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  • Douglas Redd Cultural Summit – Saturday, 4/24
  • Come hear from representatives as we discuss the present and future of cultural community in New Orleans.  The schedule is below.  For more details, visit http://airnola.org/
    2nd ANNUAL DOUGLAS REDD CULTURAL SUMMIT
    SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010
    SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY – NEW ORLEANS, 6400 PRESS DRIVE
    CAFETERIA
    9AM -4PM

    9AM – 9:30AM – LIBATION   HONORING CREATIVE ANCESTORS: Mama Olayela, Sula, Michaela Harrison, Kora Konnection, Ashe’
    9:30AM [...]

    Photo by nola.com
  • New Orleans candidates pressed to give arts, culture more attention
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  • Times Picayune : Each of the 12 New Orleans mayoral and City Council candidates at the Contemporary Arts Center news conference expressed support for the Cultural Election Coalition for New Orleans’ 21-point platform.

    Candidates speak about priorities outlined in the Joint Platform
  • Press Release: Tremendous show of support at CECNO Platform Announcement
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  • In an unprecedented show of unity, over 60 organizations contributed to or endorsed a platform of actions for the new mayor and council.

  • Eternal Vigilance
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  • Gambit Weekly : Clancy Dubose reviews the Economic Development points outlined by CECNO’s Joint Cultural Platform for the new Mayor of New Orleans

    Eliot Kamenitz / The Times Picayune
  • Colton Middle School thrives as arts center
  • Times Picayune : Several times a week, more than 150 students, mostly high schoolers from the Recovery School District, spend time at the Studio at Colton — a fledgling arts center where an idle campus has been transformed into work space for dozens of artists.

  • Artist Colony at Colton School to disband
  • Times Picayune : A fledgling arts colony planted at an idle New Orleans public school campus will disband this summer as the Recovery School District begins renovations at the Faubourg Marigny site.

  • The Studio at Colton: A Look Back and Ahead
  • Art:21 Blog : If you had to point to one institution that best illustrated the progress of the arts community in post-Katrina New Orleans, … you wouldn’t have to look any further than the Colton Middle School