The third iteration of the international contemporary art biennial, Prospect.3: Notes for Now (P.3) will continue its three-month run with a variety of community-based events in New Orleans throughout the month of November. Several of these events are free, open to the public, or crafted for kids and families, designed to closely link the New Orleans community with the biennial and its artists. Read more below.
Promotional image for Prospect New Orleans.
Family P.3 Reads
· Thursday, November 6, 5 – 6 PM:
· P.3Reads for Families featuring P.3 Artist Christopher Myers, discussing Misty Copeland and his book ‘Firebird.’ New Orleans Public Library, Children’s Resource Center (913 Napoleon Avenue)
· Sirmans’s thoughtful consideration of the role that books and literature play in our collective understanding of the world is at the heart of P.3. The P.3Reads series aims to utilize the shared sense of community that comes from reading as an entrée for audiences who are curious about contemporary art, and would like to better understand the creative processes of contemporary artists. For those already familiar with contemporary art, the series will offer a deeper perspective on the relationship between literature and other art forms.
Digital Youth Storytellers
· Saturdays, November 8, 15, 22 as well as December 6, 1 – 4 PM, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (925 Camp Street)
· Throughout the month of November, participating P.3 venue, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art (925 Camp Street) will host Digital Youth Storytellers, a series of educational storytelling and animation workshops in conjunction with P.3, Big Class and NOVAC. Focusing on place, memory and history, Digital Youth Storytellers will examine Jean-Michel Basquiat’s paintings about New Orleans and the South in the exhibit Basquiat and the Bayou Presented by the Helis Foundation. Students will reflect on memory, historicity, and iconography in Basquiat’s work and, in connecting that work to their own lives, will create poetry, personal histories, and an animated movie. Registration is required and participants can register by visiting www.bigclass.org, www.ogdenmuseum.org or by contacting Ellen Balkin at ebalkin@ogdenmuseum.org.
Third Annual Greater New Orleans Neighborhoods Summit Resource Fair
· Saturday, November 8, 12 – 1 PM, Dillard University Professional Schools Building (2601 Gentilly Blvd)
· P.3 will participate in the Resource Fair portion of the New Orleans Neighborhood Summit, a one-day professional development conference for Orleans Parish neighborhood associations and members. The resource fair allows attendees to obtain information from city agencies, departments and strategic partners.
Prospect.3 Building Workshop for Kids
· Saturday, November 8, 1 – 3 PM, Longue Vue House and Gardens (7 Bamboo Road)
· Children ages 5 and up (with an accompanying adult) are invited to Longue Vue to learn about green building practices in New Orleans! Bring a shoebox with a lift-off top to create a building. Enjoy a tour of P.3 artist and architect Shigeru Ban’s exhibit along with a reading of Iggy Peck, Architect. Cost: $15 members; $18 nonmembers. Contact Jen Cohn at 504.293.4721 or jcohn@longuevue.com for information, or visit www.longuevue.com.
May Books Official Opening Ceremony
· Saturday, November 8, 7 – 11 PM, May Books (2402 Royal Street)
· May Books, an arm of May Gallery & Residency, will be open all day, and will offer food and music until 11pm. The new bookshop will be selling a selection of new art, design, architecture, and photography books and magazines, as well as new artworks by past May Gallery resident-artists. May Books will also stock the Prospect.3: Notes for Now catalogue and Tameka Norris’s most recent artist book. For more information, contact info@maybooksnola.org.
Round Table with Tameka Norris in association with May Gallery & Residency
· Monday, November 10, 7 PM, The Orange Couch (2339 Royal Street)
· Tameka Norris will discuss her feature-length film Meka Jean: How She Got Good with a panel of specialists familiar with her practice. How She Got Good follows a semi-autobiographical protagonist as she struggles to define herself in relation to her surroundings.
‘Here it comes’ Jeffrey Gibson. 2014. Deer rawhide, glass and plastic beads, wool blanket, beetle wings,
artist’s own repurposed painting, artificial sinew, Drusy quartz, steel and brass studs. 37 ½” H x 13 ½ “ W x 6 ½” D.
Photo courtesy of the artist and Samson, Boston, MA & MARC STRAUS, New York.
Community Coffee
· Wednesday, November 12, 8:30 – 11:30 AM, Joan Mitchell Center Studios (1000 N. Rampart Street)
· Please join the Joan Mitchell Center at its Rampart Studios for Community Coffee! Prospect 3: Notes for Now and Convergence: JMC@Prospect.3 | Curated by Deborah Willis will be on view. Refreshments will be prepared by Pagoda Cafe. Community Coffees serve as an open house for the Joan Mitchell Center and as a networking space for the New Orleans community. Community Coffees offer an opportunity for artists, curators, writers and arts administrators staying at the Joan Mitchell Center to connect with locals in the neighborhood.
Discussion between P.3 Artistic Director Franklin Sirmans and the Contemporary Arts Center Visual Arts Curator, Dr. Andrea Andersson
· Thursday, November 13, 7 – 9 PM, Contemporary Arts Center, Freeport Theater (900 Camp Street)
· Join P.3 Artistic Director Franklin Sirmans at the CAC for a discussion about his curatorial framework for Prospect.3: Notes for Now with CAC Visual Arts Curator, Dr. Andrea Andersson
· $10 general admission; FREE to CAC Members & P.3 VIPs
Will Ryman Lecture
· Friday, November 14, 6 PM, New Orleans Museum of Art, Auditorium (City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle)
· Join us as artist Will Ryman discusses his work America, currently on view at NOMA and ICON, his work included in P.3. Ryman will also discuss some of his past and future work. For more information, call 504-658-4100.
Painting the Page: New Orleans Poets Respond to Basquiat
· Saturday, November 15, 2 PM, Ogden Museum of Southern Art (925 Camp Street)
· Basquiat has inspired many poets and sparked conversations about the intersection of race and art. Local writers of color will respond to the work and life of Basquiat with poetry and other creative work. A discussion on the role and challenges of artists of color follows the reading. Free with Museum admission. For questions or more information contact Ellen Balkin at ebalkin@ogdenmuseum.org or visit ogdenmuseum.org.
Family Workshop: Photographic Portraiture with Gus Bennett & Jennifer Zdon
· Saturday, November 15, 11 AM, Contemporary Arts Center (900 Camp Street)
· CAC & New Orleans Photo Alliance Members: $5 Ages 6-18 | $10 AdultsNon-Members: $8 Ages 6-18 | $12 Adults
Performing Prospect – Dance at the Newcomb Art Gallery
· Wednesday, November 19, 3 and 6 PM, Tulane University, Newcomb Campus, Woldenberg Art Center
· In conjunction with the P.3 installation “Totems not Taboo,” choreographers from Tulane’s Department of Theater and Dance will engage with the artworks on view as a source of inspiration for original works. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact bbox@tulane.edu or call 504 865 5328.
‘Icon’. Will Ryman. 2011. Painted stainless steel, firbreglass, paint. 360″ H x 144″ W.
Photo courtesy the artist and Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York.
Free Family Day: Inspired by Basquiat
· Saturday, November 22, 10 AM – 2 PM, Ogden Museum of Southern Art (925 Camp Street)
· This family celebration, inspired by the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, will include live entertainment and art activities led by local artists. For questions or more information contact Ellen Balkin at ebalkin@ogdenmuseum.org or visit ogdenmuseum.org.
About Prospect New Orleans
Prospect New Orleans is an International Arts Biennial. Its third iteration, “Prospect.3: Notes for Now,” is on view through January 25, 2015. The exhibition presents the work of 58 artists selected by Artistic Director Franklin Sirmans, in 18 locations throughout neighborhoods across New Orleans. For more information, please visit www.prospectneworleans.org.
Founded on the principle that art engenders social progress, the biennial and all related events will be free and open to the public.*
The biennial is open to the public from October 25, 2014 to January 25, 2015 Wednesdays through Sundays, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and will be closed on the following holidays: **
· Thursday and Friday, November 27-28, 2014 (Thanksgiving)
· Wednesday and Thursday, December 24-25, 2014 (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day)
· Wednesday, December 31, 2014 (New Year’s Eve)
· Thursday, January 1, 2015 (New Year’s Day)
If traveling to New Orleans for P.3 during the holidays please consider that the following have additional closures. Book your travel so as to ensure the opportunity to experience the biennial in totality. Daily information regarding open and closed venues will be posted on P.3 website calendar.
Delgado University
· November 26-30, 2014 (Thanksgiving Holiday)
· December 20, 2014-January 4, 2015 (Winter Break)
Dillard University
· November 26-28, 2014 (Thanksgiving Holiday)
· December 20, 2014-January 4, 2015 (Winter Break)
Xavier University
· November 27-28, 2014 (Thanksgiving Holiday)
· December 20, 2014-January 3, 2015 (Winter Break)
*General admission may apply at certain participating venues. Please note that Louisiana residents are offered free admission to the New Orleans Museum of Art on Wednesdays and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art on Thursdays, courtesy of The Helis Foundation, and the CAC on Sundays courtesy of The Helis Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, and the City of New Orleans | Edward Wisner Donation.
**Longue Vue House and Gardens tours will be offered hourly from 11am-4pm Wednesday-Saturday, and from 1pm-4pm on Sunday. Upon arrival, please check in at ticket office. Additional hours available on select Sundays by appointment. For more information, please call (504) 488-5488.
“Stills from Grosse Fatigue’. Camille Henrot. (2013). Video installation. (Colour, sound).
Photo courtesy of the artist, Silex Fims and kamel mennour, Paris.
November P.3+ Events
Complete descriptions of the P3+ satellite projects, organized at the time of P.3, but independently of the biennial, are available online.
Above Canal: CANO’s Creative Spaces in Central City 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. (504) 218-4807 nathan@cano-la.org www.cano-la.org
· Open all of P.3: Wed-Sun 12-8pm
Atemporal Macramé, (Kitschy Kitschy Cuckoo) 723 Louisa Street Digest, 723 Louisa St. (504) 503-3862 digest@723Louisa.org www.digest.723Louisa.org
· Open all of P.3: Mondays 10am-12pm, coffee served
· Potluck Brunch Events 10/26, 11/9, 12/14, 1/11 11am-3pm
· 723 Louisa Street Digest is a potluck open studio event hosted in a shotgun apartment in the St. Claude Arts District.
Barrister’s Gallery, 2331 St Claude Ave (504) 710-4506 andy.antippas@gmail.com www.barristersgallery.com
· Open all of P.3: Mon-Sat, 11am-5pm Sun by appointment
· 2nd Saturday openings
· Opening Reception 10/25 6-9pm
· 11/8-12/6 Group Show: Curated by Srdjan Loncar. And Beau Von Hoffacker “New Work”
Below Canal: CANO’s Creative Space, St. Maurice Church 605 St. Maurice Ave (504) 822-8281 nathan@cano-la.org www.cano-la.org
· Open all of P.3: Wed-Sun 12pm-8pm
Blank Canvas C3 Gallery, 526 Caffin Ave. (310) 779-0019 jane4c@aol.com
· Public Installation on view for all of P.3
Charles and Norah Lovell Open Studios, 4116 Camp St. (504) 309-2640 charleslovellart@gmail.com nlovell@cox.net www.charleslovell.com www.norahlovell.com
· Open all of P.3: Sat and Sun 12-5pm
Crevasse 22 8114 Saro Lane St. Bernard (504) 400-8421 storres@torres-law.com www.torres-law.com
· Open all of P.3: Fri-Sun 12pm-sunset
Cry Me a River Etoile Polaire Lodge, #1, 1433 N. Rampart St. (917) 604-3114 janet@janetlevyproject.com www.janetlevyprojects.com
Open all of P.3: Wed-Sun 11am-6pm and by appointment
· Artist talk coffee with Fay Ray Sunday, November 2.
· Opening Reception: November 14, 6 to 9 p.m.
· Opening performance – “Elegy For a Public Woman” by Nina Schwanse at 8 p.m.
Studies for ‘Tank’.Glann Kaino. 2013-2014. Live corals, clear casts, rocks, water tanks, water acquarium system management, lights. Photo courtesy the artist and Kavi Gupta, Chicago.
Exhibit BE The De Gaulle Manor Community, 3010 Sandra Dr. (504) 676-7512 ExhibitBeNOLA@gmail.com
· Open all of P.3: Sat 1-6pm
Faster, With More Knowledge, 1028 Port St. (646) 400-3869 newyorksaint@gmail.com www.brianstcyr.com
Open all of P.3: Sat and Sun 12-5pm
Five in Four Rabbit Ears, 8225 Oak St. (985) 212-0274) rabbitearsnola@gmail.com
· Open all of P.3: Tues-Sat 12-6pm
· Opening Reception 11/7, 6-9pm
Foodways presented by Pelican Bomb, 725 Howard Ave. (504) 252-0136 events@pelicanbomb.com www.pelicanbomb.com
· Open all of P.3: Wed-Sun 11am-4pm
· 11/2 1-2:30pm Planting a Seed: Where does food come from? Children’s Program (Ages 4-10) Where does food come from? Children in this program will visit the Foodways exhibit and explore the artwork through guided questions and storytelling. Working with family members or caregivers, they will have the opportunity to decorate a small planter and take home a seed to grow, in order to foster their own exploration of foodways and food sources.
· 11/14 10am-4pm Pelican Bomb and BUREAU OF CHANGE Host: The 2014 Creative Time Summit. Join Pelican Bomb and BUREAU OF CHANGE for day one of presentations on the role of art in public life streamed from the 2014 Creative Time Summit in Stockholm. In addition to video talks from some of the world’s leading artists, activists, writers, and curators, Pelican Bomb and BUREAU OF CHANGE invite local panelists to join in the discussion live.
· 11/15 10am-6pm Pelican Bomb and BUREAU OF CHANGE Host: The 2014 Creative Time Summit. Join Pelican Bomb and BUREAU OF CHANGE for day two of presentations on the role of art in public life streamed from the 2014 Creative Time Summit in Stockholm. In addition to video talks from some of the world’s leading artists, activists, writers, and curators, Pelican Bomb and BUREAU OF CHANGE invite local panelists to join in the discussion live.
For When Goblins Sit Down Siberia, 3052 St. Claude Ave. (504) 265-8855 rhinestonerecords@hotmail.com panaceatheriac.com
· Open all of P.3: daily, 5pm-2am.
Frahn Koerner Open Studio 7576 Pearl St. (504) 261-7227 frahnkoerner@gmail.com www.frahnkoerner.com
· Open all of P.3: Sun 11am-4pm.
Good Children Gallery, 4037 St. Claude Ave. (504) 975-1557 info@goodchildrengallery.com www.goodchildrengallery.com
· Open all of P.3: Sat and Sun 12-5pm.
Guns in The Hands of Artists Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, 400a Julia St. (504) 522-5471 matthew@jonathanferraragallery.com www.jonathanferraragallery.com
Open all of P.3: Mon -Sat 10am-5pm and by appointment.
I Am Not Garbage, St. Alphonsus Art and Cultural Center, 2025 Constance St. (504) 524-8116 maniak_mik@hotmail.com www.stalphonsusneworleans.org
Open all of P.3: Tues, Thurs, Sat 10am-2pm
IMPERMANENCE, 2930 Burgundy St. (504) 231-7875 inkwellpress@gmail.com http://postmedium.com/floresolution
· Public Installation on view for all of P.3
In Empathy We Trust, New Orleans City Hall, 1300 Perdido St. (504) 309-4249 emily@octaviaartgallery.com www.e2empathy.com
· Open all of P.3: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
Intimate Immensity Annunciation Church, 1221 Mandeville St. (917) 848-4762 silviemargot@gmail.com or kiraperry8@gmail.com www.silviedeutsch.com www.kiraperryakerman.tumblr.com
· Open 10/25-11/25, 7 days, 7-10pm
Tavares Strachan. You belong here. Floating on the Mississippi River. Image courtesy of the artist.
Jimmy Mac Studios Open House Events, 2139 Dauphine St. (504) 301-1614
jimmymacinnola@gmail.com www.jimmymacstudios.com
· Open studio events on 10/25, 11/8, 12/13, and 1/10 from 6-10pm
Open studio featuring recent work and works in progress with artist present
La Oruga y La Mariposa Café Istanbul, 2372 St. Claude Ave. 504-301-7668 wsofilm@gmail.com
Screening on 11/10, 6-8pm.
La Petite Mort, 2033 Magazine St. (504) 919-9949 info@bestoro.net www.bestoro.net
· Open all of P.3: Mon, Wed, Fri-Sun 2-6pm
Linked, 2118 St. Claude Ave. (504) 975-2185 sal502@co.net sallyheller.com
· Public Mural on view for all of P.3.
Mexican Consulate Gallery, 901 Convention Center Blvd. Suite 118 (504) 528-3722 ext. 2105 bfloress@sre.gob.mx
· Open 11/6-11/30 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.
· Opening Receptions 10/2 and 11/6 6pm
MirrorFuge The Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St. (504) 481-4713 sharon@nolavie.com
· Open 12/10-12/20, Tues-Sat, 9:30am-4:30pm
MOTHERSHIP 3 STANDING AT THE ABYSS: The Louisiana Story Tulane University School of Public Health, 1441 Canal St. The Launching Pad
A MotherShip III Installation 2116-2118 St Claude Avenue. (415) 992-1900 dawndedeaux1@aol.com www.dawndedeaux.net and www.dawndedeaux.com
· Open all of P.3
· Main space: Fri-Sun, 12-5pm. Closed for holidays; 11/27, 11/28, 12/24, 12/25, 12/31 and 1/1.
· Satellite installation: Wed-Sun 12-5pm. Closed for holidays.
New Orleans Community Printshop, 1201 Mazant St. (504) 975-1484 communityprintshop@gmail.com www.nolacommunityprintshop.wordpress.com
· Open all of P.3: Tues/Thurs 6-10pm, Sat 10am-2pm and by appointment.
P.3+ at the Parlor, 3913 St. Claude Ave. (504) 723-6593 klc@karenlouisecrain.com karenlouisecrain.com
· Open all of P.3: Sat and Sun, 12-5pm.
PAPER/WEIGHT Chateau Curioso, 641 Caffin Ave. (718) 757-8119 msmaria@earthlink.net
· Open all of P.3: Fri and Sat 12pm-4pm
Passing It On: Tribute to John T. Scott The McKenna Museum, 2003 Carondelet St. (504) 586-7432 jwilliams@themckennamuseum.com http://www.themckennamuseum.com/
· Open all of P.3: Wed-Sun 11am-4pm
Peep This!, L9, 539 Caffin St. (504) 941-5159 L9arts@gmail.com L9artscenter.org
Open all of P.3, Wed-Sun 11am-5pm
Press Street’s Antenna Gallery, 3718 St. Claude Ave. (504) 298-3161 info@press-street.org, www.press-street.org
· Open all of P.3: Tues – Sun, 12-5pm- weekdays, call ahead.
· 11/29 6am-11/30 6am, 9th Annual 24-Hour Draw-A-Thon at the Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St.
Reckon Liberty Lumber Yard, 5385 Tchoupitoulas (504) 899-6341 jyniven@gmail.com www.jackniven.com
· Mural on view for all of P.3.
REPARATION: Contemporary Artists from New Orleans NOMA, 1 Collins Diboll Circle (504) 658-4100 www.noma.org
· Open all of P.3: Tues- Thurs 10-6pm, Fri 10-9pm, Sat and Sun 11-5pm.
Shotgun Cinema at the Marigny Opera House, 725 St Ferdinand St. (504) 408-2032, shotguncinema@gmail.com, shotguncinema.org
· 11/12 7p (doors at 6)
Show and Tell at Gallery Inferno, 6601 St Claude Ave. (504) 945-1878, mail@studioinferno.com.
· Open all of P.3: Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, 2nd Sat hours 10am-8pm.
· Artist talks 11/6, 11/20, 12/11 at 7:30
Space Rites presented by New Orleans Airlift at CANO’s Below Canal Creative Space, St. Maurice Church, 605 St. Maurice Ave. (347) 784-5226 delaney@neworleansairlift.org www.neworleansairlift.org
· Open all of P.3: Wed-Sun 12pm-8pm.
· Events on 10/26, 11/22, 12/13, 1/7, 7pm
Staple Goods, 1340 St Roch Ave. (504) 908-7331 staplegoodsnola@gmail.com postmedium.org/staplegoods
· Open all of P.3: Sat and Sun, 12-5pm.
TEN Gallery, 4432 Magazine St. (504) 214-3589 tengallery@gmail.com tengallerynola.com
· Open all of P.3: Sat and Sun, 12-5 and by appointment.
· Openings 11/1, 12/6, 1/3, 6-9pm
Terratour Dancing Grounds, 3705 St. Claude Ave. (504) 535-5791 nolaflyladies@gmail.com www.dancinggrounds.org
· Open all of P.3: Mon – Fri 6-9pm, Sat 9am-3pm.
The Art House on the Levee, 4725 Dauphine St. (917) 232-9034 rtannen@cox.net www.robertctannen.com
Open 10/25-12/25 Fri – Sun, 1-5pm
The Chapel of the Almighty Dollar, 3919 St. Claude Ave (504) 522-5471 info@jonathanferraragallery.com www.jonathanferraragallery.com
· Open all of P.3 Wed-Sun, 11am-4pm and by appointment
The Embassy Ace’s Car Wash and Sweet Shop, 1342 Franklin Ave. 1-855-GUN-BANK info@cash4gunz.org www.cash4gunz.org
· Open All of P.3 10/25-11/21 Tues – Sat 11-6pm. TBD thereafter
The Eumenides UNO Campus Fine Art Gallery, 2000 Lakeshore Dr. lala.rascic@gmail.com
· Open 11/3-12/3, M-F, 8:30am-4pm.
The Front 4100 St Claude Ave, (305) 898-8630, nolafront@gmail.com nolafront.org
· Open all of P.3: Sat and Sun, 12-5pm and by appointment.
The Goddess Revisited, Willendorf to Trucker Mudflaps Mural on view at 826 Gravier St. (504) 427-9746 angaries7@gmail.com.
· On view for all of P.3,
The Nature of Now, 3308 Magazine Street (415) 987-6148 thenatureofnow@gmail.com
· Open all P.3, Sat and Sun 10am-2pm and by appointment
The Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition presented by the Helis Foundation, 100-1700 Poydras St. (361) 441-6527 info@sculptureforneworleans.org www.sculptureforneworleans.org
· Public sculptures on view for all of P.3
Treo, 3835 Tulane Ave. (504) 304-4878 paulinepatterson@ymail.com www.treonola.com
Open all of P.3: Daily, 11:30am-12am
Tulane Contemporary.3 Carroll Gallery, Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University (504) 314-2228 LRichens@tulane.edu carrollgallery.tulane.edu.
· Open all of P.3: Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm
United Bakery Gallery and Annexes, 1325-1337 St. Bernard Ave. (504) 495-6863 benaleshire@gmail.com
· Open all P.3: Gallery- Sat and Sun 1-5pm: Annexes- 10/25-11/9 Wed-Sun after 11/10 Sat and Sun, 12-6pm
· Opening 10/25 1pm-10pm
· Record parties 11/4, 12/9, 1/6 7pm-11pm
· Poetry Speakeasy 11/8 7-9pm
· Book and Bake Holiday Print Sale 12/13 and 12/14 1-5pm
· Closing Reception 1/24 and 1/25 1-7pm
Urban Sidewalk/Installation Space, 441 Gravier St. (504) 251-4968 info@thevestigeproject.org www.thevestigesproject.org/web/trinitas and www.bureauofchange.org.
Open all of P.3: 7 days, 24 hours
We’re all in this Together Mural at the Temporary Detention Center at the Sheriff Department Prison, Intersection of S. Broad St and Gravier St. (843) 409-7084 jreneeartweb@gmail.com www.jreneeart.com
· Public Mural on view for all of P.3
With Light, With Love The Tigermen Den, 3113 Royal St. (917) 414-3985 contact@thetigermenden.com www.thetigermenden.com
· Open all of P.3: Saturdays 1-5pm
For more information, visit Prospect New Orleans online.