Also, for Art Home ticket holders a free lecture will be held Saturday, November 19^th at 11am. Come listen to Jonathan Ferrara, Dorian Bennett, Marcel Wiznia and others discuss how they began collecting and why they continue to purchase art.

Art Home New Orleans introduces participants to the depth and quality of art collectors in New Orleans. On November 19^th and 20^th from 12 to 5.30pm, selected homes will open up to the public to exhibit their local collections. Art Home’s true mission is to have art collectors educate participants on the individuality of art collections and encourage them to go one step beyond appreciation, to the actual purchase of art.

Don’t forget to buy your tickets here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1059321459

Also, check out our Facebook and Twitter pages:

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Creative-Alliance-of-New-Orleans/108225029289265

https://twitter.com/#!/CANONOLA

Thank you to the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana for their support.

Art Home New Orleans is part of the 3^nd annual arts+gardens+new orleans fall festival. arts+gardens+new orleans is a four-month long festival of events that highlights parks, gardens, and cultural venues, performances and exhibitions all over town, including major museums, theater groups, musical venues, neighborhood cultural venues and sites.

Tickets are $15/day and $25/weekend and can be purchased online at cano-la.org or at Eventbrite or by calling 504.218.4807. Tickets can also be purchased on the day of at the House on Bayou Road at 2275 Bayou Road.

The Creative Alliance of New Orleans aims to increase investment in the creative sector of the New Orleans economy, promote the creative products and presentations of New Orleans visual, performing, design, media and culinary artists, and help New Orleans become internationally  renowned as the important international cultural center that we know it is. Thanks to the City of New Orleans for their support and to our partner, the New Orleans Museum of Art.



Creative Alliance of New Orleans and Moving Stories Dance Project will be presenting Creative Capital’s Core Curriculum Workshop 5:30-8:45pm Friday, March 9th, 8:30am-5pm Saturday, March 10th, and 8:30am-5pm Sunday March 11th. 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 day retreat led by nationally renowned arts professionals. The experience is limited to 24 artists from Louisiana. Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee with the goal of assembling a very diverse group of artists from varied artistic genres and cultural backgrounds. Applicants must create original works. We encourage visual artists, composers, filmmakers, choreographers and all other mediums to apply. This is the first time that Creative Capital’s workshop will be held in New Orleans. While many different forms of art are flourishing in New Orleans, it is still tough for local artists to create a sustainable income for themselves. The Creative Capital Workshop intends to change this situation.

Some of the skills that will be taught are:·

·financial planning basics, including choosing financial partners, best practices for savings and retirement planning, options for reducing debt and acquiring property.
·the essentials for operating your art as a small, independently run business, including employment, contracts, negotiation, decision-making, budgeting and cash flow
·strategies for funding your work and revenue-generating, including improving your fundraising materials; working in partnership with venues, donors and funders, building a base of individual contributors; and knowing the real cost of your work so you can communicate it to funders, presenters and other partners
·how to consider promoting your work as an integral, natural part of the creative process
·the best practices for artist websites, blogs, social media and communications
·how to identify and reach new audiences for your work

The Creative Alliance and Moving Stories believe that this program presents an opportunity for Louisiana artists to learn new methods in improving their professional careers in the arts. This program is able to be presented thanks to the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Creative Capital, National Performance Network and in kind support from the Joan Mitchell Center. Thank you!

• Improve their quality of life.
• Encourage creative activity.
• Create community identity and a sense of place.
• Revitalize local economies.

With support from its Our Town grant, the City of New Orleans will create the Claiborne Corridor Cultural Collaborative Plan (C4 Plan). The C4 Plan will be developed as a cohesive cultural plan that integrates arts and culture into the ongoing revitalization of New Orleans’s historic and major thoroughfare, Claiborne Boulevard. The C4 Plan will serve as a model for creative place-based planning by guiding the strategic integration of arts and culture into the corridor’s infrastructure, streetscapes, transportation, housing, and community facilities planning. The City of New Orleans and Arts Council of New Orleans will lead the development of the C4 Plan in collaboration with Creative Alliance of New Orleans, Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard Merchants and Business Association, Sankofu Community Development Corporation, Xavier University, and Artspace Projects, Inc. The C4 Plan will benefit 70,000 residents that live in underserved New Orleans neighborhoods with higher than average poverty, blight, and vacancy rates.

Visit the New Orleans page on the NEA website here.

Saturday Evenings, ongoing – Yoga & Pilates in the Sculpture Garden – NOMA

Thursday Evenings, ongoing – Ogden After Hours – Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Tuesday Mornings, ongoing – Kinder Garden – Longue Vue House and Gardens

10/2 – Capital One Art for Art’s Sake – Downtown Arts District

10/2-10/10 – The New Orleans Afrikan Film and Arts Festival – Community Bookstore

10/3 – New Orleans Jazz Celebration: Shannon Powell’s Jazz All-Stars, Nickle a Dance – Frenchman St.

10/6 – New Orleans Jazz Celebration: Ellis Marsalis w UNO Jazz Studios Students, Jazz at the Sandbar, Homer Hitt Alumna Center

10/7 & 8 – Beethoven Symphony No. 5 – LA Philharmonic Orchestra

10/8 – “Ceremonies and Dark Old Men” – Anthony Bean Community Theater

10/8 – St. Claude Second Saturday Openings – St. Claude Arts District

10/9 – O What A Night Gala – Ogden Museum of Southern Art

10/9 Covington Jazz’n the Vines, Benny Gruch & the Bunch – Pontchetrain Vinyards

10/9 – Dillard University Faculty Art Exhibition Opening Reception – Dillard University Art Gallery

10/10 – New Orleans Jazz Celebration: Porch Party Band, Nickle a Dance – Frenchman St.

10/13 – James Sneed Lecture – NOMA

10/13 – New Orleans Jazz Celebration: Brice Winston w UNO Jazz Studies Students, Jazz at the Sandbar – Homer Hitt Alumna Center

10/14-10/21 – 21st Annual New Orleans Annual Film Festival

10/14 – Evening with Pearl Fryer, Topiary Artist – Longue Vue House and Gardens

10/15 – The Nature of Improvisation: Plants + Food + Jazz – Longvue Vue at Dillard University Lawless Chapel

10/15 – Magic in the Moonlight and Fundraiser Dinner – New Orleans Botanical Garden

10/15-10/17 – New Orleans Opera Assn: Porgy and Bess

10/15-10/17 – Violet Oyster Festival

10/15 – Cajun Heritage Festival – Larose, LA

10/16 – Audubon Zoo: Celebration Latina

10/16 – 10/17 – Fall Garden Festival: art installations in the garden – New Orleans Botanical Garden

10/16 – Bywater Art Market – Markey Park

10/16 – Documentary Screening, Pearl Fryer Garden Study Center Demo – New Orleans Botanical Garden

10/17 – New Orleans Jazz Celebration: Jelly Roll tribute with Steve Pistorius w the UNO Jazz Studies Students, Jazz at the Sandbar – Homer Hitt Alumna Center

10/20-11/7 – “Afterlife: A Ghost Story” – Southern Rep Theater

10/20 – Decorative Arts & Design Series “Specialty Gardens” – Longue Vue House and Gardens

10/21 – Schubert Unfinished – New Orleans, LA Philharmonic Orchestra

10/22 – On the Beautiful Blue Danube – New Orleans, LA Philharmonic Orchestra

10/22-23 – New Orleans Ballet Association: MOMIX

10/23&24 – Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival

10/23 – Covington Jazz’n the Vinew, Louisiana Purchase – Ponchetrain Vinyards

10/23 – Jefferson Performing Arts Society: La Boheme at Harbor Center, Slidell

10/24 – New Orleans Jazz Celebration: Nkanyezi Cele from South Africa w the UNO Jazz Studies Students, Jazz at the Sandbar – Homer Hitt Alumna Center

10/27 – Jefferson Performing Arts Society – La Boheme – Dixon Hall, Tulane University

10/28 – Images from Haiti – The Young Photographers of LaValla, Xavier University

10/29 – French Food Festival – Larose, LA

10/29-10/31 – Voodoo Fest – New Orleans City Park

10/30 – Arts Market of New Orleans presented by Arts Council of New Orleans – Palmer Park

10/30 -1/10 – Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco & Modernism in Japan – Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University

NOVEMBER 2010

11/3 – New Orleans Jazz Celebration: John Ellis w the UNO Jazz Studies Students, Jazz at the Sandbar – Homer Hitt Alumna Center

11/4 – Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances – New Orleans, LA Philharmonic Orchestra

11/5 – “Love Child” Le Chat Noir Cabaret (opens)

11/5-11/14 – “The Three Charmers” – North Star Theater, Mandeville

11/6 – First Saturday Openings including P1.5 exhibitions – Downtown Arts District

11/6 – Mirliton Festival – Markey Park

11/6 – Jefferson Performing Arts: La Boheme at the Abbey in Covington

11/6-11/7 – Swamp Fest: Audubon Zoo

11/6 – “Make a Joyful Noise Gospel Festival” – Ashe Cultural Arts Center

11/7 – Ashe Cultural Center Presents “13 Lessons” at Crowley Louisiana Rice Theater

11/9 – Soul Doctor – LePetit Theater (opens)

11/10 – New orleans Jazz Celebration presents Ted Ludwig w the UNO Jazz Studies Students, Jazz at the Sandbar – Homer Hitt Alumna Center

11/11 -1/23 -  Great Collectors, Great Donors: The Making of the New Orleans Museum of Art – NOMA

11/13 – St. Claude Second Saturday Openings including P1.5 exhibitions – St. Claude Arts District

11/13 – Odyssey Ball – NOMA

11/13 – Thibodaux Fall Festival, Thibodaux, LA

11/13 – Frederick Weisman Art Collection – Contemporary Art Center

11/13-14 – Fiesta Latina/Congo Square Rhyms Festival – US Mint

11/13-14 – Three Rivers Arts Festival – Covington

11/17 – New Orleans Jazz Celebration: Jacqui Naylor w the UNO Jazz Studies Students, Jazz at the Sandbar – Homer Hitt Alumna Center

11/17-21 – Pirates Alley Faulkner Society: Word & Music

11/17-21 – New Orleans Fringe Festival

11/17-21 – Art Spill: Disaster, Art, Activism, and recovery in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association 109th Annual Meeting in New Orleans

11/18 – Xavier University Alumni Art Exhibition

11/19 – The Fall Student Exhibition, Xavier University

11/19-21 – New Orleans Opera Association: The Magic Flute

11/19-20 – New Orleans Ballet Association: Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co./Alwin Nikolais Centennial @ N.O.C.C.A

11/19, 7:30-11pm – Celebration in the Oaks Preview Party (grown-ups only!) – City Park & Botanical Garden

11/20 – Bywater Art Market

11/21 – New Orleans Po-boy Festival

11/26 – 1/2 – Celebration in the Oaks – City Park & Botanical Garden

11/27 &28 – Arts Market of New Orleans presented by Arts Council of New Orleans – Palmer Park

DECEMBER 2010

12/1-1/6 – Christmas New Orleans Style

12/2 – PhotoNOLA Slideluck Potshow – Generations Hall

12/2 – Yuletide Celebration – New Orleans, LA Philharmonic Orchestra

12/3 – Scrooge in Rouge – Le Chat Noir (opens)

12/3 – First Saturday Openings including P1.5 exhibitions – Downtown Arts District

12/3 – 12/12 – DesCours – American Institute of Architects – hidden places city-wide

12/3-12/19 – “Running with Scissors” – Southern Rep Theater

12/3-12/19 – “If You Know Him, Say Yeah!” – Anthony Bean Community Theater

12/3-12/19 – Jefferson Performing Arts: A Christmas Story – Westwego Performing Arts Theatre

12/4 -ArT HOME New Orleans – in New Orleans’s most fabulous homes city-wide presented by CANO

12/4-12/28 – Photonola

12/10 – St. Claude Second Saturday Openings including P1.5 exhibitions – St. Claude Arts District

12/10 – Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: LePetit Theatre (opens)

12/10 – “A CHristmas Carol” North Star Theatre, Mandeville

12/11 – ArT HOME New Orleans – in New Orleans’s most fabulous homes city-wide presented by CANO

12/11 – Dvorak Cello Converto – LA Philharmonic Orchestra

12/11-12 – A Bayou Christmas – Larose, LA

12/11-12 – Treme Creole Gumbo Festival

12/13-19 – Eric Dallimor Installation Celebration – Studio in the Woods

12/16-17 – A Baroque Christmas – Covington, LA Philharmonic Orchestra

12/17-19 -11th Annual Holiday on the Boulevard Festival – Ashe Cultural Arts Center

12/18 – Bywater Art Market – Markey Park

12/18-19 – Arts Market of New Orleans presented by Arts Council of New Orleans – Palmer Park

Christmas Night – Celebration in the Oaks is Open! – City Park & Botanical Garden

JANUARY 2010

1/1 – First Saturday Openings – Downtown Arts District

1/5 – Twelfth Night “All Gowned Up!” Carnival Ballgown Runway Extravaganza & Auction presented by CANO

1/8 – St. Claude Second Saturday Openings including P1.5 exhibitions – St. Claude Arts District

1/8 – Centennial Year Festival in City Park – New Orleans Museum of Art

1/13-1/23 – “Bacchanal” – Southern Rep Theater

1/13 – “Crimes of the Heart” – Thibodeaux Playhouse

1/14 – Pan-American Life Fiesta Sinfonica: Bolero – Covington, LA Philharmonic Orchestra

1/14-30 – Jefferson Performing Arts Society: Goodnight Moon – Westwego Performing Arts Theatre

1/15 – Bywater Art Market – Markey Park

for more calendar details year-round, visit ArtsNewOrleans.org

Councilmanic Candidates:

STACY HEAD

New Orleans’ greatest resource is it culture — music, art, food, architecture, history and its soul. One of my hopes for the next four years serving on the city council is to propel the cultural economy to the forefront of economic development models.  And to sustain our culture, we must invest in our natural talents and assets, particularly our youth.

CYNTHIA HEDGE-MORRELL

New Orleans and Culture are synonymous. This city is known for many things, but its music, art, and culture stand out as the most durable symbols of New Orleans.

I am very proud that the Norman Mayer Library currently being rebuilt in Gentilly will be the New Orleans Public Library’s “Jazz Branch.” The design of the library will focus on Jazz and other New Orleans music, and will incorporate performance space and practice rooms to bring music into the library. I am also proud that I have been able to support Gentilly Fest the past 2 years, as a way to foster local artists and bring the community together around the arts. My district is also home to the Gentilly Fest Marketplace and the Renaissance Marketplace of Eastern New Orleans, both of which provide local artists and artisans the opportunity to increase their visibility and market their products in their neighborhoods.

I have made it a priority to support the wonderful arts and culture of our city, and I will continue to do so during my next term as the City Councilwoman for District D.

Mayoral Candidates:

JOHN GEORGES

John Georges’ Platform on Arts, Culture, and Economy

Preface

My family has long recognized the creative arts and culture as an important quality of life issue, and has long supported visual and performing artists. Arts in the schools foster creativity, build self-esteem, motivate students for higher academic achievement, and provide a positive lifestyle.

We need visual and performing arts and cultural institutions to help rebuild our economy. A strong arts and culture environment is a key indicator for individuals and businesses considering relocating to New Orleans.  I also understand and have supported the movie industry locally and the jobs and economic opportunity it has created.

Platform

• Create citizen commissions in Performing and Visual Arts, Music and Film as a way to  involve the industry in the governing process including budgeting, policy and programming.
• Protect New Orleans’ cultural legacy while investing in the economic potential of our creative producers.
• Utilize the arts and culture in the City’s overall marketing efforts, including participation by arts and cultural organizations in trade missions and in visits with our sister cities .
• Seek a dedicated funding source that can be used for cultural programming, support for cultural entities, development of cultural venues and marketing cultural programs.
• Aggressively identify and secure monies from national non-profits, corporate and public financial sources.
• Encourage existing and potential New Orleans businesses to partner with arts and cultural organizations.
• Encourage public/private partnerships to help develop neighborhood based cultural districts and venues where individual artists and arts organizations can work together.
• Determine what city-owned but unused buildings could be leased to non-profits for $1 a year.
• Sponsor Workforce and Business Development training for artists in all mediums. Visual, performing and cultural artists often need assistance to develop business skills to run a good business.
• Educate the community about career potential in the arts, culture, film and new media and the professional level schools that are available.
• Establish a data collection project to map the actual size and scope of the industry, determine economic impact, and produce a needs analysis for creative and cultural professionals.
• Establish a directory of visual and performing artists and cultural organizations
• Work with the medical community to establish health care options for the underserved creative producers.
• Establish a new alliance between the hospitality industry and the arts community
• Work with Governor Jindal to ensure that the State’s Department of Economic Development provides maximum inclusion of the cultural and creative sector in state economic development initiatives, programming and funding.
• Encourage the New Orleans legislative delegation to expand the state’s tax incentive program to all creative industry disciplines.
• Support the inclusion of arts and cultural education programs in primary schools and after school programs.
• Develop a pilot program modeled after the Musician’s Village concept for creative producers perhaps utilizing properties owned by NORA.

Conclusion

As Mayor I will invest in the strength of our cultural community by seeking new funding, new public/private partnerships, true citizen participation in the governing process, and opportunities for youth. Let us all work together to development of the city’s cultural capacity, economy and programming.

MITCH LANDRIEU

As Lt. Governor, I have supported the development of creative industries as an important sector of Louisiana’s economy.  I have helped drive incentives for workforce skills development to support creative and cultural industries.  My office also promotes use of new technologies to support the arts and culture.

My office began the Cultural Economy Initiative, which supports individual artists and artisans who are active in their disciplines, cultural originators applying as small businesses, and galleries, museums, collectives and nonprofit cultural organizations. The cultural economy in Louisiana accounts for 144,000 jobs, many of which are located in New Orleans.

Since 2007, my office has hosted the World Cultural Economic Forum (WCEF) here in New Orleans.  In October 2009, we hosted more than 70 delegates from 30 countries. The forum focused on how leaders can embrace the economic and social roles of culture to help recover from the recession.

New Orleans has one of the world’s more unique and exciting cultures.  I will ensure that we invest in this precious asset through city, state and federal grants.

Historic preservation is not only an important part of securing our cultural past; it can be a driver for economic development. My office secured $22 million for homeowners in New Orleans to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.  Over 500 homeowners in New Orleans were able to rebuild because of this grant program.

I have championed the Broadway South and Hollywood South tax credits, and my administration will make sure these credits are used to enhance our cultural economy.

As Lt. Governor, I launched the Cultural Districts Initiative.  This effort creates hubs of cultural and economic activity and supports indigenous businesses in neighborhoods by offering smart tax incentives.  Original artwork sold in these cultural districts is exempt from local and state sales tax. There are now 20 cultural districts from Magazine Street to New Orleans East.

My administration will be a true partner for artists.  Thank you for your contribution to our city.  I look forward to working with all artists in New Orleans.

Sincerely,

Mitch Landrieu

By Molly Reid, The Times-Picayune

January 20, 2010

Photo by nola.com

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.

A coalition of more than 60 local arts and culture organizations announced a platform Wednesday for developing the city’s cultural economy, which supporters say could not only spur economic growth but also reduce crime and improve the city’s quality of life.

Though celebrated, New Orleans’ culture has been underserved and underfunded by city government, coalition representatives said, resulting in inadequate housing and health care for artists and musicians, a dearth of in-school and after-school arts programs and a failure to restore and capitalize on many of the city’s cultural landmarks.

While “study after study” has identified the creative industries as a top priority for economic development, New Orleans, “the mecca of indigenous, original culture in America … really has not picked that up as it should,” said Jeanne Nathan with the Creative Alliance of New Orleans.

Twelve New Orleans mayoral and City Council candidates attended a noon news conference at the Contemporary Arts Center, and each expressed support for the Cultural Election Coalition for New Orleans’ 21-point platform in remarks following the presentation.

Mayoral candidate John Georges, who attended alongside fellow contenders Rob Couhig and Nadine Ramsey, praised the group’s agenda, saying the city’s culture has “been viewed as a hospitality tool for too long” and “needs to be an economic engine tool.”

The coalition proposes the creation of a city office or agency dedicated to “cultural and creative affairs and economy.” The agency would buttress the efforts of the Arts Council of New Orleans, a nonprofit that serves as the city’s arts agency, as well as dozens of other arts and culture nonprofits.

In addition, the arts groups want the city to identify a dedicated financial source for cultural programming, marketing and organizations, which now must compete for dollars from the general fund, said Gene Meneray, director of arts business programs for the Arts Council.

To view the coalition’s platform, visit www.cano-la.org or www.artscouncilofneworleans.org .

Molly Reid can be reached at mreid@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3448.