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