A Studio in the Woods

ByWater Institute Scholarly Retreats Application Deadline
2023-03-15 | LA
Applications for ByWater Institute Scholarly Retreats are due by 11:59 pm pacific time on March 15, 2023. View full application details here.

FishSTOCK!
2023-03-25 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Plaquemines Parish, 499 F. Edward Hebert Blvd , Belle Chasse, LA, 70037
Join us and artist Brandon Ballengée in Plaquemines Parish, on March 25, for a community celebration of art, adaptation, and fishes!
Fishes are by far the most successful group of vertebrates (animals with backbones) to ever occupy Earth. Fish are marvels of adaptation and resilience, occupying almost all bodies of water on our planet, and scientists have described over 34,000 species with new species being found all the time! However, overfishing, oil spills, and changes to habitats and climate have caused many species to decline. The Gulf of Mexico is home to 77 endemic fishes found nowhere else in the world, and many of these have not been reported in recent decades.
This event is part of Searching for the Ghosts of the Gulf, a collaborative project with the Plaquemines Parish Government supported by an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
FEATURING:
Searching for the Ghosts of the Gulf
Hands-on art & science activities
Tour of the world’s largest fish collection
Fishy foods from Bad Wolf, Woodlands Plantation, and more
MUSIC SCHEDULE:11:30am-12:30pm – Sidiki Conde & Wowo Souakoli with Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes and Peter Carter
1:00-2:00pm – Aaron Foret and the Swamp Pop Band
2:30-3:15pm – Valparaiso Men’s Chorus
FOOD:
Bad Wolf
Kenny’s Cajun & Creole Cuisine
Woodlands Plantation
Kona Ice
Chargrilled oysters on-site!!
BAR:

Bar will be cash only. ATM is available on-site.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS & ORGANIZATIONS:
Artists: Brandon Ballengée, Cori Ander, Hannah Chalew, Shannon Cruz, Hye Sea, Pippin Frisbie-Calder and student artists from Plaquemines Parish.
Organizations:Restore the Mississippi River Delta, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, Coastal Wetlands Planning Protection and Restoration Act, Couvillion Group, Delta Discovery Tours, The Hive, Glass Half Full, LAYAYA Bus, The Nature Project, Woodlands Conservancy, Woodland Plantation and more!!
PRESS:
WWLTV
Creative-Capital
Country Road Magazine
Louisiana Life
Photos by: Fernando Lopez.

Volunteer for FishSTOCK!
2023-03-25 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Plaquemines Parish, 499 F. Edward Hebert Blvd , Belle Chasse, LA, 70037
Be part of the Fishy Fun! Volunteer for FishSTOCK!
March 25 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Do you want to be part of FishSTOCK Festival? Sign up to volunteer on March 25 for a community celebration of art, adaptation, and fishes in Plaquemines Parish.
Register Here

Rising Residency Application Deadline
2023-04-10 | LA
Applications for Rising: Climate in Crisis Residencies are due by 11:59 pm pacific time on April 10, 2023. View full application details here.

Inspiring Health Justice Residencies Showcase
2023-04-13 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Cook Theater, Samuel DuBois Cook Fine Arts and Communications Center, 2601 Gentilly Boulevard, New Orleans, LA, United States
Listen to Dr. Maupin’s interview about Inspiring Health Justice on Spotify or MixCloud.
This year’s Inspiring Health Justice Residencies in collaboration with the Dillard Minority Health and Health Equity Research Center will culminate on April 13, 2023 at 5pm with an art opening and performance at Dillard University. Restoring Humanity: The Fight for Reproductive Justice in a Post-Roe World will showcase the work of three Dillard University students-in-residence; Tia Green, Olivia Johnson, and Gabriel Prewitt; who have been meeting all year with Dr. Robert Maupin (Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the LSU Health Sciences Center and Associate Dean of Diversity & Community Engagement) and Dillard faculty members John Barnes (Associate Professor of Visual Arts) and Ray Vrazel (Associate Professor of Theater).
The aim of Inspiring Health Justice is to bring the arts and public health together to address our region’s long-standing health disparities through creative, cross-disciplinary mentorship focusing the energy and passion of Dillard art students towards fostering health equity. This year’s focus has been on reproductive health disparities and the intersecting challenges for everyone affected by the issue of reproductive health — particularly Black women — historically as well as now in a post-Roe v. Wade world.
WHEN: April 13, 2023 at 5:00pm
WHERE: Samuel DuBois Cook Fine Arts and Communications Center
2601 Gentilly Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70122

Sanctuary: Multi-channel video Installation by Nailah Jefferson & Laurie Sumiye
2023-05-08 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design, 1725 Barronne Street, New Orleans, LA, United States
Join us at the Small Center 1725 Baronne St) next Monday, May 8th from 5-7pm, for a Pop-Up Video Installation by current Rising: Climate in Crisis residents Artists-in-Residence Nailah Jefferson and Laurie Sumiye’s.
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This immersive, work-in-progress video installation delves into memory and tides of “urban renewal” in communities of color in New Orleans and Honolulu. In the displacement of lives impacted by ocean-level rise, “invaders” change the make-up of local neighborhoods. Invasive species, such as the ubiquitous Cat’s Claw vine (Uncaria tomentosa) in New Orleans represent the creeping of both climate change and rampant gentrification.⁠
Many thanks to The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design for hosting!
Where: The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design, 1725 Baronne Street
When: May 8-26, visit (M-F, 9am-5pm) by appointment jcotto@tulane.edu
Reception with the artists: May 8th, 5-7pm

Singing to the Trees with Shay Nichols
2023-05-12 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Learn with former resident Shay Nichols how singing in nature can deepen our connection with the natural world and each other. Discover the process of rewilding your voice, allowing natural music to emerge.

Listening deeply to the forest, Shay invites participants to play with the building blocks of music found in nature, using tones, textures, and rhythmic patterns to create soundscapes. Participants will explore simple musical exercises such as sonic niche and mycelial tapestry that can be used in your own park or backyard.
This kind of wild singing opens pathways of connection and perception and is a way of practicing being in harmony with the earth.
The workshop is free, but space is limited and registration is required. You are welcome to bring a bag of lunch and join workshop participants for lunch. Studio will provide beverages and popsicles!

Register here for Singing to the Trees with Shay Nichols

Artist Salon with Quintron & Miss Pussycat
2023-05-23 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us to meet and learn more about current Rising Residents Quintron & Miss Pussycat. They will give a short presentation on their work followed by a light dinner and refreshments. Registration is required below.
During their residency, Quintron and Miss Pussycat will create a live puppet show about extreme weather events, utilizing a “Wildlife Organ” built and installed by Quintron at A Studio in the Woods. The Wildlife Organ is envisioned as a musical instrument using specially-housed microphones to intimately capture and process the broad spectrum of natural sounds on site, routing each distinct sound back to a playable, musical keyboard.
Miss Pussycat began her career in art and puppetry as a child in the Southern Baptist Church of Antlers, Oklahoma as part of the Christian Puppet Youth Ministry. She later moved to New Orleans and started a secret nightclub in her house called Pussycat Caverns, which hosted bands and all types of performances in a unique and lively atmosphere. Today, and for over 20 years, she is busy presenting live puppet shows in rock clubs, libraries, and secret clubhouses all around the world, and singing and playing maracas with Quintron. Her puppets and their worlds often become the genesis for other art projects, such as ceramic statues, paintings, videos, and electronic soundtracks.
Quintron has been inventing electronic gadgets and creating genre-defying noise, soundscape, and house-rocking dance music in New Orleans for over 20 years, much of it in collaboration with artist/puppeteer Panacea Theriac aka “Miss Pussycat”. In 1999, Quintron helped to foster a DIY analog synth revival with a patented instrument called the DRUM BUDDY, a light-activated analog drum machine that creates murky, low-fidelity, rhythmic patterns. These experiments eventually led to Quintron’s focus on a weather-controlled drone synthesizer called Weather Warlock and a website devoted to streaming its music called Weather For The Blind.
This program is supported by WWNO 89.9FM
Photo credit: Caitlyn Ridenour
Register here for Artist Salon with Quintron & Miss Pussycat

Mosquito Dance with Rachel Lin Weaver
2023-05-23 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us for a work-in-progress sharing of Rachel Lin Weaver’s MOSQUITO DANCE, a new multi-part experimental film and video/projection mapping installation series on Tuesday, May 23rd, from 6:30-9:00pm. Join us for Quintron & Miss Pussycat’s Artist Salon and stay for Rachel’s sharing.
At this event, Weaver will showcase their first installment of projection and live/performed sound, which documents the microbial life and blood from mosquitos captured at A Studio in the Woods (including animals’ blood and strangers’ blood, and the blood of the artist).
Registration is required.
Register here for Artist Salon with Quintron & Miss Pussycat

Find your Tree - Walk in the Woods with David Baker
2023-06-02 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us for a Walk in the Woods on Friday, June 2nd (previously May 26th) at 9 am with Studio Botanist David Baker to learn first-hand about his work and the land. This walk will focus on the forest’s response to hurricanes and how increasing storm frequency changes the forest.
If you donated to us during GiveNOLA, we tagged a tree with your name, and you can visit your tree during the walk!
The event is free, but registration below is required.
Register here for Hurricane Ecology Walk in the Woods with David Baker

Honoring Joe Carmichael
2023-06-18 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Joe M. Carmichael was an extraordinarily kind man who had an incredible ability to pay attention, a deep well of humor, a steady hand, a twinkling eye, and a creative mind full of inventive solutions to wide-ranging problems.
His life touched innumerable friends, students, artists, scholars, and New Orleanians of all stripes, and he will continue to do so through the living legacy of A Studio in the Woods.
A celebration of life will be held at A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd. New Orleans, LA 70131 on Sunday, June 18, 2023 4-7pm.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a charitable donation to Friends of A Studio in the Woods.
Obituary: https://www.nola.com/news/joe-carmichael-co-founder-of-a-studio-in-the-woods-dead-at-95/article_0498b952-edde-11ed-9e26-4bb13136f083.html
https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/joseph-carmichael-obituary?id=51844785
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Kids in the Woods Camp 2023
2023-06-19 09:00 - 2023-06-30 15:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
At Kids in the Woods Camp, youth 7-11 years old learn about their relationship to the natural environment. Through hands-on art activities, children use both artistic and scientific skills to observe, identify and collect natural materials and processes. They then record their experiences through visual arts such as clay, painting, drawing, collage, and sculpture. They develop literary arts through journaling, poetry, and storytelling. Campers also engage with performing arts through movement, music, and creating their own plays. Kids in the Woods Camp features guest artists and scientists, providing deeper dives into subject matter.
DATES: June 19 – June 30, 2023(2 weeks, Monday – Friday)
TIMES: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
LOCATION: A Studio in the Woods, Lower Coast Algiers, 13401 Patterson Road, NOLA 70131
COST: $600 for the 2-week session. $200 non-refundable deposit due with application/10% discount for multiple registrations in one family).
More details and application here.

Hurricane Ecology Walk in the Woods with David Baker
2023-09-29 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us for a Walk in the Woods with Studio Botanist David Baker to learn about his work and the land first-hand. This walk will focus on the forest’s response to hurricanes and how increasing storm frequency is changing the forest. The event is free but registration is required below.
Friday, September 29th at 9 am at A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd. New Orleans, LA 70131.
This program is sponsored by the New Orleans Town Gardeners.
Register here for Hurricane Ecology Walk in the Woods with David Baker

Artist Salon with Ian Gerson
2023-10-10 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us to meet and learn more about current Rising Resident Ian Gerson on October 10th (previously September 28th) from 6:30-9:00 pm. He will give a short presentation on his work followed by a light dinner and refreshments — Registration is required below.
Ian Gerson is a queer and trans interdisciplinary artist and educator born and based in Houston, TX. Ian has shared work across art spaces in the US and in Mexico City, including Socrates Sculpture Park, the Bronx Museum of Art, the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, and BOX13 ArtSpace in Houston, and has participated at several residencies including Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, MacDowell, the Galveston Artist Residency, and the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.
While in residency and using discarded materials found in local waterways, he will weave a series of wearable sculptures and then facilitate a queer and trans-led fashion show on the banks of the Mississippi River. Using makeshift looms he will hand-weave ropes found on the banks of the Mississippi River along with his own personal clothing scraps, mylar emergency blankets, dried plants, EL wire lights, and other found materials. His project ‘Transing the Future’ harnesses the emancipatory potential of queer nightlife to envision climate survival through a trans lens.
Register here for Artist Salon with Ian Gerson

Woods Volunteer Day
2023-10-13 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us to get your hands dirty in support of the forest! Volunteers will assist with Ecologist David Baker’s work, learning how to identify and properly remove a range of invasive species common in our area.
9am – 12pm on Friday, October 13th. Registration is required below!
Bring your lunch – beverages and sweets will be provided.
Register here for Woods Volunteer Day with David Baker

Woods Volunteer Day
2023-10-27 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us to get your hands dirty in support of the forest! Volunteers will assist with Environmental Curator David Baker’s work, learning how to identify and properly remove a range of invasive species common in our area.
9am – 12pm on Friday, October 27. Registration is required. Bring your lunch – beverages and sweets will be provided.
Register here for Woods Volunteer Day s with David Baker

FORESTival 2023: A Celebration of Art and Nature
2023-11-11 11:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us at A Studio in the Woods on Saturday, November 11, 2023, 11am – 5pm for our 13th annual celebration of art and nature. 13401 Patterson Rd. New Orleans, LA 70131. Scroll down for tickets! You can also sign up to volunteer here!
We are excited to announce this amazing music line-up: RAM Haiti, Brass-A-Holics, and former Rising Resident Andrina Turenne.
Artistic presentations by residents and guest artists, including a beading workshop with Spy Boy Walter Sandifer of the Beautiful Creole Apache, a “Wildlife Organ” and puppet show about climate change and Mardi Gras with Quintron and Miss Pussycat, and much more!
Environmental Justice Hub featuring Concerned Citizens of St. John, Rise St. James, and artist and former Bulbancha resident Ida Aronson.
Food and drink by Crescent City Burgers, Eli’s Kitchen, We Dat Chicken & Shrimp, and Big O’s Pops.
Art activities for kids and kids-at-heart alike, including festival favorite Build a Clay Forest, water literacy activity with Ripple Effect, and sand fun with Glass Half Full and ReCoast.
Walks in the woods with Tulane University scientists, and herbalist Samille Niambi Steed.
Silent auction of one-of-a-kind art objects and experiences.
We can’t wait to share more programming details!

FORESTival is made possible by Mary and Larry Antonini, Hancock Whitney Bank, Linda Usdin and Steven Bingler, Crescent City Burgers, Crescent Crown, Lambert Foundation, New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund, Alicia Franck, Freddie King III, Elis Kitchen, Cheetah Flower Lab, Dr. C’Ma, Big O’s, WWNO, Renee Peck, Tom and Ellen Prewitt, Footprint Project,Dana Query, Brinkley Serkedakis, We Dat Chicken & Shrimp, Walmart, and EarthWorks.

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FORESTival Volunteer Sign Up
2023-11-11 11:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Do you want to be part of the 13th annual FORESTival 2023? Sign up to volunteer on November 11th, 2023!
Three different time slots are available. Choose what fits your schedule better below!
Register Here

DISH: Artist Salon with Laura Tanner
2023-12-06 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us to meet and learn more about current Rising Resident Laura Tanner. She will give a short presentation on her work followed by a community potluck dinner accompanied by stories and memories. Registration is required below.
Laura Tanner’s creative works act as sites of inquiry into the revisionist histories that reinforce systems of inequity. Spanning drawing, installation, and social practice, she works with historical institutions and local communities to collect documented and oral histories that shed light on the extraordinary contradictions between the perceived and experienced narratives in America.
Dish is an ongoing project that studies regional foodways (i.e., the eating habits and culinary practices that guide the production and consumption of food) across the country to discover deep connections between diverse communities. In addition to creating drawings, Laura is collecting recipes and personal narratives about food traditions to be published in a series of printed catalogs as well as in an online archive. Please consider contributing to this effort by bringing a written recipe or food story with your dish to the potluck dinner. The recipe could be one that has been handed down through the family for generations, shared with you by a friend, or developed on your own. The only requirement is that the recipe somehow evokes your relationship to Louisiana. If you decide to share a story, please consider one (or more) of the following prompts:

What is your relationship to Louisiana’s landscape? How has it changed throughout your life?
Describe your life and/ or family history in Louisiana?
What foods did you grow up with?
What is Louisiana food? How has it changed?
Tell a story about a recipe (it’s origins, who made it for you, etc.)
Who sits at your table?

The printed catalog will take the form of a community/ Junior League cookbook, acknowledging the activist history of informal cookbooks as the sustenance of change in America. If you choose to contribute, you will receive a copy of the catalog with your recipe/ story included.
Thank you in advance for your assistance, and Laura looks forward to meeting you all at the dinner!
Cheers!
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Scent Walk with Manon Bellet
2023-12-08 10:00 - 11:30 UTC | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us for a Scent Walk in the forest with visual and olfactory artist Manon Bellet on Friday, December 8th, 10am – 11:30am. Participants will walk in the woods and along the banks of the Mississippi, focusing explicitly on smells while becoming aware of the smell of the surrounding landscape and paying attention to unexpected and curious smells while recognizing some familiar. The event is free, but registration is required below!
Olfaction is one of the most direct and archaic senses that does not obey one’s will but is directly linked to emotions and evokes memories and associations that seem very far from rational logic. It is a sense that appeals to our imagination.
Before coming to the Woods
Start paying closer attention to smells in your own environment. What does your home, your neighborhood, your work smell like? Could you tell them apart by smell alone?
What to expect

Be alert for curious and unexpected smells, but also for episode smells specific to a particular area, flowers, plants, water… let’s say background smells that are less intense but suggest an olfactory context.
Walk slowly and note at least four distinct smells. Write them down, noting the location, the smell’s intensity and duration, and your reaction and thoughts.
Try scent hunting, such as crushing leaves or actively sniffing a wall or other object, and write down four more.
Collect four final odors using either of the methods described and discuss your results with other olfactory hikers; if appropriate, choose an odor that summarizes the area.

Please refrain from wearing strong perfumes or other scents so that you may enter the experience with a clean slate.
Register here for Scent walk with Manon Bellet

Hurricane Ecology Walk in the Woods with David Baker
2023-12-15 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us for a Walk in the Woods with Studio Ecologist David Baker to learn about his work and the land first-hand. This walk will focus on the forest’s response to hurricanes and how increasing storm frequency is changing the forest. The event is free but registration is required.
Friday, December 15th at 9 am at A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd. New Orleans, LA 70131.
This program is sponsored by the New Orleans Town Gardeners.
Register here for Hurricane Ecology Walk in the Woods with David Baker

Telepathic Futurisms: The Poetics of Contrapuntal Sonification and Visuality in 'The Poet' with Tanner Menard
2023-12-17 15:00 - 18:00 UTC | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Immerse yourself in an evening filled with the harmonies of ambient music and contrapuntal vocals that mirror the mesmerizing visual scores found within Tanner Menard’s forthcoming album. On Sunday, December 17th, from 3pm – 6pm this event will be more than just a performance—it’s an immersive journey inviting you to become part of a symbiotic resonance between art and audience. The event is free, but the registration is required below!
Join Tanner as he takes participants through the evolution of his sound artistry and poetic exploration, revealing how Kundalini yoga practices have shaped the essence of his work and inspired the creation of UBU University. Following the performance, he will delve into a captivating discussion, exploring everything from Jack Spicer’s Martian dictations to the transcendent power of Indigenous Futurism in breaking communication barriers.
Together, participants will navigate through the realms of poetry as a conduit for external influences, drawing inspiration from the works of influential poets like Hannah Weiner, Ariana Reines, and Alice Notley. The aim is to push the boundaries of traditional poetic and sonic expressions, bridging the past, present, and the envisioned future of communication.
To top off this experience, an 11-minute guided meditation will envelop in a reflective aura, offering a serene conclusion to the explorative journey. Afterward, participants will have 1.5 hours dedicated to a delightful dinner segment—a perfect opportunity to digest the shared experiences, engage in conversations, and forge connections in a relaxed setting. This thoughtfully structured timeline ensures a seamless flow between the various elements of the evening, fostering intellectual engagement, artistic immersion, and social interaction.
Come and be part of an enriching evening that promises to ignite your senses, expand your horizons, and leave you with lasting memories.
Register here for Telepathic Futurisms with Tanner Menard

Artist Salon with Ashley Teamer
2024-01-10 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us to meet and learn more about Rising Residents Ashley Teamer. She will give a short presentation on her work followed by a light dinner and refreshments on Wednesday, January 10th, 6:30pm – 9:00-pm. Registration is required below.
Teamer’s collages explore the relationships between the body, nature, space, and time. She uses painting, sculpture, photography, and sound to creatively intervene with indoor and outdoor architecture revealing the malleability of our built environment. Through layering images, Teamer charts invented landscapes where dialogues between divergent moments and relationships are bridged.
She is working on a project called A World Without Levees, which is an exhibition of large-scale collages that combine archival imagery with present-day photographs to show what New Orleans would look like if levees were transformed into structures that allowed us to live more harmoniously with water.
During her residency, her goal is to photograph every major levee, canal, and water management structure in the city, learn more about the history of the levee system through archival research, discuss her work in progress with friends, family, artists, scientists, and the wider A Studio in the Woods network.
This program is supported by WWNO 89.9FM
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Artist Salon with Kate Cheka
2024-02-22 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us to meet and learn more about Rising Residents Kate Cheka. She will give a short presentation on her work followed by a light dinner and refreshments on Thursday, February 22nd, 6:30pm – 9:00-pm. Registration is required below.
Kate Cheka (UK) is an artist, writer and comedian whose primary creative medium is human emotion, either trying to make people laugh (comedy), think (philosophical musings) or feel (storytelling). She has traveled extensively, studied in four different countries and performed stand-up in seven.
Having lived in Berlin and Buenos Aires as well as Delhi and Dar es Salaam her primary focus is always the human lived experience. She believes the best art walks with you through life, reflecting back our intimate feelings as well as (hopefully) providing inspirational impetus for revolutionary acts.
This program is supported by WWNO 89.9FM
Register here for Artist Salon with Kate Cheka

Woods Volunteer Day
2024-02-23 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us to get your hands dirty in support of the forest! Volunteers will assist with Environmental Curator David Baker’s work, learning how to identify and properly remove a range of invasive species common in our area.
9am – 12pm on Friday, February 23rd. Registration is required – bring your lunch, sweets and beverages will be provided.
Register here for Woods Volunteer Day with David Baker

Replenish Residencies Info Session 2024-25
2024-02-28 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Join us for an online information session about Replenish Residencies. Staff will give an overview of the application process and residency experience and then field questions from attendees.
Replenish Residencies provides 1-2 week restorative visioning retreats to local BIPOC artists and culture bearers, the heart of New Orleans culture. In light of the many racial disparities still present in our society at large and the arts economy specifically, we offer these residencies to provide time to rest and restore, vision and create. The call is open to BIPOC artists and culture bearers from the Greater New Orleans area who have not attended a residency before. Details and application here.
Replenish Residency Info Session

Residency Office Hours 2024
2024-03-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Drop in and ask any questions you have about current open calls. Staff will be present to answer questions on the application process, living experience, residency theme, public engagement component, documentation, and beyond. Drop in any time between 12:00pm – 1:00pm CST on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Register below to receive Zoom link. Can’t make it? Questions can be directed at any time to info@astudiointhewoods.org.
Residency Office Hour

Photo credit: Fernando Lopez

Mushroom Walk with Bruce Sunpie Barnes
2024-03-08 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Team up with musician and former National Park Service Naturalist Bruce Sunpie Barnes to explore the mushrooms and fungi native to southern Louisiana’s bottomland hardwood forests. Bruce will not only teach how to identify specific species but will share mushroom lore, including mystic and medicinal properties, on Friday, March 8th, 10am – 12pm. You are welcome to bring your lunch for a shared meal afterward – sweets and beverages will be provided.
The event is free, but spaces are limited – make sure you grab your spot below.
This program is funded by The New Orleans Town Gardeners.
Register here for Mushrooms Walk with Bruce Sunpie Barnes

Replenish Residencies deadline
2024-03-13 | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Applications for Replenish Residencies are due by 11:59 pm Pacific time on March 13, 2024.

Scholarly Retreats Residencies deadline
2024-03-13 | A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 70131, United States
Applications for Tulane ByWater Institute Scholarly Retreats are due by 11:59 pm Pacific time on March 13, 2024.
