Here We Glow! Seasoned en Vieux Officially opens Dec 16th

"Mama Sylvia"~Terrence Osborne, artist in the Collection of Sylvia Robinson

 

Cocoon I (l on pillar above table)~Silk Rivers Metals

Hidden Eye~ Kichea Burt, photographer  Lee Grue, poet

 

 

 

 

 

Shanghai Blonde (l) Silk Rivers Metal

1920s Downtown New Orleans (r)~Michele Lambert, artist

 

 

"Going Mellow~Marietta Johnson, artist (l)

 

"Surrounded By Friends"~ Slyvia B. Simpson (r)

 

 

 

"Around the World"~ Susan Charles, artist (l)

 

"Hannibal"~ Dianne Baquet, artist (r)

 

 

 

"Around the World"~ Susan Charles artist

 

" Mediatating on His Goodness"~Irma White, artist









A Different Vieux






"Unseen"~ Corrie Boudreaux, Photographer





White Phoenix Coat ( wearable art)~Beesigye Ogden & Alfred Tumblin, designers


 



Encore! Encore! Seasoned en Vieux exhibition opens December 16th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!

GALERIE 1504 PRESENTS “SEASONED EN VIEUX” WITH AN INVITATION-ONLY RECEPTION FOR SPECIAL GUESTS AND MEDIA



1920s Downtown New Orleans~Michele Lambert, artist

 

Ocena Cocoon II~Silk River Garden

 

 

 

 

 

Pop-up Gallery Launching a Talented Cross-Section of Unique Artists’ Works at Dec. 19 Opening Event!

 

 Terrence Osbourne, artist

Galerie 1501 at 1501 Canal Street, New Orleans, La

"Dancers"~Michele Lambert, artist

NEW ORLEANS, LA - December 12, 2014

– Galerie 1501 is pleased to present a group ex

hibition of new works featuring all Gallery artists. The “Seasoned en Vieux” exhibit will run from December 16, 2014 – January 10, 2015 with an invitation-only, opening reception on Friday, December 19th from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. This exhibit is a part of the Galerie 1504 pop-up

series, that spotlights various collections of art for a limited time in alternative spaces.

 

 

“Seasoned en Vieux" or “A Seasoned View” is a multi-faceted exhibit with a number of thought provoking themes that are meant to dispel the common thought of our society as a whole. One of the most prevalent of these themes being that individual talent does not simply dissipate with age, but rather it grows in wisdom and perspective as time passes. Just as this theme is meant to dispel these specific misconceptions in both the creative realm and general society, it is also intended as a caveat of positive change for senior citizens & their allies, to dispel the myth about the ones who are entering their encore yearswith panache!

 

 

 

This Galerie 1504 pop-up showcase will be located at 1501 Canal Street. HRI Properties has kindly donated this temporary exhibit space as a part of their mission to enhance the lives and sensibilities of their tenants, as well as, creatively enhance the current Canal Street

Renaissance process.

 

"Seasoned en Vieux” is made up of various artistic disciplines; ranging from photography, studio art quilts, sculptures, muralists, and wearable art. Seventy-five percent of the 31 artists featured are over the age of 60. This impressive representation of senior artists only exemplifies the thought that true artists never retire…they become more seasoned!

 

 

 

The exhibit will also feature pieces by New Orleans’ own, Terrence Osburne,  Michele Lambert, fiber artist Jacquelyn Hughes Mooney and renown artist Sheila Phipps. Many of these works are city inspired pieces that reflect the extraordinary history and traditions that have set the city of New Orleans apartfrom anywhere else in the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Seasoned en Vieux” will run through January 10, 2015.

 

The artists will be present at the

opening reception Friday, December 19th from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday 1:00 – 4:00 p.m., and by appointment.

 

 For additional information please

contact Jacquelyn Hughes Mooney,curator at  504.645.6168 or rhythmnhues@gmail.com

A Song Sung: Seasoned en Vieux exhibition in Progress





 

This pop up gallery is there for a temporary exhibition to showcase multiple senior citizen working artists & their allies through the kindness of HRI Properties until the permanent retail business set up shop.

 

This is a wonderful gesture from them that enhancing the lives & sensibilities of their tenants as well as this part of Canal Street undergoing a Renaissance.We've gotten a lot of positive responses from surrounding businesses as well as the tenants themselves.

 

Kudos to the artist who have contributed their lovely works to make Seasoned en Vieux happen. About 75% of the artists are over 60.  There is a cross section of others includedbased on their genre, new/emerging or established artists.  About 10% are disabled 50% female, etc

 

Seasoned en Vieux (A Seasoned View) has several layers, in part showing the world that 60 plus anybody is not dead.  And also that artists never retire, they simply become more seasoned.

 

We want to dispel the over-used, out-dated, stereotypical ideas ones including some seniors themselves, have about the process of growing older.

 

There is not one single solitary thing we the ones revisiting the 60s again, have to apologize for.  We do/shall/ must make it clear that it is up to us how we define ourselves.  As Sandra Berry, retire gallery owner of The Neighborhood Gallery and currently an art consultant turning 70 a couple of months ago say: "If we do not sing our own song, leaving it to someone else, they will never get it right"

 

 

 

 

 

Double Vision~ Jesse Freeman, illustrator & poet

 

 



 

"After the Club"~ Marrietta Johnson, Fiber Artist

 

 

 

 

 "Going Mello"~ Marrietta Johnson, Fiber Artist

 

 

 

 "Wise Thru Experience"~ Karen Demaris Douglas, Fiber Artist.

Her interpretation of the African Proverb: "We start as Fools & become wise thru experience"