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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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This weekend is the last chance to experience KALAL-A-VISION in person at Good Children Gallery. Artist Jayme Kalal will be operating his mind bending photo booth on Saturday, April 7, 2-8pm and Sunday, April 8, 2-8pm at 4037 St. Claude Avenue. It’s also the last chance to see the Landfill exhibition presented by Generic Art Solutions.
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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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New Orleans own Rachel Jones’ painting and installation exhibition Momento Mori at The Front just wrapped up on Sunday. If you missed it, check out the review in ARTFORUM!
Image: Rachel Jones, Memento Mori, 2012, oil on plastic, 25 x 23”. Installation view.
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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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New Orleans artist Stephen Collier’s new exhibition opens this Saturday, August 13 at Good Children Gallery. Collier will present his own work in Under the Influence, an exhibition of psychedelic neon, collage, video and painting in the back room. Chicago-based artists Josh Reames and Deb Sokolow will present What Lies Beneath in the front room. 4037 St. Claude Avenue, 6-10pm.
