Hurricane Katrina Exhibit at Holy Cross Featured on National Radio

In the honor of the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Daina Harvey, assistant professor of sociology at the College of the Holy Cross, will present "Katrina Then and Now: Artists as Witness," an exhibit that will focus on the relationship between Hurricane Katrina and visual art in New Orleans from 2005 to the present. The exhibit opens Sept. 2.

Harvey says the idea for the exhibition came from the fourteen months he spent working with a consortium of nonprofits, community groups, and academics to help rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward.

While there, Harvey met several individuals who, while having no training in art, were using art as a way of coping with the long-term effects of Hurricane Katrina. “The exhibition will highlight art as a way of making sense of social disruption, art as tool to document disaster, and the importance of art and culture for rebuilding communities in the aftermath of disasters,” says Harvey.

Harvey was recently a guest on ‘America This Week’ on SiriusXM to discuss the exhibit; his interview was preceded by an interview with Mayor Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans.

• Listen to the interview on 'America This Week'

Related Information

• Cantor Art Gallery Presents ‘Katrina Then and Now: Artists as Witness’

 

This "Holy Cross in the News" item by Cristal Steuer.