The Green Project

We need to celebrate, too, you know!

So if are planning on wandering to The Green Project on Monday (Feb 15th) or Tuesday (Feb 16th) you will find our doors closed and locked. And it's not that we don't want to welcome you. It's just there will be nobody to welcome you. Please come back on Wednesday (Feb 17th), and we will gladly help you with a smile while we continue to digest all of the king cake we have been eating for the past month.

R4A is Alive!

 

                

 

Recycle for the Arts (R4A) is a program of The Green Project that sells quality, donated art materials to art professionals, art educators, and hobbyists.The Green Project may be the only place in town where you can find darkroom equipment side by side with sequined costumes, recycled paint, and roofing materials. Unfortunately,The Green Project recently learned that it could no longer afford to keep our R4A program director, and we will sincerely miss Elizabeth's dedicated work.

But Recycle for The Arts is not closing, and it will remain an integral part of The Green Project! Our R4A  department will still be that cozy section in the back for the warehouse that you unexpectedly stumble across. It will remain the treasure hunt that it always was, and we are still dedicated to providing quality art materials to New Orleans artists, young and old. R4A will also continue to accept donations to supply our cooky store front. So if you just so happen to have a kiln that you can't put to good use, give us a ring!

DRAW-A-THON 2009

                    

Sharpen those pencils, mix those paints, and get ready for Draw-A-Thon 2009, hosted by Press Street, Recycle for the Arts, and The Green Project. On November 21st (bright and early at 6:30am) Draw-A-Thon will kick of their 24 hour program with free pancakes (and coffee!) and amazing drawing workshops. Workshops welcome folks of all ages and art materials will be provided free of cost.

What's on the docket for this 24 hours of drawing fun?

• A “Drawing Room” with every surface covered in paper to encourage boundless creativity
• Courtney Egan and Kourtney Keller’s popular Drawing On Film
• Speed gesture drawing with drill sergeant Gary Oaks
• Micro-Comix with Caeser Meadows
• Drawing Walk with Marcus Brown and Nathan Weidenhaft
• Gina Philips will lead Drawing With A Sewing Machine (which will culminate in a large-scale drawn quilt)
• The St. Claude Arts District will contribute an on-going still-life activity
• Artists Ron Bechet, Brad Benischeck, Kenny Harrison, Malcolm McClay, Laura Richens, Meagan Roniger and Elizabeth Underwood and many otherswill captain other fascinating drawing projects

Make sure not to miss the amazing Draw-A-Tron 3000's, a curious automated drawing machine, designed this year by nationally renowned artist Jeff Becker.

So make sure you stretch out those fingers (and any other digits you plan on drawing with) and head on over to the The Green Project join Draw-A-Thon 2009.

WORN AGAIN nola3 Fashion Show & Crazy Event

Save the date! Saturday July 18th WORN AGAIN nola3 (a benefit for Recycle For The Arts) promises to be the socially conscious event of the season. Forty WORN AGAIN designers will be chosen by our elite jury to rock the WORN AGAIN runway with amazing creativity based on recycled and thrifted cast-offs.

The festivities will begin with an exclusive Patron Party and Silent Auction followed by the wildly entertaining WORN AGAIN fashion show (live music provided by DJ Kristen). The infamous Recycled Dance Competition will follow with original “old skool –vs- new skool” choreography performed by local dance troupes. DyVersatile Crew, a hip hop troupe from Mobile, will kick off our After Party with Stinging Caterpillar Sound System throwing down till the wee hours.

Sat July 18th at The Howlin Wolf
* Patron Party: 6:30–7:30p - $50 (Advance preview and Silent Auction of the top 10 designs/hors d’oeuvres/DJ Voice). Ticket includes Fashion Show and After Party
* WORN AGAIN Fashion Show: 8:00-10:30p - $15 (includes After Party)
* After Party: 11:00-2:00a (includes Recycled Dance Competition)

Tickets available through The Howlin’ Wolf
907 S Peters St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Congratulations to Karen & Recycle for the Arts

Congratulations to Karen Kempf (pictured here with her lovely mother, Linda) for receiving a "Promoters of the Arts" award during the Second Annual Bywater Awards Night on November 19, 2008. The award honors those who have made a positive impact on the community since Hurricane Katrina.
Karen led Recycle for the Arts through a very difficult time and has since shifted her focus at The Green Project to leading our weekly environmental education workshops. We know she'll work wonders there, too!

Draw - A - Thon !!!!

One of The Green Project's favorite events is happening this weekend from 6:30am on Saturday, November 22 until 6:30am on Sunday, November 23. It's the 24-hour Extravaganza known as Draw-A-Thon!

The event, presented by Press Street and Recycle for the Arts will be held at The Green Room (upstairs of The Green Project). Enter through the garden doors at the Press Street side of the building. More info can be found at www.press-street.com.