A DAY IN THE COUNTRY WITH ART II
A Plein Air Festival for Landscape Art
New Orleans, La. Crevasse 22 | River House, the Creative Alliance of New Orleans, the Torres | Burns Trust, and the St. Bernard Art Guild invite artists, non-artists, youth, and parents, to enjoy a day and make art in a bucolic setting, surrounded by sculpture, paintings, and all forms of carved and painted wild fowl and duck decoys on the two closing weekends of Prospect 4, Saturday, February 17th, Sunday, February 18th, and Saturday February 24th, and February 25th, 11am – 4pm.
Visitors can feel free to come and just observe others painting, or join in themselves. Bring art materials, or use those available on site. Noted New Orleans based plein air artist and educator Diego Larguia will be on hand on Sunday to add his perspective, suggestions and critique for all those making work at the site.
Crevasse 22 I River House, a sculpture garden and art center is located at 8122 Saro Lane, adjacent to the Mississippi River levee about 25 minutes from the French Quarter, at the very location where a natural “crevasse”, or breach in the levee flooded all of St. Bernard during high water on the Mississippi River in 1922. The garden and center present exhibitions and art works themed in relation to the “beauty and risks of nature”.
The Plein Air festival is based on a centuries old practice of artists painting the landscape while viewing it in the natural setting.
“Our guild members have been enjoying representing the beautiful nature in St. Bernard Parish for more than 60 years,” said Linda Lopez, a member and leader of the guild.
“We are excited to encourage others to enjoy this particular kind of art work that affords the artist the pleasure of working amidst the calming beauty of nature,” said Lopez.
“Crevasse 22 | River House aims to help people fully appreciate the landscape and way of life in coastal areas of Louisiana, especially St. Bernard Parish, where many of our citizens still fish, hunt and farm as their forebears did when they first arrived here in the late 1700s,” said Jeanne Nathan, Executive Director of CANO, presenter and curator of exhibitions at Crevasse 22 | River House.
“We are able to present these shows adjacent to the lake that was created by the flood due to the generous support and commitment to the arts and St. Bernard Parish of Sidney Torres and Roberta Burns,” said Nathan.
“Roberta and I believe deeply in the future of St. Bernard Parish. We have come through many challenges, including destructive hurricanes, even before Katrina,” said Sidney Torres.
“Government, business and civic leaders in the parish have risen to the most recent challenge, and are changing the image of the parish through very robust initiatives to better define the character and ambitions of the area, through the creative arts and industries, through robust environmental planning, and through a fundamental optimism that we will find new ways to live here sustainably, and attract new residents, businesses, and recreational and cultural establishments.”, said Torres.
Crevasse 22 | River House is a P.S. Satellite, a Project of Prospect New Orleans, the triennial that has been attracting thousands of visitors from around the world to New Orleans since Dan Cameron began it soon after Katrina as a way to help the city rebuild.
This year’s triennial is themed “The Lotus In Spite of the Swamp”, a name meant to suggest the resilience and creativity of a region largely below sea level, and surrounded by massive bodies of water including the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Pontchartrain, and numerous bayous, lakes, swamps and marshes.
The closing weeks through February 25th are expected to typically attract visitors to catch the exceptionally diverse and regionally resonant exhibition, including the performances orchestrated by world renowned artist Kara Walker on the West Bank riverfront.
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