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2022-2023 Platforms Fund Application Deadline August 1st

The Platforms Fund is a collaborative effort of Antenna, Ashé Cultural Art Center, Junebug Productions and the Andy Warhol Foundation. The Andy Warhol Foundation Regional Regranting Program was established in 2007 to recognize and support the movement of independently organized, public-facing, artist-centered activity that animates local and regional art scenes but that lies beyond the … 2022-2023 Platforms Fund Application Deadline August 1st

Announcing Platforms 2021-2022 Recipients

Exhibition photo of House Not For Sale. 360 degree view of the exhibition space

Antenna, Ashé and Junebug are excited to announce this year’s Platforms Fund awardees! This is the first funding cycle since the pivot to Creative Response funding in 2020-21. Our biggest year yet, $129,000 has been awarded to over 50 fantastic community projects in the New Orleans region. The Platforms Fund is a collaborative effort of … Announcing Platforms 2021-2022 Recipients

Meet Carole Frances Lung :: Antenna’s New Executive Director

Hello Antenna/Paper Machine community, I’m excited to have joined this mighty organization that is doing such amazing work. I appreciate the dedication of the staff, board, collaborators and stakeholders for your continued love and support of Antenna / Paper Machine during these challenging times. A big THANK YOU to the staff Amelia Broussard, Happy Burbeck, … Meet Carole Frances Lung :: Antenna’s New Executive Director

2022 Open Call Selections

We’re excited to announce Antenna’s selections for our open calls for Exhibitions, Publications and the Paper Machine Publications Residencies. Selections for the Spillways Residency will be announced later this spring. Solo Exhibitions Selections: (Inter)National Call :: Lishan AZ Louisiana Call :: Bianca Walker Group Exhibition: This year’s Louisiana Call, juried by Jan Christian Bernabe also … 2022 Open Call Selections

Meet the Jurors of the Paper Machine Residency Open Call

Meet the jurors of Paper Machine’s Residency Open Call. Selectees will be announced early this spring. Ingrid Sibley (is) works to promote, preserve and document the African canon of space and time, connecting disparate pieces as she moves across media. Educated in the advertising field as an art director and in language through studying French, … Meet the Jurors of the Paper Machine Residency Open Call

Creative Response Ida Activity Kits for Youth

Each kit contains an activity book with drawing, writing and creativity exercises for youth affected by Hurricane Ida to prompt creativity and healing. Each kit also contains crayons, mechanical pencil, glue stick, scissors and other supplies to assist in completing the activities in the workbook. Kits have been distributed throughout South Louisiana, including indigenous communities in the lower parishes, including Grand-Caillou Dulac Band of … Creative Response Ida Activity Kits for Youth

Meet 2022 Louisiana Call Juror :: Jan Christian Bernabe

Every year, to provide the opportunity for Louisiana artists to have their work reviewed by curators from around the counrty, Antenna Gallery’s Louisiana call for exhibitions hosts a guest juror to choose the exhibition selection. This year, our juror is Jan Christian Bernabe of FLXST Contemporary in Chicago. A Filipinx American genderqueer, queer person of … Meet 2022 Louisiana Call Juror :: Jan Christian Bernabe

Antenna Open Call 2022

Antenna is excited to announce its annual open call for creator driven projects taking place in 2022. You can apply for the opportunity to exhibit at Antenna Gallery, have a book published by Antenna’s Paper Machine, or have a month long residency at the Paper Machine publishing center. All opportunities provide creators with both financial … Antenna Open Call 2022

What’s Happening After Ida

Photograph of oil refineries along Mississippi River by AnnieLaurie Erickson

We hope this message finds you well and safe. Antenna would like to thank members of our community who have reached out and offered support as staff return to the city and our organization comes back online ready to activate and leverage resources to support the artists and communities impacted by Hurricane Ida and years … What’s Happening After Ida

2021 Antenna Local Open Call Juror Sharita Towne

Sharita Towne is an multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Portland, OR, born and raised on the west coast of the U.S. along I-5—from Salem, OR, to Tacoma, WA and down to Sacramento, CA, a true granddaughter of the great migration. She is most interested in engaging local and global Black geographies, histories, and possibilities. … 2021 Antenna Local Open Call Juror Sharita Towne