Join New Orleans-based artist Courtney Egan as she discusses her work on display in Pride of Place: The Making of Contemporary Art in New Orleans. Noontime Talks are brief, casual discussions on exhibitions or works of art in the galleries given by NOMA curators and special guests. For more information, call 504.658.4100. This talk is sponsored by The Helis Foundation as part of the “Art and A/C” promotion.

ABOUT COURTNEY EGAN

Courtney Egan is among the artists whose work is on display in Pride of Place: The Making of Contemporary Art in New Orleans, an exhibition of more than 70 works donated to NOMA by renowned gallerist Arthur Roger. Egan’s projection-based sculptural installation, Sigils, features two ironwork tree branches draped in wire mesh upon which a high-definition video projection imitates Spanish moss. Sigil is a Latin word defined as an inscribed or painted symbol considered to have magical power. Egan describes her work as “botanical art combined with technology” that is strongly inspired by the profusion of flora in New Orleans, where she has lived and worked in since 1991.