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Rebuilding New Orleans with Prospect.1
Cai Guo-Qiang, 'Black Fireworks'. Photo by John d'Addario.
Posted by Tom LeGro , December 15, 2008

Three years after Hurricane Katrina all but destroyed the city of New Orleans, the rebuilding effort continues and there is an enormous amount of work left to do. The city's population is 25 percent lower than it was before Hurricane Katrina -- a figure that includes many displaced artists, of course.

Tonight on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown reports on the city's efforts to rebuild its art scene and its tourist industry through Prospect.1, an exhibition of contemporary art billed as the largest of its kind ever held in the United States. Works by some 80 artists from around the world are on display at sites throughout the Crescent City.

Below is an extended interview with Dan Cameron, the man behind Prospect.1. The veteran international curator began visiting New Orleans in the 1970s for JazzFest and ended up making the colorful city a second home.

You can see some images of the works in this slideshow and by visiting the Prospect.1 Web site.

UPDATE: Here is a link to Jeffrey Brown's report on Prospect.1.

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  • Posted:
    12/15/08 at
    07:07 PM
    b.mantel : Wow PBS has scored another success with the Artsbeat...great. The report on the biennial in New Orleans is so heartening for people who believe in New Orleans and its inevitable rise again from the ashes. Thank you
  • Posted:
    12/15/08 at
    07:44 PM
    Edna A. Coffin : Who is the photographer who exhibited photographs of murder scenes in New Orleans?
  • Posted:
    12/15/08 at
    08:21 PM
    Anne Cherry : I'm a regular listener of the News Hour. I think your latest idea of addressing the arts is a brillent idea.I'm especially interested in the idea of a book club
  • Posted:
    12/16/08 at
    05:18 AM
    Doris Larson : Congratulations and Thank you! I was so excited to learn of Jeffrey Brown's project on last night's NewsHour. There's now added incentive for me to get to the computer when I awake in the early morning. My husband and I have long been Jeffrey Brown fans. We are also retirees who have found excitement and fulfillment pursuing art. At a time when so many newspapers are limited the space devoted to art, it is a joy to have Art Beat available. I greatly appreciate Jeffrey Brown's talent as an interviewer. His ability is evident in the wonderful interview with Dan Cameron. What an articulate and appealing man. Thanks.
  • Posted:
    12/16/08 at
    10:34 AM
    MargaretD : My husband and I are regular viewers of the NewsHour and are very impressed that you are launching the online Art Beat. Features like this are why the NewsHour is the only daily news program I can watch that I think is offering truthful, unbiased, comprehensive reporting by people who know what they're talking about. And the variety of topics covered also support my belief that "news" programs should be including information about the Arts. Thank you !
  • Posted:
    12/16/08 at
    12:12 PM
    Nicole Hyde : Congrats to New Orleans and Prospect 1. It is true that "art can heal" and I truly wish I could see the exhibition for myself. *scribbles off a frantic note Santa* Rise again, New Orleans.
  • Posted:
    12/16/08 at
    12:37 PM
    Art Beat Editor Author Profile Page : Deborah Luster is the photographer who took those haunting and beautiful photographs.
  • Posted:
    12/16/08 at
    05:26 PM
    hsobol4336@aol.com : Dear Mr. Brown: So pleased you will be doing more about books. Please check my Web site. It may be of help to you. www.planetbookgroupie,com My name is Harriet Sobol. I lead book groups (BookTalk) for the Scarsdale Adult School and for private groups. My goal is to expose readers to books by international authors as well as books from the US. My groups read The Yacoubian Building two years ago so I was delighted to listen to your interview of Mr. Alaa Al Aswany. Although many Americans travel to distant places, as Mr. Al Aswany suggests, literature is one of the best ways to understand other people in other countries. The reader is exposed to the inner lives of people living within other cultures. I spend a great deal of time searching for books unknown to the American public.. my little effort towards global understanding. One of the best books we've discussed for this purpose is Links by Nuruddin Farah, a wonderful Somalian author. Group members are delighted when they read news articles about Somalia because they now have some understanding of the situation there. I also include on my Web site supplementary material about historical, cultural, and geographical material pertinent to the book. You might be interested in looking at the list of books my BookTalk groups have read. http://planetbookgroupie.com/books-we-have-read.htm I am always on the search for books and would love to be of help to you. My publications include 12 children's and young adult books published by Putnam and Macmillan, now out of print, and an adult book for parents of schoolchildren, (also out of print), written with my husband, Tom Sobol, former NYS Commissioner of Education. Hope I can be of help Harriet Sobol
  • Posted:
    12/31/08 at
    05:57 PM
    Heather Leila : Hey, I just posted pictures from Prospect 1 for anyone to enjoy: http://heatherleila3.blogspot.com/search/label/prospect1
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