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LSU School of Art Grants Highest MFA Stipends in the Southern US

Avatar photo by Louisiana State University March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

With funded assistantships, full tuition waivers, and generous stipends, Louisiana State University helps students lay the groundwork for a successful lifelong art practice.

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Five Contemporary Artists Explore Créolité at Acadiana Center for the Arts

Avatar photo by Acadiana Center for the Arts November 8, 2022November 7, 2022

Gwladys Gambie, Rebecca D. Henry, Jérémie Priam, Tabita Rezaire, and Modou Dieng Yacine partake in the first iteration of this exhibition in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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NOMA Presents Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers

Avatar photo by New Orleans Museum of Art September 21, 2022September 20, 2022

With over 250 photos from the 19th century to today, this exhibition in New Orleans looks at the artistic, social, and political impact of Black photographers working in commercial portrait studios.

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NOMA Presents Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans

Avatar photo by New Orleans Museum of Art May 19, 2022May 18, 2022

This exhibition explores the work and short-but-impactful life of the groundbreaking ceramic artist. Now on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

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An Artist’s Altar to Divine Feminine Energy

Avatar photo by Laurence Ross January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

Anastasia Pelias’s sculpture builds on this mythological legacy, suggesting we all have the ability to commune with a higher power and influence our futures.

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Ten Nineteen Exhibits Rare Vintage Prints From Nancy Rexroth’s IOWA

Avatar photo by Ten Nineteen December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

Nancy Rexroth: IOWA, which features 28 photographs from the groundbreaking series, is on view at the New Orleans art space through January 30, 2022.

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Dawn DeDeaux Connects Social Justice and Environmentalism in a Retrospective at the New Orleans Museum of Art

Avatar photo by New Orleans Museum of Art November 5, 2021November 5, 2021

In a retrospective on view at NOMA, Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds demonstrates the artist’s longstanding concern with the most pressing issues of our time.

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Louisiana Artists Mobilize to Help Hurricane Ida Victims

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

With official authorities overwhelmed and underfunded, locals have mobilized a robust relief response, among them members of the state’s thriving arts community.

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Open Letter Lambastes Racism and Homophobia at New Orleans Museum of Art

by Hakim Bishara June 25, 2020November 5, 2020

Incidents include a staffer being asked to cut their dreadlocks and the permanent installation of a plantation parlor against the advisement of Black staff.

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Mickalene Thomas Makes the White Cube a Domestic Oasis

Avatar photo by Megan N. Liberty May 2, 2020May 4, 2020

Thomas’s Femmes Noires reframes the gallery space, allowing viewers to alter their behavior from what’s expected in an art institution.

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Marches Can Only Come and Go: The Reality of Dread Scott’s “Slave Rebellion”

by William C. Anderson November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

In highlighting a neglected piece of history that struck fear in the hearts of white enslavers, Scott made a statement about who gets to mine our history, simultaneously prompting questions about intentions, impact, and praxis.

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Dread Scott’s “Slave Rebellion” Promises an Empowering Take on the Historical Reenactment Trope

by William C. Anderson November 7, 2019

In 1811, hundreds of enslaved people marched through Louisiana chanting “freedom or death.” While their oft-forgotten journey ended in massacre, artist Dread Scott spent six years organizing a reenactment to celebrate the legacy of their courage, to be staged November 8-9.

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