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In response to the weather related destruction in Tangipahoa, Washington, St. Helene and St. Tammany Parishes, the Northshore Community Foundation (NCF) created the “Northshore Weather Relief Fund” to accept donations for the impacted areas. One hundred percent of all gifts received will go directly to the affected areas.
We were overjoyed that within 48 hours of creating the Fund, The Helis Foundation reached out to us with a generous donation of $25,000 to help local flood victims get back on their feet…
New Orleans Museum of Art was the apropos setting for its annual Fellows Dinner on Saturday (March 5). The event gives the museum an opportunity to thank its most generous donors for their support over the past year.
Susan M. Taylor, the museum’s Montine McDaniel Freeman director, also announced the recipient of the Isaac Delgado Memorial Award. Since 1975, the honor has been given to a distinguished individual or organization whose long-term service, support and dedication to the museum set precedents for the institution…
On the occasion of the acquisition of Lynda Benglis’ Wing, New Orleans Museum of Art Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Katie Pfohl shared the following thoughts on the sculpture’s connection to Benglis’ The Wave of the World just outside the museum’s doors for an informational card that can be found at NOMA:
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Lynda Benglis’ art is simultaneously subtle and imposing; subdued and sensual; earthy and surreal. In the 1960s, the Louisiana native shocked the New York art world with her electric-hued sculptures and art installations, whose vibrant colors and free-form compositions ran counter to the more austere minimalist aesthetic of much art of the time…
They say three times is the charm, that by their third trip New Orleans visitors are so smitten, they return home, pack up and move here. Others fall head over heels at first sight. Really … what’s not to love about a city so steeped in romance?
With its mule-drawn carriages, moss-draped oaks, lacy ironwork balconies and flickering gas lamps, New Orleans rivals Virginia as a destination for lovers. And not just newlyweds, though the city consistently ranks among the nation’s top wedding destinations; it also seduces foodies, music fans, history buffs, architecture enthusiasts and culture vultures…