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Lusher Writers to participate in Prospect.2 (UPDATED--Date Change)

Sat, 01/21/2012

UPDATE: The reception has been postponed from January 14th to Saturday, January 21st, to make way for the Saints. It'll be held from 12pm to 2pm.

Between Saturday, January 21st and Sunday, January 29th, dozens of Lusher students will be featured as part of Prospect New Orleans, "one of the leading biennials of international contemporary art in the United States." 

Last Spring, nearly 80 creative writing students (grades 6-12) worked with local artist Dan Tague on an art project named Bons Enfants. Dan recorded the students reading haikus they had written about the city, which he looped over loud speakers in an art installation in Marfa, Texas, as part of the "World According to New Orleans" exhibit held there. The kids did a wonderful job and the installation was a big success.

This weekend, the project will be part of Prospect.2's Student Biennial event, starting Saturday and showing until the 29th. The write-up is pasted below (which includes a Lusher shout-out) for anyone who wants to attend the opening Saturday afternoon, 12-2PM, at the Prospect Visitor Center on Esplanade. The event is free. Hope to see you there!

 

 Student Biennial reception RESCHEDULED for January 21!

The reception for the Prospect.2 Student Biennial has been rescheduled forSaturday, January 21 from 12:00 - 2:00 PM, so as not to conflict with this weekend's Saints playoff game. We hope to see you at the Prospect Visitor Center, 1036 Esplanade Avenue, on the 21st!
Learn more about the Student Biennial here, and view the digital exhibit -- designed by Isidore Newman School student Jessica Richard -- here. The digital exhibit features photography from New Orleans-area students in grades 7-12. The photography submissions were created in response to Prospect.2 artist William Pope.L's piece, "Blink." The digital exhibit also features the Bon Enfants project created by Prospect.2 artist Dan Tague and creative writing students from the Lusher Charter School.