PhotoNOLA 2009 Calendar of Events
Dec 1
John T. Mendes, Opening and Book Signing, The Historic New Orleans Collection, 6-8pm
Dec 2
Currents 2009: NOPA Members Showcase Opening, Crescent City Brewhouse, 5-7pm
Dec 3
POYi 66th Annual Visions of Excellence Opening, Louisiana State Museum, 6-9pm
Art Openings: French Quarter, Treme and Ogden Museum, 5-9pm (times vary by location)
Dec 4
Art Opening: Southern Food and Beverage Museum, 5-7pm
Slideluck Potshow, Trumpet, 7-11pm
Dec 5
Curator’s Talk with Richard McCabe, Homespace Gallery, 1-2pm
Wet Plate Demonstration by Bruce Schultz, Homespace Gallery, 2-4pm
In Print: NOPA Members Book Signings, NOPA Gallery, 4-6pm
Art Openings: Magazine, Julia Street & French Quarter Galleries, 6-9pm
PhotoNOLA Kick Off Party featuring D.J. Brice Nice, The Big Top, 9pm-12am
Dec 6
Linda Troeller Lecture: The Long-Term Project, NOPA Gallery 1pm
Off the Wall: A Brief History of Slideluck Potshow with Casey Kelbaugh, NOPA Gallery 2pm
Tales of the Midway Artists Talk, The Big Top, 5:30-7pm
Dec 7
Film Night, Zeitgeist Multidisciplinary Arts Center, 7pm
Dec 8
Six Shooters Panel Discussion, Contemporary Arts Center, 7-9pm
Dec 9
Seth Resnick Lecture: R&R for Digital Photographers, Freeman Auditorium, Tulane, 6:30 – 9pm
Dec 10
Jonathan Traviesa Book Signing, Ogden Museum, 6-8pm
PhotoGALA, New Orleans Museum of Art, 7-10pm
Dec 11
Blurb Self-Publishing Seminar, International House Hotel, 10am – noon
Mary Virginia Swanson Lecture, International House Hotel, 2-4pm
Reviewees’ Welcome/ Orientation, 5-6pm
Lauren Greenfield Lecture, sponsored by Canon, THNOC, 7-9pm
Dec 11-14
Seth Resnick Workshop: Digital Workflow, Not WorkSlow, 9am-5:30pm
Dec 12-13
PhotoNOLA Portfolio Reviews, International House Hotel, 9am-4pm
Dec 12
Susan Burnstine Gallery Talk, Canary Gallery, 12-1pm
PhotoWALK, International House Hotel, 4:30-6pm
Art Openings: NOPA, Lower Garden District & St. Claude Ave Galleries, 6-9pm
Dec 13
Photographers Happy Hour, Loa Bar, 4-6pm
Sarah Wilson Gallery Talk, NOPA Gallery, 7-8pm
PhotoNOLA is an annual celebration of photography in New Orleans, coordinated by the New Orleans Photo Alliance in partnership with galleries, museums and photographers citywide. December 2009 marks the fourth annual festival. Scheduled events will take place from Dec 1-13, with broad ranging photography exhibitions on display throughout the month of December.
PhotoNOLA festivities will begin with a series of French Quarter openings from Dec 1-3. We are thrilled to be hosting our first Slideluck Potshow on Friday, Dec 4. Saturday Dec 5 will include a wet-plate photography demonstration at Homespace Gallery, a multi-artist book signing event at the New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, evening art openings and an after party at The Big Top. Sunday Dec 6 brings afternoon lectures with Linda Troeller and Casey Kelbaugh.
The PhotoGALA Benefit Party & Auction on Thursday, Dec. 10 at the New Orleans Museum of Art is not to be missed. An Education Day on Dec 11 will feature a Blurb Self-Publishing seminar followed by a Mary Virginia Swanson lecture, and will wrap with a slideshow presentation by Lauren Greenfield, sponsored by Canon. Portfolio Reviews with a national cast of curators, editors and gallerists will take place Dec 12 & 13. The Saturday evening PhotoWALK featuring review participants will offer the public a peek at 60 rising photographers from across the nation. Lower Garden District and St. Claude Arts District openings will follow.
Exhibitions will feature work by Susan Burnstine, Debbie Fleming Caffery, William Greiner, David Halliday, Louviere + Vanessa, Robert Polidori, Jonathan Traviesa, Alvaro Villela, POYi’s “Visions of Excellence,” Lori Waselchuk, Sarah Wilson and many others. Gallery talks, additional book signings and lectures and a Six Shooters panel discussion are also included in the lineup. Most events are free and open to the public.
