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Changed Waters:Thrown Rocks, Building Castles to open Aug1

 “You can do two things when people throw rocks at you. Pick them up and throw them back, or collect those stones and build yourself a castle.” ~Terence Howard

 There will be a number artists exhibiting their work in this exhbition with expressing where they are today or reflecting where they were when boulders was being hurled at them during the storm.  I searched for visual imagery for my own story and decided I need to go back for a moment...

Fortunately my neighbor at that time, musician Ben Schneck of the Panorama Jazz Band was kind enough to return to the house and shot these images in Oct rough about 5 weeks out from the storm

The images I am showing here were from my old place Uptown New Orleans roughly about 5 weeks after Hurricane Katrina & Rita and the levees breaking.  I had a viscereal response.

If anything, it solidifies for me why I must do the "Changed Waters: Thrown Rocks, Building Castles" exhibition that will open Aug1 through Sept 6th,2015.

Fortunately in one way, I am I was not here but actually had just been ask to extend my residency at Bennett College for Women in North Carolina. I was literally two weeks out from the storm preparing to return back to New Orleans.

But for all intent and purposes I was.  More on that later.







You can see the bags caught in the trees outside my bay windows.  Mind you this is two floors above ground.  The murals were done by artist Michele Lambertthat I had commissioned in 2000.


Bay window view




In my dining room




Dining room



Inscribe by the person who rented the house after I moved out






The fire that took out the whole block across the street from me.

"Changed Waters: Thrown Rocks, Building Castles"~Call for Artists

"Changed Waters: Thrown Rocks, Building Castles"


CALL FOR VISUAL ARTISTS: The focus of this exhibition is to showcase works
of art that depict transformation. The process of change takes on many forms,
but what does change look like to you? Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of
Katrina & Rita, the will be held Wednesday, Aug 26, 2015 from 4-7p.m at Rhythm
& Hues Art Space, 1501 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70112.


SUBMISSIONS: Artists can submit 1-3 works for consideration. Accepted media
can be any 2-D or 3-D media, such as painting, photography, fiber, mixed media,
pencil, ink, prints or sculpture. All work accepted must be ready to hang. Artists
must provide their own easels or pedestals for free standing pieces/sculptures/.
Included with your submission should be one to two short paragraph artist
descriptions of each submitted piece.


Submission deadline is July 1, 2015. All art images must be submitted
electronically. Please e-mail submissions as jpegs to rhythmnhues@gmail.com
for review. Selected works must be delivered to Rhythm & Hues Art Space at
1501 Canal St New Orleans, LA 70112 by July 6, 2015.



ENTRY REQUIRMENTS:
You must be a member in good standing of Ashé Cultural Arts Center’s Side By
Side program.


EXHIBITION DATES: July 17, 2015 - August 31, 2015
Rhythm & Hues Art Space, 1501 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70112.


GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday – Saturday| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Monday – Tuesday | By Appointment Only
For questions and any other additional information, please contact:
rhythmnhues@gmail.com

504-645-6168