Archive for November, 2009

ArtDocs 2009: ARTDOCS provides health care assistance to artists

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Artist Dan Tague is one of more than 55 artists who contributed work to be auctioned in a fundraiser for ARTDOCS, the nonprofit organization that assists artists in need of medical attention. “I have a piece called Fat of the Land in the auction,” Tague says. “I have donated a piece [to ARTDOCS] every year [...]

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New Orleans artists without health insurance get help from program

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Dan Tague, a New Orleans artist, remembers a time about 10 years ago when he went to a local health clinic to get his lungs checked out. He’d been having trouble breathing and, thinking his symptoms might be related to a serious health problem associated with some chemicals inhaled in the studio, figured he should [...]

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