New Orleans Festival of Photography
An Uncanny Collection: Kamron Degruise December 12, 2019 – January 2, 2020 Kamron Degruise graduated from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, LA, where he received his BFA concentrating in Photography. In his final semester, Kamron displayed his Capstone project, A Temporary Departure, in the Ameen Art Gallery at Nicholls State University. Today, Kamron strives to […]
Urban Forest: Colleen Mullins December 8 – December 31, 2019 This work traces a decade-long examination of the urban forest of New Orleans. Forever altered by a 70% canopy loss after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the trees of New Orleans also suffered unbelievable indignities at the hands of man. Mullins’ work points to the strange […]
What Remains: Chrystal Lea Nause December 13, 2019 – January 13, 2020 Opening: Saturday, Dec 14, 6-10pm What Remains is a new series by Chrystal Lea Nause about death, mourning, and remembrance. She explores what remains after we are no more with small scale hand-printed tintypes encased in hand crafted curios. BIO Chrystal Lea Nause […]
King Tides: Michel Varisco December 11, 2019 – January 19, 2020 Opening: Saturday, Dec 14, 6-9pm Artist Talk: Thursday, Dec 12, 10-11am Closing reception: Saturday, Jan 11, 6-9pm King Tides, a photographic and mixed media exhibition by Michel Varisco, describes a future where high tides have overtaken the land due to industrial and political kings […]
Portrait of Humanity November 22, 2019 – February 1, 2020 Opening & PhotoNOLA Welcome Party: Wednesday, Dec 11, 5-7pm Portrait of Humanity is an international initiative by 1854 Media, publisher of British Journal of Photography, which serves as a timely reminder that despite our many differences, we are able to unite as a global community […]
Into the Field: Mary West Quin December 1, 2019 -January 10, 2020 Opening reception: Saturday, Dec 14, 5:30pm Mary West Quin presents a new series of large cyanotypes exploring life in the sugarcane fields. Into the Field Into the mystery, the magic, the sweet seduction of the cane in the sultry south. The stalks slither […]
I Know You, I Knew You: Sesthasak Boonchai November 9, 2019 – December 14, 2019 Opening: Saturday, Nov 9, 6-10pm Closing reception in conjunction with PhotoNOLA: Saturday, Dec 14, 6-10pm With I Know You, I Knew You, Sesthasak Boonchai explores ties to his childhood home of Jackson, Mississippi. BIO Sesthasak Boonchai is an artist, educator […]
Sleeping by the Bayou: Tammy Mercure December 14, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Opening: Saturday, Dec 14, 6-10 pm Sleeping by the Bayou is an exploration of the ten cemeteries of St Bernard Parish. The cemeteries contain the rich history of the area and the current state of the parish. With cultural changes in death […]
MEMORY IS A STRANGE BELL: THE ART OF WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY October 5, 2019 – March 1, 2020 Exhibition Walkthrough with Richard McCabe: Saturday, Dec 14, 12-1pm Perhaps no other artist in the American South engaged more deeply and consistently with the concepts of time, place and memory through their work than William Christenberry. Although widely […]
Basis of Improvement: Whit Forrester December 14, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Opening: Saturday, Dec 14, 6-10pm Artist talk: TBA A solo show of artist Whit Forrester. Forrester’s work looks primarily to plants as principal actors in nature, providing a focal point on the human connection to the idea of nature as well as the […]
