Galeria Alegria

MISSION OF ALEGRIA

To promote the State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans in such a unique way, that it will generate interest in New Orleans and motivate people from all over the world to travel to New Orleans and Louisiana.
To inspire the people locally by demonstrating and emphasizing that through art, “trash” can make people happy. The more trash a civilization creates, the less room there is for living things. It takes energy to manage trash. Nature and garbage can co-exist if we, as a society, take the time to evaluate items that we usually throw away. As is the case of Galeria Alegria utilizing beads and unique forms of “canvases.”

To bring attention to the prevention of global warming through re-using old materials. New buildings and new furniture take energy to build. Utilizing old buildings and salvaged materials saves energy. Mardi Gras parades generate about 2,000 tons of trash – every year. Most of the trash is beads, lots of beads. What starts as a happy string of beads being thrown to a smiling catcher, gets worn for a couple of hours – and then goes into storage. Sometimes sitting for ages in the darkness, but are still somewhat lucky because they are being preserved. The rest, the unluckiest beads, are being hauled to the next landfill.

Stephán’s mission is to capture the excitement of the thrower to the catcher – and through his mosaics make that happiness everlasting. A snapshot in time preserved forever.

Galeria Alegria
1914 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
phone:
web: http://www.galeriaalegria.com/

Tuesday through Thursday: 10:00am - 7:00pm
Friday through Sunday: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Closed on Mondays