Join us EVERY 2nd Saturday of the month from 6-10pm at Antenna:3718 for Second Saturday receptions in honor of our current exhibitions! Check this page to find out about 2nd Saturday events at Antenna:6330 which happen periodically throughout the year.
JUNE 2nd Sat RECEPTION @ Antenna:3718 & Antenna:6330 – Saturday June 13th 6-10pm: Join us this 2nd Saturday for an opening exhibition reception at BOTH Antenna locations!
Antenna:3718 exhibitions: The Art Farm & FREE FORM
Antenna:6330 exhibition: 21 Katrina Cranes: ALCHEMY OF THE FALLING ACORN
– You can visit the exhibition at Antenna:3718 during gallery hours (Thursdays 12-7pm, Fridays & Saturdays 12-5pm at 3718 St. Claude Ave. from May 12th-June 27th).
– You can visit the exhibition at Antenna:6330 during regular operating hours for Paper Machine (Tuesdays-Friday 10am-6pm from May 12th-June 27th)
2nd Sat RECEPTION @ Antenna:3718 & Antenna:6330 – Saturday May 12th 6-10pm: Join us this 2nd Saturday for an opening exhibition reception at BOTH Antenna locations!
Antenna:3718 exhibitions: The Art Farm & FREE FORM
Antenna:6330 exhibition: 21 Katrina Cranes: ALCHEMY OF THE FALLING ACORN
– You can visit the exhibition at Antenna:3718 during gallery hours (Thursdays 12-7pm, Fridays & Saturdays 12-5pm at 3718 St. Claude Ave. from May 12th-June 27th).
– You can visit the exhibition at Antenna:6330 during regular operating hours for Paper Machine (Tuesdays-Friday 10am-6pm from May 12th-June 27th)
APPLY TO BE AN ANTENNA BOARD MEMBER HERE BY JUNE 1st, 2026
In 2026, Antenna is seeking local and national community members for a three year term on the Antenna board. We are seeking folx with knowledge in marketing, philanthropy, real estate, builder, architect, publishing, and community members who are interested in supporting the arts ecosystem. Board members support Antenna’s mission; participate in developing policies and procedures to govern the organization, and advise the team. Applications are due June 1, followed by an interview and approval of the board by early July and August and if accepted onboarding in September – November with your first meeting in December.
May 5th, 2026 from 6-8pm::
GiveNOLA Day Community Vibe Dinner!
GiveNOLA Day is Tuesday May 5th – This year Antenna is raising $5,000 for our Emergency Grants for Artists and we’d love to see you all on 5.5.26 from 6-8pm at our Vibes Dinner – an evening of conversation, community, and celebration of artists as workers. Featuring a light dinner as well as a creative sharing by Pink Slipper (recipient of the Antenna Press Award), this event is hosted by our wonderful board to celebrate and uplift the New Orleans creative community during this local fundraising holiday. All donations from the Give NOLA Day platform and this event supports Antenna’s Artist Emergency Fund, helping sustain artists and cultural workers during times of need. Scaled donations of $25–$150 are asked for those wishing to attend the dinner, with donations of $50 or more receiving a copy of the Pink Slipper book!
PLATFORMS FUND IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS MAY 1st-31st, 2026
Project grants of $10,000 and research grants of $1500 are awarded annually to New Orleans based individuals,collectives, and collaborative art groups in support of new and innovative artistic commissions that take place outside the museum or gallery walls, within the public realm, or in a non-traditional exhibition environment. Grants are awarded to projects that best exemplify an attention to the histories, communities, and ecologies of the region and their (trans)national implications, while reimagining visual artmaking for social change. The Platforms Fund is a collaborative effort of Antenna, Ashé Cultural Art Center, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
4.14.26::PLATFORMS FUND PUBLIC INFO SESSION ABOUT PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSIONS: come learn more about The Platforms Fund and how to apply from local partners Antenna & The Ashé C.A.C. If you are unable to make these information sessions, drop in sessions with Antenna staff are available on Thursdays and Fridays in May from 1-5pm upon request. Email egidirector@antenna.works to schedule an appointment.
Ashé Info Session @ Ashé Cultural Arts Center:
Tuesday April 30, 6-7:30 pm
2nd Sat RECEPTION @ Antenna:3718 – April 11th: Join us this 2nd Saturday for another reception for “0UR M0NSTERS”, a group exhibition curated by The Antenna Collective, led by Flora Cabili.
You can visit the exhibition at Antenna:3718 during gallery hours Thursdays 12-7pm, Fridays & Saturdays 12-5pm at 3718 St. Claude Ave. from March 14th-April 25th.
OPENING RECEPTION @ Antenna:3718 – March 14th: Join us this 2nd Saturday for the opening reception for “0UR M0NSTERS”, a group exhibition curated by The Antenna Collective, led by Flora Cabili.
You can visit the exhibition at Antenna:3718 during gallery hours Thursdays 12-7pm, Fridays & Saturdays 12-5pm at 3718 St. Claude Ave. from March 14th-April 25th.
CLOSING RECEPTION @ Antenna:3718 – Feb 21st: Join us this 3rd Saturday of the month for a community reception to celebrate our current exhibitions (moved from 2nd Saturday due to Mardi Gras). This Saturday Feb 10th will serve as the Closing Reception for our current exhibitions “I Thought About Killing A Man” by Gurleen Rai & “A Problem of State” by Frank Robinson. You can also visit Antenna:3718 during gallery hours Thursdays 12-7pm, Fridays & Saturdays 12-5pm at 3718 St. Claude Ave.
SECOND SATURDAY OPENING RECEPTION @ Antenna:3718 – Jan 10th: Join us every 2nd Saturday of the month for a community reception to celebrate our current exhibitions. This Saturday Jan 10th will serve as the Closing Reception for our new exhibitions “I Thought About Killing A Man” by Gurleen Rai & “A Problem of State” by Frank Robinson. You can also visit Antenna:3718 during gallery hours Thursdays 12-7pm, Fridays & Saturdays 12-5pm at 3718 St. Claude Ave.
Join us on Saturday Nov. 8 from 6:30-9:30 PM to celebrate Second Saturday by taking the Art Bus to the open galleries across St. Roch, St. Claude, and Arabi! Hosted by Antenna Board Member Rahsaana Ison, the Art Bus is FREE to ride and will stop at each gallery for approximately 20-25 minutes. Drinks and snacks will be provided. Suggested donations of $15 to $20 are appreciated, but not expected. No one turned away for lack of funds and there is no reservation required. Please email info@antenna.works with questions.
SECOND SATURDAY OPENING RECEPTION @ Antenna:3718 – Nov 8th: Join us every 2nd Saturday of the month for a community reception to celebrate our current exhibitions. This Saturday Nov 8th will serve as the Opening Reception for our new exhibitions “Da Dung Roi” by Horatio Nguyễn & “Porch to Pulse” by Patrick Davis. You can also visit Antenna:3718 during gallery hours Thursdays 12-7pm, Fridays & Saturdays 12-5pm at 3718 St. Claude Ave.
SECOND SATURDAY OPENING RECEPTION @ Antenna:6330 – Nov 8th: This Saturday Sept 13th will serve as the Opening Reception for our new exhibition “Words of the Redeemed: Hurricane Katrina through the Eyes of Danita Bright” by Danita Bright. You can also visit Antenna:6330 during regular hours Tues-Friday 10am-6pm at 6330 St. Claude Ave.
More News @ Antenna
The Lay of the Lack of the Land
This work investigates ecological change in Gulf Coast ecosystems and along the Mississippi River, juxtaposing repeat patterns of troubling plant species with the architecture of fossil fuel extraction. Large scale tapestries of hand-printed textiles suspend in translucent layers, accompanied by works on paper. Learn more about and view more of Nicole’s work on their website.
Intertwined
Intertwined by Flora Cabili is an immersive, mixed media exhibition that reflects on space, carving, permanence, and expansion. The paintings, collages, sculptures, videoed movement story, and soundscape are entangled in metaphysical environments that are both confined and liberated. IIntertwined invites us to consider how we experience these patterns, at times entangled, to find the release in the spaces in between.
UPCYCLING: The Creative ReUse of Waste Materials :: April12th-June 1st, 2025:
This Antenna collective member exhibition, curated by collective member Kerry Punzo, highlights works that utilize discarded items and trash. A range of thematic and aesthetic choices made by the artists explore and celebrate unique paths opened by the inherent potentials of repurposing
FROM WHERE WE STAND:: April12th-June 1st, 2025
From Where We Stand” Exhibition Statement: “As a disparate group of artists selected by renowned New York-based curator, Niama Safia Sandy, our works explore a variety of issues in different visual mediums: the Indigenous people of Bvlbancha; spirituality and the subconscious, memory and nostalgia, love, place, and the anti-immigrant hysteria. The 2025 Louisiana Group Show asks each visitor to consider – to witness – FROM WHERE WE STAND”.
Jessie Morgan-Owens – GIRL IN BLACK AND WHITE
Thursday, April 25, 2019 – 6:00pm Octavia Books – 513 Octavia Street – New Orleans, LA 70118 Join us for when Jessie Morgan-Owens presents and signs her new book, GIRL IN BLACK AND WHITE: The Story of Mary Mildred Williams and the Abolition Movement. The riveting, little-known story of Mary Mildred Williams — a slave girl who looked…
Parasite Kingdom + this body / that lighting show
April 24th, 6PM-7:30PM Octavia Books 513 Octavia Street (corner of Octavia and Laurel) New Olreans, LA, 70115 Celebrate National Poetry Month with Brad Richard and Elizabeth Gross as they launch their new books. Brad Richard’s collection, Parasite Kingdom, received the 2018 Tenth Gate Prize, selected by editor and poet Leslie McGrat. Elizabeth Gross’s debut collection, this body / that lightning show,…
One Day Workshop: Writing Like You Don’t Care What People Think
Reservation Dates: Saturday, April 27, 2019 – 10:00am to 1:00pm The Dragonfly: Poetry and Performance Ritual Space 3921 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA, 70117 Date and Time: Saturday, Apr 27, 10-1 Cost: Sliding Scale $20-30.00 for 3 hours Payment: Cash Paypal: 3921noladragonfly@gmail.com Venmo: Megan-Burns-79 Please use workshop title in your registration. One Day Workshop:…
Stories Unfold at the Library
The New Orleans Public Library is proud to announce a temporary installation in partnership with Paper Monuments, “Stories Unfold.” This series is designed to engage a broader audience than traditional historical markers through the combination of written (narrative) and illustrated (visual) storytelling and is inspired by HistoryPin and the American Library Association. Main Library 219…
New Orleans Poetry Festival and Small Press Fair, 2019
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Phillip Hoose – ATTUCKS!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 – 6:00pm Octavia Books – 513 Octavia Street – New Orleans, LA 70115 Please join us when National Book Award-winning author, musician, conservationist, and now New Orleanian Phil Hoose comes to present and sign his new book, ATTUCKS!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City. The true story of the all-black…
River Jordan: Confessions of a Christian Mystic
Thursday, April 18, 2019 – 6:00pm to 7:30pm Garden District Book Shop 2727 Prytania Street New Orleans, LA 70130 With a unique mix of passionate revelation and quirky humor, River Jordan takes us on a journey through her Southern childhood to her present-day life as a novelist. Her stories run the gamut from dancing disco nights and midnight desert rides…
Gwendolyn Womack: The Time Collector
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 – 6:00pm to 7:30pm Garden District Book Shop 2727 Prytania Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Travel through time with the touch of a hand. Roan West was born with an extraordinary gift: he can perceive the past of any object he touches. A highly skilled psychometric, he uses his talents to…
Clive Wilson – TIME OF MY LIFE: A Jazz Journey from London to New Orleans
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 – 6:00pm Octavia Books – 513 Octavia Street – New Orleans, LA 70115 Please join us to celebrate the launch of Clive Wilson‘s memoir: TIME OF MY LIFE: A Jazz Journey from London to New Orleans. Wilson will give a reading and presentation, and sign books. And, there will be jazz — with…
An Evening with David Sedaris
Octavia Books is proud to again serve as official bookseller when David Sedaris comes to New Orleans, April 12, 2019, for an evening of all new readings at the Orpheum Theatre. David Sedaris is the critically acclaimed bestselling author of titles such as Calypso, Theft by Finding, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, Dress Your Family…
