DiverseWorks will present Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin’s "50 States: Louisiana," a new, large-scale multimedia art exhibition that unearths a 1720s history of a homosexual couple involved in the burgeoning indigo trade in colonial Louisiana. The work uniquely connects this tale to a series of gay Mardi Gras Balls that were held at the New Orleans Longshoremen’s Union Hall in the 1970s. Through video, sculpture, and sound, the artists will envelop audiences in a 300-year span of queer life along the Mississippi.
Following the opening reception, the exhibit will be on display until April 18.
DiverseWorks will present Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin’s "50 States: Louisiana," a new, large-scale multimedia art exhibition that unearths a 1720s history of a homosexual couple involved in the burgeoning indigo trade in colonial Louisiana. The work uniquely connects this tale to a series of gay Mardi Gras Balls that were held at the New Orleans Longshoremen’s Union Hall in the 1970s. Through video, sculpture, and sound, the artists will envelop audiences in a 300-year span of queer life along the Mississippi.
Following the opening reception, the exhibit will be on display until April 18.
DiverseWorks will present Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin’s "50 States: Louisiana," a new, large-scale multimedia art exhibition that unearths a 1720s history of a homosexual couple involved in the burgeoning indigo trade in colonial Louisiana. The work uniquely connects this tale to a series of gay Mardi Gras Balls that were held at the New Orleans Longshoremen’s Union Hall in the 1970s. Through video, sculpture, and sound, the artists will envelop audiences in a 300-year span of queer life along the Mississippi.
Following the opening reception, the exhibit will be on display until April 18.