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World War II Museum Presents - Special Exhibition - Lives Remembered: Photographs of a Small Town
September 25, 2008 - January 11, 2009 |
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Location: The National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA
Phone: 877-813-3329 x 270
Lives Remembered: Photographs of a Town in Poland 1897-1939 illustrates Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust through reproductions of more than 100 photographs of the small town of Szczuczyn, Poland. This special exhibition is on loan from the Holocaust Museum Houston. These photographs capture the ordinary lives of the residents during the years leading up to the Nazi invasion. These photographs were taken by Zalman Kaplan in Szczuczyn, where he established a business as the local photographer.Kaplan’s grandson, Michael Marvins, spent years collecting photographs by his grandfather from the descendants of the families that lived in Szczuczyn. The photographs reveal another side of the small Polish town contrary to the often associated images of Orthodox Jews. They show a rich and diverse way of life that was not so different from our own today. This exhibit puts faces on the millions of men, women and children who perished in the Holocaust. The photographs are of ordinary people leading common lives. The exhibit shows what can happen to everyday people when hate and intolerance are allowed to flourish. This glimpse into life before the war shows the people of Szczuczyn as similar to many around the world - enjoying life, advancements in technology and living free of labels or hate. Upon close examination, one must wonder, were their lives so different from our own? The exhibit contains over 100 prints of photographs taken by Zalman Kaplan who was a professional photographer in Szczuczyn, Poland. The Jewish community of Szczuczyn was wiped out by the Holocaust. The images were collected from survivors by Kaplan’s grandson Michael Marvins.
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A Closer Look
October 1, 2008 - February 20, 2009 |
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Times: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
www.hnoc.org
Location: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal
Phone: (504) 523-4662
Admission: free
Through February 20, 2009, The Historic New Orleans Collection presents an exhibition of the earliest-known paper photographs of New Orleans in The Collection’s Williams Gallery. A Closer Look: The Antebellum Photographs of Jay Dearborn Edwards, 1858–1861 features three dozen images of a thriving southern city on the brink of the Civil War.
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Nine Artists to Exhibit at NOMA During Prospect.1 New Orleans
November 1, 2008 - January 18, 2009 |
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http://www.noma.org
Location: The New Orleans Museum of Art, One Collins Diboll Cir. in City Park
Phone: (504) 659-4100
For 11 weeks, the New Orleans Museum of Art will showcase works by nine artists, from international superstars to locally based legends, as part of Prospect.1 New Orleans, the largest contemporary art biennial ever held in the United States. Prospect.1 New Orleans will feature 81 artists at 25 venues throughout the city. The artists whose work will be on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art and the adjacent City Park grounds are Monica Bonvicini, Willie Birch, Kalup Linzy, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Victor Harris and the Fi Yi Yi, Jorge Macchi and Edgardo Rudnitzky, Kaz Oshiro, Xu Bing and Paul Villinski.
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Prospect 1 New Orleans
November 1, 2008 - January 18, 2009 |
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http://www.prospectneworleans.org
Location: New Orleans Museum of Art and 19 other venues throughout New Orleans
Prospect.1 New Orleans will be the largest international exhibition of contemporary art ever presented in the United States, showcasing the work of 75 artists from around the globe while establishing New Orleans as a major center for contemporary visual art exhibitions.
The exhibition plan for Prospect.1 New Orleans calls for a total of 100,000 square feet of exhibition space, divided among several buildings in various historic New Orleans neighborhoods, including the Warehouse District, the Bywater, French Quarter, the Marigny, and the Treme.
A number of existing institutions and halls – CAC, NOMA, the Ogden -- will be used, along with converted warehouses, commercial structures and other public spaces in the city. Among the artists who have accepted the invitation to participate in Prospect.1 New Orleans are artists from the U.S. (including, naturally, artists from New Orleans and Louisiana), South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, France, U.K., Spain, Japan, So. Korea, China, India, Iran, Italy, Germany, and Kenya.
The director and curator of Prospect.1 New Orleans is Dan Cameron, an international New York-based curator who was inspired to organize an exhibition in New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. From 1995 to 2006, Cameron was Senior Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, and is also widely known for such international surveys as Cocido y Crudo (Madrid, 1994); Poetic Justice: 8th Istanbul Biennial (2003); and Dirty Yoga: 5th Taipei Biennial (2006). He is also a frequent visitor to New Orleans since the late 1980s, and he organized the 1995 New Orleans Triennial for the New Orleans Museum of Art. In May 2007 Cameron took on the position of Visual Arts Director at the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), one of the leading venues for new art in the South, and a principal venue for Prospect.1 New Orleans.
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Prospect 1 New Orleans Installation by Rosângela Rennó (b. 1962, Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
November 1, 2008 - January 17, 2009 |
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Times: Tuesday - Saturday 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location: Brulatour Courtyard, 520 Royal Street
Phone: (504) 523-4662
Prospect1 New Orleans Installation by Rosângela Rennó (b. 1962, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) Prospect.1 New Orleans, the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, will open to the public in museums, historic buildings, and found sites throughout New Orleans. Prospect.1 New Orleans [P.1] has been conceived in the tradition of the great international biennials, and will showcase new artistic practices as well as an array of programs benefiting the local community. The Historic New Orleans Collection is pleased to host Rosângela Rennó in the historic Brulatour Courtyard at 520 Royal Street. Ms. Rennó lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. She has become known for her archival approach to photography and video, collecting anonymous portraits and other found photographs. Through her found visual data, she brings the lives of strangers to attention, and comments on the fragility of individual lives within a society. Rennó graduated in Architecture and Visual Arts in Belo Horizonte and went on to earn a doctorate from the University of São Paulo. She has had solo shows in institutions around the globe, among them, The Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (1995); the Museum of Contemporary art, Los Angeles (1996), the Museo do Chiado, Lisbon (2000), Centro Cultural Bando do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (2003); the Festival d’Automne, Paris (2005); and most recently at the Museu de Arte Moderna Aloisio Magalhães, Recife, Brasil. She has participated in international group shows such as Aperto, Venice (1993); the São Paulo Biennial; Cocido y Crudo at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (1994); and represented Brazil, together with Beatriz Milhazes, at the Venice Biennale (2003).
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The Dutch Alley Artist Co-op
November 1, 2008 - January 18, 2009 |
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Times: 10am - 6pm
http://www.neworleansthanksyou.com
Location: The Dutch Alley Artist Co-op, 912 North Peters
Phone: (504)412-9220
The Dutch Alley Artist Co-op and New Orleans Thanks You have teamed up to present and exhibition of artwork expressing thanks for the help received since Hurricane Katrina. "Draw, Design and Donate" is the title of the show. The artwork will be on display and available for purchase at the Dutch Alley Artist Co-op throughout the Propsect 1 Art Biennial. Participating artist are supporting the recovery effort by donating a portion of their proceeds to "River of Hope". River of Hope is a Minnesota based non-profit that has been helping with the recovery effort in the 9th Ward.
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Lunch at The Elms Mansion
January 6, 2009 - February 19, 2009 |
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Times: Tuesday - Friday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: The Elms Mansion, 3029 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans, LA 70115
Phone: (504)895-9200
Admission: $18.00
Come join us for a lunch buffet at the Elms Mansion.
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St Joan Of Arc Parade
January 6, 2009 |
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Times: 6:00 pm
Location: Woldenberg Park
Phone: (504) 251-5046
Come join us for the Twelfth Night and Joan of Arc’s birthday, admirers of the Maid of New Orleans will gather at Woldenberg Park at 5:30 p.m. and at 6:00 p.m.. walk up Conti Street , then down Decatur Street to the St. Joan statue at St. Phillip Street in the New Place de France. The parade will honor of the life and death of Jeanne D’Arc, born January 6, 1412, in Domremy , France , who was burned at the stake at age nineteen, two years after her success at the Battle of Orléans, France. This first annual parade will feature three Joan of Arcs, in addition to artists, musicians, and revelers of all ages in medieval/Renaissance costumes.
The parade will be lit by processional candles carried by 50 participants, and parade participants will sing a Joan of Arc marching song, put to an ancient French melody. Caye Mitchell of the New Orleans Posse, a riding club whose members participate in many New Orleans parades, including the Lady Godivas in Muses, will play Joan as a soldier, riding on a white horse carrying a replica of Joan’s standard (created by local artist Susan Gisleson) and will be flanked by two knights in armor on horseback bearing torches. One of these knights will be her husband Fred Mitchell, portraying the Bastard of Orléans, one of Joan’s most loyal comrades. Kelly Faucheux, one of the owners of Renaissance Publishing whose company logo happens to be the image of the Joan of Arc statue in the French Quarter—will ride on a horse as the beatified Joan, wearing a halo and covered in gold as a symbol of Joan’s redemption and immortality.
Kelley shares a birthday with Joan of Arc, and is particularly excited to celebrate her 40th in this truly New Orleans fashion, surrounded by members of Renaissance Publishing Company dressed as angels. Australia James, an honors student at Helen Cox High School and a NOCCA theatre student, will portray Joan as prisoner. She will perform a monologue from George Bernard Shaw’s play Saint Joan at the statue at St. Phillip Street , giving voice to Joan just before her execution.
Before the parade, she will stand at the John Scott sculpture Ocean Song at Woldenberg Park , which with its mirrored shapes resembling flames foreshadows her fate. A highlight of the parade will be the limited edition gift boxed commemorative imported Italian Saint Joan of Arc medallions and necklaces that Rob Clemenz, owner of SaintsforSinners.com will offer fortunate parade-goers. Additional throws include more reverent and unique items such as Joan of Arc prayer cards, as well as somewhat irreverent items like Atomic Fireball candies.
Parade participants will toast Joan below her statue with Goldschläger, a cinnamon schnapps containing tiny flakes of gold, generously provided by Glazer’s of Louisiana .
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St. Joan of Arc Procession
January 6, 2009 |
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Times: 6:00 pm
http://www.stjoankrewe.blogspot.com
Location: Woldenberg Park at Decatur and St. Phillip Streets
Admission: FREE and open to the public
Walk with us for this inaugural event celebrating Twelfth Night and Joan of Arc's birthday!
Join us for the Twelfth Night as we honor the Maid of Orleans in a procession from Woldenberg Park to the Joan of Arc statue at Decatur and St. Phillip Streets. We'll meet at the John Scott sculpture at Woldenberg Park at Conti and N. Front Street, walk up Conti, then down Decatur to the statue, where we will toast Joan. Performances of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan will occur before we march, and we will be led on horseback by Joan and a knight in shining armor.
All are welcome. Wear your best interpretation of medieval/Renaissance garb and stroll with us. Musicians who can play period instruments are especially welcome, as are jugglers, jesters, fair maidens, and all Francophiles. We'll have some complimentary processional candles but bring your own appropriate throws relating to Twelfth Night, Joan of Arc, etc.
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