Contemporary Arts Center 

Past Events

• "NOLA NOW Part II: Abstraction In Louisiana" (Museums)

  • Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through June 10 2012

• "Spaces," works from artist co-ops Antenna, The Front and Good Children Gallery (Museums)

  • Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through June 10 2012

• Shirley Valentine (Theater)

  • 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 9-25. 7 p.m. May 27.

• Velveteen Rabbit (Family)

  • Sat., May 12 and Sat., May 19 2012

• NURTUREart: Videorover III (Special Screenings)

  • Fri., May 11 2012

• "NOLA NOW Part II: Abstraction In Louisiana," through June 10. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Opening)

  • Sat., May 5 2012

• The Island President (PG) (Special Screenings)

  • Thu., April 19 2012

• Change (NR) (Special Screenings)

  • Tue., April 10 2012

• Les Gitans (Dance)

  • Sat., March 24 2012

• SweetArts (Events)

  • Sat., March 17 2012

• CAN Opener (Events)

  • Tue., March 13 2012

• Gambit Pick

  Tsunami Dance Company (Dance)

  • March 9-10 2012

• Gambit Pick

  Memoirs of the Sistahood — Chapter Three: Ave Maria (Stage Events)

  • Sat., March 3 2012

• Memoirs of the Sistahood — Chapter Three: Ave Maria (Dance)

  • Sat., March 3 2012

• "Spaces," works from artist co-ops Antenna, The Front and Good Children Gallery, through June 10; "Expose," works from artist co-ops Parse Gallery, Staple Goods Collective and T-Lot, through Oct. 7. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Opening)

  • Sat., Feb. 25 2012

• "NOLA NOW, Part II: Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape (1986 & 2012)," through June 10. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Opening)

  • Sat., Feb. 25 2012

• Gambit Pick

  The Hunting of the Snark (Family)

  • Sat., Feb. 25 2012

• Flight (Family)

  • Sat., Jan. 28 2012

• "NOLA Now Part I: Swagger for a Lost Magnificence" (Museums)

  • Thursdays-Saturdays. Continues through Jan. 29 2012

• Prospect.2 show featuring Jonas Dahlberg, George Dunbar, Karl Haendel and others (Museums)

  • Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through Jan. 29 2012

• Covento (NR) (Special Screenings)

  • Tue., Jan. 24 2012

• Gambit Pick

  Harry Shearer and Friends’ Holiday Sing-Along (Events)

  • Sun., Dec. 18 2011

• PhotoNOLA Picturing War Panel Discussion (Events)

  • Sun., Dec. 11 2011

• PhotoNOLA Lecture (Events)

  • Sat., Dec. 10 2011

• Gambit Pick

  Gomela (Dance)

  • 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19, 3 p.m. Nov. 20.

• Panel Discussion: Rothko in New Orleans (Events)

  • Tue., Nov. 15 2011

• Prospect.2 show featuring Jonas Dahlberg, George Dunbar, Karl Haendel and others, through Jan. 29. (Opening)

  • Sat., Oct. 22 2011

• "NOLA Now Part I: Swagger for a Lost Magnificence," through Jan. 29. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. (Opening)

  • Sat., Oct. 1 2011

• "Patterns and Prototypes: Early Paintings by Tina Girouard and Robert Gordy," curated by Dan Cameron (Museums)

  • Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through Sept. 25 2011

• Members Pick

  "Drip: The Music of Water in New Orleans," sound installation by John Kleinschmidt and Andy Sternad (Museums)

  • Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through Sept. 25 2011

• "The Center Cannot Hold," paintings and drawings by Brooke Pickett (Museums)

  • Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through Sept. 25 2011

• Gambit Pick

  Dr. Lonnie Smith with Herlin Riley (General)

  • Sat., Aug. 27 2011

• Darwin the Dinosaur (Family)

  • 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday and 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12-21.

• New Orleans Video Access Center Panel & Reception (Events)

  • Thu., July 14 2011

• Sissyboy (NR) (Special Screenings)

  • Tue., June 28 2011

• Southern Voices: Dance Out Loud 4 (Dance)

• "Then & Now," works by 14 artists who have exhibited at the center, curated by Dan Cameron (Museums)

  • Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through June 12 2011

• "Then & Now" panel discussion (Events)

  • Thu., June 2 2011

• Members Pick Gambit Pick

  Paint: An Interactive Performance (Theater)

  • Thu., May 19, Fri., May 20 and Sat., May 21 2011

• Wolfgang Gartner, Felix Cartal and others (General)

  • Sat., May 7, 9 p.m. 2011

• Rusko, Doorly and others (General)

  • Fri., May 6, 9 p.m. 2011

• Royal Family Ball feat. Soulive, Lettuce, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and others (General)

  • Thu., May 5, 9 p.m. 2011

• Play/Write Children's Playwriting Festival (Theater)

  • Tue., May 3 2011

• Louisiana Shorts: Then and Now (Special Screenings)

  • Tue., April 26 2011

• Chris Thomas King (General)

  • Sat., April 16, 8 p.m. 2011

• Members Pick

  Fantastic Mister Fox (Theater)

• Gambit Pick

  Mood Indigo: Big Band Revisited (General)

  • Sat., March 26 2011

• Climate Refugees (Special Screenings)

  • Sat., March 19 2011

• "Music Rising from the Rubble: Photo Essay of the Haitian Youth Music Relief Organization" (Museums)

  • Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through Feb. 27 2011

• "Ephemera: River with Flowers," installation by Brandon Graving (Museums)

  • Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through Feb. 27 2011