Opinion by Katie Bowler Young
Art critic Doug MacCash recently posed an important question in his article, “Will the Enrique Alferez murals in the former Times-Picayune building survive?” Those in position to decide the fate of Alferez’s “Symbols of Communication” panels at the newspaper’s former headquarters on Howard Avenue must embrace their roles as stewards of a historically significant work of art…
Jessie Haynes, The Helis Foundation, and Paul Soniat, City Park, join WDSU’s Aubry Killion to discuss the return of ‘Evenings with Enrique’ in April 2017…
The New Orleans Botanical Garden will extend its hours to 8 p.m. every Wednesday during the month of April beginning Wednesday, April 5 to celebrate “Evenings with Enrique.” Throughout the year, each Wednesday is free to Louisiana residents, courtesy of The Helis Foundation…
Each week, “Evenings with Enrique” will feature local musicians playing among the collection of 14 sculptures by the famed Mexican-American artist. Guides will be available to discuss the life and work of Enrique Alférez under enhanced lighting and fire baskets suspended from the branches of the Live Oak tree…