Public Art Partnership Supported by National Endowment for the Arts,
Arts Council of New Orleans and Broad Community Connections



The Iconic Signage Project, a collaboration between the Arts Council of New Orleans and Broad Community Connections, created four new neon signs for businesses on Broad Street. Supported by a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the project revitalizes New Orleans’ Broad Street Main Street corridor by celebrating some of the many businesses that make Broad Street a vibrant commercial district. The Iconic Signage Project is an arts-based economic development project that employed local artists to promote small businesses, tell their story, and create a glowing visual identity for Broad Street.

One of Broad Street’s defining features is the eclectic nature of its architecture. Broad Street buildings range in style and age, from 19th century warehouses and brickyards, to early 20th century commercial storefronts and double shotgun residences, to larger contemporary commercial structures. The Iconic Signage Project creates a cohesive element among the buildings on Broad Street without imposing an artificial sense of unity on the corridor. Using neon lighting, the signs evoke some of the jazz-age and automobile-era heyday Broad Street enjoyed in the first half of the 20th century, and also visually depict the nature of the goods or services that each business provides.



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The Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) is a federal act of congress which protects the rights of visual artists. Passed 20 years ago, VARA is often an opaque law whose protections are sometimes difficult to predict. Recently, the Arts Council presented a webinar on VARA with Ashlye Keaton, co-founder and supervising attorney of the ELLA Project, Running about 30 minutes, this webinar covers:

• Overview of meaning, origin and history of moral rights.
• Introduction to the Visual Artists Rights Act as part of the Copyright Act.
• Explanation of the rights to attribution and integrity granted to authors of works of art through VARA.
• Discussion of case studies applying and interpreting the scope of VARA.

To view this webinar, please click here.

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This webinar is presented in part with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation. 

New Orleans, LA — The Arts Council of New Orleans, on behalf of the City of New Orleans’ Percent For Art Program, is pleased to announces the winner of the EvacuSpots public art competition.

The EvacuSpots project is a unique partnership between the Percent For Art Program and the citizen’s volunteer group Evacuteer.org to support New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness [NOHSEP]. The two organizations teamed up to solve one of the City’s emergent needs: to create clearly identifiable and iconic locations marking the exact City Assisted Evacuation Plan [CAEP] pick-up points. These are the locations throughout the City where citizens can gather to be transported out of town in the case of a mandatory evacuation. A test of the CAEP system in 2008 found that most citizens did not know where to go in their neighborhood to wait for the bus.

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An effective artist brand communicates your values and helps you attract new customers. Recently, Join Lindsay Glatz, Director of Marketing for the Arts Council of New Orleans presented a webinar on Branding the Arts. This webinar is now available for free streaming on demand. The webinar runs about thirty minutes and covers

• What we mean by branding?
• What makes a great brand.
• The importance of authenticity.
• How to best use graphic design.
• Integrating your brand into everything you do.

To view the webinar, please click here.

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This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support comes from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation

 

The internet, YouTube, Ebay, and Facebook are great ways for artists to share their artwork, but there is a downside also: increased piracy of your artwork. Recently, the Arts Council and attorney and ELLA Project pro bono volunteer John H. Norris presented our latest webinar, Protecting your Art Online. The webinar lasts about 30 minutes and addresses:

• Understanding online copyright infringement.
• Problems from online piracy.
• Your rights and takedown notices.
• Step by step removal instructions.

You can now stream this webinar for free over the internet! To view the webinar, please click here.

To see all of the Arts Council's Arts Business Development webinars, just visit the webinars section of our website.

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These webinars are presented in part with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation. 

This video was too good, we just had to share. Use dancers instead of powerpoint. That's science writer John Bohannon's "modest proposal." In this spellbinding choreographed talk from TEDxBrussels he makes his case by example, aided by dancers from Black Label Movement.

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New Orleans creative community is receiving significant international recognition recently. Last month the Arts Council completed and facilitated local artist interviews with Laura Dixon of The London Times to discuss the role the growing creative community has played in the recovery of our city. On November 4th her article appeared in the Arts section of the UK newspaper and today was picked up by The Australian as a featue in the Arts & Style section. To read Laura Dixon's article in it's entirety CLICK HERE to access the story online.

In national news, an Arts Council funded project was featured in the New York Times yesterday. Produced by New Orleans Airlift, the Bywater-based Music Box project is described by project curator Delaney Martin as “a shantytown-sound laboratory.” Sound interesting? CLICK HERE to read the New York Times Music Box feature article.  

The Arts Council's Public Art Director Morgana King and Interim President and CEO Mary Len Costa appeared last week on Cox Connexions to discuss this year's 25th Anniversary of the Percent for Art Progam. You can view a copy of the interview on YouTube by clicking here.

To date, the Percent For Art Program curated and maintained by the Arts Council of New Orleans has enhanced over 98 citywide locations, [57 site-specific commissions; 219 purchase pieces; and four community outreach projects] with artwork from more than 225 local artists. The artworks are located throughout city operated facilities including City Hall, municipal court buildings, fire and police stations, libraries, recreation centers, parks and neutral grounds. The quality and diversity of the Percent For Art Collection represents the strength of the area’s visual artists and celebrates what makes our community unique. Continued »

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman today announced that the agency will award 863 grants to organizations and individual writers across the country. The Arts Council of New Orleans is one of the grantees and will receive $25,000 to develop and present a series of statewide arts business workshops. The 863 grant awards total $22.543 million, encompassing 15 artistic disciplines and fields, and support projects in 47 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Through NEA support, the Arts Council will develop “Arts Business in Your Town,” a series of arts business development workshops. The workshop series will be offered in six locations throughout Louisiana and include topics such as board development, social media and email marketing, and nonprofit incorporation.

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We are thrilled to announce that the Arts Council produced ArtsNewOrleans.org website was voted “Best Non-Profit Website” by Gambit Readers in the 2011 Best of the Web Awards.

The awards honor design excellence and best use of the web in the Greater New Orleans Area. Websites were submitted by the general public for Gambit to review, editors narrowed down the three best sites in each competition category and then Gambit readers voted on their favorite site.

Visit ArtsNewOrleans.org to discover a local directory of arts venues, groups and artists in addition to a comprehensive, daily updated cultural events calendar. Search keywords, browse photos and watch videos all in one central location to help you find the perfect match for your arts and cultural interests.