New Orleans Murals
Being an artistic city, there are many public murals in New Orleans, however, here are just a few to highlight. I was unaware of these, having never been to Ralph’s on the Park until recently (view up close versions if you take the virtual tour on this link). These murals located in the downstairs dining area are painted by Tony Green, a very talented artist and musician, who happened to be my parents’ French Quarter neighbor for a time while they had their condo across the street and since he visits Venice, Italy annually, he knows my cousins — small world, indeed. These capture an era gone by but still…
Light Shows
Having just returned from New Orleans, I have my home city still on my mind. I had wanted to take many pictures of murals that I remember but no time. Instead, I’ll post a few entries that depict just a few of the many examples of art in New Orleans. Traveling down St. Charles Avenue at night, you can’t help but notice the multicolored beacon of changing colored lights illuminating the Hotel LeCirque as you approach Lee Circle. It’s an artistic light show extraordinaire. This is an attention grabber because it’s mesmerizing to watch how the colors of the lights slowly feed into the next — much slower than this…
Art @ New Orleans
How fitting to find these sites regarding art around New Orleans — where I am now: Michael Dingler’s NoLa Rising, a post-Katrina art campaign encouraging people in all faubourgs of Greater New Orleans to publicly display works of art, regardless of how simple or untutored it may seem to be, for the purpose of rebuilding and restoring the human spirit in our city. NOLA is a unique and beautiful city that has historically embraced the spirit of personal freedom that supports the growth of the artist, musician and writer … the goal of the NoLa Rising Project is to showcase that spirit. Art in Action, and ongoing art project in…
