Crescent City Art Show At Ray’s “Neutral Ground VIP Art Lounge” Will Travel To Washington D.C.
“New Orleans: Spirit a’ Risen”
Paintings by Bedonna Wakeman, Eric Buchanan and Veronica Leandrez
Opening Friday April 4th 6-9pm at Ray’s “Neutral Ground” VIP Art Lounge, 508 Frenchmen Street
Open to the public during club hours through April 28th
New Orleans, LA (March 13, 2008) 3 New Orleans painters are launching a tour that will bring visions of the Crescent City to the nation’s capitol in this election year. Bedonna Wakeman, Eric Buchanan and Veronica Leandrez will premiere their touring art exhibit, named “New Orleans: Spirit a’ Risen”, on Friday, April 4th from 6 to 9 pm at Ray’s “Neutral Ground” VIP Art Lounge, at 508 Frenchmen Street, upstairs of Ray’s Boom Boom Room. Musical guests for the “New Orleans: Spirit a’ Risen” opening will include Doc Otis and The Junker Jazz All Stars with a special appearance by vocalist Jane Harvey Brown.
The event will be held in a ground breaking new art venue. Owner of The “Neutral Ground” VIP Art Lounge, Ray Holmes has opened the upstairs rooms of the Boom Boom Room to be “a place for all to come together on neutral ground- as equals- to enjoy the culture, food and music of New Orleans under one roof.”
“I’m honored to be a representative of New Orleans visual art in Washington DC during such a memorable time in our country’s political history, and to be premiering this exhibit on Frenchmen Street” said Veronica Leandrez, “after all, this is the hot spot for music so why shouldn’t it be a hot spot for art? And what a great venue!”
The show will close at Ray’s “Neutral Ground” VIP Art Lounge on April 28th and get on the road, stopping in Chattanooga, Tennessee before making its way to our nation’s capitol to be displayed at The Artful Gallery, 1349 Maryland Ave NE Washington DC from June 6th through the 27th.
Bedonna Wakeman is known for her portraits of Jazz icons. She has exhibited her work in galleries and museums nationally and abroad. You can find her work on the fence on Pirate’s Alley on weekends through the Fall and Spring seasons. Eric Buchanan studied art at the University of North Carolina. He has been a painter in New Orleans for over 16 years and you can find him and his work on Jackson Square. Veronica Leandrez was named a local emerging artist to be on the watch for by Eric Bookhart last year and was selected as one of the local artists who participated in the “Fleur de Lis” Sculpture Competition sponsored by The Arts Council of New Orleans last spring.
For more info contact Bedonna Wakeman at (615)415-1128 / bwakeman5@cox.net or Veronica Leandrez at (504)593-1669 / info@veronicaleandrez.com
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