Here are a few photos from my Literacy AmeriCorps visit to Studio At Colton on North Rampart St. and Mandeville St. in the Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans. I was helping out at this event which has free music, food, and various informational booths for the community. The booths have many topics, from recycling to environmentalism to AmeriCorps NCCC outreach. Healthygulf.org was there too advocating gulf restoration.
I met there two members from a different AmeriCorps group called NCCC who help in post-Hurricane Katrina rebuilding. Constance Constanza Rampini who helped organize the event is standing next to the Rhythmic Roots sign. The amazing artworks are from a Mardi Gras parade and are housed at the Studio at Colton which is run by Sarah K. Hess, who is standing next to Smokey the Bear. She is with the Creative Alliance of New Orleans and is the Project Director. The Studio is housed in what was a public school pre-Katrina, but it was damaged in the storm. You can see the back wall of the building, and the event was held in the parking lot/yard. Today the building is used as a very progressive art studio which benefits the whole community.
That's me in the grey Literacy AmeriCorps shirt; sitting next to me is a member of AmeriCorps NCCC in a white shirt. It was a windy day, and we expected rain at any moment; but the weather turned out OK.
--Adrian
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