One of the many public parks amidst the urban sprawl of the city, Mississippi River Heritage Park is the most prominent feature of the historic warehouse district of New Orleans, Louisiana. While the space was designed to connect audiences with the natural beauty of the region, the installation of “Scrap House” and a memorial maker […]
Located in the heart of the French Quarter, Jackson Square has become one of the most prominent attractions in New Orleans, Louisiana. Surrounded by historic buildings and featuring distinctive walking paths and notable monuments, it has served as a place of connection and community across the entire history of the region. Originally Known as Place […]
Located in the upper French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, Woldenberg Park has become an essential element of the modern city. Providing a setting for Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and Entergy Giant Screen Theater, it attracts residents and visitors for disparate but equally compelling reasons, enabling them to anything from experience an event to […]
Joan of Arc, also known as the ‘Maid of Orleans,’ was just a teenager when she led the French against an English siege of Orléans in 1429. This is just one of the reasons that she has become the unofficial patron saint of New Orleans, Louisiana, and is depicted in a monument that has become […]
Set on the bank of the Mississippi River in New Orleans, “Ocean Song” by John Scott directly connects to the cultural amalgamations that have come to define the past and present of the city. He was a winner of a prestigious “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 1992 at […]
Standing alongside the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Monument to the Immigrant is dedicated to all of the courageous men and women who left their homeland to seek freedom in the United States and settled in New Orleans. Since New Orleans is recognized as a gateway where various cultures blend and mix, the […]
Covering approximately eleven acres outside of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden features a diverse collection of sculptures of all types. Featuring dozens of work by contemporary and modern artists, the Sculpture Garden fulfills on a vision associated with enabling visitors to appreciate the beauty of their […]