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Creative Capital Seminar

Join Creative Capital for an Information Session in New Orleans on Saturday, Feb 28, 2026 at 2pm generously hosted at CAC New Orleans!

‍Creative Capital is a NY-based foundation that supports innovative artists across the country with grants and professional development to foster thriving careers. During this information session, Creative Capital will share details and take questions on Creative Capital’s upcoming funding opportunities through the 2027 Open Call application process. Also learn about Creative Capital’s Artist Lab, our free, online professional development courses.

The seminar is free, but with limited capacity so make sure to RSVP below!

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Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans Presents:

In Undertow

February 28, 2026 - May 3, 2026

IN UNDERTOW a visual art exhibition that discusses interpretations of water. Emerging artists were invited to reflect on their relationship to water and community, in disciplines of painting, mixed media and video installation. Water is a universal substance: essential, mutable, and connective. Water is capable of holding contradictions: nourishment and destruction, stillness and movement, memory and erosion. Artists of varied backgrounds and practices, us the theme as a shared current, linking distinctly different voices under a common song. All participating artists are based in Louisiana, a region deeply shaped by water. This exhibition traces how a single element can binds us all to one element that we all need to survive, yet try to destroy: Water.

FESTIVAL/NEW/WORKS

April 4 - July 6, 2026

The Festival of New Works returns to the Contemporary Arts Center during it's 50th anniversary season as both a revival and a recalibration. Festival/New/Works gathers artist living and practicing in Louisiana working across multiple genres including: Painting, drawing, film, sculpture, and other forms that refuse easy categorization. Festival/New/Works connects audiences with a vibrant network of artist who are shaping the cultural language of the gulf south artists whose ideas are still unfolding, and in motion

The Art of Fandom

May 22 - May 24, 2026

The Art of Fandom explores the vibrant intersection of popular culture and contemporary artistic practice. This exhibition showcases how local artists from the New Orleans area channel their passion for anime, cartoons, video games, and other fandoms into dynamic and original works. Through illustration, painting, mixed media, and designer toys, these creators reinterpret familiar and beloved characters, aesthetics, and narratives, transforming fandom into a catalyst for innovation and artistic expression. By highlighting this diverse community of artists, the exhibition celebrates the powerful ways in which pop culture continues to shape and inspire the local art scene.

Kitchen Lithography

Learn to use everyday household materials to create striking prints

In this workshop, hosted by The Helis Foundation John Scott Center, participants will learn the fundamentals of kitchen lithography, an inventive printmaking process that uses everyday household materials to create striking prints. This workshop offers an introduction to the principles of lithography while encouraging experimentation and creativity in a relaxed studio setting.

Instructor: Lauren Cardenas

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Crescent City Stage Presents: Primary Trust

Eboni Booth's Pulitzer Prize-winning play asks what it really means to be lonely in a world where we're more connected than ever — and what it takes to finally let the world in. At a time when so many of us are craving real connection, Primary Trust is the kind of story that reminds you why we go to the theater.

Don't miss Crescent City Stage's stunning production — the Regional Premiere of Primary Trust — performing for three weekends only at the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans in the heart of the Warehouse District. This is the only place in New Orleans you can see it, and it won't be here long.

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