In 1996 gallery owner Jonathan Ferrara and artist Brian Borrello organized the first Guns in the Hands of Artists exhibition in New Orleans—transforming guns removed from the city’s streets into original works of art...

New Orleans Airlift is an artist driven initiative with the mission of collaborating to inspire wonder, connecting communities and fostering opportunity through the creation of experimental public art. In 2015 New Orleans Airlift announced its most ambitious musical architecture project to date – The Roving Village Residencies...

In 2008, The Helis Foundation began a unique partnership with The Historic New Orleans Collection, acquiring significant artworks and objects that serve to highlight key periods of our region’s cultural record. Through these acquisitions, the Foundation has facilitated The Collection’s commitment to building its collection of artwork and culturally significant artifacts that preserve the unique history of New Orleans...

The Walker Percy Serenity Circle, vision of former St. Tammany Library Foundation President, Dr. Argiro Morgan, is the first sizable library project undertaken by the non-profit St. Tammany Library Foundation. It was undertaken to honor the memory and literary accomplishments of one of the most accomplished American authors of the twentieth century, St...

30 Americans is drawn from the acclaimed holdings of the Rubell Family Foundation in Miami, Florida. New Yorkers Don and Mera Rubell began acquiring contemporary art in the late 1960s. Through their friendships with living artists, particularly young artists, the Rubells collected backwards and forwards, creating networks of intergenerational influence...

The Helis Foundation is a Louisiana private foundation, established and funded by the William Helis Family. The Helis Foundation’s resources and objectives are divided into two areas: the general fund, and the Diana Helis Henry and Adrienne Helis Malvin Art Funds...