SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2008

Rain date: August 9

ART OPENINGS & OUTDOOR CELEBRATION

6 - 9pm
Up and down Julia Street - (300-600 blocks) and throughout the New Orleans Arts District - great art, tempting eats, flowing libations and tunes. Cash bars, cuisine and treats by 7 on Fulton, Bombay Club, Cool Brew Coffee, Crepes a la Cart, GW Fins, La Divina Gelateria, New Orleans Ice Cream, Nirvana Indian Cuisine, Stop 9, Sun Ray Grill, Wolfe's In the Warehouse, Ye Old Kettle Cooker ... and more!

Entertainment on Julia Street

6 - 9pm
The Troi Bechet Trio (300 block) and the Johnny Sansone Duo (600 block)
Please help us recycle on Julia Street. Recycling services compliments of Phoenix Recycling.

CAC CELEBRATION & POST PARTY

6pm - midnight
Featuring provocative art, entertainment, cash bars and cuisine by 5 Fifty 5 and Chop's Bistro and Martini Bar.

Art: Peter Sarkisian: Extruded Video Engines 6,7,8 and 9

City Stage - Works by Jeffrey Cook, Bruce Davenport Junior, Adrian Price, Colin Miller, Adia Millett, Cauleen Smith, Mickalene Thomas

Works by Emeril Lagasse Foundation Summer Art Camp Students

Tony Feher: Re:Place; VESTIGES: THINK TANKS - Flood Lines

Music of New Orleans Series concert with John Mooney & Friends 9pm - midnight

$10 general admission. FREE for CAC members.

THANK YOU

2 Free Festivals, One Spectacular Weekend - Satchmo SummerFest and Whitney White Linen Night! Click here for more info about Satchmo SummerFest

NEW ORLEANS ARTS DISTRICT OPENINGS

6-9pm

Ariodante Contemporary Crafts

535 Julia St.
John Palmer - mixed media paintings

Arthur Roger Gallery

432 Julia St.
Dale Chihuly - New Work

Arthur Roger Gallery Project

730 Tchoupitoulas St.
Fundraiser for John T. Scott/Xavier University Scholarship Fund & The Front Porch Project

Beca Gallery

527 St. Joseph St.
Four - Don Gurewitz, Barbie L'Hoste, Joetta Maue & Patricia Zalisko - paintings, mixed-media, fiber, ceramic & photographic work

Contemporary Arts Center

900 Camp St.
Peter Sarkisian: Extruded Video Engines 6,7,8 and 9; City Stage - Works by Jeffrey Cook, Bruce Davenport Junior, Adrian Price, Colin Miller, Adia Millett, Cauleen Smith, Mickalene Thomas; Works by Emeril Lagasse Foundation Summer Art Camp Students; Tony Feher: Re:Place; VESTIGES: THINK TANKS - Flood Lines

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles

755 Magazine St.
A Poetic Seat - chair competition exhibit by YA/YA artists

d.o.c.s., a studio gallery of contemporary art

709 Camp St.
Wishing You Were Here - Gregory Eltringham - oil paintings

Gallery Bienvenu

518 Julia St.
Jim Napierala - mixed media on panel; Arturo Mallman - acrylic and resin on panel

George Schmidt Gallery

626 Julia St.
Ongoing Exhibit of the Works of George Schmidt

GSL ArtProjects (formerly Arabesque Gallery)

614 Julia St.
Automatic - Sebastien Lemaire & Terrence Sanders

Heriard-Cimino Gallery

440 Julia St.

Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art

600 Julia St.
Calling Out the Wards - Group Show - oils/acrylic

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery

400a Julia St.
To Ely Point and Back - mixed media exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Kathleen Banton

LeMieux Galleries

332 Julia St.
After the Rain - Billy Hassell - oil paintings and lithographs

Ogden Museum of Southern Art

925 Camp St.
Louisiana: Photographs by Stuart Klipper;
Southern Masters Series: Robert Tannen "Stardust: Objects, Ideas and Proposals;"
Ersy: Hommage to the Society of Ste. Anne;
New Orleans Art Pioneers: Charles and Ethel Hutson;
University of New Orleans 50th Anniversary:

Fundamental Abstraction: Paintings by Tom Young
Southeast College Art Association Annual Exhibition

Soren Christensen Gallery

400 Julia St.
Homage to Modern Masters II - Maurice Alvarado

Stella Jones Gallery

201 St Charles Ave.
Just Words - Wosene Kosrof - Recent Paintings

Steve Martin Fine Art

604 Julia St.
Faces in a Crowd - Steve Martin - acrylic on canvas

photo credit: Frank Aymami