Art for Art's Sake Returns
Tis the season of art. Art for Art’s Sake is returning Saturday, October 4th, for the annual celebration of New Orleans’ finest artists. It’s going to be a night to remember with drinks, food kiosks,...
View ArticleShooting Off Against Violence
The walls of Jonathan Ferrara’s gallery on Julia Street have exploded with guns. On view through January 25, the exhibit Guns in the Hands of Artists features 33 local, national and international...
View ArticleMoving Murals in the Red Stick
By Ashley Larsen#Iammidcity. Tonight, Baton Rouge MidCity is hosting a unique community art event to celebrate the people and the character of Mid City. LSU students, enrolled in the 2014 Mid City...
View Article#ThisIsNOLA New Series Aims To Fuse Culture
By Ashley RouenBy now, many locals on Instagram have seen the #ThisIsNOLA pop up on their photo feeds. The hashtag was born out of a plan to bring elements of the New Orleans contemporary arts scene...
View ArticleCreole Cousins
An exhibition featuring the work of local photographer Richard Sexton is on display until December 7th at The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) (400 Chartres Street) Creole World focuses a lens...
View ArticlePablove Shows Some Love
One group is fighting childhood cancer with art. The first New Orleans class of the Pablove foundation’s Pablove Shutterbugs is celebrating its graduation with a show at the Du Mois Gallery (4609...
View ArticleFull Sensory: NoDef Talks Art with P.3 at Voodoo
By Ashley RouenThe Voodoo Experience is not all music. Local art fest Prospect 3 was on site for some aesthetic cross-over. No Def sat down with P.3's Megan Koza Young amidst EDM music to talk about...
View ArticleWilco's Nels Cline Airlifted to NOLA
Airlift has not been shy about art, music, installations or celebrities. In 2011, the art group even had Andrew WK party at their interactive musical village in the Bywater. Now, they are bringing...
View ArticleP.3 Takes to Two Wheels with Bicycle Tours
By Ashley RoeunP.3 is blowing up all over the Crescent City. Given all the hype, it's hard to sort out where to start and what to see. That's why Prospect is employing New Orleans' new favorite mode of...
View ArticleAltar'd State
St. Maurice Church in the Lower Ninth Ward has recently undergone a strange transformation. The formerly abandoned space is now home to Taylor Shepherd’s “Altarpiece” in anticipation of an upcoming...
View ArticleDuo Bikes Into NOLA After 2K Trek to Spread Art
“Make art. Feel good.” That’s the slogan of two art therapists, Holly Wherry and Robert Caswell, who biked over 2,000 miles from Lime Springs, IA to New Orleans, LA to bring art to the masses. Over the...
View ArticleR.1 (Not P.3) Art Installation Appears at French Quarter Collapse Site
Updated 11.16, 8:16p.m.For weeks, the city has been saturated with the distinctive pink P.3 logo of the Prospect 3 art biennial. One street artist has taken to mimicking the campaign with a rectangular...
View ArticlePresenting Exhibit BE
By Ashley RouenOn November 23rd 2006, over 100 families were evicted from an Algiers apartment complex, just a few days before Thanksgiving. In the years immediately following, the building housed both...
View ArticleDrawing Outside the Lines
The founders of Press Street’s Draw-a-thon believe that everyone deserves a chance to create art, whether they are skilled painters or run-of-the-mill doodlers. The eighth annual event kicks off today...
View ArticleProspect Hits Gold, Switches to Triennial Format
The third time’s a charm. New Orleans art festival Prospect took a few runs before finding their pace, but the success of Prospect.3: Notes for Now has been indisputable and the organization is...
View ArticleCleary, Toussaint Go Through the Looking Glass at THNOC
By Ashley LarsenIn the midst of the 300+ emerging and established artists being showcased in P3+, Xiao Xiao’s exhibition truly stands out as both awe inspiring and as a bit of a mind boggler. Xiao Xiao...
View ArticleArt Venue Opens in 'da Parish
By Ashley LarsenNew Orleans is known for its art, and now Poydras is too. Poydras, Louisiana that is, not Poydras Street. Nestled next to the Mississippi River levee and the lake created by the...
View ArticleProspect Capital
The third time was the charm for Prospect New Orleans. P.3: Notes for Now was lauded by audiences and critics alike as the iteration of the art expo that finally got it right. Still, all good things...
View ArticleFrom Pakenham to Playgrounds
Sometimes, the past is best celebrated by looking to the present. The Historic New Orleans Collection THNOC) will fete over two centuries of local art with a show featuring additions made over the past...
View ArticleCocktails and Charcoal
Prospect 3 may be winding down on Saturday (1.24) night, but the art scene in NOLA continues year round. Right after the wrap party at the Ogden slows down, an opening party will take place.read more
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