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LUNA Fete 2015: Architecture As Canvas

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Sharon Litwin
Published November 19, 2015 at 6:00 AM EST
Gallier Hall was the sole site of last year's LUNA Fete, but this year's project will include spaces in the CBD and along O.C. Haley Blvd.
Arts Council of New Orleans
Gallier Hall was the sole site of last year's LUNA Fete, but this year's project will include spaces in the CBD and along O.C. Haley Blvd.
Gallier Hall was the sole site of last year's LUNA Fete, but this year's project will include spaces in the CBD and along O.C. Haley Blvd.
Credit Arts Council of New Orleans
Gallier Hall was the sole site of last year's LUNA Fete, but this year's project will include spaces in the CBD and along O.C. Haley Blvd.

Click here to hear about this year's festival.

The Sunday after Thanksgiving there’s going to be an added treat to the holiday season when a series of animated lighting sequences are projected onto iconic New Orleans buildings. It's part of LUNA Fete, an eight-day art and technology event organized by the Arts Council of New Orleans.

This mini-fest will be the last major project for Kim Cook, the Arts Council's outgoing President and CEO. She spoke with Nolavie’s Sharon Litwin about all the energy that goes into the outdoor installations.  

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Sharon Litwin
Sharon Litwin is the founding president of NolaVie.com, the only daily cultural not-for-profit website of its kind in the United States devoted to exploring all aspects of the quirky, diverse culture of New Orleans. Sharon, along with Renee Peck, NolaVie Managing Editor, wrote, and NolaVie received, a grant from the J-Lab Project of American University, funded through the McCormick Foundation in Chicago, allowing NolaVie to launch in February, 2011. Since 2012, Sharon has produced Notes from New Orleans, a weekly on-air cultural news segment for WWNO that is complemented by her weekly âââ
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