Posts Tagged ‘art’

Mardi Gras Bead Dogs: Whimsical Art with a Serious Message

// January 25th, 2012 // 7 Comments » // Places "Tiger Paws" by artist Gerry Claude

[New Orleans, LA] — For a city accustomed to Lucky Dogs, the luckiest dogs of all may be the brightly colored Mardi Gras Bead Dog statues that are popping up all over town. Lucky for animal lovers and art lovers, at least. The whimsical sculptures are modeled after the trinkets fashioned from leftover Mardi Gras …read more…

Saturday, in the Park — Arts Market of New Orleans

// October 29th, 2011 // 11 Comments » // Events, Places Arts Market NOLA

[New Orleans, LA] — It’s not the Fourth of July, and I didn’t see a man selling ice cream, but I’m pretty sure there were people dancing and people laughing (OK, go ahead and sing the Chicago song to yourself now; I know you want to). On a perfect fall day in Louisiana, I saddled …read more…