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

Join us for the book release and signing of the Year of the Flag Boy and Gang Flag Yearbook

  Official Book Signing for Flag Boy and Gang Flag Yearbook

Friday, November 21, 2014
 5-7 pm
Donald Harrison, Sr. Museum
1930 Independence Street, New Orleans 70117
 
This event is free and open to the public.

Flag Boys and Gang Flags who appear in the book, contributors to the book, and individuals who pre-ordered copies of the Yearbook may pick them up at the event. A very limited number of copies will be available for a donation of $25.00 (covers the cost of printing).

For additional information, please call 504-214-6630

Looking back at the 2014 Conversation with the Elders, remembering Herbert Gettridge

2014 Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Honoree Herbert Gettridge, past Wild Man and Trail Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas, became an ancestor on October 31, 2014.

Big Chief Clarence "Delco" Dalcour of the Creole Osceolas nominated Mr. Gettridge for our Elder Statesman award. Gettridge was inducted during the 16th Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony in August 2014, and joined Guardians of the Flame Council Chief Joseph Jenkins, and White Eagles Flag Boy Ike Edwards in our first "Conversation with the Elders."

Video of "Conversation With the Elders" by Breathe