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July 26, 2018

25 Artists Selected by Juror Courtney J. Martin for 2018 Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation, Opening at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art August 4, 2018

NEW ORLEANS — Juror Courtney J. Martin, Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Dia Art Foundation, has selected 34 works by 25 Louisiana artists for 2018 Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation. This annual juried exhibition will be on view at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art August 4 – November 4, 2018, with a VIP reception on August 3 and a public opening reception on Hancock Whitney White Linen Night on August 4.

Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation is an annual exhibition that promotes contemporary art practices in the state of Louisiana, provides exhibition space for the exposition of art and engages a contemporary audience that recognizes the vibrant visual culture of Louisiana and the role of New Orleans as a rising international art center…

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July 25, 2018

Garden & Gun: “Rare Forms, a New Orleans Artist Breaths Life into Death”

Julia Reed interviewed artist Ashley Pridmore for the August 2018 “Southern Women” issue of Garden & Gun. The interview features Ashley Pridmore’s recent work, “St. Kampos,” commisioned for the Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition presented by The Helis Foundation.

Sculptor Ashley Pridemore’s Wild Talent

A New Orleans artist breathes new life into death

by JULIA REED

August/September 2018

Ashley Pridmore grew up in a tiny town in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, surrounded by family (her dad was one of ten kids, she is one of seven) and “running around like a feral child,” climbing waterfalls and swimming creeks where she caught snapping turtles and crawfish to study them in her homemade terrarium…

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July 25, 2018

Art & A/C 2018

The Helis Foundation will reprise its “Art & AC” partnership with local FOX affiliate WVUE’s meteorological team. During the month of August, when the temperature is at or above 93 degrees, New Orleans’ three largest arts institutions (New Orleans Museum of Art, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and Contemporary Arts Center) will open their doors for free the next day to Louisiana residents, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Last year, the award-winning initiative saw 1,500 people visit the museums over three days…

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July 6, 2018

WWNO-FM: “Touring New Orleans’s Historic Portage Route”

A dozen or so colorful cruisers are waiting in front of Washington Square Park. Cassady Fallon Cooper is the owner of A Bicycle Named Desire and guides the tour. He’s a lively guy who seems like he’s read every book on New Orleans.

Guests hop on the bikes and cut through the Marigny toward the first stop: the Elysian Fields bridge to Crescent Park, which looks over the river, the destination of so many traders years ago…

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June 6, 2018

Gambit: “The Magnolia Ball at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art”

The 2018 Magnolia Ball is 9 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, June 9 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The event will honor the exhibit The Whole Drum Will Sound: Women in Southern Abstraction, on view through July 22. The party also features live music and DJ sets from some talented locals, such as The Original Pinettes Brass Band and DJ RedStylez. There will be food and cocktails from 20 vendors, including Chais Delachaise, Marjie’s Grill, Meauxbar, Saba and Taceaux Loceaux, and both snacks and libations are included in the price of admission. ..

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