Arts Council New Orleans and Young Artist Movement with Carl Joe Williams
Unity and Harmony
Curated by Arts Council New Orleans and Young Artist Movement with Carl Joe Williams
Installed permanently
Location
Arts Council New Orleans
(504) 523-1465 | sarah@artsneworleans.org
Unity
5000 Warrington Drive, New Orleans, LA 70122
Harmony
5302 Wildair Drive, New Orleans, LA 70122
Hours
Open for public viewing 24/7
Accessibility
All the sites are outdoors, public, and free to access 24 hours a day by foot, car, or bicycle.
COVID-19 Restrictions
N/A (outdoor installation)
About the Exhibition
In collaboration with the Arts Council New Orleans and under the mentorship of acclaimed local artist Carl Joe Williams, the Young Artist Movement students from the NET Charter High School have created sculptures that explore New Orleans’s complex and difficult relationship with water and the city’s shift to green infrastructure.
Unity commemorates the stories of residents that experienced devastating loss due to Hurricane Katrina and continue to face stormwater and other environmental risks. Harmony explores the theme of environmental resilience through patterns and imagery related to the flow of water. The sculptures also represent an inhibitor to the healthy flow of water: plastic waste. The sculptures incorporate aluminum casts that reflect back on the viewer their role in living harmoniously with their environment.
About the Organizers
The Arts Council New Orleans is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting arts and culture in the city. Its mission is to improve quality of life in New Orleans by supporting, activating, and investing in our city’s greatest natural resource: our artists, cultural producers, and creative community.
The Arts Council’s Young Artist Movement (YAM) program is an arts education and workforce development program that beautifies neighborhoods and connects youth to their communities through the research, design, and installation of public art.
Carl Joe Williams is a New Orleans–based artist whose paintings, installations, and sculptures incorporate complex color combinations, rhythmic patterns, and found objects to address the physiological and historical concerns of everyday people.
Elijah Turk, Gabrielle Tolliver, Carl Joe Williams, Lauren Carre, Aspien Beaco, and Erin Barnard in front of Harmony (in progress)