ARTORBIT: EXPERIENCE THE CAC ONLINE
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Browse CAC ArtOrbit by following the links to areas of this page, below.
Welcome to CAC ArtOrbit!
Welcome to CAC ArtOrbit, your online universe for all things CAC, contemporary art, and community! Though the CAC's doors are currently closed due to COVID-19, we invite you to explore our online galleries and uplifting art resources from our community and around the world. On this page you will also find a list of vital resources for artists who art struggling during this incredibly difficult time.
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RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS
Are you an artist who has been impacted by COVID-19? Browse our COVID-19 Artist Resources page for an extensive listing of resources for artist emergency funding, grants, work opportunities, how-tos, and much more.
Browse COVID-19 Artist Resources
Inter[SECTOR]: Conversations in Art, Action, and Policy
Decarceration and The Arts with Artist Jo Kreiter and Special Guests
Jo Kreiter, Artistic Director of Flyaway Productions leads a community dialogue with local activists surrounding her aerialist work "The Wait Room," coming to the CAC in Spring of 2021. The work addresses the trauama faced by the incarcerated and their families.
Watch Part I with Alanah Odoms, Executive Director of the ACLU of Louisiana
Watch Part II with Ivy Mathis, formerly-incarcerated activist
RSVP to watch Part III May 29, 5 pm CDT on Facebook Live
BEHIND THE CURTAIN: THE MAKING OF KINDHUMANKIND
OUR DIGITAL GALLERIES
The CAC staff is hard at work digitizing our present and past exhibitions for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own home! Select an exhibition an exhibition from the list below, and be sure to check back frequently to explore new online galleries as they come online.
On View at the CAC November 22, 2019 to April 12, 2020
View Gallery Guide
On View at the CAC March 16 to June 18, 2017
View Gallery Guide
MICKALENE THOMAS: FEMMES NOIRES | FEMMES FÉROCES: MATERIAL LIFE x FEMMES NOIRES
On View at the CAC November 2, 2019 to June 14, 2020
View Gallery Guide
WATCH
Browse our selection of art videos, lectures, reading materials, gallery guides and more featuring artists whose work has been shown at the CAC! Check back often as new content will be added on a weekly basis.
Visual Arts and Film
Red Coil by Cecilia Vicuna (short film)
SemiYa by Cecilia Vicuna (short film)
Cecilia Vicuña Artist Talk at Brown University (full lecture)
Brooklyn Museum Studio Visits Featuring Cecilia Vicuña
"Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu" - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Panel Discussion
Performing Arts
Kyle Abraham and Carrie Schneider Dance Response Video Series:
Daymé Arocena
Live at Primavera Barcelona 2019 (Full Concert)
Live at Paste Studio NYC (Full Set)
NPR Tiny Desk Concert (Full Set)
The Forge in Camden Town, London (Full Set)
Aurora Nealand
WHISTLEBOWER (The Monocle/Aurora Nealand, 2017)
WHISTLEBLOWER (The Monocle Ensemble at Music Box Village, 2018)
Mortal Passions (The Monocle/Aurora Nealand, 2020)
READ
Performing Arts
CAC Behind The Curtain: KindHumanKind (Part One) - Interview with Set Designer Jebney Lewis
Visual Arts
Cecilia Vicuña: Consciousness is the Art - New York Times (12/3/19)
ArtForum Review: Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen
CCA Review: Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen
LEARN
CAC Gallery Guides
Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen
Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires
Siglio Press Book Preview: Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen
Education & Family
30 Americans Education Resource Guide - Mickalene Thomas
Free Creative Response Activity Kits for Families - Updated Weekly!
FROM THE WEB: EXPERIENCE ART ONLINE
Activities For Families and Kids
- Creative Response Arts Activity Kits for Families
- Sketch Basin: Make Zen Doodles and Patterns
- Sketch Basin: Value Scale and Shading Practice
- 826 New Orleans: Youth Writing Packet
- New Orleans Museum of Art: Here Comes the Sun!
- YAYA Coloring Pages
- YAYA: Design a Mini-Chair!
- Youth Run NOLA: Exercise Routines
- Art with Heart’s arts activities guide for children sequestered at home
Online Art Experiences
- Vogue previews the online exhibition Tri-Still Life by architect & designer Adam Charlap Hyman
- Watch Nine Films from MoMA's Private Lives Public Spaces exhibition with commentary from the curators
- Nikon has made its full online photography school FREE for everyone during COVID-19
- Support artists through HireArtists, a marketplace designed to facilitate creative exhange during economic crisis for the arts and creative sector
- Letters from the Porch: New Orleans Serenades its Medical Community: New videos posted Wednesdays and Fridays
- Spice up your conference calls by using free works of art as your Zoom Virtual Background
- "The Internet is Restaging Famous Paintings While Museums Are Closed" - Hyperallergic
- OVID, Platform for Independent/Arthouse film, adds new films to watch from home
- "Send This Sound Artist Your Quarantine Haikus" - Hyperallergic
- Jazz Gallery in NYC is streaming intimate concerts and meet & greets to support artists
- 12 Art Museums/Organizations you can experience online today - VeryLocal New Orleans
- Stream top films from 2019 New Orleans Film Festival online
- The Ogden Museum Online: Explore the Ogden Museum of Southern Art's online programming
- "Tired of Netflix? Stream Experimental Films and Video Art" - Hyperallergic
- "Phone Call," A Remote Phone-Based Reading Curatorial Project created to address isolation during COVID-19 by DC-based Rose Arcade and Transformer
- #SongsofComfort, an effort led by world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma to collect encouraging arts contributions from people across the world
- Google Arts and Culture - 2,500+ Online Exhibitions (these are Hyperallergic’s top 12 picks)
- Berlin Philharmonic makes Digital Concert Hall free for all during COVID-19 outbreak
- Met Opera launches “Nightly Met Opera Streams” for free during COD-19 pandemic
- Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and The Historic New Orleans Collection’s March 11, 2020 community concert streaming online
- Virtual tours of New Orleans Museum of Arts are available through NOMA’s free mobile guide, accessible via any mobile app store or by following this link
- Paris Musees online collections, available here
- The Social Distancing Festival
- “Arts + Culture Experiences” crowdsourced Google doc organized by Chicago-based arts educator Kinneret Kohn
- Sofa King Festival
- OntheBoards.tv offering free performance rentals through April
- The Seattle Symphony announces free video broadcasts and live streams
