A symbolic and surreal illustration of the myth of Atlas. Against a blue background, a muscular Latino man with dark hair and a mustache crouches in the palm of a woman's bejeweled hand. He is wearing a white muscle t-shirt and brown pants, and he is blindfolded with a blue bandana. Upon his broad shoulders is a white and gray representation of Earth approximately three times larger than the man, with North and South America visible on the left half and Europe and Africa visible on the right half. The man's hands are bound with gold cords that extend to the top half of a broken pale yellow Greek column in the upper left corner of the painting, and to the bottom half of a broken pale yellow Greek column in the bottom right corner of the painting. Pink, red, and orange roses in full bloom fill the adjacent corners. Three giant, brownish-green snakes, with bellies the color of the Greek columns and heads as big as the man's chest, fill the space between the Earth and the four corners of the painting. One of the snakes is coiled around the wrist supporting the outstretched woman's hand; another snake is rising up from the bottom of the painting directly beneath the hand; and the third extends from behind the lower right column to behind the man, then up and over the roses in the upper right corner.

Announcing the 2023 Take Notice Fund Awardees

The National Performance Network is thrilled to announce the third cohort of the Take Notice Fund, honoring artists of color in Louisiana.

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