ASHÉ CULTURAL ARTS CENTER,
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK (NPN),

PRESENTS

VISUAL ARTIST FRANK KELLEY JR.




Audubon Charter Middle School Residency
719 S. Carrollton Avenue – New Orleans

January 11-15, 2010
3:15-4:45 p.m. daily




ART SHOWINGS
ASHÉ Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans

January 16, 2010

Children’s Art Show
Student artists - grades 4-8
4:00 p.m.

Frank Kelley Jr.’s Art Show
7:00 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Renowned artist Frank Kelley Jr., a native of West Monroe, Louisiana, and recipient of numerous awards and national recognition for his art, will be in New Orleans as a part of Ashé Cultural Arts Center’s and the National Performance Network’s Artist Residency program. Kelley will be in residency at Audubon Charter Middle School, 719 S. Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans, January 11-15, 2010, from 3:15 until 4:45 p.m. daily. The residency culminates with an art showing on January 16 at Ashé Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, where Audubon’s students, grades 4 through 8, will display their work at 4:00 p.m., followed by a lecture and showing by Kelley at 7:00 p.m.

In his residencies with children, Kelley uses art to assist them with practicing and improving their writing skills. Kelley teaches students to use art as a tool to express emotion. He wants them to know that an artist lives within each of them, delivering the message--“If I can do it, you can do it.” He has inspired young artists to espouse the artist within, while developing, and using their innate artistic skills of expression to deal with often debilitating and depressive issues. He is said to be captivating, not only to children, but also to adults.

Kelley’s work has been featured in numerous publications, namely Art & Antiques, Portfolio, Louisiana Road Trips, Images, Louisiana Life, Décor, and Delta Style. He was one of 25 artists featured in Colors to Life Beautiful, an exhibit in conjunction with the production The Color Purple, a production in which his piece entitled Survivor (left) appeared.

Kelley’s work hangs on walls around the country. But close to home, he is proud to share that Louisiana’s own Senator Mary Landrieu has purchased his art for the walls of both her home and Washington office.

For more information, about the residency and showings, call (504) 569-9070.