2014 Events
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Thursday, June 12th - LOVING DAY CELEBRATION
OF MANY COLORS: Portraits of Multiracial Families Press Street's Antenna Gallery 3718 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 1:00pm to 7:00pm Free Admission OF MANY COLORS includes photographs and interviews with 20 families (children, teens, and adults) who have bridged the racial divide through interracial relationships and/or adoption. In a world where race is considered by many to be a formidable barrier between people, the families in this traveling photography exhibit have discovered richness and value in diversity. Photos by Gigi Kaeser. Interviews by Peggy Gillespie. ICE CREAM SOCIAL 4:00pm to 7:00pm Free Admission Join us in celebrating the legacy of RICHARD & MILDRED LOVING, the interracial couple whose 1967 landmark civil rights lawsuit “Loving v. Virginia” ended all race-based legal restrictions on marriage in the United States. Please stop by for FREE Ice Cream and non-dairy frozen treats (while they last). We'll have kids activities, music, a "We Are The 15 Percent" slide show, and a photographer on hand to take family portraits! We will also announce the winners of our Youth Essay Competition. |
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Presented in partnership with Cupcake Fairies, Kleinpeter Farms Dairy, Cox Communications, Press Street, Defend New Orleans, Liz's Confections, We Are The 15 Percent, Family Diversity Projects, Whole Foods Market and LovingDay.Org.
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Wednesday, June 11th - Literary Gathering
NATIVE. HOMELAND. EXILE. Five New Orleans Women Writers of Color Capture The Coming Of Age In America's New South Press Street's Antenna Gallery 3718 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 6:00pm to 8:00pm Free Admission & Refreshments A thousand camera flashes light the way as Black Indians dance even to the grave. - J. Hilt Sometimes the only way to rid yourself of an abomination is to bury it. - A. Citchens Teeming with insatiable music producers and entertainment moguls, Atlanta offers suitors and obscurity for the exiled daughters of New Orleans. - K. Robinson. |
About the artists: Addie Citchens is a Mississippi native, and New Orleans based writer of literary fiction. She has been featured in the Oxford American’s Best of the South edition, in Calloloo journal, and others. Jeri Hilt is a former lecturer of African Studies and International Development issues at Tennessee State and Dillard Universities. She has also worked with research, development, and teaching projects in South Sudan, Kenya, Burundi, and the United Kingdom. Hilt, a Louisiana native, currently teaches literacy intervention at an elementary school in New Orleans. Ambata Kazi-Nance is a writer and teacher living in her hometown New Orleans, LA with her husband and son. She writes for Azizah magazine and Grow Mama Grow, a blog for Muslim mothers. J.R. Ramakrishnan’s journalism has appeared in Style.com, Harper’s Bazaar, Chicago Tribune, and Grazia, amongst other publications. Her fiction has appeared in [PANK]. A graduate of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and Columbia School of Journalism, she arrived in New Orleans by way of Brooklyn, London, and Kuala Lumpur, her original hometown. She is director of literary programs for the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. Kristina K. Robinson is a native New Orleanian and graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana. She has taught Literature at Dillard University. Her poetry appears in The Baffler and The Xavier Review. As well as other writing in (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race and on media outlets, such as, Racialicious, Room 220, and Breakthrough Magazine.
Presented in partnership with Press Street's Antenna Gallery, Southern Eagle, Cox Communications, and Whole Foods Market. This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from Poets & Writers, Inc. New Orleans. NOTE: Some readings include adult themes that may not be suitable for children.
Presented in partnership with Press Street's Antenna Gallery, Southern Eagle, Cox Communications, and Whole Foods Market. This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from Poets & Writers, Inc. New Orleans. NOTE: Some readings include adult themes that may not be suitable for children.
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Saturday, June 7th - Gallery Opening & Reception
MIXED MESSAGES.4 - Race, Racism and the Multiracial Experience Press Street's Antenna Gallery 3718 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 5:00pm to 9:00pm Free Admission Featured Artists: James Edward Bates, Bottletree, Janet Boyd, Luisa Dantas, Jeri Hilt, Soraya Jean-Louis McElroy, Nathan Pietrykowski, José Torres-Tama, and Jave Yoshimoto. GALLERY HOURS Tuesday - Sunday from 12:00pm to 5:00pm |
BEAR MY SHAME - Artist, Jave Yoshimoto
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Presented in partnership with Press Street's Antenna Gallery, Southern Eagle, Cox Communications, Whole Foods Market and Family Diversity Projects. For more information contact [email protected] or [email protected].
Friday, June 6th - Gallery Opening & Reception
SAMANTHA WALL: Indivisible
Stella Jones Gallery
201 St Charles Ave #132
New Orleans, LA 70170
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Free Admission
Indivisible is a collection of portraits of multiracial women from Portland, OR and New Orleans, LA, where Wall spent a month as an artist-in-residence at the Joan Mitchell Center. She photographed and talked with women who, like her, must navigate multiple ethnic identities. The conversations revealed their shared experiences as multiracial women and the drawings are the residue of their time together.
Wall is the recipient of awards from the Oregon Arts Commission, Joan Mitchell Foundation, Ford Family Foundation and Regional Arts & Culture Council. Her work has been widely exhibited, most recently at Fairbanks Gallery at Oregon State University, LxWxH Gallery in Seattle, Washington, and the Art Gym at Marylhurst University in Portland, Oregon.
GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Saturday from 11am to 6pm. Closed Monday. Sunday by appointment only. Garage parking available - Enter from Gravier Street
Presented in partnership with Stella Jones Gallery, Southern Eagle, Cox Communications, Whole Foods Market and The Joan Mitchell Center. On view June 6th through July 6th. For more information please contact 504.568.0840 or visit stellajonesgallery.com and samanthawall.com.
SAMANTHA WALL: Indivisible
Stella Jones Gallery
201 St Charles Ave #132
New Orleans, LA 70170
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Free Admission
Indivisible is a collection of portraits of multiracial women from Portland, OR and New Orleans, LA, where Wall spent a month as an artist-in-residence at the Joan Mitchell Center. She photographed and talked with women who, like her, must navigate multiple ethnic identities. The conversations revealed their shared experiences as multiracial women and the drawings are the residue of their time together.
Wall is the recipient of awards from the Oregon Arts Commission, Joan Mitchell Foundation, Ford Family Foundation and Regional Arts & Culture Council. Her work has been widely exhibited, most recently at Fairbanks Gallery at Oregon State University, LxWxH Gallery in Seattle, Washington, and the Art Gym at Marylhurst University in Portland, Oregon.
GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Saturday from 11am to 6pm. Closed Monday. Sunday by appointment only. Garage parking available - Enter from Gravier Street
Presented in partnership with Stella Jones Gallery, Southern Eagle, Cox Communications, Whole Foods Market and The Joan Mitchell Center. On view June 6th through July 6th. For more information please contact 504.568.0840 or visit stellajonesgallery.com and samanthawall.com.