Prepare to be enriched, entertained, and engaged by the upcoming series Alvar Arts, presented by the New Orleans Public Library at the Alvar Branch, 913 Alvar Street in Bywater (for a map please click here). Beginning Tuesday October 19, the free monthly presentations will be held each third Tuesday of the month from 7-9pm through June 2011. Featured presenters, many from Bywater and Marigny, have been selected in diverse mediums including ceramics, photography, fiber art, music, and sculpture.
The public is welcomed and will enjoy interaction with the artists as well as refreshments in the comfortable Alvar Branch library. Funding provided by the New Orleans Public Library Foundation with help from the Bywater Neighborhood Organization and the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association.
October 19 - Jessica Ruby Radcliffe, dollmaker and singer
November 16 - New Orleans Video Access Center will screen student work
December 21 - David & Roselyn (and guests) will perform
January 18 - Clifton Faust, photographer and teacher
February 15 - Julia Kline, puppeteer and sculptor
March 15 - Cecelia T. Pedescleaux, quilter and teacher
April 19 - Christopher Brumfield, ceramicist and teacher
May 17 - Esquizito Perez/Danny Barker tribute
June 21 - The New Laurel Review
June 21, 7pm - 9pm
The New Laurel Review
Editor Lee Grue and contributors Kichea Burt, Valentine Pierce, and Joshua Walsh will present their art and talk about the upcoming issue of the literary journal, founded in Bywater in the 1960s and edited by Grue since the '70s. The magazine has published a number of notable poets and authors, including Gerald Locklin, Lyn Lifshin, Roland John (England), Dave Brinks, Joyce Odam, Jared Carter, Richard Pflum, Virgil Suarez, Edward Lowberry (England), Ray McNiece, James Nolan, and Andrew Frisardi.
Refreshments will be served and security will be provided for this free presentation. Please join us to learn more about this unique publication in our own "back yard".
For more information about Alvar Arts please email info@alvararts.org.
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