Join us on Monday, September 22nd 6:30pm – 9:00pm for an Artist Salon featuring Self as Universe: Mending Our Collective Ecosystem residents, Cory Diane and Carl Harrison Jr.

Cory Diane (New Orleans, LA) is a performer, composer and sound artist whose work often looks at sound and vibration as means of knowing and relating. While in The Woods, they aim to synthesize years of research and relationship building around Gravitational Wave Astronomy with their ongoing creative work related to climate justice, and their lived experience as a person with a physical disability and navigating chronic pain. Central to this project would be continued collaboration with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) physicists (based in Louisiana and across the globe), and the prototyping of a new instrument—a “harp” sounded not by the strumming of strings, but by sunlight.

Carl Harrison Jr. (New Orleans, LA) is an innovative interdisciplinary filmmaker and artist whose work explores the intersections of cultural memory, land, and Black and Indigenous traditions. Through a mix of documentary, animation, installation, and community-centered storytelling, Carl creates immersive experiences that honor ancestral knowledge and imagine liberatory futures. Grounded in both art and activism, Carl’s work is rooted in the soil of the Gulf South and grows from a desire to preserve heritage while nourishing collective transformation.

During his residency at A Studio in the Woods, he will be continuing work on Eve’s Garden: Seasons of the Soul, a hybrid personal documentary that explores the intersection of family, land, and memory in the Saint Roch neighborhood of New Orleans. Rooted in the story of his great-grandmother Eve and the food forest created in her honor, the project weaves oral history, filmmaking, and land-based practices into a living archive of Black and Indigenous resilience.

The event is FREE but registration is required. Click here to RSVP!

Parking will be on Patterson Rd. outside of A Studio in the Woods campus at visitor’s own risk. Event may be outside, please wear enclosed shoes and dress accordingly.

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