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 since [...]
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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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 a [...]
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 return to [...]
To support New Orleans visual artists, writers, performing artists and the local businesses that support them
James Michalopoulos to randomly pick grant winners on Saturday, April 21 at 4pm at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
(New Orleans) March 30, 2007 – Today, ARTDOCS and The Idea Village announce the ARTDOCS Rx lottery grant program to support the creative [...]