New Orleans
Le Petit Theatre & Setting up
Well, I’m back home in New Orleans, so how appropriate to find some news from here to write about, however unfortunate. I learned that Le Petite Theatre has had to lay off many of their workers. My grandmother used to take me here when I was a little girl. It’s where I saw my first production of Hans Christian Anderson’s, The Little Mermaid. I remember being completely captivated by the set design. Uh-oh, that may have been an early introduction to decorative painting. I later did a stint with set design — as a scenic painter at Arena Stage. I received a bunch of hands-on training there. I also learned…
Theresa Andersson
Friday the 13th has traditionally not been good for me but the weekend is almost here and a little good music is in order. I am always eager to promote artists who have New Orleans influences. Although Theresa Andersson is from Sweden originally, she arrived in New Orleans at 18 and claims it as her adopted hometown. She was playing at Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA last Saturday but as one son was leaving to go back to college from his spring break and another due to arrive, plus I was nursing the flu, I didn’t get to see her performance. However, here’s a great video of her work. The…
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Mardi Gras, Masks and Typography
In advance of Fat Tuesday! Here’s a combination of Venice and New Orleans. This is Gabriela Coutinho’s Venice Carnavale 2008. The costumes are wonderful: And from Irishaikidoka on YouTube: Hermes Wrestling for Pollens Float 18, just this past Friday night: I’ll have to ask my brother it this was his float. Here’s an interesting story behind a commissioned Sri Lankan Mask. And something we use everyday — not a cover up but maybe a hidden art — of creating typography. There is an interesting lecture tonight at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, called “The Designing Type: The Work of Matthew Carter. He is a founder of the fonts: Verdana, Georgia,…
