NOLA RISING: The NoLA Rising Paint Party - The Dog Days of Summer

30 July 2008

The NoLA Rising Paint Party - The Dog Days of Summer - FYYFF!

On July 26th, NoLA Rising held its paint party for the summer. A large number of pieces were made and will be donated to good New Orleans causes, fund-raisers and non-profits. Those of us at NoLA Rising who organized everything would like to thank everyone who came out and was an active part...without you, it wouldn't be an event. And without you, it wouldn't be New Orleans.

On the day of the paint party, LOKI from Humid City came by to pick up an assortment of artwork for the Ashley Morris Memorial event. The artwork they picked up was auctioned off to raise money for the cause. For more information, see the posting below.

The following picture is a sampling of the artwork donated to the Ashley Morris Memorial Foundation for the FYYFF! event at One Eyed Jacks

1 comment:

Make a difference said...: Here is another group of people putting their hearts, minds and artwork together for New Orleans:http://nonprofitshoppingmall.com/people-who-care/global-green-usa.

The artists for New Orleans are amazing and so is the fact that you can shop+give to Global Green's NOLA rebuild project.

ENJOY; August 6, 2008 at 4:51 PM

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CHRIS ROSE (nola): "It's all got a very Don Quixote feel to it, a lone wolf braying into the wilderness... It's art for art's sake. And for sanity's sake as well." & "NoLA Rising, a ragtag band of insurgent art missionaries who post artwork in public places as far and wide across the region as possible."

ANGELA PATE (nola): "New Orleans still needs so much help, but the people of NOLA are bringing back the bohemian, artistic atmosphere that makes me love it so much. Rex has become almost a cult leader, bringing NOLA back beyond just the infrastructure, but, more importantly, maybe, to it’s heart and soul."

Idiot the Wise a.k.a. INSPIRE (Tel Aviv): "If NOLA rises again, then its from the organized efforts of this guy...a true public art hero..."

A.J. (nola): "One day while traversing the muck of damage, alone in my car, I looked over and suddenly glimpsed a ray of color. A perfectly small square of color that simply stated Joy and then a short block away, another that read simply Hope. My car grinded to a slow halt in the street and I wept those post Katrina tears we've all shed following this time by a smile. Not a tiny grin but, a large and powerful giant size smile. "

Killian Doherty (Ireland): "Much to the disbelief of the destitute citizens of New Orleans, it became wholly apparent that the loss of the public realm was not due to the flooding, but to the governments' re-appropriation of it, when backs were turned.

Within this specter of a military dictatorship imposed to 'control' people' , ReX a local artist read the chasm between people’s physical disenfranchisement from their city and the unbridled appropriation of it by state as intolerable. ReX attempted to stitch this chasm closed with a humanist and practical intervention back into public space. 3,000 street signs were arduously hand- drawn, painted and affixed, to intersections throughout the city. ReX tried to weaved a sense of order back into the neglected fabric of New Orleans; his humanistic treatment gave people hope, allowing them to re orientate themselves again, empowering them to reclaim New Orleans, their home, amidst the neglect and oppression. It became a cultural movement for social justice."

KELLEY (detroit-ish): "This is great work!!!"

SINA (tucson): "Sunshine and art and happiness, the city, the soul will win...look how much more contagious NoLA Rising's efforts have become..."

MAGS (nola native): "Projects like NOLA Rising are only trying to spread a little love and joy via art to a depressed, beat-down population..."

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