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OPENINGS THE COUNTRY CLUB. 634 Louisa St., (504) 945-0742; www.thecountryclubneworleans.com — “All Amzie All the Time,” group exhibition of art celebrating Amzie Adams, ongoing. DU MOIS GALLERY. 4609 Freret St., (504) 818-6032; www.dumoisgallery.com — “Bathworks,” mixed media exhibition by Brett Reif and Arlyn Jimenez, Saturday through Oct. 26. THE FRONT. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www. nolafront.org — Mixed media group exhibition, Saturday through Oct. 6.
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “The Making of an Argument,” photography by Gordon Parks, Thursday through Jan. 5. NOCCA RIVERFRONT. 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www.nocca.com — “On the Edge,” NOCCA alumni art exhibition, Thursday through Oct. 25. STAPLE GOODS. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/ staplegoods — “Try to Remember,” mixed media group exhibition, Saturday through Oct. 6. UNO-ST. CLAUDE GALLERY. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts. uno.edu — “Doleful,” photographic exhibition by Jeff Rinehart, Saturday through Oct. 6.
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ACADEMY GALLERY. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — Mixed media faculty exhibition, through September. AFA NEW ORLEANS. 809 Royal St., (504) 558-9296; www.afanyc.com — “The Art of Joe Sorren,” paintings by the artist, through Nov. 30. AKG PRESENTS THE ART OF DR. SEUSS. 716 Bienville St., (504) 524-8211; www. angelakinggallery.com/ dr-seuss — Works by Dr. Seuss, ongoing. ALEX BEARD STUDIO. 712 Royal St., (504) 309-0394; www.alexbeardstudio. com — Drawings and paintings by Alex Beard, ongoing. ANGELA KING GALLERY. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery. com — Dry pigment paintings by Terri Hallman, through Friday. ANTON HAARDT GALLERY. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart. com — “Deep Blues,” Southern folk art group exhibition, ongoing. ARIODANTE GALLERY. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery. com — Mixed media group exhibition, through September. ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY. 432 Julia St., (504) 5221999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Bruce Jr. Does the Parades,” color marker drawings by Bruce Davenport Jr.; “Sunrise,” glass sculpture by Gene Koss; both through Saturday. ASHE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-9070; www.ashecac.
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Bruce Jr. Does the Parades: Color marker drawings by Bruce Davenport Jr. Sunrise: glass sculpture by Gene Koss Arthur Roger Gallery 432 Julia St. (504) 522-1999 www.arthurrogergallery.com
Another Hurricane Katrina anniversary came and went, and once again global news organizations struggled to find new angles on an increasingly old story. This time, the BBC memorialized America’s megastorm by posting a video interview with New Orleans artist Dan Tague, whose prints of dollar bills folded into catchy messages like “Live Free or Die,” or, more darkly, “Trust No One,” were an indirect result of Katrina. Tague survived the floodwaters in Mid-City, where he used a pirogue to help stranded neighbors, but later found himself feeling aimless after the forced exodus. With his studio under water, he began folding dollar bills to pass the time. He eventually turned them into prints, which found their way into major museum collections, and the rest is history. The BBC piece is not only a great survivor story, it also provides an interesting angle on the role money plays in American culture. It was high school marching bands that Bruce Davenport Jr. missed most after the storm, and he responded by creating vivid color marker drawings of them surrounded by mobs of spectators, a series he began when many schools were still closed. The works seen here are simple yet obsessive, as what initially resemble avant-garde abstractions appear as neighborhood street scenes on closer inspection. Gene Koss’ nearby sculptures remind us of the way this city links the largely northern European populace of the upper Midwest to the rest of the world via the Mississippi River and the Gulf. Glass sculptor Koss grew up on a farm in Wisconsin and the verdant, if frosty, qualities of his home state inform his vision even now, as we see in Sunrise (pictured), which somehow distills the contours of the land, the light and the hand of man in a work that Koss says reflects, “the people who work the land and look up a valley at the Wisconsin ridges and hills as they toil.” — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT
org — “Here/Home,” objects and photographs symbolic of New Orleans, through Sept. 22. BENEITO’S ART. 3618 Magazine St., (504) 891-9170; www.bernardbeneito.com — Oil paintings by Beneito Bernard, ongoing. BOYD | SATELLITE. 440
Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery. com — “Sputnik 1,” mixed media group exhibition, through September. CALLAN CONTEMPORARY. 518 Julia St., (504) 5250518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Dream a Dream,” Korean-style garments by Key-Sook Geum,
through September. CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Wetlands,” oil paintings by Beverly Dennis, Saturday through September. CHESTER ALLEN’S OASIS OF ENERGY. 221 Dauphine
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GOOD CHILDREN GALLERY. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “The Homeland We’ve Never Seen,” paintings by Jessica Bizer, “Sequoiadendron Giganteum,” paintings by Claire Sherman, both Saturday through Oct. 6.
TOGRAPHY. 241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www. agallery.com — Photographs and photo books from all eras by various photographers, ongoing.
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