Here is what's happening for Prospect.6's opening weekend!
October 30–November 3, 2024
Overview
Press/VIP Previews
Wednesday, October 30, 2024–Friday, November 1, 2024
Artist Party
Thursday, October 31, 2024
P.6 Gala
Friday, November 1, 2024, 7 PM
Public Opening
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
11am–5pm
The Hancock Whitney Welcome Center at Merchant House Open
Merchant House, 1150 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
P.6 artist Ronald Cyrille aka B.Bird’s installation open to VIP/Early Access ticket holders only
The Hancock Whitney Welcome Center at Merchant House serves as a hub for Prospect.6: The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home, the sixth iteration of the city-wide art exhibition Prospect New Orleans. View work by P.6 artist Ronald Cyrille aka B.Bird, purchase exhibition guides to help navigate P.6 venues across town, and shop Prospect’s new merch collection featuring limited edition collabs with independent designers.
5pm–7pm
NOAAM x Prospect.6: Harbingers of Now
Jeannette Ehlers, L. Kasimu Harris, and Joiri Minaya in Conversation with NOAAM’s Cameron-Mitchell Ware
Open to the Public | RSVP required
New Orleans African American Museum
417-1418 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
For more information and guest registration, click here.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
10am–11:30am
Press Guided Tour
Access for Select Press, Donors, Funders, Premium VIP
Limited Capacity | RSVP required
Join Susan Brennan Co-Artistic Directors Miranda Lash and Ebony G. Patterson on a guided tour at P.6 venues Ogden Museum of Southern Art; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans; and Harmony Circle. For more information on press accreditation, email prospect@culturalcounsel.com.
11am–5pm
The Hancock Whitney Welcome Center at Merchant House Opens
Merchant House, 1150 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Ronald Cyrille aka B.Bird’s installation open to VIP/Early Access ticket holders only
11:30am–12pm
Love Burst: Activation by Raúl de Nieves
Harmony Circle, St. Charles Avenue at Howard Avenue
Open to the Public
For more information and guest registration, click here.
2pm–3pm
Artist Talk with Mel Chin, Christopher Cozier, Hannah Chalew, and Tessa Mars
The Helis Foundation John Scott Center, 938 Lafayette Street New Orleans, LA
Open to the Public | RSVP required
For more information and guest registration, click here.
3pm–5pm
Prospector Party Bus (Prospectors Members Only)
Prospectors Club members are invited to celebrate and explore P.6 installations and venues throughout the city. Drop off at the Private Collection Tour.
To learn more about the Prospectors Club, click here.
8pm
P.6 Artist Party (Invite Only)
Sponsored by: Soho House, Maison, Maison, and 1800 Tequila
Costumes encouraged!
Friday, November 1, 2024
9am
Seeding The Future: Organized by Tuan Mami
Xavier University of Louisiana Art Gallery, 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, LA
Open to the Public | RSVP required
For more information and guest registration, click here.
10am–11:30am
Guided Tours for Museum Groups
Tour Locations:
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 900 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Time: 10am and 10:45am
Level 1 Early Access or Premium VIP ticketing required
Limited Capacity | RSVP required
For more information, email erin@prospectneworleans.org.
11am–5pm
The Hancock Whitney Welcome Center at Merchant House Opens
Merchant House, 1150 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
P.6 artist Ronald Cyrille aka B.Bird’s installation open to VIP/Early Access ticket holders only
2pm–3:30pm
Magic Maids: Performance by Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera
New Marigny Theatre, 2301 Marais Street, New Orleans, LA 70117
Open to the Public | RSVP required
Magic Maids is a production of Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm in co-production with Frascati Producties supported by Ammodo (NL), HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Spring Performing Arts Festival and Tanzquartier Wien. Funded as part of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Hessian Ministry of Science and Arts. This project is part of the Colomboscope Contemporary Arts Festival 2024.
For more information and guest registration, click here.
6pm–7pm
Gala Patron Party
The Sugar Mill, 1021 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130
Invite Only–Premium VIP and Patron Tickets required
For more information on ticketing, visit here.
7pm–10pm
P.6 Gala: Honoring Ron Bechet, Dr. V. Joy Simmons, Arthur Roger, Krista Thompson, and Nari Ward
The Sugar Mill, 1021 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130
For more information on the P.6 Gala, visit here. Purchase your tickets here.
Saturday , November 2, 2024 | Opening Day
11am–5pm
The Hancock Whitney Welcome Center at Merchant House Opens
Merchant House, 1150 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
P.6 artist Ronald Cyrille aka B.Bird’s installation open to the public
10:30am– 11:30am
P.6 Artistic Directors in Conversation with frieze
The Helis Foundation John Scott Center, 938 Lafayette St, New Orleans, LA 70113
Open to the Public | RSVP required
For more information and guest registration, click here.
12:30pm– 1pm
Ribbon Cutting for the Public Opening of Prospect.6 with Acclaimed Writer Brenda Marie Osbey
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Open to the Public
For more information and guest registration, click here.
2pm–3:30pm
Magic Maids: Performance by Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera
New Marigny Theatre, 2301 Marais Street, New Orleans, LA 70117
Open to the Public | RSVP required
Magic Maids is a production of Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm in co-production with Frascati Producties supported by Ammodo (NL), HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Spring Performing Arts Festival and Tanzquartier Wien. Funded as part of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Hessian Ministry of Science and Arts. This project is part of the Colomboscope Contemporary Arts Festival 2024.
For more information and guest registration, click here.
3:30pm–5pm
Quietly Amongst the Disquiet: Performance by Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn in collaboration with Thảo Nguyễn and Marion Hoàng Ngọc Hill
Hayden Library, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Open to the public | RSVP required
For more information and guest registration, click here.
6pm–8pm
Civil Dusk: Performance by Bethany Collins
Marigny Opera House, 725 St Ferdinand St, New Orleans, LA 70117
Open to the Public | RSVP required
For more information and guest registration, click here.
8:30pm–10pm
Quietly Amongst the Disquiet: Performance by Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn in collaboration with Thảo Nguyễn and Marion Hoàng Ngọc Hill
Hayden Library, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Open to the public | RSVP required
For more information and guest registration, click here.
10pm
King & Blue: The Vanishing Black Bars & Lounges Experience at Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club
Organized by L. Kasimu Harris
Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club, 1931 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70116
Open to the public
For more information and guest registration, click here.
Sunday , November 3, 2024
6am–7am
Quintron’s Weather Warlock: Dawn Performance and Morning After Breakfast
End of the World, Bywater. Access through the Music Box Village, 4557 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70117
Open to the Public | RSVP required
For more information and guest registration, click here.
10am–12pm
Tambourine Cypher Part I: Artist Talk and Performance with Ashley Teamer
Tulane University, Freeman Auditorium, 7018-7098 Plum St, New Orleans, LA 70118
Open to the Public | RSVP required
Ashley Teamer's Prospect.6 project is co-commissioned in collaboration with Arts New Orleans and the City of New Orleans Percent for Art Program.
For more information and guest registration, click here.
3pm–6pm
Magic Maids: Broomology 101 Physicality + Utterances: A Workshop with Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera
New Marigny Theater, 2301 Marais Street, New Orleans, LA 70117
Limited Capacity of 20 | Registration required | Women and/or Nonbinary Participants Only
For more information and guest registration, click here.