PhotoNOLA is coming! PhotoGALA benfit and Party Auction

The New Orleans Photo Alliance presents:

PhotoGALA Benefit Party and Auction

December 4, 2010, 9pm-Midnight

(New Orleans, LA) The New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) is pleased to announce PhotoGALA, its annual fundraiser and one of the highlights of the fifth annual PhotoNOLA festival. The PhotoGALA Benefit Party and Auction will take place on Saturday, December 4, 2010 from 9pm –midnight at The Big Top. Patrons can enjoy food, drinks, and live entertainment. The fun-filled evening will include a print auction, music by Jon Cleary and D.J. Brice Nice, burlesque performances by Fleur de Tease, and raffle prize drawings including a Canon 50D Camera Kit.

Hors d’oeuvres will be provided compliments of Curry Corner, Fat Hen Grill and Jacques-Imo's. The live auction, beginning at 9:30pm, will feature works by internationally renowned photographers including Jamie Baldridge, Julie Blackmon, Paul Caponigro, Michael Donnor, Jan Gilbert, William Greiner, David Halliday, Michael Kenna, Louviere+Vanessa, Frank Relle, Victoria Ryan, Josephine Sacabo and Mario Tama.

“Gala guests can eat, drink, and dance, bid on fantastic photographs, and feel good about the fact that all this fun will support the year-round programming initiatives of the New Orleans Photo Alliance,” said NOPA Programming Chair Owen Murphy. A preview of auction pieces is available online. http://photonola.org/photogala/

PhotoGALA tickets are available for $20 at the door and for advance purchase through the PhotoNOLA website at http://photonola.org/pn10gala-tickets/. Cocktail attire is suggested for this spirited fun-raiser. All proceeds benefit the New Orleans Photo Alliance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization whose mission is to encourage the understanding and appreciation of photography.

The Big Top is located at 1638 Clio Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. 504-569-2700

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For more info about the New Orleans Photo Alliance and other PhotoNOLA events check:

http://neworleansphotoalliance.org
http://neworleansphotoalliance.blogspot.com
http://photonola.org

BIG print being shown @ Homespace Gallery

New 24x36 print being show @ Homespace tomorrow

Saturday I will be showing off one of my new BIG prints that I just got delivered yesterday @ the Push-Pin show at Homespace Gallery. For more info about the event go to the New Orleans Photo Alliance site here.

Im very excited to hang the print and see how they look. Now I need to think about how ill frame these 24 x36 prints before I print about 20 more of 'em. This weekend Ill try and hit some of the local frame shops to see about custom framing but might cheap out and go to Target to get an inexpensive ready-made poster frame to hang at push pin.

Either way...come check out the show which should have a good variety of cool stuff.

Tonight Quintron & Holy Fuck at Howlin Wolf....stay posted for pics.

SIX SHOOTERS....next wednesday May 12 @ CAC

New Orleans Photo Alliance presents:

SIX SHOOTERS | May 12, 7-9 PM

Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp Street, New Orleans

Free Admission

Moderator: Richard McCabe

Panelists: Richard Sexton, Elenor Owen Kerr, Bruce Schultz, Euphus Ruth, Ed Richards, Lisa Silvestri

Six Shooters is a moderated panel discussion in which six artists engage in discussions about their proceses’s, influences, inspiration and work.This edition of Six Shooters is the fourth in an ongoing series produced by the New Orleans Photo Alliance and will feature photographers who utilize large format photography in their work.

For more info go to www.neworleansphotoalliance.org