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Noontime Talk: Photographers Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick in NEW at NOMA: Recent Acquisitions in Modern and Contemporary Art
Thu, August 31st, 2017 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join New Orleans photographers Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick as they discuss their work on display in NEW at NOMA: Recent Acquisitions in Modern and Contemporary Art. 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” free admission promotion.
ABOUT KEITH CALHOUN AND CHANDRA MCCORMICK
Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick were born and raised in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. As a husband-and-wife team, they have documented Louisiana and its people for more than 25 years. In New Orleans, they have documented the city’s renowned music culture, brass bands, jazz funerals, social aid and pleasure clubs, benevolent societies, and Mardi Gras Indians. Calhoun and McCormick have also covered religious and spiritual ceremonies throughout their community, as well as river baptisms in rural Louisiana. They have created several photographic series, including: Louisiana Laborers; The Dock Worker, Longshoreman, and Freight Handlers on the docks of New Orleans; Sugar Cane Field Scrappers in the rural parishes along the Mississippi River; Cotton Gins, and Sweet Potato Workers in East Carroll Parish of Lake Providence Louisiana. For more information, visit their website.