k shakeup, Perhaps the CAC will become a center for contemporary art of new orleans as well as for new orleans.
although Rachel's foray into installation is somewhat timid, it works well inside the oval. Rachel is an accomplished painter. I enjoyed seeing her brushwork slowly escape the service of representation, and strike out on its own itinerary within the cut plastic shapes. All of the paintings are cut from a plastic paper, mostly floating or falling women of various shapes and sizes. Rachel does throw some other ingredients into the mix, from the standard tv to the more intriguing fox and mouse. It would be interesting to see how these pieces would work in a more focused, and intentional, installation.
http://www.cacno.org/visualarts/exhibition/2007/06/rachel+jones/

my haiku art review:

sinuous brushwork,

cut paper on oval walls.

the careful fox steps.

SPEAK (AGAIN) MEMORY: Carlos Estevéz and Mario Petrirena
In the Lupin Foundation Gallery (upstairs) through July 22, 2007
Carlos Estevéz drawings appealed to my fetish for detail and occult symbology. They are like pages from a pan cultural medieval alchemical manual. Although sometimes they veered into a style that seemed a bit dated, they are beautiful drawings. I'm looking forward to finding one of these in a bottle the next time I'm at the beach. I was less interested in the sculptural and photographic installations of Petrirena. They were generally unimaginative. The laces doilies were amazing though.
http://www.cacno.org/visualarts/exhibition/2007/04/estevez+petrirena/

my haiku art review:

drawings in bottles

beautiful and intricate

installations not

As you can tell my haiku skill is nascent and runs out rapidly. -DS