Designing can be a Beautiful Business: “Green” Furniture Designers, Echo 9 and Refab
The Bywater-based furniture design team, Echo 9, has introduced a new dynamic to the local woodworking market, its creations not simply beautifully crafted pieces for the home, but each telling a particular story. As Echo 9 partner, Eric Lind, describes their focus, “We build our furniture with locally sourced, salvaged materials from our city’s architectural...
“Tiny Alice”: dizzying down the rabbit hole
I attended the Friday, January 20th performance of Silk Dress Productions’ Tiny Alice by Edward Albee at the Mid-City Theater, a recently renovated venue in the New Orleans theatre scene, which is a refreshing sight in spite of the indefinite closure of venues such as Le Petit in the French Quarter, Le Chat Noir in...
Artist Spotlight: Aubrey Edwards
By: Nikki Randolph Aubrey Edwards looks like an artist. I had never met her before our interview, but I knew who she was from the minute she bounced into the bohemian courtyard of Fair Grinds, an organic coffee house near the New Orleans Fair Grounds. It seemed more appropriate to take up space outside...
Creative Alliance of New Orleans is currently accepting applications for Creative Capital’s Workshop
Creative Alliance of New Orleans is currently accepting applications for Creative Capital’s Workshop presented on March 9-11, 2012. This one of a kind opportunity has been described as a “crash course in self-management, strategic planning, fundraising and promotion” for artists of all creative genres. The Creative Capital Workshop takes artists on a two and one-half...
Artist Spotlight: Hannah Chalew
Hannah Chalew is a visual artist living in New Orleans. Her work examines the post-Katrina landscape emptied of human life. These spaces speak for their inhabitants as a statement about the inextricable link between culture and nature, our past and inevitably our future. http://hannahchalew.com/
