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On Wednesday, April 25 at 6:30pm Pelican Bomb will host Future Forward: A Panel Discussion. The panel will address the current state of the Contemporary Arts Center and features: William Bowling, writer, performer, and co-founder of Goat in the Road Productions, Jan Gilbert, visual artist and CAC Interim Director of Visual Arts, Maritza Mercado-Narcisse, dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist, Bob Snead, visual artist and board treasurer of Antenna/Press Street, Dan Tague, visual artist and founding member of Good Children Gallery, and Clifton Webb, visual artist and co-founder of the CAC. The panel is moderated by Pelican Bomb editor Cameron Shaw and will be held at the Joan Mitchell Center (2285 Bayou Road) at 6:30pm.
The panel is open to the public and all are encouraged to come and share thoughts and ideas.
To learn more about this issue, visit Amalgamated Info, a wiki showing artists’ letters to the CAC Board of Directors and a place where you can upload your letter as well.
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New Orleans based artist Jessica Bizer’s solo show entitled Always Forever opens on Saturday, April 14, 6-10pm at Good Children Gallery. Bizer is also presenting Ode Oh Owe by artists Amy Feldman and Isle Murdock in the back gallery. DJ Eyeball and DJ Little Baby Witch Fingers will be in the building for the opening reception.
4037 St. Claude Avenue / Operating Hours: Sat & Sun 12-5pm
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Opening this Saturday, February 25, SPACES brings together Antenna, The Front, and Good Children Gallery at the Contemporary Arts Center for four months of programming. The second floor of the CAC will be divided amongst the cooperative galleries for exhibition space, events, performances, and screenings with front window displays highlighting work from Parse Gallery, T-LOT, and Staple Goods collectives. Additionally, three site-specific projects by Rachel Brown & James Goedert, Bob Snead, and Jonathan Traviesa will be outside the second-floor exhibition space.
Fore more information visit CAC, Antenna, The Front, and Good Children Gallery.
SPACES was curated by Amy Mackie, Director of Visual Arts with Angela Berry, Visual Arts CoordinatorAdmission to the opening event on February 25 from 6 pm to 8 pm is free. 900 Camp Street (at St. Joseph)
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On Thursday, September 22 there will be a closing reception for Text/Image: a group exhibition featuring Raine Bedsole, Kyle Bravo, Douglas Brewster, David Buckingham, Lesley Dill, Marcella Durand, Jan Gilbert, Debra Howell, Kevin H. Jones, Joel Kelly, Tom McLaughlin, Brad Richard, Jim Richard, Karoline Schleh, Mark Yakich.
There will also be a poetry reading by Brad Richard and Mark Yakich during the closing reception.
6-8:30 pm at the Carroll Gallery at Tulane University’s Woldenberg Art Center (use Willow Street entrance).
Image: Kyle Bravo from the Certain Things series
