Who is organizing Prospect.1 New Orleans?
The director and curator of Prospect.1 New Orleans is Dan Cameron, an international New York-based curator who was inspired to organize an exhibition in New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Cameron has been a frequent visitor to New Orleans since the late 1980s, and he organized the 1995 New Orleans Triennial for the New Orleans Museum of Art. In May 2007 Cameron took on the position of Visual Arts Director at the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), one of the leading venues for new art in the South, and a principal venue for Prospect.1 New Orleans.
Who are the participating artists in Prospect.1 New Orleans?
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Who will see Prospect.1 New Orleans?
With Prospect.1 New Orleans' policy of free admission, extended hours and daily guided tours, and through significant outreach efforts, it is projected that more than half the people visiting the exhibition will come from within the state of Louisiana. Within New Orleans, a full-time education coordinator will organize free bus transportation and age-appropriate docent guides to the exhibition for all public school children K-12. It is also anticipated that thousands of art lovers will visit New Orleans for the opening of Prospect.1 New Orleans, and thousands more to see the exhibition during its eleven-week run.
Who else will benefit from Prospect.1 New Orleans?
Who is paying for Prospect.1 New Orleans?
This exhibition has been made possible with the support of Prospect.1 New Orleans Founding Benefactor Toby Devan Lewis.
Leadership support for the exhibition has been provided by the Metabolic Studio, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation under the direction of Artist and Trustee Lauren Bon; and the State of Louisiana, Office of the Lt. Governor, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism; and W Hotels, Hospitality Sponsor.
Major exhibition support has been provided by Peter B. Lewis; The Getty Foundation; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.; The Rockefeller Foundation; Mondriaan Foundation; Zemurray Foundation; Louise Blouin Media; A Diamond Is Forever; Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation; and Agnes Gund.
The education program has been made possible, in part, by the Ruth U. Fertel Foundation.
Additional support has been provided by Walda and Sydney Besthoff, III; Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan and Taipei Cultural Center, TECO in New York; Susan Brennan; Beth Rudin DeWoody; Lyn and John Fischbach; Paul J. Leaman, Jr.; Adam Lewis; The O’Grady Foundation; Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen; Sotheby’s; Billie Milam Weisman and The Frederick R. Weisman Philanthropic Foundation; Downtown Development District of New Orleans; groSolar; Bloomberg; Anonymous; Peter Norton Family Foundation on behalf of Eileen Harris Norton; The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.; Moët Hennessy USA; Global Green USA; Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation; Bertie Deming Smith; Virginia Lyons Speed; Prospect.1 Kingfishers Leadership Committee; and Prospect.1 Big Shots Gallery Circle; among others.
The inaugural Prospect.1 gala has been sponsored, in part, by The Prudential Foundation; and supported by Robert and Jeri Nims Foundation; Regions Bank; Walda and Sydney Besthoff, III; John Cheim and Howard Read; Frances Dittmer; Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen; Mr. and Mrs. John Bertuzzi; Dathel and Tommy Coleman; Grand Arts; The JDL Foundation; Double E Foundation; Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee; and Octavia Art Gallery; among others.