Art Openings and Shows in NOLA

Each week, NoDef brings you a comprehensive directory of visual arts
in the Crescent City from Julia to St. Claude

State of the Art July 10-17

Not only is it the second Saturday in July this weekend, it’s also time for Frenchies in the Crescent City to get in touch with their roots.  This Bastille Day, don your beret and check out St. Claude for new art from UNO’s MFA students and paintings from Peter Ladetto at Byrdie’s. Friday the 13th, NOMA will be going European with opera, cheese, the beloved Leah Chase, and guest artist Gustave Blache III.

 

OPENINGS

 

Byrdie’s Gallery,2422A St. Claude

Opening reception July 14, 6-10pm. Paintings by Peter Ladetto. Ladetto presents his collection of paintings “made to heal and inspire, to question and arouse.” On view August 8.

 

 

 

2-D/3-D, Part II. Work from current and incoming MFA grads, curated Suzanna Ritz and Kathy Rodriguez. Opening reception July 14 from 6-9

 

 

NOMA's Where Y'art?!

NOMA is celebrating Bastille Day this Friday the 13th with art, opera, and best of all, cheese. At 5:30, Guests can enjoy a taste of the Paris Opera House with The New Orleans Opera Association performing selections from Phantom of the Opera. Gustave Blache III will be signing copies of his book, Leah Chase: Paintings by Gustave Blache III, and at 7pm, enjoy edible art with Creole Cream Cheese, Mozzarella, and Ricotta: Chris Montero and the famous Chef Leah Chase making a guest appearance. Dining reservations are requested. 

 

ONGOING

 

Ariodante Gallery, 535 Julia St. 

Group showing with artists: Julie Breaux, Amy Archinal, Gustavo Duque, Myra Williamson-Wirtz, Louise Guidry, Bettina Miret, Gary Perez, Frannie Kronenburg, Jack Polalck, and Tim Johnson. On view through July 31.

 

Arthur Roger, 432 Julia St.

“Rings of Granite,” an exhibition from Jesus Morales. Opening June 2. Morales is recognized as one of the greatest sculptors working in granite today. The artist works with materials such as Texas Pink, Black, Dakota, and Fredericksburg to create his unique sculptures that will be on view through July 14.

 

Barrister’s Gallery,2331 St. Claude Ave

“Vision of the Unnatural World.” Painters Nikki Crook, Amy Guidry, and Monique Ligons.

 

The Big Top 3 Ring Circus Arts Education Center, 1638 Clio St. 

Heather Weathers Presents her new installation, Maxi Paid Dress, as well as her XL Fem Capsule, a collection of percolated feminist ideas in a time capsule. Meet the Artist Reception June 8, 6-9pm. Spoken word by Kaitlyn Buchbaum, Live Performance by Alexandra Scott. On view through July 7.

 

 

Callan Contemporary 240 Chartres St. 

Jose-Maria Cundin presents Opus Concava on June 1. Cundin has referred to his oil paintings on wood-panel as “portraits, pseudo-portraits, echograms, and ectoplasm imagery.” The artist’s work will be on view through July 25.

 

Carol Robinson Gallery 840 Napoleon Ave.

Group exhibition featuring gallery artists, on view through the month of July.

 

Cole Pratt Gallery, 3800 Magazine St.

Artist Katie Rafferty presents, About a Line, on June 2. The opening reception will last from 5:30-8pm. Rafferty’s mixed media monotypes and canvas works explore the many manifestations of “the line.” The exhibition will be on view through the month of June.

 

Coup d’ Oeil, 2033 Magazine St.

Blaine Capone presents Ghosts of the Quarry, on view through July 21.

 

Guthrie Contemporary Gallery, 3815 Magazine St. 

DeeDee Morrison’s “Charmed” uses heavy industrial metals, laser get cutting methods and botanical inspired designs to create solar-powered, sustainable sculptures.  

 

The Front, 4100 St. Claude 

Jan Gilbert presents 30 Years/30 Blocks, an installation-book retrospective installation that explores three decades of place and public artwork. Gilbert and artist Babette Billbeau will also be introducing their Cajun Prayer Flags, a project that blends Tibetan, Japanese, and Cajun cultural traditions. Passersby will be able to write their own special intentions on the flags. Opening reception June 9, 6-10pm. On view through July 8.  

 

Good Children Gallery, 4037 St. Claude Ave.

Heat Wave:  Stephen Collier, T.J. Donovan, Aaron McNamee and Stephen G. Rhodes. Opening reception June 9, 6-10 p.m. On view through July 8.

 

Heriard-Cimino Gallery, 440 Julia St.

Fresh! New work and ongoing work from artists represented in the gallery. For information about artists displaying their work, visit http://www.heriardcimino.com/artsrepre.html. The new art will be on view through July 30.

 

Identity, an exhibition featuring the work of Carlos Villasante, Sharon Jacques, and Carlos Betancourt.

 

HomeSpace Gallery,1128 St. Roch Ave 

Beheld, a photographic exhibition with work by Andy Cook, Muffin Bernstein, Gayle Stevens, Judy Sherrod, Meg Turner, and Louviere+Vanessa. Opening Reception June 9, 6pm.

 

Jean Bragg Gallery, 600 Julia St.

David Dillard, Architecture of the Spirit, Paintings of Historic New Orleans Churches and Cathedrals. Opening July 7, on view through the month of July.

 

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, 400 Julia St.

Painter Sandy Chism presents her collection, In the Trying, on June 1. The artist’s oil on canvas paintings will be on view through July 21.

Thornton Dial’s Works on Paper will also be on view until July 21.

 

LeMieux Galleries, 332 Julia St. 

Group show entitled Man, Myth, Monster opens on June 2. Opening reception from 6-8pm. The show is curated by gallery co-director Christy Wood and will be on view through July 28.  

 

Martine Chaisson Gallery, 727 Camp St

In “Parallel,” JT Blatty’s photographs explore the symmetry between the fossil and the human form, by combining portions of the human figure juxtaposed with fossils she has collected over the years. The exhibition will also include a separate display of fossils from the images. Opening reception is on Saturday, May 5 from 6-9pm.

 

May Gallery, 2839 N. Robertson

The Bywater’s newest art space is launching June 8, at 7:30pm. Exhibition by Katie Lerin, sound by Kim Hebert, and video by Wesley Stokes.

 

Octavia Art Gallery, 4532 Magazine Street

Inside/Outside: Contemporary Cuban Art. Opening reception June 2, 6-8pm. On view through June 30. 

 

Salon Gallery, 4432 Magazine St.

“Ready/Set.” The first show of Ten, a new artist's collective, opens this weekend for the first Saturday of the month. Artists include Rex Dingler, Jeff Rinehart, Jonathan Mayers, Kathy Rodriguez, Ken Kenan, Jessie Hornbrook, Ryan Lindburg and Jono Goodman, Matthew Duguid and Matthew Kirscht, Valerie Corradetti and Ariya Martin, and Amanda Turpen and Ida Floreak. On view through July 29,

 

 

Soren Christensen, 400 Julia St.

Watershed by Gretchen Weller Howard. The popular New Orleans artist brings her new mixed media on canvas and panel. Rear Gallery: Traveling by Michael Marlowe. Smoky, atmospheric landscapes on panel. Opening reception June 2, 6-8pm.

 

Stella Jones Gallery, 201 St. Charles Ave.

Enduring Legacies, 7 Black Artists. Work from Elizabeth Catlett, Richard W. Dempsey, James Denmark, David Driskill, Louis Mailou Jones, Richard Mayhew, and Charley Palmer. On view through August 30.

 

Art by Peter Ladetto