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EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
Slow Blink Project Receives Grant from Entergy
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In January the education department will launch Slow Blink II, the second installment of “In the Slow Blink of an Alligator’s Eye: Wetlands Vanish,” the oral history and wetlands-awareness initiative in Lafourche and Terrebonne parish schools begun in the spring of
2010.	Entergy Charitable Foundation has awarded The Collection a $54,750 grant to support the project, which is designed to develop awareness and understanding of the importance of preserving the wetlands of coastal Louisiana for this and future generations.
Through intergenerational conversations with community elders, field research, and an augmented science and social studies curriculum, students will explore their cultural roots, which are defined by both the bounty and the fragility of the wetlands environment. Slow Blink II oral histories taken by the students will document the impact of the BP oil spill on their families and assess
the prevalence of traditional Cajun cooking in their homes.
With the Entergy grant funding, The Collection will be able to professionally transcribe the oral history recordings and place them in the Williams Research Center’s holdings for future researchers to access for years to come.
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Editor
Mary Mecs Garsaud Director of Publications Jessica Dorman Head of Photography Keely Merritt Design
Theresa Norris
The Historic New Orleans Collection Quarterly is published by The Historic New Orleans Collection, which is operated by the Kemper and Leila Williams Foundation, a Louisiana nonprofit corporation. Housed in a complex of historic buildings in the French Quarter, facilities are open to the public, Tuesday through Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., and Sunday, from 10:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Tours of the History Galleries, Williams Residence, and Courtyards and Architecture are available for a nominal fee.
Board of Directors
Mrs. William K. Christovich, Chairman Fred M. Smith, President Drew Jardine
John E. Walker, Past President John Kallenborn E. Alexandra Stafford Hilton S. Bell
Priscilla Lawrence, Executive Director
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In Search ofjulien Hudson Extended
Julien Hudson, one of the earliest documented artists of African descent in American art history, is the subject of an exhibition extended through May 15 in the Williams Gallery. Organized by The Historic New Orleans Collection and Worcester Art Museum, the exhibition, which was curated by art historian William Keyse Rudolph, marks the first time Hudsons complete catalogue has been displayed.
Following its run in New Orleans, In Search of Julien Hudson: Free Artist of Color in Pre—Civil War New Orleans will travel to the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina (July 22—October 16, 2011), and then to the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts (December 10, 2011-March 11, 2012). The exhibition is supported in part by an award from the National
Portrait of a Free Man of Color by Julien Hudson, 1835, oil on canvas, courtesy of a private collection
Endowment for the Arts, and initial research support for the project was proa vided by a grant from the Terra Founda* tion for American Art.
STAFF
In the Community
Pamela Arceneaux was elected secretary ot the museum, arts, and humanities division of the Special Libraries Association for
2011.	Daniel Hammer was elected vice president for advoca’cy by the the board of Save Our Cemeteries. Jack Pruitt was elected to the board of the French Quarter Business Association.
Publications
Lori Boyer, “The Caillot Manuscript: The Earliest Written Account of the Celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans,” Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras Guide (2011).
New Staff
Gordon Chadwick, docent.
Volunteers
Peter Eaves, Jordana Giorlando, Katherine Mahaffey, and Terry Salloum, docent department.
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