12 x 12 x 122 at the BECA Gallery

12 x 12 x 122 concludes on Saturday, July 3rd. Please join us in person or gallery installation photos and the 22 featured artists' works and information are now viewable online at http://www.becagallery.com/index.php

BECA gallery is pleased to present its Summer exhibition: '12 x 12 x 122' now through July 3, 2009.


In an unusual twist on what appears to be a traditional, if not somewhat restrictive, Call to Artists, BECA gallery presents '12 x 12 x 122', an experimental, gallery packed group exhibition of over 400 works. The show is composed of works on canvas sized 12x12 inches, spanning all mediums, submitted by 122 artists from around the world. Many artists have taken the confines of the parameters set forth within the initial Call to Artists as a challenge and stretched those parameters to suit their individual aesthetic approaches and conceptual realms.


The purpose of this non-juried experimental, group exhibition is to discover and highlight new approaches by emerging contemporary artists and by those established artists who are stretching their work into unfamiliar territory. Working within the parameters of a format of 12x12 inches (30.5 cm x 30.5 cm) on canvas has helped to sharpen the uniqueness of each individual work.

The following 22 artists have been selected as featured artists of the '12 x 12 x 122' exhibition:

Patricia 'Muffin' Sills Bernstein, Kerry Brooks, Jorinde Chang, Hollis Cooper, Meghan Fleming, Marilyn Gillis,
Monique Given, Anna Gratovich, Karla Hackenmiller,
Meryt Harding, Sarah Harvey, Barbara Keir, Lory Lockwood, Fran Nagy, Jack Niven, Colleen Ringrose, Patti Russotti, Carolyn Smith, HANSEN Thiam Sun, Richard Sweeney,
Allie Tsypin, Michelle Wuttke

Their works and artist information are now viewable online at: http://www.becagallery.com/index.php

Works in this show are priced from $50 - $1,775. Artists receive 75% of the sale of their work so it is a great opportunity to support emerging artists while experiencing a very different take on what an exhibition of works on canvas might be. All remaining profits are donated to The BECA Foundation.

Dirty Linen Night - August 8th

Save the date for the 8th annual Dirty Linen Night happening on Royal Street in the French Quarter!

A celebration of unique artists, galleries, shops and boutiques!

Entergy KidsFree Children's Art Gallery @ the CAC!

On View June 6 - July 12, 2009

I AM NOT A CELEBRITY

On view in the Entergy KidsFree Children's Art Gallery, first floor.

For her first solo show, artist Monica Tyran created twelve portraits of the more than 300 Freedom Riders. In 1960, when the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the segregation of interstate rail and bus terminals, Freedom Riders, both black and white, rode across the south in order to stress a need for change in the country. Jackson, Mississippi, became the focus of the Riders' campaign because so many were arrested there and, therefore, Tyran, uses mug-shots of those arrested for her inspiration.

Tyran is a current Dillard University Student, a member of the YA/YA Guild, and plans to attend graduate school.

Gallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday: 11am - 4pm

Gallery Admission: FREE through July 12

Upcoming NOMA Projects and Exhibitions!

Wednesday, July 1, 6 p.m.
Summer Exhibition Openings
Be among the first to see two new summer exhibitions, An Instant Arrested in Eternity: Sketches by Steinlen, Forain & Tchelitchew and With a Little Help from Our Friends: Recent Acquisitions in the Decorative Arts.

Wednesday, July 8, 6 p.m.
Community Art Studio for Adults
Explore your creative side in a relaxing and inspiring environment with other adults. NOMA's resident art therapist Holly Wherry will guide you in expressing yourself with a large selection of art materials provided in this open studio. No artistic experience is necessary.

Saturday, July 11, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
"An Afternoon Focus on Aging"
An afternoon of community awareness events presented in conjunction with "Caring Partners" from AARP, Catholic Charities' PACE Program for Seniors, The Council on Aging and Jewish Family Services' Life Line Program.

Wednesday, July 15, 6 p.m.
Decorative Arts Tour with John W. Keefe
Exhibition organizer John W. Keefe, The RosaMary Foundation Curator of the Decorative Arts, leads visitors on an informal tour of With a Little Help from Our Friends: Recent Accessions in the Decorative Arts. This new exhibition gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the Museum's patrons and friends who have helped enhance the already renowned Decorative Arts collection with gifts in ceramics, glass, metalwork, small sculpture and Fabergé objects.

Saturday, July 25, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
"An Afternoon Focus on Caregiving & Healing"
An afternoon of community awareness events presented in conjunction with "Caring Partners" from Covenant House, Louisiana State University School of Nursing and Ochsner Blood Bank. Activities include a blood drive.

Summer Art Studio at NOMA

July 6-10, Ages 4-6
Mid-Summer Mardi Gras
Who doesn't love Mardi Gras? Participants will be inspired by local artists and themes within the Museum's galleries as we celebrate our favorite holiday and learn about art! New Orleans-themed projects involving float-making, food, costuming, music and more. The week will conclude with our own parade around NOMA. Associated art elements, techniques, and imagination will be highlighted with each project, and a snack will be provided for the artists.

NOMA's Library Book Club: Discussion about Natalie Scott: A Magnificent Life

Meet up with other passionate readers for a discussion about this month's Felix J. Dreyfous Library Book Club selection, Natalie Scott: A Magnificent Life by John W. Scott. Participants are invited to bring a packed lunch and the Museum will provide soft drinks and water. New members are always welcome! To reserve your spot at the discussion or for more information, contact Librarian Sheila Cork at (504) 658-4117 or scork@noma.org

THIS Friday-Sunday: D'Project's SOUTHERN VOICES: dance out LOUD 2

White Linen Night August 1st!

SATURDAY, August 1, 2009
Rain date: August 8

ART OPENINGS & OUTDOOR CELEBRATION
6 - 9pm
Up and down Julia Street - (300-800 blocks) and throughout the New Orleans Arts District - great art, tempting eats, flowing libations and tunes. Cash bars, cuisine and treats by Ben & Jerry's, Bombay Club, Crepes a la Cart, Emeril's, GW Fins, New Orleans Ice Cream, Nirvana Indian Cuisine, SNOLA Snowballs, Sun Ray Grill, Superior Grill, Wolfe's in the Warehouse, Ye Old Kettle Cooker ... and more!

Entertainment on Julia Street
6 - 9pm
TBA
Please help us recycle on Julia Street. Recycling services compliments of Phoenix Recycling.

CAC CELEBRATION & POST PARTY
6pm - midnight
Featuring provocative art, entertainment, cash bars and cuisine by 5Fifty5, The Melting Pot and St. James Cheese Co.

Art Openings:
Make it Right
Hot Up Here
Unmasking Possibilities: An Exploration of Cancer Through Art, presented by the American Cancer Society

ART-IN-ME-MO-RI-AM by Kristen Struebing-Beazley

Works by Emeril Lagasse Foundation Summer Arts Camp Students

Entertainment
9pm-midnight
TBA

DJ Soul Sister's Deeper Discotheque featuring the Booty Patrol Dancers + TBA

$10 general admission. FREE for CAC members.

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NEW ORLEANS ARTS DISTRICT OPENINGS
6-9pm
Ariodante Gallery
535 Julia St.
Opening - Myra Williamson-Wirtz

Arthur Roger Gallery
432 Julia St.
Paintings and Drawings from Avery Island - Simon Gunning

Arthur Roger Gallery Project
434 Julia St.
Trinket - Mitchell Gaudet

Contemporary Arts Center
900 Camp St.
Make it Right
Hot Up Here
Unmasking Possibilities: An Exploration of Cancer Through Art, presented by the American Cancer Society
ART-IN-ME-MO-RI-AM by Kristen Struebing-Beazley
Works by Emeril Lagasse Foundation Summer Arts Camp Students

d.o.c.s., a studio gallery of contemporary art
709 Camp St.
Paintings - Charles Chambers

Gallery Bienvenu
518 Julia St.
Exhibition TBA

George Schmidt Gallery
626 Julia St.
Paintings from the American Sector - George Schmidt

Heriard-Cimino Gallery
440 Julia St.
Excavations - Regina Scully - Paintings

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art
600 Julia St.
Lingering - Terry Kenney - Oil Paintings

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
400a Julia St. Reclamation | Encaustic Works - Miranda Lake

LeMieux Galleries
332 Julia St.
Wild, Cultivated, Fragile - Deedra Ludwig - Paintings

Ogden Museum of Southern Art
925 Camp St.
Looking to Learn: NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts) Paintings by Bo Bartlett

Storming the Ramparts: Objects of Evidence - Gilbert Gaul - Painting (Civil war artifacts courtesy of Louisiana Civil War Museum at Confederate Memorial Hall)

Steve Martin Fine Art
604 Julia St.
Mystical Expressionism - Jamali

Steve Martin Concept Space
624 Julia St. Group show with Matais Longoria, Linda Lesperance and Billy the Artist

Louisiana ArtWorks: The Trajectory of Analogue to Digital

Join Louisiana ArtWorks at 7 PM on Tuesday, June 30th for our monthly "Art Sessions" panel, "The Trajectory of Analogue to Digital". Practices in film and video, photography and painting have mutated over the past decade with our culture's mass shift into the daily use of digital media. Whether to move an art practice into the digital realm and to what degree comes with a host of considerations about creation, presentation and distribution. This panel reflects on what is lost, gained, and transformed in this transition. Panelists Michel Varisco, Stephen Collier, Gerald Cannon, and Debra Howell; moderated by Courtney Egan. Panel will be held at 725 Howard Avenue at Carondelet.

The Louisiana ArtWorks Team
818 Howard Avenue, Suite 500
New Orleans, LA 70113
T: 504.571.7373
F: 504.571.7368
info@louisianaartworks.org
www.louisianaartworks.org

This program is made possible by the Joan Mitchell Foundation and a grant from the Louisiana State Arts Council through the Louisiana Division of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Bruce Keyes Exhibition @ McKenna Museum

MCKENNA MUSEUM & ARTVOICES PRESENTS ‘SPIRIT OF NEW ORLEANS’ BY BRUCE KEYES
June 27 through July 11, 2009

NEW ORLEANS, June 17, 2009—McKenna Museum is pleased to announce a new exhibition of images from the recently released book "Spirit of New Orleans" by Bruce Keyes at 2003 Carondelet Street, New Orleans from June 27 through July 11, 2009.

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27th 6 to 8pm

Bruce Keyes: “My focus is on the people of New Orleans, performers, spectators, their gestures, postures, joyful expressions and the like. Their body language and playful spirit is what I capture. The subtractive quality of the b&w images and how it portrays the stature and importance of the subject is what attracts me.”

Art Critic Arin Black: “It’s the sweet decay, the slow motion, the willingness to stop and let the joy seep in, that lets New Orleans take hold and not let go, and it’s present in every single image of “Spirit of New Orleans”.

Poet & Songwriter Ron Cuccia: This is not an exhibition about New Orleans, it is an exhibit of New Orleans. It comes from the heart’s eye of a native, true to the creative passion that runs through the veins like fire. Bruce Keyes captures that passion and our innocence, our sense of sacred, our mourning and our unmitigated, irrepressible joy. That’s what makes New Orleans important and that makes ‘Spirit of New Orleans’ important.”

Bruce Keyes, a native New Orleanian was born in 1950. Travels related to his Viet Nam era United States Navy service were the inspiration for his interest in photography. After years of assignment photography, he attended the Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences for two years of intensive independent study. His first solo show entitled "Odyessy" was at the Noho Gallery in New York City and has been followed by numerous shows home and abroad.

‘Spirit of New Orleans’ a 30 year retrospective has been included in the (research) library archives of the New Orleans Museum of Art .

For more information on Bruce Keyes please contact Shantrelle Lewis at shantrelleplewis@gmail.com or call 504 586 7432. The Museum will be open Thursday through Saturday 11am to 4pm.
www.themckennamuseum.com

June Printmaking Workshops and Shop Rental at Louisiana ArtWorks

Louisiana ArtWorks
June 22, 2009

101 Print Shop Rental Course
Saturday, June 27th, 12:00 PM
Instructor: Kyle Bravo
Fee: $25

Louisiana ArtWorks' print shop is now available for individual rental. Completion of 101 Print Shop Class is required prior to shop usage. Our facility includes large and small intaglio presses, and lithography press. Rental fees are $25/day, $75/week, $130/month, $500/6 months, and $800/year. The 101 workshop will take place at the Louisiana ArtWorks building at 725 Howard Avenue, New Orleans, LA. Please call the office at (504) 571-7373 to enroll. Registration is limited to eight students.

The Louisiana ArtWorks
818 Howard Avenue, Suite 500
New Orleans, LA 70113
T: 504.571.7373
F: 504.571.7368
info@louisianaartworks.org
www.louisianaartworks.org

NOMA Updates!

Friday, June 19th:
Noon
Library Book Club: Tour of Louisiana Women Artists with Judith Bonner

This month's Felix J. Dreyfous Library Book Club selection, Natalie Scott: A Magnificent Life by John W. Scott, serves as the point of departure for Friday's Book Club activity, a tour of Women Artists in Louisiana, 1825-1965: A Place of Their Own with exhibition organizer Judith Bonner, Senior Curator of The Historic New Orleans Collection. To reserve a spot on the tour or for more information, contact Librarian Sheila Cork at (504) 658-4117 or scork@noma.org.

Saturday, June 20th:
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
"An Afternoon Focus on Healing"

In conjunction with The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography, the New Orleans Museum of Art presents an afternoon of family art-making led by NOMA's Art Therapy Initiative. The family art-making event is appropriate for all ages, according to the Museum's resident certified art therapist, Holly Wherry. Families are invited to drop in anytime during the four-hour program to work on a creative project together. No artistic experience is necessary.

Summer Art Studios
Space: The Final Frontier starts Monday

Summer Art Studios for children and teens are underway, but it's not too late to sign up for one of the several sessions still to come. The next week-long studio for children 10-12, Space: The Final Frontier, begins Monday, and the next week-long studio for children 4-6, the Mid-Summer Mardi Gras, begins July 6. For information on these and other upcoming Summer Art Studios, click here.

June 22-26, Ages 10-12
Space: The Final Frontier
According to 20th century artist Frank Stella, "the aim of art is to create space." By examining NOMA's collection of modern and contemporary art, participants will discover how artists use different materials to create and engage space and how the viewer is affected by these choices. Hands-on projects involving printmaking, drawing, found objects and three-dimensional construction will allow the young artists to explore new methods of art-making and will highlight the art principles behind much of 20th century art.

July 6-10, Ages 4-6
Mid-Summer Mardi Gras
Who doesn't love Mardi Gras? Participants will be inspired by local artists and themes within the Museum's galleries as we celebrate our favorite holiday and learn about art! New Orleans-themed projects involving float-making, food, costuming, music and more. The week will conclude with our own parade around NOMA. Associated art elements, techniques, and imagination will be highlighted with each project, and a snack will be provided for the artists.

Wednesday, June 24, 6 p.m.
Film: Alfred Eisenstaedt: Photographer
In this Emmy-award-winning documentary, famed documentary photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, featured in the current exhibition The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography, returns to his German homeland for the first time since 1935. While on assignment, he re-establishes his roots and photographs it with fresh eyes for his tenth and possibly most important book, Eisenstaedt: Germany. Filmed with Eisenstaedt's cooperation, the photographer at the height of his Life magazine career, the artist tells all about photography, Hitler, Hollywood, the 1950s and more.

Wednesday, July 1, 6 p.m.
Summer Exhibition Openings
Be among the first to see two new summer exhibitions, An Instant Arrested in Eternity: Sketches by Steinlen, Forain & Tchelitchew and With a Little Help from Our Friends: Recent Acquisitions in the Decorative Arts.

Worn Again: Fundraiser Fashion Show for Recycle 4 the Arts

Saturday July 18th, WORN AGAIN nola3 (a benefit for Recycle For The Arts) promises to be the socially conscious social event of the season. WORN AGAIN designers deconstruct the random recycled materials we give them to create innovative works of wearable art. Forty of these artists will be chosen by our elite jury to rock the WORN AGAIN runway with amazing creativity.

The festivities will begin with an exclusive Patron Party and Silent Auction followed by the wildly entertaining WORN AGAIN fashion show (live music provided by DJ Kristin) after which 4 designers will be awarded terrific prizes. The infamous Recycled Dance Competition will follow with original “old skool –vs- new skool” choreography performed by local dance troupes. DyVersatile Crew, a hip hop troupe from Mobile AL, will then kick off our After Party with Stinging Caterpillar Sound System throwing down till the wee hours. WORN AGAIN nola3 will be a wonderful night of radical creativity that true lovers of New Orleans creative culture will not want to miss.

WORN AGAIN nola3
Sat July 18th
The Howlin Wolf
- Patron Party: 6:30–7:30p $50 (Advance preview and Silent Auction of the top 10 designs/hors d’oeuvres/DJ Voice) includes Fashion Show and After Party
- WORN AGAIN Fashion Show: 8:00-10:30p $15 includes After Party
- After Party: 11:00-2:00a includes Recycled Dance Competition

Tickets available through The Howlin’ Wolf
http://thehowlinwolf.com
504-522-9653

All proceeds of WORN AGAIN nola3 benefit Recycle For The Arts (R4A), a program of The Green Project

Please contact TEAM WORN AGAIN for further information here or at recycle4thearts@gmail.com

www.myspace.com/wornagainfashionshow
www.myspace.com/recycle4thearts
www.recycle4thearts.org
www.thegreenproject.org

Summer Film Series at the CAC

Exhibit at Galerie Gigi with Jose Maria Cundin

José María Cundin

“The Unanimous Declaration of Independence of the United States of America”

June 6th through July 11th 2009

Galerie Gigi
627 St. Peter Street
New Orleans, LA 70116
(504) 525 5299


An exhibit at Galerie Gigi features an original engraving by hand of
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
together with a photographic report of the endeavor. The well known
artist, Jose Maria Cundin, created and directed this much acclaimed
facsimile. A limited number of prints together with its corresponding
signed and dated Certificate of Authenticity by the author, are
available to the public.

This work of art reproduces the character and calligraphy of a
document that shook the world in 1776 and continues even today to
offer inspiration to freedom-loving people everywhere.

Millennia, founded by Jose-Maria Cundin, is an international fine arts
press dedicated to the publication of documents that have served as
the cornerstones of liberty over the last thousand years.

The paper used for this impression was formulated and handmade
exclusively for this edition by the Basque papermaker Villabona,
employing age-old traditional techniques. The engravings were pulled
by Taller Mayor of Madrid, using a brass plate hand chiseled by Perico
Aspiazu of Elgoibar in the Basque Country.

In repeating in exacting detail the courageous and hopeful calligraphy
of this great manifesto, in carving the lines, the arcs and the
flourished of these noble words and signatures, we hope that our
artistry as honored both the United States and the principles upon
which this great country was founded.

On the historical release of the Millennia Edition in 1992 King Don
Juan Carlos I of Spain presented print number 0 to Present George H.
W. Bush. The following year Thomas Foley, Speaker of the House,
received print number 1 to be permanently displayed in Congress. Other
prints can be found at The Princeton Library, Johnson & Wales
University, The Naval Museum of Madrid, The Texaco Collection, the
Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia, The National Headquarters
of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, DC, Spain ’92
Foundation, Washington, DC, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
VI, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VI, among other institutions and
numerous private collections.

New Exhibitions at NOMA!

REMINDER: Three exhibition openings, Wednesday, June 10