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Recipient Information
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana
Project Title
Janie Verret Luster
Year of Award
2022
Grant or Fellowship
Presentation Grants
Grant Amount
$1,783
Janie Verret Luster will be a featured artist in the Louisiana Native Basketry section of the Newcomb Art Museum's upcoming exhibition Core Memory which connects computational processes to handmade processes. As a master palmetto weaver and cultural preservationist, Ms. Verret Luster will lead a public program and focusing on traditions, techniques, challenges and opportunities of the United Houma Nation, and an educational workshop demonstration of her celebrated techniques.