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Galvez Garden Named USDA People’s Garden
We’re excited to share that the Galvez Garden has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a People’s Garden site! School gardens, community gardens, urban farms, and small-scale agriculture projects in rural and urban areas can be recognized as a “People’s Garden” if they: We met all the requirements and are officially on…
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NOLA East Festival
The NOLA Artist Incubator is pleased to promote this years NOLA East Festival! This phenomenal family friendly event is free and open to the public. Including live performances and vendors, this community oriented event starts at 11:00 and goes to 7:00. Located at Joe W. Brown Park, directly next to the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center,…
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Art in Park
10 Artists, 1 Day, 10 Artworks Save the date! The NOLA Artist Incubator and the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center will be hosting Art in the Park, Saturday September 16th. From 9:30- 3:30 10 Louisiana based artists will take over the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center to create en plein air paintings at the park. The ten…
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New Orleans Redevelopment Authority Gives Galvez Garden a Shout Out
The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) has featured the Galvez Garden in its biannual newsletter. Highlighted as part of the Growing Green program, Executive Director, Lissie Stewart is featured as part of their land stewardship initiative. The Galvez Garden is in year two of a three year lease with NORA. The Growing Green program allows…
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Growth at Galvez Garden
We are proud as an organization to operate and maintain the Galvez Garden, a community garden located in St. Roch. Established in 2021, the Galvez Garden has come a long way and we’re happy to report that it is flourishing! All of the hard work from the last year and resulting improvements in our garden…
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Art & Entomology Project at the Louisiana Children’s Museum Underway
This week our Executive Director wraps up her first month as Artist-in-Resident at the Louisiana Children’s Museum. After spending the last two weeks with summer campers, the studio is once again open to the public and Lissie is starting a new collaborative art project. The Art and Entomology project invites visitors to create their own…
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Incubator Featured in Times-Picayune, Louisiana Inspired Stories
Hot off the press, the NOLA Artist Incubator was recently featured in the Louisiana Inspired section of the Advocate, Times-Picayune, and Acadian. Read the full story from the interview with our Executive Director below! https://www.theadvocate.com/louisiana_inspired/lissie-stewart-with-nola-artist-incubator/article_7fcb76df-6292-512e-bdcd-7063ed297285.html Stewart makes the world a better place a block at a time BY JAN RISHER Staff writer Lissie Stewart worked…
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Artspace Immersion Visits New Orleans
Last week we had the privilege of participating in workshops, meetings, and tours led by Artspace Immersion. As part of the 2023 New Orleans cohort, the NOLA Artist Incubator is immersed in a year long learning community to practice storytelling, build partnerships, and connect our work with broader discussions of community development and spatial equity.…
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Growing Food for the Community: New Farm Stand Installed at the Galvez Garden
Pleased to announce the new farm stand has been installed at the Galvez Garden! In anticipation of upcoming harvests, we recently added the farm stand for fresh produce to be shared with anyone and everyone who would like it. This morning we picked fresh spinach, lettuce, herbs, tomatoes, and peppers and added them to the…
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Executive Director Starts Artist-in-Residency at the Louisiana Children’s Museum
Executive Director, Lissie Stewart, started her Summer Artist-in-Residency at the Louisiana Children’s Museum to today. For the next two months she’ll be working at the Studio in the Park on the second floor of the museum. Her project, “How Does Your Garden Grow?” aims to work with children exploring themes in nature and also creating…
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