New Orleans Festival of Photography
J August Knoblach’s exhibition features seven years of performances on bodies of water in Louisiana, handmade cypress frames, & new multimedia sculptures. Photographer collaborators include Kinsey S, Caitlyn Ridenour, Leone Julitte, Gabby Garcia Steib, Mayaba Liebenthal, Sarrah Danziger, Alahna Moore, & Kristina E. Knipe. Featured Artist or Artists: J Knoblach (& collaborators) Artist Website: www.jknoblach.com […]
From 2010 to 2019 award-winning interdisciplinary artist and photographer, José Torres-Tama, documented the many public protests of undocumented immigrants, who contributed to epic rebirth of post-Katrina New Orleans, and on view at his ArteFuturo Studio, he will display numerous black and white photos from this series and a number of photo assemblages he also created. […]
The mediums of collage and photography are bound together in an ongoing dialogue. The photographer makes pictures of the world. The collagist remixes those pictures to tell a story about the world we live in. What happens when the photographer begins collaging their own work? What happens when the collage artist picks up the camera? […]
Food Play is a group show bringing together various, contemporary still life photographs all based on food and the politics of food – installed throughout an actual grocery store: The New Orleans Food Co-op ! Will host a artist led gallery talk at 6:30 pm (during the reception) Featured Artist or Artists: Anjali Akkaraju; Hannah […]
Jim Steg: Polaroids Jim Steg December 10, 2022 – January 8, 2023 Opening: Saturday, Dec 10, 6-9 pm Jim Steg was an influential printmaker who lived, taught, and created ground-breaking work in New Orleans. Late in his career, he began working with Polaroids. We are honored to present these rarely seen, darkly fascinating images […]
Latin American Immigrant Roofers Post-Ida José Torres-Tama December 10, 2022 – January 14, 2023 Opening: Saturday, Dec 10, 4-8 pm In the wake of Hurricane-Ida, it was Latin American immigrant workers who were everywhere on rooftops across New Orleans-repairing the many damaged roofs. I did not have to go far to document my people […]
Nameless Feeling Berhane Tendai Cole December 10, 2022 – January 8, 2023 Opening: Saturday, Dec 10, 6-9 pm Nameless Feeling is a solo show of multimedia constructions employing photo-collage, video, sound recordings, and assemblage by New Orleans based artist Berhane Tendai Cole. This collection focuses on the concept of notions–topics, ideas, senses that are […]
HARD LIVING IN THE BIG EASY: Immigrants & Photography of Post-Katrina Protests 2010 – 2019 José Torres-Tama December 6, 2021 – January 30, 2022 Opening: Saturday, Dec 11, 4:00 pm-8:00 pm Artist talk at 7:00 pm Ode to the Immigrant Workers, a spoken word performance at 7:30 pm Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination required. No […]
Land/Sea/Sky: Cyanotype Flags December 1, 2019 – March 1, 2020 Opening: Saturday, Dec 14, 7-9pm Most ancient peoples had no word for the color blue. They could not explain the sky nor the ocean. Poetry and love letters suffered. Once “blue” entered the world the earth rattled and chimed, sending forth “turquoise” and “sapphire.” The […]
The Trees Beneath: An installation by Matt Vis & Jack Niven December 14, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Opening: Saturday, Dec 14, 5-9pm “The Trees Beneath”: A digital and sculptural collaboration by Matt Vis and Jack Niven The title The Trees Beneath describes the underpinnings of two bodies of work. In one it is used […]
