Schedule

NOLA Visual Art Excursion

Join the Visual Artists Network for a tour of visual arts sites in New Orleans. Departs from the lobby of Westin New Orleans Canal Place.

Included on the tour:

L9 Center for the Arts
The May Gallery & Residency
Parse
Lecture by Franklin Sirmans, Prospect 3 Artistic Director

The Art Excursion will conclude in time to attend the Let’s Geaux NOLA! Orientation and the NPN/VAN Opening Reception at the Contemporary Arts Center. The Visual Art Excursion is FREE and open to all Annual Meeting attendees, but space is limited, so please reserve a spot by signing up below:

 Please sign up here NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY DEC. 11^th

If you have never been to an Annual Meeting, or just want to get a better sense of what to expect this year, you should attend Let’s Geaux NOLA! It’s a great way to break the ice with other attendees, NPN/VAN Desks, Staff and Board. And cocktails will be served on the house!

This multidisciplinary group exhibition features artists who have participated in the Visual Artists Network Exhibition Residency program and a New Orleans-based visual artist.

This exhibition is generously hosted by the Contemporary Arts Center, an NPN Partner. Participating artists are engaged under a VAN Exhibition Residency contract and will serve a week-long residency at the NPN/VAN Annual Meeting.

With both sensitivity and humor, the experimental Tokyo-based theater company Faifai combines movement and technology to create a hybrid form of theater that draws from Kabuki, Noh and manga. In “Anton, Neko, Kuri,” Faifai transcends a story about basic human relationships through an exuberant pop aesthetic.

Seating is free and for Annual Meeting attendees only, but capacity is limited; Tickets will be issued at registration on a first-come first-served basis.

This performance is made possible by the generous support of the Japan Foundation Performing Arts JAPAN program and by the U.S./Japan Connection, a partnership between the NPN International Program and the Japan Contemporary Dance Network (JCDN) designed to increase opportunities for U.S. and international artists with funding from the Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnerships, the US/Japan Friendship Commission and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Photos: Kazuya Kato

Percussionist  Luther Gray and Bamboula 2000 will kick off the morning with rousing drumbeats that will lead us into NPN’s infamous introductions. That’s right, everyone in the room gets to be introduced!

And then at 11:30, we present A Keynote Conversation (with music) between Donald Harrison, Jr and his sister Cherice Harrison-Nelson, facilitated by radio personality and music lover Gwen Thompkins. Members of one of New Orleans illustrious Mardi Gras Indian families, Donald and Cherice have played significant roles around the world as New Orleans cultural ambassadors.

Live & On Stage Performance Showcases @ the Civic Theatre

Friday December 13 @ 6:00pm (Show order below)

• Kataalyst Alcindor, Untitled
  Spoken Word, New Orleans
• ArtSpot Productions, Go Ye Therefore
  Theater, New Orleans
• Tsunami Dance, In Between
  Dance, New Orleans
  
• Michaela Harrison, The Healing Room
  Music, New Orleans
• Sean Dorsey Dance, The Secret History of Love
  Dance, San Francisco

The ever popular “In the Works” provides a forum where Artists, NPN/VAN Partners and Colleagues may present brief (2 minutes or less) descriptions of NEW PROJECTS, at whatever stage of development. These projects should be new commissions or creative works that are currently being worked on.

A form* with brief bullet points about projects in the works must be completed and turned it in to Registration by Saturday December 14 at 9 am in order to talk about projects!

*Forms aren’t ready yet, but will be made available to you when they are!

Saturday December 14 @ 3:30pm (Show Order Below)

• Antonio Garza, Men in Uniform
  Theater, New Orleans
  
• Nejla Yatkin (NY2 Dance), Oasis: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Arabs & the Middle East
  Dance, Washington, DC
• Mudlark Puppeteers, The Mysterious Axeman’s Jazz
  Puppetry, New Orleans
• Mondo Bizarro, Cry You One
  Theater, New Orleans
  
• Holcombe Waller, Surfacing
  Multi-Disciplinary, Portland, OR

The Civic Theatre
Built in 1906, the Civic Theatre is the oldest in New Orleans. The building is a beautiful historic structure, and care has been taken at every step to preserve these details. Original touches, such as the beaux arts plaster work that graces the stage and balconies, connect contemporary theatergoers with past generations who first enjoyed the theater.

www.civicnola.com

Founded in October 2005 and located in the bohemian Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods, the St. Claude Arts District is one of the fastest growing underground arts scenes in the country. Coordinated gallery openings on the Second Saturday of each month provide alternative venues and aesthetics drenched in community flair.

Hosted by Junebug Productions.
Come experience the spirit, rhythm and pulse of New Orleans. Live music, spoken word, dance and music by DJ Matt Scott. Featured performances include: Frederick “Hollywood” Delahoussaye, Slam New Orleans (Team SNO), Junebug Productions, Africa Brass and many others!!!

Café Istanbul in the Healing Center, 2372 St Claude Avenue

Facilitated by the Arts Council of New Orleans, this conversational practicum is designed for visual artists with an interest in community art practice. The instructors will contextualize the concept within art history, encourage conversation on specific recent examples, discuss the practicalities and ethics involved in making work founded on community interaction, and touch on the funding potential of projects involving multiple collaborators.

Please arrive on time! Space is limited to 30 participants; First-come/first served; Sign up at Registration

Facilitated by Creative Capital, this workshop provides dance, theater, performance and visual artists making time-based work the opportunity to improve the documentation and preservation of their work. Space is limited; artists may sign up at registration.

Annual business meeting and regional breakouts for NPN and VAN Partners, NPN Board and Staff. One representative from each Partner organization must attend!

The Lagniappe Session features the stories, presentations, and dreams of some of New Orleans’ innovators, creators and leaders who are making a difference. Designed as short 7-minute TED-style blasts, these narratives are an important part of what New Orleans is today. “Lagniappe” is a favorite NOLA term that means a little extra something special thrown in for good measure.

Party with the To Be Continued Brass Band, one of New Orleans’ hottest groups. Wear your dancing shoes, because you won’t be able to sit down! The party will be rocking at the Art Klub, a funky and magical space in the Marigny, around the corner from Frenchmen Street home to many of the city’s hopping music venues.