Prospect New Orleans formally announced participating artists and discussed the curatorial framework of the upcoming biennial at “Prospect.3 Notes for Now” on Wednesday, May 14, at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

"Wail" by Ivan Navarro from Prospect.2

At the event, fine art connoisseurs and novices alike received a sneak peek of this landmark show and mingled with the movers and shakers of the New Orleans art community.

Prospect New Orleans is an international arts biennial event that will take place from October 25, 2014 through January 25, 2015.

This year’s event,”Prospect.3: Notes for Now,” will include the work of more than 50 artists selected by Artistic Director Franklin Sirmans in more than 15 locations, including museums, community centers and independent sites throughout New Orleans.

A number of artists were commissioned to produce site-specific projects that engaged in some way with the Crescent City’s unique culture, both past and present.

P.3’s exhibitions, site-specific installations and new works address several curatorial themes, including The New Orleans Experience, Seeing Oneself in the Other, The South, Crime and Punishment, Moviegoing, The Carnivalesque, Abstraction and Visual Sound. The exhibitions are designed to tie together the scope of the show through commissions by several artists under the moniker “All Together Now.”

The International Contemporary Art biennial, the third in a series of world-class citywide art exhibitions in New Orleans,  is expected to attract tens of thousands of visitors and generate $5-10 million in economic activity during the exhibition’s thirteen-week run. In addition to showing their work, many artists will be invited to participate in the myriad of educational and public programs.