Draw-a-thon presented by Press Street [Saturday, November 22 - Sunday, November 23]

November 20th, 2008

PRESS STREET Presents: the 3rd Annual 24 Hour Draw-a-thon!
Saturday November 22nd 6:30am to
Sunday November 23rd
In the Green Room above the Green Project
2831 Marais Street

free & open to the public! all art materials will be provided!
free coffee and Hubig’s pies!*

different workshops offered every hour!

For Full Schedule go to press-street.com or call 250-7975

This program is supported in part by a Community Arts Grant made possible by the City of New Orleans. The grant is administered through the Arts Council of New Orleans.

“New Orleans Free People of Color & Their Legacy” at Dillard University

November 20th, 2008

Dillard University Art Gallery and Louisiana Creole Research Association present a traveling exhibit from The Ogden Museum of Southern Art that was originally curated by David Houston: Jose Torres Tama: “New Orleans Free People of Color & Their Legacy” Contemporary Portraits of 19th Century Creoles.

The opening ceremony is set for Friday, November 21, 2008 from 5 to 7 pm at Dillard University Art Gallery, located in the Cook Communications Center, Room FN 116 on campus, 2601 Gentilly Blvd. There will be a special performance at 6 pm by Jose Torres Tama and Claudia Copeland called, “Channeling the Spirits.” The exhibit will run November 17-December 13, 2008.

Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm and by appointment. For more information on the artists and their exhibits, contact the Gallery Director and Curator, Amy Bryan, at 504-816-4853 or abryan@dillard.edu.

Arts Council Budget Hearing at City Council [Wednesday, November 19]

November 19th, 2008

Dear Arts Constituents:

The Arts Council of New Orleans has been informed by the City of New Orleans that its budget request for 2009 Community Arts Grants will be heard as part of the City’s Budget Hearings by the City Council on TODAY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 BETWEEN 1:30 - 5:00 P.M. This meeting will be held in the City Council Chambers at 1300 Perdido Street. We are asking recipients of 2009 grants, panelists and arts supporters to come out to show support. We are fifth on the agenda and don’t anticipate it will come up until around 2:15 p.m. I know this is short notice but we ask that you please come out to show your support (bring work so you can focus elsewhere) and be prepared to stay a couple of hours.

“Loss. Ritual. Relic.” Opening reception [Thursday, November 20]

November 19th, 2008

LOSS. RITUAL. RELIC.

Rception: Thursday, November 20 [6-8p]

The VESTES Project art collaborative is celebrating its 25 year anniversary with an art installation of artworks by Jackie Brenner, Charlie Bishop, Peggy Bishop, Angela Driscoll, Jan Gilbert, Danella Primeaux Hero, Debra Howell, Sharon Jacques, Jennifer Oden, Kristen Struebling-Beazley, Michel Varisco, Michele White. Additionally, piece and part of collective projects including works of writer Carolyn Maisel, Andrei Codrescu, Yusef Komunyakaa, painter Margaret Witherspoon, and many more, come together to form Residue: The Archive.

November 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009

Newcomb College Center for Research on Women (NCCROW) Library and Archive
62 Newcomb Place, New Orleans (on Tulane University Campus)

For more information visit www.thevestigesproject.org

Reducing Homelessness Seminar [Wenesday, November 19]

November 18th, 2008

Please join us on Wednesday, November 19th from 4:30- 6pm to kick off the New Orleans Housing Institute.

Reducing Homelessness. Mary Cunningham, formerly the Director of Policy Research at the National Alliance to End Homelessness and now an Urban Institute researcher will showcase promising solutions to the problem of homelessness. She will describe both local models and rigorous research on prevention strategies, the “housing first” approach, and permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals and families.

This is the third of ten seminars that focus on critical outcomes that New Orleanians would like to achieve-rebuilding vibrant communities, promoting affordable homeownership, reducing homelessness, fostering diverse communities. All seminars will be held at the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, located at 938 Lafayette Street. A catered reception will follow.

Please RSVP (space is limited): http://www.urban.org/events/NewOrleanshousing. This website also has the presentations from the September and October seminars.

Hot Iron Press - Call for Artists

November 17th, 2008

Friends of Hot Iron Press,

We are seeking artists to apply to our visiting artist program at Hot Iron Press. Though we do offer residencies for New Orleans area artists, in this instance we’re specifically looking for out-of-town artists to bring to New Orleans. We have funding to provide for all expenses – travel, accommodations, materials, shipping, and a stipend. Please forward this to all of your artist friends. It would be a great opportunity for deserving artists to come spend some time in the Big Easy, make some prints, have a show, and have all expenses paid! The official call for submissions is below or on our site at www.hotironpress.com. Thanks!

Hot Iron Press Visiting Artist Program CALL FOR ARTISTS

The Hot Iron Press visiting artist program grants artists the opportunity to introduce printmaking processes into their body of work while interacting with the culture, settings, and art community of New Orleans. Hot Iron Press seeks artists of all disciplines, and in any media, who desire a chance to create an edition of works using screenprinting, relief, and/or letterpress printing. 

Selected artists will receive a stipend to cover airfare, food, transportation, accommodations, and materials. Resident artists will have free use of on-site screenprinting and letterpress facilities as well as technical or collaborative assistance from Hot Iron Press artists. Chosen applicants will be given up to two weeks to create their proposed edition. The residency will culminate in an exhibition and optional artist’s lecture on the resultant work at The Front, a nearby artist-run exhibition space (www.nolafront.org)

Interested artists should submit a detailed written proposal, a resume, and ten to twenty images of previous work. Additional supporting materials such as diagrams, sketches, photographs, and mock-ups supporting your proposal are not only encouraged, but also strongly suggested. Hot Iron Press requires that chosen artists donate ¼ of the resulting edition of prints for Hot Iron Press catalogue and exhibition use. The remaining ¾ of the prints remain the property of the artist and may be used at the artist’s discretion.

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis either by email or by post, but applications are considered on a first come, first serve basis. For inquiries and online applications, we request that all images be formatted as jpegs and sent to hotironpress@hotmail.com.  A self-addressed, stamped envelope must accompany all mailed materials if return mailing is desired. Materials shipped without an S.A.S.E. will remain on file at Hot Iron Press for future consideration.  Materials may be mailed to:

Hot Iron Press, 1422 Kentucky Street, New Orleans, Louisiana  70117

This program is supported by a partnership grant between the Ford Foundation and the Alliance of Artist Communities.

Swimming Upstream [Tuesday, November 18]

November 17th, 2008

Tuesday, November 18 [8:00 p]
Howlin’ Wolf - 907 S. Peters Street, New Orleans

$30 General Admission
$20 Students and Seniors
Tickets are available at Ashé Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., or online at www.howlin-wolf.com under Calendar of Events.
For group rates, call (504) 569-9070.

The world premiere of Swimming Upstream, an original theater piece co-produced by Carol Bebelle & Ashé Cultural Arts Center; Eve Ensler & V-Day, directed by Kenny Leon of True Colors Theater Company, played to an audience of over 5000 at V to the Tenth in the Louisiana Superdome in April 2008. The cast of readers told the raw, lyrical, soulful stories of women who lived through the flood in the aftermath of Katrina with grace, rage, humor and great resiliency.

The writers who brought these stories to life are Carol Bebelle, Troi Bechet, Reverend Lois Dejean, Asali Njeri DeVan, Anne-Liese Juge Fox, Adella Gautier, Briceshanay Gresham, Herreast Harrison, Karen-kaia Livers, Tommye Myrick, Cherise Harrison Nelson, Kathy Randels, Dollie Rivas, Dina Roudeze, Karel Sloane-Boekbinder, and Carol Sutton.
The work stars Jasmine Guy, Shirley Knight, Liz Mikel, and the original cast of local actors.
This project was incubated and coordinated by the Ashé Cultural Arts Center & V-Day, the global movement to end violence against women and girls, with Eve Ensler, playwright of The Vagina Monologues.

Rebuilding & Flood Protection Expo [Sunday, November 16]

November 15th, 2008

“Being Green & Chic” Health Fair [Saturday, November 15]

November 14th, 2008

Hi all.  On November 15, 2008 Consciously Rebuilding, Inc. in collaboration with Tulane Partnership for an Active Community Environment will be hosting a Health Fair, “Being Green and Chic” to encourage healthy lifestyles, environmental health and energy efficiency.  The event will be held at the Green Project, 2831 Marais Street from 1pm-5pm. There will be hundreds of giveaways and a Bike raffle to promote community health.  Please spread the word and you would like to participate or volunteer, please email ConsciouslyRebuilding@yahoo.com or call 504-218-7907.

Consciously Rebuilding Health Fair [Saturday, November 15]

November 14th, 2008