*Rescue Vehicles and the Souls of the South*
CLOSING RECEPTION: October 23, 6-9pm
Mixed Media and sculptural installation inspired by new Orleans; its beauty and reliance through disaster.
August 8, - October 24, 2008
For a number of years, Corrina Sephora Mensoff has been creating sculpture, installation and printmaking
artworks utilizing the trope of the boat form. For this body of work, her artistic inspirations came from a
photograph she saw of a recreational boat tethered to a telephone pole during the time of Hurricane Katrina. It dangled at an angle, showing that the waters has risen, turning the streets into rivers and slowly fallen, emptying again. The visual made a unique impression and soon this idea of recreational boating vehicles transformed into rescue vehicles for people trapped in their own homes. Ideas of floods, waters rising and the ancient legend of Noah's ark combined with the architecture of the "Row house" have inspired some of the newest work.
The Renaissance Project, a New Orleans community development organization.
Founded in 2001 for the purpose of improving the quality of life in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, post-Katrina, the Renaissance Project has expanded to include the Upper Ninth Ward and portions of the Eighth Ward. Our programmatic areas include economic development, food access, public education, and arts and cultural programming.
- Greta Gladney, Executive Director
10% of the proceeds of this exhibition will be contributed to the Renaissance Project and the continued rehabilitation of New Orleans.
Mixed Media and sculptural installation inspired by new Orleans; its beauty and reliance through disaster.
August 8, - October 24, 2008
For a number of years, Corrina Sephora Mensoff has been creating sculpture, installation and printmaking
artworks utilizing the trope of the boat form. For this body of work, her artistic inspirations came from a
photograph she saw of a recreational boat tethered to a telephone pole during the time of Hurricane Katrina. It dangled at an angle, showing that the waters has risen, turning the streets into rivers and slowly fallen, emptying again. The visual made a unique impression and soon this idea of recreational boating vehicles transformed into rescue vehicles for people trapped in their own homes. Ideas of floods, waters rising and the ancient legend of Noah's ark combined with the architecture of the "Row house" have inspired some of the newest work.
The Renaissance Project, a New Orleans community development organization.
Founded in 2001 for the purpose of improving the quality of life in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, post-Katrina, the Renaissance Project has expanded to include the Upper Ninth Ward and portions of the Eighth Ward. Our programmatic areas include economic development, food access, public education, and arts and cultural programming.
- Greta Gladney, Executive Director
10% of the proceeds of this exhibition will be contributed to the Renaissance Project and the continued rehabilitation of New Orleans.
