Making Ordinary Extraordinary: Celebrating "Tina Girouard: SIGN-IN"
Schedule
Fri May 10 2024 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
Ogden Museum of Southern Art | New Orleans, LA
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Ogden Museum, in partnership with The Neighborhood Story Project, welcomes the community to a free mouth-watering and soul-inspiring evening celebrating two places beloved to Tina Girouard – South Louisiana and Haiti. The evening will present an array of art, music, dance and food to both honor her and celebrate those connections.Enjoy an opening blessing with Nana Sula Evans in collaboration with Kai Knight and Cultural Ties Dance Collective;
Dance to Afro-Louisiana and Caribbean songs with Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots, along with Leyla McCalla and Louis Michot’s journeys through Haitian folk and southwest Louisiana music;
Savor a complementary portion of roasted pig, inspired by the tradition of a Southern Pig Roast (While supplies last, additional food and drink will be available to purchase);
Participate in a beading demonstration by artist Black Masking Indian Marwan Pleasant and create a small beaded artwork of your own;
Try your hand at textile printing with ricRACK NOLA and add your work to a community installation utilizing repurposed fabrics.
Free and open to the public. Advanced registration requested.
Learn more by visiting: https://bit.ly/4cfvUBS
/// Event image: Tina Girouard, Maintenence II: Take Two Role Change (Detail), 1973. Film still. (c). Image courtesy of the Estate of Tina Girouard and Artist Rights Society (ARS) New York.
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Where is it happening?
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 929 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130-3907, United States,New Orleans, LouisianaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
