One of the many events surrounding the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is the release each of the year of the official Jazz Fest poster and the accompanying Congo Square poster, both of which have become collectors items for Fest and art fans. This year’s Jazz Fest poster features Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, and [...]
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Jazz Fest and Congo Square 2012 Posters Revealed: Trombone Shorty and Shamarr Allen Featured
February 1, 2012 – 12:39 pm
Mardi Gras History on Parade
February 1, 2012 – 12:03 am
“We do not own it, society does.” Leon Cahill, head of the Louisiana Research Collection (LaRC) at Tulane, is referring to its Carnival collection, which it finished digitizing in time for Mardi Gras 2012. Now, float and costume design sketches by legendary designers, including Jennie Wilde, B.A. Wikstrom and Charles Briton are online and viewable [...]
Junebug Productions Hosts Second Line and Dance Party Fundraiser
December 1, 2011 – 6:17 pm
Long-running community theater organization Junebug Productions hosts an ambitious second line Saturday, December 3, as part of an ongoing storytelling and performance series, the Homecoming Project. The second line, led by the Hot 8 Brass Band, includes theatrical and musical performances as well as street art installations along the route created by artist Ron Bechet’s [...]
Voodoo Experience Photos: Friday, Saturday and Sunday
November 1, 2011 – 5:16 pm
Frequent OffBeat photo contributor Kim Welsh was on hand at the Voodoo Experience this weekend in City Park to capture some of the many performances from both local and international artists (while avoiding the battle of Odd Future vs the Photo Pit). From Soundgarden, Snoop Dogg and the Raconteurs to GIVERS, Vockah Redu, and Dr. [...]
The 504 Rock Art Circus Comes to the Circus
November 1, 2011 – 12:03 am
On November 12, L. Steve Williams, Jr. will “bring a circus to the circus of Frenchmen.” Williams is a graphic artist and the curator of the 504 Rock Art Circus, an annual show of art by musicians and music-related art that will be held this year at d.b.a. for the first time. This year’s spectacle [...]
Prospect.2: Sophia is Here
October 27, 2011 – 1:53 pm
One of the site-specific pieces in Prospect.2 didn’t make it in time for opening weekend. Francesco Vezzoli‘s statue “Portrait of Sophia Loren as the Muse of Antiquity (after Giorgio de Chirico)” was held up by U.S. Customs, but it is now in its place in Piazza d’Italia, and it’s the sort of installation that makes [...]
Prospect.2: Leveling Out
October 24, 2011 – 1:28 pm
One of Prospect.2‘s signature installations is Pawel Wojtasik‘s “Below Sea Level.” Located in the art gallery on the third floor of Delgado’s main building, it’s a series of videos projected on circular walls that almost completely surround the viewer. The round screen immerses the viewer in a series of sequences that examine life in South [...]
Arthur Roger
October 1, 2011 – 12:25 am
The walls of Arthur Roger Gallery on Julia Street are uncharacteristically bare. On Art for Art’s Sake (Saturday, October 1), the gallery will host a show by filmmaker/writer/artist John Waters titled “Catholic Sin,” but this afternoon, they’re just broad expanses of white. In the back rooms of the gallery, meticulous paintings that depict paperback book [...]
