"Melvin Edwards: Crossroads"

March 6, 2020
River Beats: “Melvin Edwards Unveils New Steelwork Exhibit ‘Crossroads’ at the Ogden”
MELVIN EDWARDS BEGAN SHOWING HIS ART PROFESSIONALLY IN 1965. Just five years later, he became the first African-American sculptor with solo work at the Whitney Museum of American Art...
February 24, 2020
WWNO “Inside the Arts”: New Orleans French Film Festival, Mickalene Thomas | Femmes Noires
Artist Mickalene Thomas joined the studios at WWNO for an interview with Diane Mack on “Inside the Arts.” Thomas currently has an exhibit on view at the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans entitled, Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires...
February 7, 2020
GoNOLA: “Krewe du Vieux, Tet Fest, and More Weekend Picks”
This weekend in New Orleans, we’re in full-fledged Carnival mode. Parades roll on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but this isn’t even our biggest weekend yet...
February 5, 2020
Via Nola Vie: “Footprints: Unframed but not alone with Etam Cru’s CBD mural”
One of the best ways to exhibit the “alternative” in society is to express ideas, feelings, and emotions through an art form. Urban street art is extremely prominent in New Orleans, especially in terms of grand, large-scale murals painted throughout the city...

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