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FILM!

April 29, 2008
Vows of Silence

7:30pm

The film, which premiered at the New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival on April 14 (the day before Benedict XVI mades his first papal visit to America), is by New Orleans reporter Jason Berry, who is renowned for his pioneering reporting on the church crisis.

Education!

May 6, 2008
Finding Your Audience: A Guide to Marketing Your Creative Photography

The New Orleans Photo Alliance, in collaboration with the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), is pleased to present Mary Virginia Swanson's "Finding Your Audience: A Guide to Marketing Your Creative Photography."

THEATER!

May 16-18, 23-25, 2008
The Contemporary Arts Center and Ashé Cultural Arts Center present
STORY CIRCLE
A play written by John Grimsley and directed by John O'Neal

Using theater, storytelling and improvisation, the Truth Be Told project aims to open conversations in our communities around race and racism.
May 16
May 17
May 18

DANCE!

May 31, 2008
PearsonWidrig Dance Theatre of New York

8pm

PearsonWidring Dance Theatre, led by artistic directors Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig will present Katrina, Katrina: Love Letters to New Orleans, a full-evening dance/theater/video "live documentary" which addresses and embodies the unfathomable loss and love felt by so many, as well as chronicling the historical, political and personal decisions that are affecting the recovery of individuals and the city itself.
May 22, 2008
Jazz Is Life Community Dialogue: Innovation & the Art of Future Building

6:30pm

This symposium explores the art of recovery from a range of different perspectives, keying off of conversations with members of the U.S.-Japan Innovators Network, including Rosanne Haggerty, founder of the supportive housing non-profit Common Ground Community, Kohei Nishiyama, CEO of design-to-order company elephant design, Marty Ashby, Executive Producer of MCG Jazz, and Jay Weigel, Executive/Artistic Director for the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans.

FILM!

June 10, 2008
The Contemporary Arts Center presents: BOMB IT

7:30pm

BOMB IT is the explosive new documentary from award-winning director Jon Reiss investigating the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture: graffiti.

FUN!

June 21, 2008
Bourbon and Burlesque

It's the second annual Bourbon & Burlesque, a swinging soiree with proceeds benefiting the Contemporary Arts Center. Enjoy complimentary specialty cocktails created with premium bourbons; a spectacular review featuring members of New Orleans' best burlesque troupes.



On View In Our Galleries: April 11 - June 28, 2008

Luis Cruz Azaceta: 1999

1999 is an exhibition of works produced by Luis Cruz Azaceta (Havana, 1942), during the twelve months preceding the turn of the millennium. The exhibition contains thirty-two works, including paintings, sculpture, assemblage, drawings, and photographs.
On View In Our Galleries: April 11 - June 28, 2008

Ben Lokey: Lost and Found: Partially Salvaged Photographs, 2005-08


Lost and Found: Photographs 2005-08 is a new body of photographs produced entirely from the remnants of the destruction of the artist's studio.
On View in the Entergy KidsFree Children's Art Gallery March 25-May 4
Upriver/Downriver
Contemporary Arts Center
Gallery Hours: Thurs.-Sun. 11am - 4pm
Admission: $5. $3 for students, seniors. FREE for CAC members and children under 15 every day.

Art works by students from Pointe Coupee Central High School in Morganza, LA., under the direction of teacher Liz Johnson and by students from O. Perry Walker Charter Senior High School in New Orleans, LA, under the direction of teacher Dixie Moore.
ALL EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

For information on Jazz Fest concerts (Gov't Mule, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals) produced by Superfly Presents, visit www.superflypresents.com or email tom@superflypresents.com