Final Days of Katrina: Five Years of Reflection

Please join us this Saturday, September 11 at 12:00 for a presentation by artists Norman DeShong and Douglas Adams.

Mr. DeShong and Mr. Adams have been returning to New Orleans every year to film their experience since Hurricane Katrina. This footage can be seen in their work The Katrina Project: A Photographers View of New Orleans After the Storm included in the exhibition Katrina: Five Years of Reflection.

"After coming back home, we decided to make this a project. We had to go back again. On Nov. 4-6 we went back. The message that we received from the residents of New Orleans was "Show The World These Images." They also wanted us to encourage people to visit their City, and help the economy..."

from The Katrina Project: A Photographers View of New Orleans After the Storm

Also, Atlanta artist Elyse Defoor will be discussing her work, X.U.ME. A Today Show clip spotlights Defoor's work and provides an overview of the significance and controversy surrounding the "X" symbol.