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October 1, 2016

Nola.com: “5 local humanitarians chosen for 59th annual Weiss Awards”

The New Orleans Council for Community and Justice, the city’s oldest human relations organization, has announced its honorees for the upcoming 59th annual Weiss Awards. The Oct. 20 ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Hotel will recognize the five honorees’ “exceptional civic and humanitarian contributions” to the greater New Orleans community, the council said.

This year’s recipients are Henry L. Coaxum, Jr., president of Coaxum Enterprises, Inc.; Corey J. Hebert, M.D., assistant professor, LSUHSC and chief executive officer, Community Health TV; Campbell C…

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September 28, 2016

Avenue: “Pamela Joyner Hosts Celebration For New Book”

Pamela Joyner and Fred Giuffrida, in partnership with The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, hosted an “abstracted black tie” dinner to celebrate the writers and the artists featured in Four Generations, The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art, a book spearheaded by Joyner that proposes a radical reevaluation of the contributions to art history played by post-war and contemporary artists of color.

The Joyner Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Act was started in 1999, and its focus was postwar and contemporary African American artists…

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September 24, 2016

The Economist: “American Art: Rediscovery”

THROUGHOUT history artists’ canvasses have mostly been stretched on a frame. “Carousel Change” is an exception. This work, painted by Sam Gilliam in 1970, hangs loosely from five knots, a mass of glowing pink, yellow and orange folds like a partly gathered sail. It hangs in the California home of Pamela Joyner, a prominent collector of African-American art. Nicholas Cullinan, who has curated several important American art exhibitions, calls Mr Gilliam “one of America’s greatest living abstract painters”. Which will surprise some, because even in the art world there are those who do not know of the 82-year-old African-American…

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August 25, 2016

Bob Tannen’s “The Endless Picnic” Joins The Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition

From 2013-2016, Poydras St. commuters, local art enthusiasts and visitors got to know “Savoy” by Baton Rouge’s Martin Payton. The blue steel turtle patterned sculpture was one of the first installed as part of the project in 2013 on the corner of Poydras and Loyola. “Savoy” rotated out of The Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition presented by The Helis Foundation in August of 2016, with the work of local sculptor Bob Tannen joining as replacement.

“The Endless Picnic” by Bob Tannen is partly based on “The Endless Column,” a public sculpture by Constantin Brancusi designed in a Romanian park…

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August 6, 2016

Nola.com: “Art scene converges at Louisiana Contemporary reception”

Seventy-eight original works, 48 artists: the 2016 Louisiana Contemporary presented by the Helis Foundation debuted at a VIP reception at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art on Friday (Aug. 5). The exhibition officially opens tonight during Whitney White Linen Night.

The juried exhibition highlights Louisiana artists, with best in show, second place, third place and honorable mentions awarded. This year’s juror was Bill Arning, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, who announced the 2016 winners at the reception: Best in Show: Luis Cruz Azaceta, Heroes Tale (acrylic on canvas); First Place: Ronna Harris, Anonymous Male #3 (oil); Second Place: Troy Dugas, Francesco (mixed media painting collage on wood panel); Third Place: Peter Horjus, David, A Series of Men #1 (used men’s shirts, cotton and cotton blend fabric, cotton batting, cotton thread); and Honorable Mentions: Abdi Farah, Terrible Fans (nylon, chenille patches, fringe); Adrione Domino, The Inheritance (digital video); Ryan Sartin, Cosmic Ash Flower Bed (palm ash on fabric stuffed with blankets), Maxx Sizeler, Boyhood Dream – First Time at the Beach (acrylic on canvas), and Xavier Juarez, I Lied About Where I Was (video)…

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June 2, 2016

Nola.com: “Giant bird sculptures land on Poydras Street”

A small flock of very large birds landed on a desolate stretch of Poydras Street Thursday morning (June 2). The 25-ft-tall great horned owl, the 18-foot falcon, and the similarly sized red tailed hawk, crow and pigeon are sculptures by Boston artists Donna Dodson and Andy Moerlein, who call themselves The Myth Makers.

The sculptures are woven from thin, supple sapling trees, Dodson explained.

“The saplings allow us to build very tall, but keep (the structure) very light,” she said…

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