Upcoming events
Barbara's Game in Action!
Join us this Saturday, Dec 13th, 3-5pm - Barbara’s Game in Action! Creative workshop for ages 3-103
With Elena Lioubimova and Varvara Degtiarenko
We’re inviting you to play! In this workshop, guests will become a part of the artwork by step-by-step activating Barbara's Game, a game of disappearing shadows and traces, and diving into its deeper meaning.
We’ll begin with a short tour of the show, and demonstrate the beautiful, magic Chinese calligraphy paper and brushes used as an aligned tool for reconstructing the game originally played on the sand, where shadow traces were made with seashells, and erased by a new tide.
We’ll work in teams. Varvara will photograph each set of poses, which will hang in the gallery hallway as the results of this living, community art process. At the end, Elena and Varvara will open the floor for reflections and questions. Guests may also purchase a copy of their 6-photo sets.
This workshop is part of PhotoNola, daytime event.
Walk-ins welcome! Sign-Up preferred. Suggested $10 donation, with no one turned away.
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Hand Sewing Workshop with Lizz Freeman
Join artist Lizz Freeman for a hands-on workshop exploring fabric appliqué techniques using hand sewing. Over two hours, Lizz will share methods she's developed through years of textile-based art practice—including both a quick, intuitive approach and a slower, meditative technique. Both methods offer different possibilities for creative projects, mending, and personal expression.
Co-facilitated by Mary Woodall, who brings decades of sewing experience, this workshop welcomes all skill levels. We'll provide salvaged fabrics, thread, and all necessary sewing notions, though you're welcome to bring your own materials.
Come prepared with a word, phrase, or simple image you'd like to translate into fabric. We'll work together in the gallery space, creating room for both learning and conversation as we sew—a chance to connect with others while building skills and creative confidence.
Lizz's solo exhibition Semaphore is currently on view in the Community Room of The Parlour Gallery.
About Lizz Freeman
Lizz Freeman is a community-taught, multi-disciplinary artist whose practice encompasses textile arts, printmaking, and photography. Working from her 100-square-foot home studio in New Orleans, she creates textile-based works using salvaged fabrics, cyanotype processes, and natural dyes from plants she's cultivated for nearly a decade. Her commitment to secondhand materials reflects both environmental consciousness and a connection to personal history. Freeman's work has been exhibited across the United States and is held in private collections worldwide. Recent exhibitions include solo show Semaphore at The Parlour Gallery (2025) and group shows at The Joseph Gross Gallery in Tucson and Glassel Gallery in Baton Rouge.
Practical Details
Street parking available. Meters are free on Sundays.
🎻 An Evening of Music in Support of Camp X Camp
Join us for a soul-stirring evening of live music to raise funds for Camp X Camp, our summer arts camp supporting young artists and working creatives in New Orleans. Hosted in the courtyard of Camp Street Studios (weather permitting!), this special event will be an unforgettable night of sound, texture, and community.
We are honored to feature performances by two extraordinary artists:
Sixto Franco is a violist, composer, arranger, educator, performer, improviser and lecturer known for his expressive musicianship and genre-spanning compositions. He is also one of Camp X Camp’s incredible teaching artists, offering campers an immersive introduction to the power of musical expression.
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Phoebe Vlassis, a luminous vocalist from a traditional Greek musical background and experimental performance, will share an experience like no other. Using her custom loom, Sounds of the Loom, Phoebe weaves a one-of-a-kind textile artwork in real time as she sings, creating a deeply embodied performance that bridges music, fiber art, and ritual. By the end of the evening, a woven piece will remain: a tactile memory of the music made together.
Learn more about Phoebe →
All proceeds from this evening will directly support Camp X Camp’s mission to create a joyful, inclusive, and equitable summer arts experience for children, while championing fair pay and opportunity for local artists and educators.
Funds raised will help us provide scholarship spots and cover the essential materials and supplies that make our hands-on programming so rich and imaginative.
Come for the music, stay for the magic, and help us keep creativity alive and accessible in our city.
Wednesday, May 28 | Camp Street Studios | Doors at 7:00 PM, Music at 7:30 PM | $25 per person
Food by 2Brothers1Love
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Portrait Studio with Zeno Nemati
Zeno Nemati is traveling to New Orleans to capture some portraits here! You have the chance to bring any personal objects or textile you wish to take photo with.
Over the past 10 years, Zeno has had the honor of photographing so many incredible people. Zeno’s photos capture the unique moments of every person so that the portraits are different with variety.
“A great portrait reminds you of who you are, where you’ve been, and all the beauty you carry with you. For me, portrait photography is about more than just a nice picture — it’s about capturing you — your energy, your story, your spirit — exactly as you are right now. In every session, I aim to create a space where people feel safe to be fully themselves — to be seen without pretense or expectation. Every portrait is a collaboration, an act of trust, and the creation of something lasting.”
Zeno’s goal is to create portraits that feel honest, alive, and full of soul — a reflection of you, just as you are, in this moment of your life.
We have limited spots available. Please email Zeno to reserve your session.
30 min a session, $200
Email: zenoartstudio.com // Instagram: zeno_nemati
The reddest wine - an evening of dance and music
This new installation performance is still in it's sprouting phase after a spring residency at Parlour Gallery in New Orleans. Join us as we present this evolving work, so special to the company, in an intimate evening live on May 7& 8 2025. *
*By entering our event of The Reddest Wine, you are entering an area where photography, audio and video recording may occur. Your entry and presence on the event premises constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any and all recorded media of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity in connection with CabinFever, Neta Elkayam, Amit Hai Cohen, and/or The Parlour Gallery and its initiatives, including, by way of example only, use on websites, in social media, news and advertising.
The Reddest Wine features dancers A. Raheim White, Maritza Mercado, and Emily Craver, with musical creation by musicians Neta Elkayam and Amit Hai Cohen. The musical soundscape fuses Arabic, Hebrew, and New Orleans musical traditions, creating a sonic landscape that amplifies the piece's exploration of grief, womanhood, and motherhood across cultural boundaries and throughout history.
Elana Jacobs is a choreographer living in New Orleans. Since 2011, Elana has served as the Artistic Director of performance company CabinFever. In addition to performances in traditional venues, CabinFever creates and produces site-specific works performed inside people’s homes and historical spaces inspired by memories and architecture. With CabinFever, Elana has created original works in institutions, including the Marigny Opera House (New Orleans), On The Boards and Town Hall (Seattle), and Soho House and Hyde Park Arts Center (Chicago). Most notably, Elana was commissioned with CabinFever to create a performance throughout the Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago for its Merce Cunningham exhibit titled “Common Time.”
Neta Elkayam is a multidisciplinary artist and musician and has gained recognition worldwide as a performer of North African music.
Having graduated the Key School of Arts with honors, Neta creates music and art inspired by North African Jewish artists and connects their spirit and roots to contemporary global arts and music scenes. Neta’s creative approach mixes influence of Andalusian, Amazigh and Mediterranean music as well as rock, pop, and jazz. She performed at many festivals and venues around the world including the Essaouira Music Festival and the Marrakech International Film Festival in Morocco, GWMF Gibraltar, the Krakow Jewish Festival, IMA - Institut du Monde Arabe Paris, and more. Neta was awarded the 2017 ACUM Music Prize and the Sami Michael Award for Social Equality in 2019, as well as the Moroccan “Salam Contemporary Arts Forum” prize in 2021 and was granted the Moroccan TMM Trophy for spreading the Moroccan Jewish Voice around the world (March 2022).
Amit Hai Cohen is a multidisciplinary artist and curator working along the Jerusalem-Morocco axis. His projects span film, music, and visual arts, blending identities, languages, and aesthetics. Notable works include the musical films Ya Lhmama (2013) and To Box with God (2021), soundtracks for Levantine (2019) and King David (2023), producing the international musical shows Abiadi (2017) and Arenas (2019), and curating Ziara, the flagship exhibit of the Jerusalem Biennale (2019). Recently, he created the Circle of the Year video installation for the Tower of David’s permanent exhibit. Amit tours worldwide, collaborating with leading North African artists such as Moktar Gania and Kabareh Cheikhats. He was featured, alongside his partner Neta Elkayam, in Kamal Hachkar’s documentary In Your Eyes I See My Country(2019), which chronicles their early careers. Together, they received the Erez Biton Prize (2019) and co-created the multidisciplinary opera Hilula for the Israel Festival (2022).
He currently resides in New Orleans, where he teaches North African art and culture at Xavier University.
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Instagram & Email Essentials for Artists: Build Your Online Community
In 90 minutes, we’re covering the bare essentials of digital marketing, so you can stop guessing and start promoting your art without wanting to throw your phone at the wall:
✨ How to set clear goals (because "get more followers" isn’t a real strategy)
🔍 A mini-audit of your social media (what’s working, what’s not, and what to tweak)
📸 Instagram best practices (structuring posts, boosting engagement, and making it feel good for you)
🗓 Time-saving strategies (batching, schedule, repurposing—aka, post smarter, not harder)
💌 How Instagram & email work together (because algorithms are unpredictable, but your email list is YOURS)
📝 Copywriting basics (so your posts + emails actually get read)
🤝 Community-building tips (because marketing is about connection, not just promotion)
This is entry-level, no-fluff, and designed for badass artists & creatives who want to market their work without selling their soul or living online 24/7.
Improv Dance
The Parlour Gallery in collaboration with Sally Heller's IN MID-AIR. Presents a 15 minute dance in conjunction with the installation.
The dancer’s movement take inspiration and rhythm from the sound and visuals in Sally’s work.
Crystal Bowls Sound Bath
Join us for a relaxing and rejuvenating experience as we immerse ourselves in the soothing sounds of crystal bowls during our Sound Bath evening on Sunday, January 12th, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
This one hour and in person meditation led by Andra Aitken in collaboration with the video installation, In Mid-Air by Sally Heller will take place at The Parlour Gallery, where you can unwind and let go of stress. Don't miss out on this opportunity to treat yourself to a unique and therapeutic sound experience.
With only 12 spots available, reserve your space for just $10 per person!
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Spaces and places of soul
We are honored to be hosting this event in our courtyard with Austin Texas artists Melinda Joy, Randy Langford, and Alisa Carr. At the Courtyard of Camp Street Studios, there will be an evening of music, poetry & storytelling as the space weaves together all three crafts through the heart, spirit and soul.