Archive for April, 2007

Published in The Gambit Weekly The art of random selection is never more palpable than when playing the lottery. Made gamblers by chance in post-Katrina New Orleans, local visual artists, writers and performing artists will gather on Saturday, April 21, at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery (843 Carondelet St., Suite 1, 522-5471; www.jonathanferrara.com) to participate in [...]

Arts recovery lottery Published in The Times-Picayune Forty artists will receive $1,000 from the ARTDOCS Rx lottery grant. In 1999, gallery owner Jonathan Ferrara and Dr. Vincent Morelli instituted ARTDOCS, a free medical assistance program for artists, writers and performers. After Hurricane Katrina, they expanded ARTDOCS to “help artists rebuild studios, replace lost materials and [...]