2011 Benefit Auction Artists — Live Auction and Buy-Now!
November 3, 2011 We are excited to have these local artists be a part of our auction this year! Goto our live auction preview. Sidonie Villere Luis Cruz Azaceta Justin Forbes Rachel Jones Stephen Hoskins Dan Tague Gina Phillips Raine Bedsole Jose Maria Cundin Teresa Cole Stephen Paul Day Monica Zeringue Kathleen Banton Anita Cooke Elizabeth Shannon Srdjan ... Continue
ARTDOCS Art Auction 2011
October 16, 2011 This year, in addition to a live auction on November 17th, we are also offering buy-now artwork which is available for purchase on this website and will be displayed at the event. You may purchase this buy-now artwork from our buy-now gallery! On the morning of the 17th these pieces will no longer be available for ... Continue
7th Benefit Art Auction 2011!
September 21, 2011 Our biennial ARTDOCS Benefit Art Auction has been scheduled for 6:30pm on Thursday, November 17, 2011. It will be held at 725 Magazine Street in downtown New Orleans. The event will feature cocktails, entertainment, music and magic... Continue
New Client Cards
September 21, 2011 New Client Cards! ARTDOCS has a new sign-up process for all patients. In November of 2010, we mailed letters to our client base about how to update eligibility for ARTDOCS coverage and receive a laminated client card. Call (504)827-2833 for an appointment to come to our main office in Mid-City at 2646 Dumaine Street. Clients ... Continue
NEW Dental services!
July 20, 2011 In March of 2011, ARTDOCS secured a contract with the Daughters of Charity Clinics to assist clients with dental services. Clients can be seen at either the Bywater location (1030 Lesseps Street) or their new clinic at 3201 South Carrollton Avenue. Dental assistance includes exams, x-rays, teeth cleaning, fillings, extractions, treatment of gum disease and other ... Continue
ArtDocs 2009: ARTDOCS provides health care assistance to artists
November 16, 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 ... Continue
New Orleans artists without health insurance get help from program
November 13, 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 ... Continue
The Art of Recovery
April 27, 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 ... Continue
Broad Strokes
April 6, 2007 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 ... Continue