Queens Rule! Exhibition at the McKenna Museum of African American Art

Design by Lawrence Kasparowitz from photographs by mutual use photographers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Queens Rule! Exhibition

December 6, 2014 – March 14, 2015

McKenna Museum of African American Art

2003 Carondelet Street

New Orleans, LA 70130

504-586-7432

Opening: 6-8 pm, Saturday, December 6, 2014

Exhibit hours: Thursdays-Saturdays 11am-4pm, Tuesdays & Wednesdays by appointment

See the museum website for more information about panel presentations and music performances featuring members of the Mardi Gras Indian Queens community 

Photographs by over 20 Mutual and Fair Use Photographers

The exhibit features portraits, archival photographs, ritual attire, and other artworks inspired by Mardi Gras Indian Queens in New Orleans. Over 40 photographs are included in the exhibition!

Curated by Herreast J. Harrison of the Donald Harrison, Sr. Museum

Exhibition Design by Museum Studies graduate students at Southern University of New Orleans under the direction of Dr. Sara Hollis:

Kim Coleman
Shersante Martin
Erika Evans
Monica Tyran
Tonya Black
Kim Frazier
Oke Dibia
Lana Meyon Watson

Exhibition Catalogue- Christine Breault, Jeffrey David Ehrenreich, Freddye Hill, Cherice Harrison-Nelson, and Lawrence Kasparowitz

The exhibition is presented by the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame and the Donald Harrison, Sr. Museum at the George and Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art

Thanks to the support of
City of New Orleans Office of Cultural Economy
Paige Royer and Kerry Clayton
New Orleans Musicians Assistance Fund
Foundation for Louisiana
Guardians Institute