Black Fusionist Society is an Afrosurrealist multimedia narrative exhibition about the Black descendants of survivors of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre who create a secret society that uses magic and fringe science to navigate systemic racism and migrate to a different dimension. This exhibition serves as contemporary Black folklore within a historical fiction narrative told through … Black Fusionist Society :: Antoine Williams
The many stories of what happened after Hurricane Katrina have yet to be told. Instead of a swift rescue, people of New Orleans were abandoned in the sweltering heat for days without electricity, without food, without water and without hope. Left to fend for themselves, they were preyed on and killed by criminals, by white … New Orleans Katrina Holocaust :: Paintings by Beverly Kimble Davis
On view: May 8th – June 27th Opening Reception: Saturday May 8th from 6:00 – 9:00 PM Daily hours: Tuesday – Friday by appointment, Saturday and Sunday 12:00-5:00 ABOUT In our imagining of home, we live with and make sense of how location, family, and identity intersect, comprising a physical and mental space of refuge and … Reconciliation in the Search for Home :: Francis Almendárez
On view: March 13th – April 4th Opening Reception: Saturday March 13th from 6:00 – 9:00 PM Daily hours: Tuesday – Friday by appointment, Saturday and Sunday 12:00-5:00 The Coronation (Corona-tion) is a meditation on this time of massive uncertainty and change, where having our personal and community vulnerabilities laid bare forces us to … Coronation :: Macon Reed
Closing Reception: Nov 7th WhatHappenWas invites the New Orleans Community to participate in one-on-one interviews in the installation with the artist, Marta Rodriguez Maleck, recounting any and everything that occurred post-Mardi Gras 2020. Sentences and phrases from each interview will be woven together in a sound collage, which will be presented at the exhibition’s closing. … WhatHappenWas
An everything all-at-once exhibition featuring hundreds of posters, handbills, flyers, zines, prints, and books produced by Risograph with Max Seckel in New Orleans over the last 4 years.
Opening Reception: Jan 11, 6-10pm Closing Reception: February 8, 6-10pm On view: January 4 – March 1 Daily hours: Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 The CMYKings Zine exchange began with four artists exchanging work through the mail, and after six years has grown to a collective of 20 artists from across the country producing 50 zines. … CMYKings: Zines in Four Colors
On view: Nov 9- Dec 29, 2019 Opening Reception: Nov 9, 6-10pm Closing Reception: Dec 14, 6-10pm Daily hours: Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 The Case of the Endless Yarn is a solo exhibition by Candace Hicks of artist books and dioramas based on the artist’s reading of fiction. The miniature domestic interior spaces have in … The Case of the Endless Yarn
On view: Nov 9 – Dec 8, 2019 Opening Reception: Nov 9, 6-10pm Daily hours: Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 About the show: Juliana Kasumu is Antenna’s 2019 Local Open Call Winner. Selected by juror Jackie Clay, curator and executive director of the Coleman Center for the Arts. WHAT DOES THE WATER TASTE LIKE? is a … WHAT DOES THE WATER TASTE LIKE?
May 7th – June 30th, 2019 Opening Reception: May 11th, 6-10pm Closing Reception: June 8th, 6-10pm Crypt Iguana is a comic book chronicling life in the historic Key West Cemetery in Key West, Florida from the perspective of one of the hundreds of nonnative Green Iguanas that inhabit the area. The project is both a … Crypt Iguana
Antenna Gallery April 2019 Address: 3718 St Claude Ave Website: www.antenna.works Telephone: 504-298-3161 Name of Exhibition: Cinch On view: April 13-May 5, 2019 Opening Reception: April 13, 6-10pm Daily hours: Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 About the show: Curated by Abdi Farah, Laura Gipson, and Natalie McLaurin, Cinch is the fifth exhibition presented by Antenna Gallery … Cinch
We are all looking for instructions to make our lives better. If only we could plant a garden; woo a stranger; record a podcast; remove an ink stain — everything might all fall into place and we could finally, finally be happy. This exhibition of essays, charts, comics, watercolors, and graphics by Chicago artist Sophie … How to Do It All
On view: Nov 10-Dec 2, 2018 Opening Reception: Nov 10, 6-10pm Daily hours: Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 Antenna Gallery is pleased to present Obsession, an exhibition of new work by Seattle based artist Fumi Amano. Amano was chosen from several hundred applicants during last year’s National/International Open Call. “This show is about my obsession with … Obsession
On view: Sept 8 – Oct 28, 2018 Opening Reception: Sept 8, 6-10pm Closing Reception: Oct 13, 6-10pm Daily hours: Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 Dogface is a surreal comic by Ursa Eyer that explores the strange happenings inside the dystopian landscape of Anteater City. The story follows a mysterious young girl as she grapples with … Dogface
Touching Pictures On view: Sept 8 – Oct 7, 2018 Second Saturday Reception: Sept 8, 6-10pm Daily hours: Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 The exhibition Touching Pictures features recent photo-based work by Kristine Thompson that examines how images of death, violence, and mourning circulate publically. The works featured engage photographic imagery in a tactile manner in … Touching Pictures
On view: Dec 2, 2017-Jan 29, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday Dec 9, 6-10pm Closing Reception: Jan 13, 2018, 6-10pm The third iteration of the Blue Library is books made from the 3K Project, a photographic answer to the first US travel ban. Participating artists are from the US, Somalia, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and … Blue Library 3
On view: Oct 14- Nov 5, 2017 Opening Reception: Saturday Oct 14, 6-10pm Daily hours: Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 Pleasure, especially when performed or represented publicly, is always political. Selected from Antenna’s 2017 Louisiana Open Call, the eight artists featured in Pleasure, Performance, Politics utilize color, language, scale, and representational media like photography and video … Pleasure, Performance, Politics; Louisiana Open Call, Cycle 2
On view: Sept 9 – Oct 8, 2017 Opening Reception: Saturday Sept 9, 6-10pm Daily hours: Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 Interiors, Icons, Inheritance features the artwork of eight artists selected from Antenna’s 2017 Louisiana Open Call, each exploring their respective personal and collective histories. Rich with character and dense with detritus, these works depict the … Interiors, Icons, Inheritance, Louisiana Open Call 2017, Cycle 1
GET THE BOOK! On view: July 8 – August 6, 2017 Opening Reception: Saturday July 8, 6-10pm Daily hours: Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 Exogeology, also known as planetary geology, is a field of study that uses knowledge of geological (earthly) features and processes to research celestial rocky bodies. It is an inherently interdependent field: the … Sarah Nance: ..exo¨geology
On view ONE NIGHT ONLY: Saturday, June 10, 6-10pm Limited Edition will feature a single night of media arts and bookmaking. A take on the BYOB (bring your own beamer/projector) started by artist Rafaël Rozendaal, we are inviting any artist with a projector and something to project, to install a piece on Saturday June 10, … Limited Edition
