floodwall

Fern on Wall, Ocean Springs MS 7/2007

all reproduction rights reserved Wm. Greiner

I was worn out looking at Katrina photographs as soon as they started popping up everywhere! However, New Orleans artist Jana Napoli, whose name may look familiar because of her YA YA project (Young Artists Young Aspirations), has done a truly amazing Katrina installation/sculpture piece. Thank you Jana Napoli.

Floodwall @ Louisiana State Museum Wed. 7/18-Sat. 10/13 - Louisiana State Museum - 660 North 4th Street - 341-5428 New Orleans artist Jana Napoli spent the winter after Katrina indulging in a new hobby: collecting the abandoned drawers left piled on the heaps of discarded guts of flooded homes in every affected neighborhood in the city. For six months she salvaged and refurbished the drawers, and soon her collection reached 600. Now the drawers are part of a traveling art installation called Floodwall that includes oral histories from several of the original owners. Floodwall has been installed at the State Museum and will be on display through Oct. 13. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. $6 adults, $5 seniors, students and military. Children under 12 free. >>More

Also: www.jananapoli.com

http://www.floodwall.org/