Review: Tony Fitzpatrick

by D. Eric Bookhardt.

http://www.insidenola.org/

Alpha Lubicz

Oh, what a find! Alpha Lubicz's collages are a charming delight!

Check the out online - http://www.ammoarts.com/artists/alpha_lubicz/index.html

Orly Cogan

Orly Cogan. "Wild Poppies". Embroidery on Fabric. Courtesy of the artist.

New works by Orly Cogan are coming soon to AMMO's inventory. Please let us know if you would like to be informed when they arrive.

See more of Cogan's fantastic embroidery, drawings, and collages on her website - www.orlycogan.com

Art Criticism Discussion Group

For all New Orleans Artists and Writers who want to build a stronger arts community: The next meeting of the art criticism discussion group will be Thursday, September 24 at 6:00 p.m. in the CAC cafe. If for any reason we are not able to meet there... (as happened in June), ask at the information desk for the alternate room. Please try to purchase a drink or snack to express our appreciation to the CAC for keeping the cafe open for us. Items to be discussed include the newly revamped website findartnola.com, decision on a name, setting up a meeting between artists and writers, and possible means of attracting and paying good critical writers. Representatives of a writers' group have been invited to attend. Meetings are respectful of your time and last one and a half hours (to 7:30). All members of the contemporary art community are welcome. Cynthia Scott, organizer.

Time:6:00PM Thursday, September 24th

Location:Contemporary Arts Center - 900 Camp Street

AMMO teams up with The Porch

A Mardi Gras Indian dances with neighborhood children during the Porch 7th Ward Cultural Festival.

For Immediate Release:

The directors of AMMO are thrilled to announce their partnership with The Porch 7th Ward Cultural Organization. As The Porch begins their very first workshop for adults, the Mardi Gras Indian Cooperative Workshop, AMMO's directors, Cedric Angeles and Mia Kaplan, will be joining them to assist with the presentation, marketing, and development of the workshop as an ongoing collective.

This October the Porch 7th Ward Cultural Organization is beginning a
Mardi Gras Indian Cooperative Workshop for individuals interested in
the traditional sewing and beading techniques of the Mardi Gras
Indians. the Porch is a community-based cultural organization that
seeks to promote and sustain cultures of the neighborhood, city and
region, and to foster exchange between cultural groups. The workshop
is free and open to all, and hopes to bring together as many different
Mardi Gras Indian styles and histories as possible. It will be held at
the Porch every Thursday evening from 7-9pm, October 1st through July
29th, and will culminate in an exhibition of the collective’s work in
October 2010 at Ammo Gallery in the French Quarter: a contemporary art
gallery that represents emerging to established artists and produces
other innovative projects.

The workshop will be led by “Coach”
Collins Anthony Lewis and Nicole W. Ramsey, and the Porch will supply
all materials. If you would like to participate and you are highly
creative and committed, please come by the Porch at 1941 Pauger
(corner of Urquhart) to fill out an application anytime between 9am
and 7pm from Monday, September 14th through Wednesday, September 23rd.
Participants’ children are welcome to come with them to the workshop.
Please call the Porch Program Coordinator with any questions at
914-714-8757.

visit The Porch online at http://www.theporch-7.com.

Review: Brian Guidry and Michelle Levine

Brian Guidry & Michelle Levine are currently exhibiting their work at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans for the exhibition curated by Dan Cameron, "Hot up Here".

Read Doug MacCash's Review:

"Hot Up Here: New Work by New Orleans Artists" at the Contemporary Arts Center is a sample platter heaped with works by 16 cream-of-the-crop mid-career Crescent City conceptualists, with a traditional painter or two tossed in for good measure. It's the latest of the CAC's long-running series of survey exhibits (previously known as the Louisiana Biennial, and the Louisiana Open before that), which periodically check the temperature of the New Orleans art scene.

And "Hot Up Here" is pretty hot. It's the aesthetically steamy must-see show of the late summer.

Unless you feel you've seen it all before, that is.

CAC curator Dan Cameron, who selected the "Hot Up Here" artists, is the reigning king of Crescent City art. His Prospect.1 New Orleans exhibit, which took place between October 2008 and January, did more to ratchet up New Orleans' contemporary art scene than any other single event -- ever.

Prospect.1 spoiled us. We now have a taste for the most mind-bending contemporary art. Luckily, there are lots of New Orleans artists able to provide it. "Hot Up Here" proves that.

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Review: Loren Schwerd

Read the Examiner: "Loren Schwerd at AMMO" by Chris Herbeck

http://www.examiner.com/x-11569-New-Orleans-Contemporary-Art-Examiner~y2009m8d28-REVIEW-Loren-Schwerd-at-AMMO