Tonight, Regina Scully will give an Artist Perspective talk on the exhibition Visions of US: American Art at NOMA. Plus, enjoy live music by The Ramblin’ Letters, free art activities, and much more. Join us!

• 5-8 pm: Art on the Spot
• 5:30-8:30 pm: Music by The Ramblin’ Letters
• 6:30 pm: Artist Perspective with Regina Scully on Visions of US: American Art at NOMA

About Regina Scully

Regina Scully will discuss concepts of landscape and abstraction in her own work and in relation to paintings in the NOMA exhibition, Visions of US: American Art at NOMA. Landscape historically refers to a way of seeing the external world through the delineation of space, while Scully’s abstract landscape paintings also consider space from the artist’s inner emotional viewpoint. Scully will look at both of these ways of mapping, and consider the relationship between the external and internal world in painting though historical examples drawn from NOMA’s collection and her own recent work.

Scully lives in New Orleans, Louisiana and maintains a daily practice in her studio in the Bywater.  Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Scully received her B.F.A. in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design and her M.F.A. in Painting from University of New Orleans. A catalog of recent paintings and works on paper with an accompanying essay by Dan Cameron was published in late summer, 2015. Scully recently returned from Englewood, Florida, where she attended an awarded artist residency at the Hermitage Artist Retreat.

In 2014, Scully showed in solo exhibitions, Terra Incognita in New Orleans and Translations in Houston, following her solo exhibition, Entrance in Chelsea, NY at C24 Gallery at the end of 2013. Art Fairs in 2014 included Pulse New York, the San Francisco Art Market, Texas Contemporary and Project Miami.  Scully’s paintings are in private and public collections including the Microsoft Art Collection, (2010, 2013), The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Collection, the Capital One Art Collection, and the New Orleans Museum of Art.

About The Ramblin’ Letters

Formed in 2008, The Ramblin’ Letters have become one of New Orleans’ most popular bluegrass bands. The Ramblin’ Letters are Michael Millet on guitar and lead vocals,  John Norwood on dobro and mandolin, John Depriest on banjo, Harry Hardin on fiddle, and Will Jordan on upright bass. They play traditional and gospel bluegrass in the old time style. The Ramblin’ Letters take their name from the song, “I Don’t Want Your Ramblin’ Letters,” by one of their greatest influences, the Stanley Brothers.

The Ramblin’ Letters play a lot in and around the New Orleans area, with regular gigs on Frenchmen, the French Quarter, Uptown, on the Northshore, and in Mississippi. More recently they have graced the stage at New Orleans icons Tipitina’s, the Maple Leaf, Le Bon Temps, Abita Springs Opry, French Quarter Festival and Audubon Zoo. They are gaining a reputation for their talented instrumentation, rich vocal harmonies, acapella songs, and marathon sets.