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Magic Archway was created in the footprint of the Lafitte Housing Projects, which were home to thousands of people of all ages and shuttered and demolished after the failure of the National Levees during hurricane Katrina.
Luisa Dantas and Jolu Productions in New Orleans made a short documentary about the Magic Archway Project...
Read MoreIstanbul, Beykoz, Turkey. We worked over the course of about ten days to create this mural, with the help of the teen girls, teachers, participants from the US Consulate, and community volunteers.
Read MoreThe Urban Eyes Project is underway. I am facilitating a community street art project on St. Claude using salvaged mirror and mosaic eyes made by people from New Orleans and around the world. Over 600 mosaic eyes will be included in a series of murals. The Urban Eyes Project explores awareness, well-being and the interaction between community and creative
Read MoreMural production by young adults from the Jacmel Mozaik Program at Art Creation Foundation For Children in partnership with True Mosaics Studio and Croix Rouge Canadienne.
Read MoreFebruary, 2016
Created during one of two Mosaic Mural Making workshops I taught at Jaton Mosaic Studio, Buenos Aires, Argentina with a group of 15 adult student artists.
Installed at Terra Violeta, Center for Women's and Gender Studies
Read MoreCreated by Laurel True and students of Mosaic Mural Making Intensive hosted by Jaton Mosaic Studio, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Read MoreI was honored to be selected to participate in this project and be part of an 80 + team of artists from 22 countries working on a large, public mosaic mural conceived and led by artist Isidora Paz López in Puente Alto, Chile.
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Laurel True and students of Sacred Peacock Mosaic Mural Workshop at Hacienda Mosaico, Puerta Vallarta, Mexico.
Read MoreI spent two weeks in Helena, Montana this summer facilitating a mosaic mural project with community engagement to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts.
Read MoreI traveled to Haiti in June to work with the team I trained on other major projects at HUM, the Mirebalais Mosaic Collective, to create a 20’ mural for the facade of the new Dr. Paul Farmer Research Laboratory, on the HUM campus in central Haiti.
Read MoreWith Laurel True at Hacienda Mosaico, Puerta Vallarta, Mexico
November 13-19, 2016
Five-day workshop
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March 12
Decorative Mosaics
March 18-20
Mosaic Mandala
April 2-3
Mosaics for the Garden
A fantastical sculptural mosaic bench was created on St Claude Ave in New Orleans during two Creative Placemaking workshops at True Mosaics Studio last month, taught by master sculpture Brent Sumner and myself. Students came from around the country and New Orleans for the back-to-back workshops.
We are having Lotus Bench Dedication Thursday, Nov. 5th, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
We have already scheduled another session of these workshop in October 2016.
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