Spotlights: Documentary Grant
2025 Grant Recipient, SkyLane Films This grant supports filmmakers in capturing and celebrating the cultural richness and diversity of Louisiana and Mississippi. Filmmakers are invited to submit proposals for short or feature-length films that showcase the unique diversity of these two states. Applicants must be actively documenting stories in Louisiana and/or Mississippi to be eligible […]
Community Murals
Art Span NOLA’s mural projects foster community participation. We believe that everyone deserves to engage with meaningful public artwork, that every community deserves a voice, and that public art encourages community investment.The process begins when a local business or individual sponsors a group of youth and mentor artists to collaborate on a visual story preserving […]
Travel Grant / Artist Residency Program
“Reflecting on my artist residency in Oakland, CA .. there were a lot of opportunities and space to work on creative ideas. We had dinner at the gallery one night, a few public and private viewings for my exhibit. I met amazing people (artists and curators) from across the Bay Area.” – Bruce Williams – […]
Gathering at a Distance: Ritual and Memory
Goal: Ritual and Memory was a two city exhibition between The Jazz and Heritage Gallery in New Orleans, LA and Idora Park Project Space Oakland, CA. The exhibition featured the work of Artists Cherice Harrison-Nelson (New Orleans), Fahamu Pecou (Atlanta) and the art collective, House/Full of Black Women (Oakland). Collaborative performance by New Orleans-based “Roots of […]
ASN Photography Book Grant
The Photography Book Grant offers an emerging, Greater New Orleans photographer the opportunity to publish an initial book. This grant provides financial support and offers mentorship from established professionals who assist in transforming the artist’s portfolio into a polished, professional book. Purpose: To guide photographers through the entire process of editing, writing, and publishing their works, […]
Still Motion: The Festival of Photography in Film
Still/Motion celebrates the intersections of photography and cinema, and features film scholars, filmmakers, and works that blend still and moving images. Launched in 2023, this festival deepens the conversation around visual storytelling and explores the evolving role of photography within the context of filmmaking. The Festival of Photography in Film celebrated photography at its intersection […]