WWNO: The Return of Ida Kohlmeyer’s Box of Artificial Flowers #6 to Poydras Corridor
The Helis Foundation Managing Director Jessie Schott Haynes speaks with WWNO’s Diane Mack about the return of Ida Kohlmeyer’s sculpture,...
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The Helis Foundation
Sep 29, 2021
Five New Sculptures to be Added to Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition This Fall
NEW ORLEANS (September 16, 2021) - As New Orleans’ public art installations continue to evolve, Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition...
The Helis Foundation
May 24, 2021
The Helis Foundation Gears Up for Summer with “Art for All” Program
NEW ORLEANS (May 25, 2021) — The program includes an array of initiatives, including free admission for Louisiana residents at select...
The Helis Foundation
Feb 2, 2021
WDSU: Sculpture Arrives in New Orleans
WDSU-TV shows the installation of artist Arlene Shechet’s Tall Feather sculpture on Poydras Street in January 2021. The sculpture is part...
The Helis Foundation
Jan 26, 2021
Public Art Exhibition Along Poydras Street Expands with the Addition of New Sculpture Tall Feather
NEW ORLEANS—Artist Arlene Shechet joins Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition presented by The Helis Foundation (PCSE) with the...
The Helis Foundation
May 3, 2020
WWNO: Interview with Jessie Haynes
WWNO’s Diane Mack interviewed The Helis Foundation’s Managing Director Jessie Haynes about how Art for All institutions are providing...
The Helis Foundation
Apr 16, 2020
Art for All: Virtual Tours, Online Education & More
While New Orleans museums and art and cultural institutions are closed to the public, many of our Art for All and other partners...
The Helis Foundation
Jan 27, 2020
FOX 8: Heart of Louisiana - Poydras Street Sculptures
It’s an art show that provides a pleasant distraction from traffic on a busy New Orleans Street. The Poydras Corridor Sculpture...
The Helis Foundation
Nov 18, 2019
SuperTalk Mississippi: Mississippi ‘Dingbat’ featured in Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition
For Mississippians traveling to New Orleans this holiday season, they can now view a piece of home on Poydras Street in downtown New...
The Helis Foundation
Oct 30, 2019
Curbed New Orleans: Peep the new art in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden & Poydras St
It’s almost October, which means it’s time to revamp your look with new fall pieces—and two New Orleans sculpture gardens are doing just...
The Helis Foundation
Oct 8, 2019
RiverBeats: 5 New Sculptures Unveiled on Poydras Street This Week
Chances are you've driven down Poydras Street within the past 6 years. And if you have, you’ve seen tons of art exhibits lining the...
The Helis Foundation
Oct 8, 2019
Times-Picayune/Advocate: 5 new mod sculptures on Poydras Street are "greatest drive-by art exhibit"
As Poydras Street commuters have surely noticed, five eye-catching new sculptures have appeared recently along the street’s neutral...
The Helis Foundation
Sep 16, 2019
WWNO Inside the Arts: New Sculptures Headed to Poydras Corridor
William Andrews, executive director of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, joined “Inside the Arts” to discuss five new sculptures being...
The Helis Foundation
Sep 3, 2019
New Sculptures Coming in September, Including Works by Internationally Renowned Artists
Five new sculptures will join the public art exhibition in downtown New Orleans, known as the Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition...
The Helis Foundation
Sep 3, 2019
Public Invited to Celebrate Newest Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition Installations Sept. 24
WHO: Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition Artists Lonnie Holley, Earl Dismuke, Phil Proctor, and Kennedy Yanko The Helis Foundation,...
The Helis Foundation
Apr 24, 2019
Very Local New Orleans: The Best Spots in the City to Celebrate International Sculpture Day
The Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition Funded and presented by The Helis Foundation since 2013, The Poydras Corridor Sculpture...
The Helis Foundation
Apr 23, 2019
The Helis Foundation
Apr 22, 2019
Times-Picayune: Outdoor sculpture returns to CBD in New Orleans after 35-year absence
A sculpture titled “Box of Artificial Flowers #6” by the late Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer was installed at Poydras Street and Loyola Avenue...
The Helis Foundation
Apr 15, 2019
International Sculpture Day Panel on the Life and Influence of Ida Kohlmeyer
On Tuesday April 23 at 10:00 a.m. a new sculpture will be installed on the neutral ground of the heavily trafficked intersection of...
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