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 CAC Camp Street Warehouse, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans 900 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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 by Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera is a production of Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm in co-production with Frascati Producties (supported by Ammodo), Tanzquartier Wien, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Festival Theaterformen, DDD - Festival Dias da Dança, Kampnagel, Arsenic - Centre d’art scénique contemporian, La briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne, Points Communs - nouvelle scène nationale Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise, Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. Funded as part of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media and the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture. 

This project was supported with residences by Kaserne Basel, Puón Institute Philippines, Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka, Dance Nucleus in collaboration with Studio Plesungan as part of ARTEFACT Creative Residency, and Colomboscope Contemporary Art 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 CAC Camp Street Warehouse, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans 900 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130
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

Harmony Circle, 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 by Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera is a production of Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm in co-production with Frascati Producties (supported by Ammodo), Tanzquartier Wien, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Festival Theaterformen, DDD - Festival Dias da Dança, Kampnagel, Arsenic - Centre d’art scénique contemporian, La briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne, Points Communs - nouvelle scène nationale Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise, Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. Funded as part of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media and the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture. 

This project was supported with residences by Kaserne Basel, Puón Institute Philippines, Goethe-Institut Sri Lanka, Dance Nucleus in collaboration with Studio Plesungan as part of ARTEFACT Creative Residency, and Colomboscope Contemporary Art Festival 2024.

For more information and guest registration, click here.

3:30pm–5pm

Quietly Amongst the Disquiet: Film and Performance by P.6 Artist Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn in collaboration with artists Thảo Nguyễn and Marion Hoàng Ngọc Hill
Patrick F. Taylor 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: Film and Performance by P.6 Artist Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn in collaboration with artists Thảo Nguyễn and Marion Hoàng Ngọc Hill

Patrick F. Taylor 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.