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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.

In an unprecedented show of unity, over 60 organizations contributed to or endorsed a platform of actions for the new mayor and council.

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

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.

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.

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