Exhibitions from Arts New Orleans

Current Exhibitions

EvacuSpots

Started April 6, 2013

On site

In partnership with Evacuteer.org and Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, 15 sculptures and 2 signs were installed at 17 EvacuSpots, New Orleans’ designated emergency evacuation locations, to facilitate public transportation during a mandatory evacuation in advance of a Category three or higher hurricane. In collaboration with Arts New Orleans, Evacuteer.org commissioned artist Douglas Kornfeld to create the public art pieces to both beautify neighborhoods and serve as noticeable and memorable markers for the city’s 17 designated evacuation pick-up points. But they are not just art: Their true function is to serve as a meeting point for anyone who can’t evacuate on their own. If you meet at one of these EvacuSpots, someone will come to your location to shuttle you, your family, and pets to the nearest shelter.

Here’s a list of EvacuSpot locations in New Orleans:

Arthur Monday Center – 1111 Newton Avenue, Algiers
Kingsley House – 1600 Constance Street, Lower Garden District
Central City Senior Center – 2101 Philip Street, Central City
Mater Dolorosa – 1226 S. Carrollton Ave., Carrollton
Smith Library – 6300 Canal Blvd., Lakeview
Palmer Park – S. Claiborne and S. Carrollton, West Carrollton
McMain High School – 5712 S. Claiborne Ave., Broadmoor
Lyons Community Center – 624 Louisiana Ave., Irish Channel
Dryades YMCA – 1924 Philip Street, Central City
Warren Easton High School – 3019 Canal St., Mid-City
Armstrong Park – 801 N. Rampart, Treme
Harriet Tubman Charter School – 2832 General Meyer, Algiers
Stallings Community Center – 4300 St. Claude, Bywater
Sanchez Center – Caffin and N. Claiborne, 1616 Caffin Ave., Lower Ninth Ward
Walmart – Chef Menteur and Press Drive, 4301 Chef Menteur Highway, Gentilly
East New Orleans Regional Library – 5641 Read Blvd., New Orleans East
Mary Queen of Vietnam Church – 14001 Dwyer, New Orleans East

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Art in Public Places, 2009 - 2011

On site

In 2009, Arts New Orleans in collaboration with the Joan Mitchell Foundation launched “Art in Public Spaces.” This project was planned as a two-year public exhibition of 10 public artworks as a post-Katrina investment in local artists. Each selected artist would receive a $25,000 commission and would retain ownership of the work following the exhibition.

The Joan Mitchell Foundation was so impressed by the quality and creativity demonstrated in the artist proposals that they doubled the number of projects supported, of which 19 were ultimately realized.

In addition to providing critical support for artists seeking to recover their studios and creative practice in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, “Art in Public Spaces” also laid the groundwork for the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s continued long-term investment in New Orleans culture and artists and resulted in the foundation’s establishment of a permanent location and artist residency program within New Orleans.

Several of the 19 artworks in various locations across the city might remain in place permanently, but others will be dismantled or moved.

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Festival of Fins

On site

In the summer of 2000, Arts New Orleans' public art program partnered with the Young Leadership Council to produce Festival of Fins, the largest public art display in the city's history and the inaugural exhibition of the Fresh Art Festival. More than 150 artists (drawn from the Visual Artists Registry) designed and painted 210 fiberglas fish for placement on streets in the city's well-traveled business and tourist districts. The project benefited local artists with more than $210,000 in artists' fees.

105 fish were sold at public auction, raising over $550,000 for non-profits in the New Orleans area. In conjunction with this project, the Percent For Art Program added an Artist-in-Residence component in fulfillment of program goals. Four artists worked with community organizations: Kingsley House, Unity for the Homeless, Central City EOC Multi-Purpose Center, and The Green Project, and their constituents, ages 4 - 98, to produce four very distinct and creative fish. The four fish are part of the City of New Orleans' public art collection.

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Fleur de Lis

On site

Arts New Orleans and the Fore!Kids Foundation teamed up to produce these Fleur de Lis sculptures that spread around town through October, 2007.

The 40 fiberglass structures were built by Mardi Gras float king Blain Kern. Artists were chosen by Arts New Orleans.

The first public art project since Hurricane Katrina, the sculptures will were sold at auction in the fall of 2007. Proceeds went to 40 different charities supported by the Fore!Kids Foundation.

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