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The Advocate: Events Not to Miss May 14, 2020
Space Songs “Space Songs” is a YouTube concert event, sharing songs about space and isolation to celebrate how extreme situations can...
The Helis Foundation
May 12, 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
Jan 27, 2020


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
Nov 18, 2019


WHERE Traveler: Misty Memories
Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculpture, courtesy of The Helis Foundation, is on view daily outside of the Louisiana Children’s Museum. Read the...
The Helis Foundation
Nov 11, 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 31, 2019


The Times-Picayune/Nola.com: Events Not to Miss
Evenings with Enrique was featured in The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate as an event not to miss in October 2019. Read the...
The Helis Foundation
Oct 29, 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 9, 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
Oct 9, 2019


“Evenings with Enrique” Returns October in The Helis Foundation Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden
WHAT: The New Orleans Botanical Garden will extend its hours to 8 p.m. every Wednesday during the month of October beginning Wednesday,...
The Helis Foundation
Sep 19, 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 17, 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 4, 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
Sep 4, 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 25, 2019

FOX8: A piece of art by native New Orleanian Ida Kohlmeyer makes its way back to the city
View the video here.
The Helis Foundation
Apr 23, 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 23, 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...
The Helis Foundation
Apr 16, 2019

FOX8: Evenings with Enrique, Spring 2019
Jessie Haynes of The Helis Foundation and Paul Soniat of New Orleans Botanical Gardens visit the FOX8 studios to talk about Evenings with...
The Helis Foundation
Apr 3, 2019


The Advocate: Chill out at ‘Evenings with Enrique’
With art, music and balmy weather, “Evenings with Enrique” might be the perfect way to wrap up a beautiful spring day. The free Latin...
The Helis Foundation
Apr 3, 2019

WWL-TV Great Day Louisiana: The Helis Foundation 2019 Update
Jessie Haynes, Managing Director of The Helis Foundation, joined host Jacqueline Mazur on Great Day Louisiana to discuss The Foundation’s...
The Helis Foundation
Feb 14, 2019
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