Louisiana ArtWorks presents Prospect.1 Exhibition Curated by Rose Courville

November 21, 2008. (168.0 KiB)
Curator Rose Courville selects the work of eight Louisiana artists for “Environs/Examined”. In order to ground ourselves in this unstable environment of broken economy, new political leadership, and the state of reconstruction, one grasps for aspects of life that are familiar. The artists presented in Environs/Examined create work that examines their relationship with unique landscapes and societal structures and the broader concepts of regeneration and hybrid elements in our environment.

Louisiana ArtWorks Presents: Paradise Lost: Artists Visit Artists in New Orleans

October 28, 2008. (unknown)
Galleries, Fairs and Biennials all serve as commercial outlets to the Visual Contemporary Arts Community. Biennials and fairs have created additional, flourishing art marketplaces that influence the day to day operations of the more traditional gallery venue. Are alternative marketplaces a step towards privatization, and what are the economic and artistic implications? Are they mainly market-driven, or do they offer unique opportunities for conceptual artists? Join us Tuesday, February 26th as panelists explore the ramifications of these emerging venues.

Louisiana ArtWorks Presents: Professional Career Workshop for Artists

October 17, 2008. (unknown)
Have a question? The Professional Career Workshop For Artists is a comprehensive informational resource, offering answers and advice from the experts, as well as the chance to have portfolio & laptop presentations reviewed by art professionals. The Workshop is free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $5.00 per day.

Louisiana ArtWorks presents: Prospect.1 Exhibitions Curated by Mia Kaplan

October 8, 2008. (166.0 KiB)
New Orleans-based curator Mia Kaplan selects the work of nine Louisiana artists who explore social relationships, behavior, nature and technology; representing a variety of facets that define how individuals symbolize their circumstances as part of an idealized domestic and political system.

Louisiana ArtWorks presents The Artist as Refugee

October 1, 2008. (31.5 KiB)
When art is used as a tool for social change it can lead to alienation, censorship and exile for the artist. True freedom of expression can often have dire consequences, while other forces beyond human control render artists as refugees in an increasingly unstable world. Locally, natural disasters and failures of a governmental protection system have forced artists to seek refuge in many places as well.

Joy Glidden Appointed Director

July 24, 2008. (49.5 KiB)
The Board of Directors of Louisiana Artworks is pleased to announce the appointment of Joy Glidden to the staff of Louisiana Artworks as Director. Louisiana Artworks is open to the public as an educational center and cultural incubator serving visual artists at work. It is currently completing construction of its facility, located on Howard Avenue by Lee Circe, with partial opening anticipated for 2008.

Louisiana ArtWorks presents: Hand Made

April 14, 2008. (41.5 KiB)
Louisiana ArtWorks is pleased to present our April programming, “Hand Made”. This month includes workshops with our first Master Residency Glass Artist, Beth Lipman; Lecture; and “Hand Made: The Blur between Contemporary Art and Contemporary Craft”, the April installment of “Art Sessions: A Series of Discussions on Visual Contemporary Art”.

Louisiana ArtWorks presents Critics Forum: Regional and Global Identities in Art

March 25, 2008. (38.0 KiB)
As our world continues towards greater globalization through the rise of the Internet and digital culture, the boundaries between the avant-garde and culture industry continue to be examined, questioned, and reinvented within the context of contemporary art. With the art world serving as a reflection of this newfound fluidity through its conceptual and formal characteristics, interesting issues are raised in relation to the nature of this growing globalism in visual art. Recent years have brought an overall movement in this direction with a growing utilization of mass media, broader international distribution of art, cultivation of new international art centers, as well as a rising global network of curators, artists and collectors alike.

Louisiana ArtWorks Presents: Art and Commerce: Galleries, Fairs and Biennials

February 6, 2008. (56.5 KiB)
Galleries, Fairs and Biennials all serve as commercial outlets to the Visual Contemporary Arts Community. Biennials and fairs have created additional, flourishing art marketplaces that influence the day to day operations of the more traditional gallery venue. Are alternative marketplaces a step towards privatization, and what are the economic and artistic implications? Are they mainly market-driven, or do they offer unique opportunities for conceptual artists? Join us Tuesday, February 26th as panelists explore the ramifications of these emerging venues.