APPLY NOW! Be sure to visit our submittable page to see a slew of exhibition, residency, and publication opportunities for artists/writers: https://antenna.submittable.com/submit Submission Deadline 10/15/2018 Submission Fee: $15 – this fee helps to defray the cost of the jury process. Can’t afford the fee? You can submit all aspects of this application in the body of an email, … Louisiana Exhibition Open Call 2019
ROOM 220 will host Anya Groner and Alaskan novelist Brendan Jones on Thursday, September 15, at 7 p.m. at Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Avenue). Jones will read from The Alaskan Laundry (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). The novel draws on Jones’ real-life experience living and working on an Alaskan tugboat to tell the tale of Tara Marconi, … RM220 Presents: Brendan Jones and Anya Groner
The JCC’s annual cultural arts series kicks off with a talk by Etgar Keret, one of Israel’s most celebrated authors and storytellers. Keret will present his best-selling, bittersweet memoir The Seven Good Years, which chronicles with humor and wisdom the seven years between the birth of his son and death of his father. Free and … Etgar Keret at JCC
This year’s Arons Poet Jennifer Grotz will read at Tulane University’s Freeman Auditorium on Monday, September 19, at 7:00 p.m. Jennifer Grotz is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Window Left Open. Also a translator from the French and Polish, her most recent translation is Rochester Knockings, a novel by Tunisian-born writer … Tulane Presents 2016 Arons Poet Jennifer Grotz on Monday
Common Field is a visual arts organizing network connecting contemporary, experimental, noncommercial artist-run and artist centered spaces and initiatives. Their yearly convening (which began as Hand-in-Glove and was hosted in New Orleans in 2013) will be in Miami on October 20-23, connecting 350+ arts organizers from around the country to explore contemporary issues of arts … Common Field Meetup
ROOM 220 will host Anya Groner and novelist Brendan Jones on Thursday, September 15, at 7 p.m. at Antenna Gallery (3718 St. Claude Avenue). Jones will also be leading a writing workshop at Antenna from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 17, which will involve lots of writing prompts, feedback, and an exploration of the process … A gateway that some don’t quite step all the way through: An Interview with Brendan Jones
Eve Abrams will speak on Wednesday, September 14, from 12 – 1 p.m. at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (Room 1201, 1440 Canal Street). Her talk, titled, “Unprisoned: Exploring How Mass Incarceration Impacts Health and Wellbeing,” is a part of the Fall 2016 Health, Race, and Communication Seminar Series, covering communication skills focused … Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine hosts Eve Abrams
Saturday, Sept. 17, from 10am – 3pm at Antenna (3718 St. Claude Avenue). Cost: $30, which includes lunch and a copy of Brendan’s novel The Alaskan Laundry Register Below!
Opening Reception: September 10, 6-10pm Daily hours: Sat and Sun 12-5, Tuesday-Friday 12-5 call ahead Refraction n. the action of distorting an image by viewing it through a medium We all look, but can we all see? In this media-filled and product-inundated world, how often do we blindly oblige societal expectations of womanhood, beauty, and … Refractional Presence
Dillard University and Harvard’s Hutchins Center are hosting the Black Arts Movement Conference this weekend, September 9-11, at Dillard’s campus (2601 Gentilly Blvd). Artists, activists, and scholars come together with the shared goal of creating a supportive environment that promotes new research and dialogue on the Black Arts Movement. Notable authors participating in the conference include Kelly … Dillard University hosts Black Arts Movement Conference this weekend
