Ron Bechet

A mind-boggling array of personalities and perspectives to debate the ‘teachable moment’ of Katrina in a regional and global context

Tulane University’s New Orleans Center for the Gulf South will bring together a motley crew of authors, artists, academics, activists, and others to hold forth on how the “lessons” of Katrina might be deployed to think about the future—not only of New Orleans and the Gulf South, but of the world! The one-day conference, “After A mind-boggling array of personalities and perspectives to debate the ‘teachable moment’ of Katrina in a regional and global context

monu_MENTAL

Antenna is pleased to present “monu_MENTAL,”  a group show proposing imaginative revisions to existing 19th and 20th century New Orleans monuments.  “monu_MENTAL” seeks to revise and revive one’s experience of local monuments.  Many a New Orleans monument has skidded out of sync with contemporary mores, if not out of the local consciousness.  Not content with monu_MENTAL

WHAT WE CAN DO

  WHAT WE CAN DO – A group art exhibition organized by Ron Bechet. When I was asked to organize artists for the July exhibition at Antenna Gallery, I thought about the work of artists I knew and respected through meeting them or seeing their process over time. Many things came to mind about what WHAT WE CAN DO