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Jurisich, Krista - Mixed Media - "Angels of the City"
Krista Jurisich's mixed-media collage quilt, "Angels of the City," features figures and images that offered hope to New Orleans in the aftermath of the 2005 levee failures, such as sunflowers, which bloomed all over the area in the spring of 2006. ZoomifyLearn more »
Jurisich, Krista - Mixed Media - "Burn Immortelle"
New Orleans artist Krista Jurisich has said that burning, flooding, death, violence, loss, grief and hopeless political rhetoric are thematic of her New Orleans Immortelle Series. This 41 x 41 inch mixed-media collage quilt is titled "Burn Immortelle." ZoomifyLearn more »
Jurisich, Krista - Mixed Media - "Deja Vu"
Mixed-media artist Krista Jurisich created this mixed-media photocollage quilt in 2008, depicting an explosion scene from the movie "Deja Vu," filmed in New Orleans. The quilt measures 36 x 36 inches and is titled "Deja Vu." ZoomifyLearn more »
Jurisich, Krista - Mixed Media - "The Houses are Crying I"
In "The Houses Are Crying I," Krista Jurisich uses photographs sewn onto fabric in a kaleidoscopic-patterned quilt, signifying the multiplier effect of damage and loss in flooded New Orleans in 2005. ZoomifyLearn more »
Jurisich, Krista - Mixed Media - "Watermarks"
This mixed-media photocollage quilt, created by Krista Jurisich in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, references the waterlines seen throughout the city after floodwaters created by levee breaches had receded. ZoomifyLearn more »
Katey Red - Photograph - 2010 performance
Katey Red, a prominent figure in the “Sissy Bounce” movement, during a 2009 performance. Learn more »
Keller, Rosa Freeman - Photograph - Portrait
Born into enormous wealth in New Orleans in 1911, Rosa Freeman Keller used her position to fight social injustices on many fronts. Keller championed the causes of the Civil Rights Movement, often at great personal and financial risk. Among her many substantial contributions to the community, Keller led the effort which resulted in the desegregation of the New Orleans public libraries. Learn more »
Keyes, Frances Parkinson - Photograph - With Elemore Morgan Sr., 1950.
Frances Parkinson Keyes autographs All This is Louisiana while photographer Elemore Morgan, Sr., looks on. ZoomifyLearn more »
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Photograph - c.1923
Joseph “King” Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, one of the earliest traditional jazz bands, recorded songs including “Canal Street Blues,” “Snake Rag,” and “New Orleans Stomp.” Pictured: Johnny Dodds, Baby Dodds, Honore Dutrey, Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, William Johnson, and Lil Hardin. ZoomifyLearn more »
King, Grace - Book Cover - Photo of the cover of “The Pleasant Ways of St. Medard”
Grace King's second novel, The Pleasant Ways of St. Medard, was published in 1916. It depicts life in Reconstruction New Orleans from the perspective of two families, one white and one black. Learn more »
King, Grace - Photograph - Portrait of the author as a young woman
Born in New Orleans in 1852, Grace King wrote fiction, biography, and history. National magazines including Harper's and Century published her work. ZoomifyLearn more »
King, Grace - Photograph - The author with her sisters in the 1880s
This photograph of Grace King (left) and her sisters Flora Ann (center) and Nina (right) was taken in the 1880s. Their parents were William Woodson King, a New Orleans attorney, and his wife, Sarah Ann Miller.
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King, Grace - Photograph - The author's home in New Orleans, by Walker Evans, c.1930s
In the late 1930s, Walker Evans took this photograph of Grace King's home on Coliseum Street in New Orleans. Learn more »
Kinsey, Alberta - Painting - “Black-Eyed Susans”
New Orleans artist Alberta Kinsey, active in the New Orleans Arts and Crafts Club, painted this still life in the 1940s. ZoomifyLearn more »
Kinsey, Alberta - Painting - “Madame John's Legacy”
This picture of Madame John's Legacy, one of the few surviving eighteenth-century buildings in New Orleans, was painted by Alberta Kinsey. ZoomifyLearn more »
Kinsey, Alberta - Painting - "French Quarter Bookstore"
A painting by Alberta Kinsey entitled "French Quarter Bookstore, circa 1930. ZoomifyLearn more »
Kinsey, Alberta - Painting - "French Quarter Bookstore"
A painting by Alberta Kinsey entitled "French Quarter Bookstore, circa 1930. ZoomifyLearn more »
Kinsey, Alberta - Painting - "French Quarter Bookstore"
A painting by Alberta Kinsey entitled "French Quarter Bookstore, circa 1930. ZoomifyLearn more »
Kinsey, Alberta - Painting - "French Quarter Bookstore"
A painting by Alberta Kinsey entitled "French Quarter Bookstore, circa 1930. ZoomifyLearn more »
Kinsey, Alberta - Photograph - The artist with her paintings in Pirate's Alley, c.1940.
In the 1940s, artist Alberta Kinsey (1875-1952) exhibited her work in a French Quarter gallery. Though born in Ohio, Kinsey spent much of her career in New Orleans. ZoomifyLearn more »
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