Heats will begin at 9:00am and are expected to continue until 4:00pm. The day will be enhanced by bringing the Second Saturday Market at the Museum up to festival proportions while relocating up to the Amphitheatre. Vendors will offer a variety of food and drink offerings and, of course, artwork. After the final race, a ceremony will be held to present the winners with medals and trophies and live music will end the festive day.
The weekend festivities kick off the night before the race on Friday, May 13th with the opening of several art exhibits. “Copley to Warhol: 250 Years of American Art Celebrating the Centennial of the New Orleans Museum of Art” will grace the main galleries on the 3rd floor. This offering provides the opportunity to view works from American Masters from the NOMA collection and promises to impress and inspire. In the Community Galleries downstairs, AMoA’s “Faculty & Friends Invitational” offers the latest works from artists who teach or have taught at area universities or have worked at the Museum.
Also in the downstairs galleries you will find “George Rodrigue: Saga of the Acadians” and in the Educational Gallery, the “George Rodrigue Foundation 2011 Art Contest.” The Saga paintings are early works from Rodrigue, which depict the well-known story of the exile of the Acadians and their subsequent settling in South Louisiana, including the famed “Evangeline.” AMoA is proud to host contestants of his foundation’s annual contest as a companion.
The Acoustic Concert series continues this month on Thursday, May 26th. Host John Wakefield brings local and regional singer/songwriters to AMoA for this low-key, groovy offering once a month in the Clementine Café. The paintings in the café now feature work on the plantation – one of the common themes in Clementine’s paintings.
Remember to join us on Wednesdays for lunch with Portabella and Tuesdays and Fridays for Yoga! See you at the Museum!