Residency Office Hours Registration

Zoom - register to receive link

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 9, 2023. Register below to receive Zoom link. Can’t make […]

Artist Salon with Niki Franco

A Studio in the Woods 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, United States

Join us to meet and learn more about current Rising Resident Niki Franco. Niki will give short a presentation on her work followed by a light dinner and refreshments. Registration required below. Niki Franco is a Caribbean abolitionist community organizer, writer, and facilitator of spaces for collective study. Seeking to disrupt the institutionalized bureaucratic frameworks […]

FishSTOCK!

Plaquemines Parish 499 F. Edward Hebert Blvd , Belle Chasse, LA

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 […]

Volunteer for FishSTOCK!

Plaquemines Parish 499 F. Edward Hebert Blvd , Belle Chasse, LA

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. <a href="https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/jdOr8TRNkxzwZ2aUPPyYgg">Register Here</a><br/>

Inspiring Health Justice Residencies Showcase

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 […]

Sanctuary: Multi-channel video Installation by Nailah Jefferson & Laurie Sumiye

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. ⁠ 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 […]

Singing to the Trees with Shay Nichols

A Studio in the Woods 13401 Patterson Rd, New Orleans, LA, 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 […]