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BY SUE STRACHAN | STAFF WRITER
It was the evening before Hancock Whitney White Linen Night, and the crowd in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s fifth floor gallery eagerly gathered around David Breslin.
Breslin, jurist for the 2019 Louisiana Contemporary presented by The Helis Foundation and director of Curatorial Initiatives at the Whitney Museum of American Art, was about to announce the four winners of this juried art show, highlighting contemporary art in Louisiana…
BY JOHN D’ADDARIO | Contributing writer
Over the past 25 years, Whitney Hancock White Linen Night has become an opportunity for attendees to perfect the art of jockeying for the precious few spots in the Arts District that balance proximity to air conditioning with the nearest place to score a cold drink.
Of course, there will be plenty of art to look at on Saturday (Aug. 3) — and this year’s exhibitions represent one of the strongest collective offerings in recent memory…
Jessie Haynes of The Helis Foundation and William Andrews of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art visit the FOX8 studio to kick off Art & AC 2019.
More information about Art & AC 2019 can be found here.
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Listen to Jessie Haynes talk about free Art for All programming in New Orleans and the latest with The Helis Foundation on the NOLA Famous Podcast. Listen online…
BY D. ERIK BOOKHARDT Jul 22, 2019
Billed as the first “multi-mural exhibition of large-scale artwork” in the CBD, “Unframed” suggests a new status for street art in New Orleans.
In a city where artistic self-expression long has been abundant, street murals make sense in a way that typical graffiti scrawls rarely do. Along St. Claude Avenue, even the most raw street murals contribute to the evolving visual smorgasbord, but the CBD sets a higher bar, and the five murals in the “Unframed” project suggest a new level of approval by the city establishment…
MyNewOrleans.com informs the public about The Helis Foundation’s “Art & AC” event. During August, guests can enjoy free admission to select art and cultural institutions when Fox 8 reports temps hit 95 degrees! Read the original article…