News & Press

• January 14, 2022
  Internationally Renowned Artist Sanford Biggers Makes His Mark on New Orleans With New Mural in Downtown’s Arts District

  Arts New Orleans and The Helis Foundation announce the unveiling of Downtown’s newest mural, Just Us by internationally renowned artist Sanford Biggers...

• January 13, 2022
  Ogden Museum of Southern Art Elects New Officers to Board of Trustees and Establishes First Acquisition Fund in Honor of Chairman Emeritus

  Ogden Museum of Southern Art is pleased to announce that its Board of Trustees has elected a new Board Chair, Jessie Schott Haynes, Managing Director of The Helis Foundation in New Orleans.  ..

• December 21, 2021
  Asante Salaam Named Director of The Helis Foundation John Scott Center

   

  New Orleans, Louisiana (Dec. 21, 2021) — Multidisciplinary artist Asante Salaam will serve as the inaugural director of The Helis Foundation John Scott Center at the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH)...

• October 13, 2021
  Two New Murals Join Unframed presented by The Helis Foundation, a Project of Arts Council New Orleans

  NEW ORLEANS (October 7, 2021)— The Helis Foundation and Arts Council New Orleans continue their collaboration on downtown New Orleans’ growing mural project with the announcement of Unframed 3.0...