(Thanks Steven for letting us know -- I'll let you
know when I have added it to the site -- that part is
"work". Steven - be sure to read my "guarantee" at the
bottom -- smile)
Dear Art Educators,
For all of the list members in New Orleans area - a
field trip is in order --or at least a "professional"
visit on your part to this show at John Stinson Fine
Arts Gallery. Steven's exhibit last year was a huge
success...Maybe you folks had a part in that?
Tony Green does Mardi Gras
Watercolors, oils,etchings,
Carnival Stylings by Herbert Singleton,
3ft by 5 ft Archival Color Photographs Award-Winning
Photographer Steven Forster
Black and White Silver Gelatin Photographs by Skip
Bolen
Quarter million dollar Mardi Gras collection by Arthur
Hardy
Exhibiting the Month of February and a little beyond
Opening Reception February 7, 6-8 PM with musical
performance by Al "Carnival Time" Johnson
John Stinson Fine Arts 900 South Peters Street
New Orleans Warehouse District
Exhibition is Free and open to the public
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
John Stinson:
stinson@johnstinsonfinearts.com
(504) 566.1944
900 South Peters St.
New Orleans, La 70130
Fax: (504) 566.1945
http://tonygreen.net/
"...Since 1982, Green has spent a part of each year
living in Venice, Italy, painting landscapes and
performing with his Italian Gypsy Jazz trio around
Europe. Not only is Tony Green & Gypsy Jazz a popular
fixture on the New Orleans music scene: Tony is also
well-known for his many outstanding paintings and
murals which illustrate various aspects of New
Orleans' music & culture."Tom McDermott
http://www.stevenforster.com/main_01.html
Steven Forster's work is in public and private
collections, among them the Historic New Orleans
Collection, as well as exhibiting twice at the New
Orleans Museum of Art, the Mario Villa Gallery in New
Orleans and Chicago and several times at the
Contemporary Arts Center. Now represented by the John
Stinson Fine Arts, Forster currently writes and
photographs the Big Easy page in the Sunday edition of
the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and has won five Alpha
awards. Steven Forster has been called a "poet of
photography" by Figaro Newspaper.
http://www.skipbolenstudio.com/
Skip Bolen's design work has received numerous awards
from Print magazine, Art Direction magazine, Society
of Publication Designers, ADDA and was featured in
Print's Regional Design Annual. His studies includes
the International Center of Photography in New York
City. He is currently a member of the Jazz
Photographers Association, Jazz Journalists
Association, International Association of Jazz
Educators, Los Angeles Jazz Society and Advertising
Photographers of America.
http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/arthur/
Arthur Hardy is Nationally recognized as a premiere
authority on Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Arthur Hardy
has become the eyes, the ears, and the voice of Mardi
Gras in New Orleans. The fifth generation New
Orleanian also acts as an on-air Mardi Gras expert for
WWL radio, WDSU television and the WDSU website. As a
consultant to visiting media, Hardy has worked with
print and electronic journalists from Europe, Japan,
Canada, National Geographic, CNN, Travel/Holiday,
Radio Free Europe, Frommer's Guide to the Southeast,
USA Today, Good Morning America, Entertainment
Tonight, Fodor's Guide to New Orleans, CBS Morning
News and National Public Radio. Last year, he appeared
on the Today Show.
http://www.alcarnivaltimejohnson.com/
Alvin Johnson, Sr., best known for his famous song,
"Carnival Time," has been a New Orleans Mardi Gras
icon for over 40 years. Al, a Rhythm & Blues
performer, is a New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
veteran and has worked with the likes of Aaron
Neville, Eddie Bo, Ernie K-Doe, Oliver Morgan, Bobby
Lonero as well as (the late Tommy Ridgley, Jessie
Hill, and Bobby Mitchell.)
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Folks - I guarantee that you have permission to show
your students these artists works in a PowerPoint (in
your classrooms) to prepare them for the field
trip....or to show them artists from New Orleans who
have caught the Mardi Gras Spirit. These artists will
want your students to know about them. This will be
added to Art News on IAD, soon.
