BY KATY RECKDAHL | Special to The Advocate
In daily life, David Peters Montana is a socially conscious thinker and a dapper dresser, usually topped with a hat, clad in leather shoes.
Fans of New Orleans culture know Montana, 65, as a Mardi Gras Indian big chief who started masking at age 9 with his sister, Toki, and now leads his own tribe, Washitaw Nation.
A profile of Journey Allen, the Rafala Green Fellowship program, a recap of the Bell Artspace Campus grand opening and a profile of full-time artists Veronica Casares Lee and Patrick Lee.
By Teresa Wiltz
NEW ORLEANS — At 75, Deacon John Moore considers himself one of the lucky ones: The scion of three generations of music-making Creoles, he’s been able to sustain himself with his guitar, raise a family, buy a house. Most other musicians here, he says, aren’t so fortunate.
He’s tooling around the streets of Tremé — one of the nation’s oldest black neighborhoods and the birthplace of jazz — in his ancient Volvo, pointing out all the gentrified houses, the ones with the jacked up rents. Everybody wants to live here now, he said.
In 2017, Artspace experienced tremendous momentum and manageable growth, with vibrant activity happening in each of our existing 40 projects in operation, as well as construction on six new projects in six communities. We created opportunities for low-income artists by providing more than $3 million in total rent subsidy, and thousands of people came through the doors of Artspace buildings to attend more than 600 performances, programs, exhibitions, and community events in our spaces.
A profile of creative entrepreneur Kate Herzog, news about Immersion Twin Cities, a recap of the El Paso grand opening, now leasing information on Memphis & Mesa, a resident spotlight of Tashia Hart and Janathan Thunder, and a holiday event roundup.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESEPTEMBER 2017CONTACT:Tio AikenCommunications Managertio.aiken@artspace.org / 612-321-1841 ARTSPACE ANNOUNCES INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH INTEREST FOR OTHERS FOUNDATIONArtspace Joins a New “Social Giving” Initiative that Taps Donations of Earned Interest on Donors’ Bank Accounts
