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'HxWxD': Thirty Years of MFA at the University of New Orleansnew
You could call it an alumni show, but it's more momentous than that. HxWxD marks the 30th anniversary of the University of New Orleans' Master of Fine Arts program and also is part of the school's 50th anniversary celebration.
Prospect.1 Turns New Orleans into The Big Easelnew

Not the least of the unprecedented ideas behind Prospect.1, the international art biennial opening this week all across New Orleans, is that the United States' first such major exhibition is happening in a city brought to the edge of ruin just three years earlier.
John T. Scott, 1940-2007new
One of New Orleans' preeminent modern artists known for his large public sculpture, John Scott was also one of those dedicated and quintessential New Orleanians for whom this city was a way of life more than merely a place to live.
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