Bunny Matthews’ The People of New Orleans From A to Z – A Video Interview From NOLAFugees Press|Productions
Bunny Matthews’ The People of New Orleans From A to Z – A Video Interview From NOLAFugees Press|Productions
“New Orleans: The Last Bohemia,” National Geographic Traveler
I first met Jacqueline Bishop down in Cuba, where we both found Havana reminiscent of her own hometown, New Orleans. A seasoned traveler and visual artist, Jacqueline takes her inspiration from the natural world and its wettest places, be it Bangladesh, the Amazon, or her own beloved Louisiana swamps.
“An artistic odd couple at the deCordova,” The Herald News
Like artists who work with paint or marble, Lesley Dill and Ian Hamilton Finlay use words, signs and poetry to fashion intriguing art that explores the nature and meaning of language itself. Sharing little but a willingness to provoke, they are exhibiting challenging bodies of work fashioned from wildly varied material at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.
May 2014 Opening: Chihuly and Amy Weiskopf
CHIHULY
Amy Weiskopf: Still Lifes
Installation views from Amy Weiskopf: Still Lifes – May 2014 exhibition at Arthur Roger Gallery
“Museum spotlight: David Bates gallery talk,” Dallas News
No American artist captured the devastation of Hurricane Katrina more forcefully than Dallas’ own David Bates in his stunningly powerful 2008 exhibition “The Storm.”
“Bunny Matthew’s Alphabet Soup,” New Orleans Art Review
“Cartoonists take the salient features of the seemingly mundane which normally escape our attention, and blow them up to larger than life proportions, forcing us to acknowledge their emotive qualities.”
George Dureau Memorial at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Artist George Valentine Dureau, Jr. died April 7, 2014. On Friday, April 18, friends and family gathered in the Patrick Taylor Library at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art to honor him. Speakers included the artist’s longtime friend Kenneth Holdtich, Ogden curator Bradley Sumrall, Ogden director William Andrews, brother Don Dureau, friend Judge Ginger Berrigan and friend and caretaker Katin Nachod.
“Artist George Dureau’s memorial at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Friday (April 18),” The Times-Picayune
Artist George Valentine Dureau Jr. died April 7. He was a magnificent New Orleans painter and photographer, known for his wit and bohemian values. On Friday (April 18), Dureau’s friends and fellow members of the Crescent City art community gathered in the Ogden Museum of Art’s splendid Richardson library to remember the great man.