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At the start of Prospect.2 New Orleans in October, artist/architect/wonderful guy Bob Tannen invited all interested parties to help paint a series of canvases at his Art House on the Levee studio in the Holy Cross neighborhood. The result is a 12-part, 200-ft. mural created by 300 artists, students, children, friends, family and neighbors.
The canvases will be on display starting this Saturday at The Ideal Auto Repair Warehouse, 422 Girod St. through Jan. 29.
above: Photo by Michael Smith.
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New Orleans artist Richard C. Thomas relocated to Waterloo, Iowa after Hurricane Katrina. In Waterloo, he was commissioned to paint this mural entitled, “Keki Me Si Metose Neniwa”, the Mesquakie meaning “We The People”and it depicts the people making up the Waterloo community- including American Indians, Bosnians and Latinos. The Mural was unveiled in 2007 and Thomas returned to New Orleans in 2008. He has also painted murals all over the New Orleans area including pieces at the Louis Armstrong International Airport and Claiborne Avenue.
Thomas was also the educator and artist behind Pieces of Power Fine Art Program- a mentoring program in the arts that is aimed at getting students into college. He is the owner of the Visual Jazz Arts Gallery on St. Claude Avenue.
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Lester Carey, an amazing signmaker and muralist in the city of New Orleans. His work is everywhere. Anthony DelRosario has been documenting his work and is on view here.
