Photo stolen from Press Street and KFoz without permission. Please don’t sue me.
This weekend, in conjunction with Recycle for the Arts, Press Street presents its second annual twenty-four hour drawing marathon.
DRAW-A-THON
6:30 AM Saturday November 17 to 6:30 AM Sunday November 18
The Green Room @ The Green Project
2831 Marais Street @ Press Street
New Orleans, Louisiana
Free and open to the public. All materials will be provided. Free coffee and Hubig’s pies. (Charlotte looooves her some sweet potatoe Hubig’s!)
In activities led by local artists, both beginners and professionals can explore a variety of techniques and materials. The schedule includes morning activities for children, life drawing, speed-drawing, micro-comix making, voluntary collaborations, handmade film making and a variety of art stunts. Music and various food vendors will be on site throughout the day. A full schedule is available at press-street.com.
Come for an hour, come for the day. Or night.
For more information call 250-7975.
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Artist Sean Derry’s public art installation “An Interlude to Stillness” premiered November 13 in the parking lot of Robért’s in Mid-City. Not to worry! It exhibits through Nov 17 so you still have time to catch it. From Art in Action!:
“An Interlude to Stillness” attempts to re-animate the abandoned parking lot by bringing both color and movement to its empty space. In describing the project Derry writes, “As populations shift, weed-filled parking lots are left to frame vacant shopping malls, creating vacuous spaces that provoke a palpable sense of loss. “An Interlude to Stillness” presents a momentary remedy for a single site by offering breath to a forsaken place.”
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During a recent trip to New Orleans Derry recognized that the particular characteristics of the abandoned Robért Market as well as the city’s complex personal and cultural narratives make it an ideal location for the premier of his project.
Doug McCash writes about the exhibit here, complete with video.
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Now for Flashback Friday, A Taste of Honey and it *is* yummy……..Get Down! Boogie Oogie Oogie…it’s Friday – yeah!…….
Now where’s that disco ball…………
Urrrggh. I woulda loved to have attended the Draw-A-Thon. It sounded like loads of fun.