Internationally award-winning creative studio DECIDE KIT from Thailand will animate the Convention Center’s Hall D facade with a 15-minute projection honoring the transformative power of costumes at 6 pm, 7 pm, 8 pm, 9 pm, and 10 pm.
Black Masking Indian Queens Cherice Harrison-Nelson and Ausettua AmorAmenkum will parade in their glowing Mardi Gras Indian Suits.
Presented by New Orleans Tourism & Culture Fund
Hall D + Roaming Installation
Black Masking Indian Queen Cherice Harrison-Nelson of Guardians of the Flame will be illuminating traditional Black Masking Indian suits and channeling the spirit of the chaotic warrior Oya Orisha envisioned by Harrison-Nelson in “Blow Away Narrative” Suit
Queen Cherice will be joined by Princess Ariya and Little Warrior Deliam. Warrior, Deliam, 3 years old, will appear in a feathered headdress and traditional African Agbada embellished with rhinestone designs.
Presented by National Endowment for the Arts
HALL D Shows at 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10pm
Created by internationally award-winning Thai artists, “The Sewing of Soul” is told through the perspective of the Mardi Gras Indian Queens. Symbolic chapters celebrate the suit creation process, their transformation into the Orishas Oya and Oshun, and a parade through the streets where they encounter other costumed revelers and crews. The power of the Orishas channeled through the Indian Queens leaves a legacy of love and beauty behind.
Presented by New Orleans Tourism & Culture Fund
Hall D + Roaming Installation
Black Masking Indian Queen Ausettua AmorAmenkum of Washitaw Nation will be illuminating traditional Black Masking Indian suits and channeling the spirit of the goddess of love Oshun in “Oshun in the Galaxy” Suit
Wild Creation: An Illuminated Fashion Showcase (New Orleans)
Presented by the Selley Foundation
Presented by The Selley Foundation
Magnolia Porch
Alchemy is a luminous collection of couture fashion by designer Renee Johnson. The collection approaches fashion design experimentally to transform and transcend idealized perceptions of glamour and techwear. This collection assists in shifting consciousness by introducing fashion forward concepts while finding balance between what is historically considered fashionable and fashion futurism.
Presented by The Selley Foundation
Magnolia Porch
Kayie will tell the story of Heaven through the eyes of its visionary, designer VanShawn Branch. As the world we live in has many cultures, so will the afterlife. “Heaven” will vividly depict how the artist see the people who live in glass mansions and walk streets paved with gold. The Sun and Moon will be featured throughout the collection. A tribute to regional and global cultures will be evident in accessories.
Presented by New Orleans & Co.
Cherise Janae Lockett is a New Orleans native nda seasoned illustrator, painter, photographer, graphic designer, beader, fashion designer, sewer, seamstress and culture bearer. Cherise was trained at Delgado Community College, Loyola University and the Material Institute. Lockett will be premiering a collection of new lighted Baby Doll designs.
Following their completion of an illuminated fashion training by acclaimed interactive and wearable technology artist Kate Hartman. Local fashion designers including Renee Johnson of Afrimodiste, KAYIE by VanShawn Branch, and Baby Doll Designs by Cherise Lockett of New Orleans Diamond Dolls will release new collections of illuminated designs available for viewing throughout the festival.
Fashion shows at 6:15 pm at Magnolia Porch nightly
LUNA Fête 2022 Wild Creation Schedule of Events
The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
| TIME | THURSDAY, 12.15 | FRIDAY, 12.16 | SATURDAY, 12.17 | SUNDAY, 12.18 |
| 6:00 pm | Silent Disco* JABARI Channel 2 LUNA Display Wake An Blake Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco Eye10 Channel 2 Silent Disco Pansy Channel 3 LUNA Display Phulti Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco Śūnyatā Channel 2 Silent Disco Forest Bump Channel 3 LUNA Display New Thousand Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco IYASKA Channel 2 Silent Disco Wake An Blake Channel 3 LUNA Display Herb Jr Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park |
| 6:00 – 8:00 pm | Alluvial Plaza Music Schedule Sheryl Cormier & Cajun Sounds | Alluvial Plaza Music Schedule Adrian Jusdanis | Alluvial Plaza Music Schedule Glen David Andrews (trio) | Alluvial Plaza Music Schedule (Marc) Paradis Trio |
| 6:00 – 10:00 pm | Inaugural LUNA Ball Mosaic Lounge | |||
| 6:15 – 6:25 pm | Wild Creation: An Illuminated Fashion Showcase Magnolia Porch, Pedestrian Park | Wild Creation: An Illuminated Fashion Showcase Magnolia Porch, Pedestrian Park | Wild Creation: An Illuminated Fashion Showcase Magnolia Porch, Pedestrian Park | Wild Creation: An Illuminated Fashion Showcase Magnolia Porch, Pedestrian Park |
| 6:30 – 6:40 pm | Student Showcase Live performance by Edna Karr Color Guard Hall H (In front of “Wild Creations” by Young Artist Movement x Monica Rose Kelly) | Student Showcase Live performance by Edna Karr Color Guard + Drummers Hall H (In front of “Wild Creations” by Young Artist Movement x Monica Rose Kelly) | Student Showcase Live Musical Performance by Ellis Marsalis Center for Music students (6:30 – 6:50 pm) Hall H (In front of “Wild Creations” by Young Artist Movement x Monica Rose Kelly) | Student Showcase Live performance by Edna Karr Color Guard + Drummers Hall H (In front of “Wild Creations” by Young Artist Movement x Monica Rose Kelly) |
| 6:45 pm | Silent Disco Krado Channel 2 | |||
| 7:00 pm | LUNA Display Dr. X Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco Wander Channel 2 Silent Disco Bad Dancer Channel 3 LUNA Display PRETTY NA$TY Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco Inae Channel 2 Silent Disco DJ OURA Channel 3 LUNA Display Hudson Lee b2b Frequent Part 1 Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco AmericanA Channel 2 Silent Disco Tabrune Channel 3 LUNA Display Brother Electric Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park |
| Black Masking Indian Queens Performance Cherice Harrison-Nelson in “Blow Away Narrative” Suit Ausettua AmorAmenkum in “Oshun in the Galaxy” Suit Hall D Under Video Mapping Projection | Black Masking Indian Queens Performance Cherice Harrison-Nelson in “Blow Away Narrative” Suit Ausettua AmorAmenkum in “Oshun in the Galaxy” Suit Hall D Under Video Mapping Projection | |||
| 7:15 pm | Silent Disco CITY TUNES Channel 1 | Silent Disco CITY TUNES Channel 1 | Silent Disco CITY TUNES Channel 1 | |
| 7:30 pm | Silent Disco Wrist Twist Channel 2 | |||
| 7:30 – 7:40 pm | Student Showcase Live performance by Edna Karr Color Guard Hall H (In front of “Wild Creations” by Young Artist Movement x Monica Rose Kelly) | Student Showcase Live performance by Edna Karr Color Guard + Drummers Hall H (In front of “Wild Creations” by Young Artist Movement x Monica Rose Kelly) | Student Showcase Live performance by Edna Karr Color Guard Hall H (In front of “Wild Creations” by Young Artist Movement x Monica Rose Kelly) | Student Showcase Live performance by Edna Karr Color Guard + Drummers Hall H (In front of “Wild Creations” by Young Artist Movement x Monica Rose Kelly) |
| 8:00 pm | LUNA Display Otto Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco Stemmily Channel 2 Silent Disco Dr!Dr! Channel 3 LUNA Display NAADA. Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco Raiin Drop Channel 2 Silent Disco Tristan Dufrene Channel 3 LUNA Display Hudson Lee b2b Frequent Part 2 Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco Nile Ashton Channel 2 Silent Disco Chenny Channel 3 LUNA Display Beverly Skillz Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park |
| 8:15 pm | Silent Disco Cheshire Smitten Channel 2 | |||
| 8:15 – 10:15 pm | Alluvial Plaza Music Schedule Adrian Jusdanis | Alluvial Plaza Music Schedule Glen David Andrews (trio) | Alluvial Plaza Music Schedule New Thousand | Alluvial Plaza Music Schedule Big Fun Brass Band |
| 9:00 pm | Silent Disco _Logik Channel 2 LUNA Display DJ Pr_ck Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco Murphy Channel 2 Silent Disco Herb Christopher Channel 3 LUNA Display DONNY. Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco set sun Channel 2 Silent Disco DTR Channel 3 LUNA Display Hudson Lee b2b Frequent Part 3 Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park | Silent Disco Lady Lavender Channel 2 Silent Disco Semaj Channel 3 LUNA Display Unicorn Fukr Main Stage Earthbound Mississippi River Heritage Park |
| 9:00 pm | Black Masking Indian Queens Performance Cherice Harrison-Nelson in “Blow Away Narrative” Suit Ausettua AmorAmenkum in “Oshun in the Galaxy” Suit Hall D Under Video Mapping Projection | Black Masking Indian Queens Performance Cherice Harrison-Nelson in “Blow Away Narrative” Suit Ausettua AmorAmenkum in “Oshun in the Galaxy” Suit Hall D Under Video Mapping Projection |
*Silent Disco presented by Jill Dupre, Josh Mayer, Mike & Aimee Siegel
FEATURED ARTWORK
Presented by Arts New Orleans
Mississippi River Heritage Park
Dohm Collective delivers their third annual Silent Disco Local Music Showcase. The curated lineup features international talent and more than 40 New Orleans artists & students, several of our city’s best musical organizations spread over 4 nights.
The goal of a Dohm Collective Experience is to exhibit and encourage radical self expression exemplified by the community surrounding the area of its establishment.
Presented by PJs Coffee
Hall E
Shiels initially designed these illustrations as a built series of 100 masks that represent the complicated emotions of being human. The goal was to create NFTs, but months later, the heartfelt illustrations are turning into something different. These Inspirational designs have been shared to give a little guidance and a little hope.
Presented by Children’s Hospital
Mississippi River Heritage Park
Evanescent is an immersive, outdoor light and sound experience celebrating the beauty, fragility, and transcendence of the natural world. Inspired by bubbles, the installation resembles oversized, deconstructed Mardi Gras beads. At night the sculpture is illuminated from within, creating a dynamic show of colored light choreographed to an ethereal soundscape.
Presented by New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Live Oak Porch
Ketleflower is an immersive light and sound installation created with the intention of providing a breath of fresh air and cleansing—an oasis of calm—with a hint of whimsy. Ketleflower consists of a 12-ft sunflower sculpture with seeds of swirling, colorful waves of light; an ambient, atmospheric and ethereal soundtrack.
Presented by Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation
Hall C/D – Gate 9
Artists Emmanuel Bruins, Coraniquejuanae Calexusleyoi Jackson, & Robyn Myers create a contemporary adaptation of this African folktale. Utilizing art as the forbidden passion, the child travels the universe to acquire divine gifts. On his return to earth the gifted child paints the world in colors, spreading joy and love.
Supported by Apple
Hall H
This illuminated mural examines what it would look like to live in a society that supports and cares for all youth, from the perspective of youth artists. The story is told through a narrative arc, with the mural beginning in the dark of night and concluding with the sun setting on a new day.
Presented by Second Line Stages
Magnolia Porch
This interactive floor installation by Portuguese artists reveals our inner light and creates an orbit of illumination around each participant, which cosmically connects to the orbits of others, inviting the public to embark on a sensory journey. Each participant is recharged through playfulness and their visualized connectiveness to the spontaneous network of energy between us all.
Wild Creations | Monica Kelly
Supported by Apple
Arts New Orleans’ Young Artist Movement team and lead artist Monica Rose Kelly wanted to shine light on our society’s struggles since the pandemic, while showing how creative expression can be a source of healing. Students learned After Effects, ProCreate, and MotionLeap softwares, while also integrating live action footage and hand-painted illustrations into the work. Live performances will occur in conjunction with the artwork.
Presented by Jill Dupre, Josh Mayer, Mike & Aimee Siegel
Lobby G | Stair 35
An interactive Photo Booth, this artwork provides attendees with an opportunity to be virtually costumed by an AI stylist, with the results projected in large-scale across the Convention Center façade.
Presented by the Downtown Development District
Magnolia Porch
An animated video projected onto mylar of a single drawing that was layered on top of itself multiple times. C work featured delicate ink lines and symbols accompanied by various sized orbs that invert as they overlap. What was once veiled becomes unveiled. There is a dance, a performative ebb and flow between revealing and concealing, almost as if there is a hesitancy to fully be one or the other, to be vulnerable or to be consumed.
Presented by Delgado Community College
Live Oak Porch
This multi-modal study of the ways in which the Internet and social media have warped our perceptions of others, and by extension, ourselves. How has global online culture seeped into our everyday social interactions? Are our online personas “costumes” or a newer (and perhaps truer) form of self expression? What about the future: will it be good? We attempt to answer these questions and more, plus lasers.
Presented by Raising Cane’s
Gate 8
This work is inspired by William Blake’s poem Blake Leads a Walk on the Milky Way.
“He gave silver shoes to the rabbit and golden gloves to the cat and emerald boots to the tiger and me and boots of iron to the rat. He inquired, ‘Is everyone ready?’ The night is uncommonly cold. We’ll start on our journey as children, But I fear we will finish it old.” Utilizing Sacred Geometry, the Milky Way, and Butterflies. These images are to be used in breathing meditations.
Presented by Louisiana Lottery Corporation
Hall F
An interactive installation in which viewers’ silhouettes are turned into twirling blooming flowers in ever changing colors as particles swirl around them in response to their movements.
LUNA Fête Arts Market Exhibiting Vendors
Booth 1 – Eight One Eight (Jose Fernandes)
Booth 2 – Nurhan Gokturk Studio
Booth 3 – Lasalle & Jackson
Booth 4 – Patrick Henry Art
Booth 5 – Shaun Aleman Art & Design
Booth 6 – Queens Metal (Krista DeJoseph)
Booth 7 – Little Leaf Pottery
Booth 8 – Francisco Magallán Art
Booth 9 – Nola Pens (Greg Levy)
Booth 10 – Okra Bits by Cora Nimtz
Booth 11 – Mirza’s Marvels Macramé
Booth 12 – Blair’s Art NOLA
Booth 13 – Coconola Skincare LLC
Booth 14 – Magwire Art (Molly McGuire)
Booth 15 – Arts Kinetic
Booth 16 – Pete’s Paper Crafts (Peter Seltzer)
Booth 17 – Art by Jacquelyn LeVan
Booth 18 – Donna Guidry Designs
Booth 19 – Stuart McClean Fine Art
Booth 20 – Studio B-Du
Booth 21 – Owolabi Ayodele Art Gallery
Booth 22 – Funcky Love Designs
Booth 23 – The Labat Wood Shop
Booth 24 – Katherine Paredes Art
Booth 25 – Valois Designs
Booth 26 – Luke Koeferl Prints
Booth 27 – Earigami
Booth 28 – Antoine Prince
Booth 29 – Joseph Walton Photography
Booth 30 – Epaul Julien Art
Booth 31 – The Mad Bohemian (Tonitralaschrondra Lee)
Booth 32 – TPL Creations
Booth 33 – Afta Thirty
Booth 34 – Earth Reverie