Events Calendar

Past Events

They Were the Community:

Educators and Organizing In New Orleans

April 24, 2024, 6:00pm–8:00pm

Organizing New Orleans:

Black Labor, Tourism, and the Work of Hospitality

April 15, 2024, 6:00pm–8:00pm

DON’T STAND ALONE

Exhibit opening focused on Black Labor Organizing in New Orleans

March 14, 2024, 5:00pm–9:00pm

The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design
1725 Baronne Street, New Orleans, LA 70113

The exhibit centers on 12 panels showcasing the wide range of labor organizing in New Orleans — from musicians and domestic workers to longshoreman and hospitality — as well as important campaigns and moments of greater solidarity as seen in the 1892 General Strike or the Campaign for a Living Wage. Read more

2024 RFP Information Session

March 13, 2024, 5:30pm–6:30pm

The Spirituality of (HERE)

a community conversation on how spirituality has and continues to shape Central City socially, culturally, and spatially.

December 7, 2021, 6:00pm–8:00pm

The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design
1725 Baronne Street, New Orleans, LA 70113

Sharita A. Sims (@thearielaqua), our current featured artist for “The Atmosp(HERE) of Space” will guide the conversation. Joining her will be Brotha Nick Holmes (@uptowngatekeeper), Alana Harris (@alanaharrisnola), Big Chief Demon Melancon (@qadamawi), Luther Gray (@babaluther), and Pastor Cary Payton Sr. Read more

2020-2021 RFP Information Session

March 17, 2020, 5:30pm–7:00pm

Small Center
1725 Baronne Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

Got questions? We have answers!

Learn more about the RFP Application and ask Small Center staff specific questions pertaining to your application needs and desires. Read more

DEPART-MENT Opening Reception

February 6, 2020, 6:00pm–8:00pm

Small Center for Collaborative Design
1725 Baronne Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113

To kickoff the Spring 2020 semester, the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design will launch a new programmatic initiative called DEPART-MENT. This new direction reimagines the exhibition and event space at 1725 Baronne Street into a launch pad for individual and collective journeys that propel us towards a more enriching, equitable, and connected world. Read more

Resurrection After Exoneration
1212 St. Bernard Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70116
Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design
1725 Baronne Street, New Orleans, LA 70113

Organized by art historian Adrian Anagnost and artist Manol Gueorguiev, along with artist Abdi Farah, the exhibition draws on archival images in European maps, prints, drawings, and photographs depicting West African architecture from the Kingdoms of Ouidah, Dahomey, and Benin (across the present-day Republic of Benin and Nigeria). Read more

Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design
1725 Baronne Street, New Orleans, LA 70113

Organized by art historian Adrian Anagnost and artist Manol Gueorguiev, along with artist Abdi Farah, the exhibition draws on archival images in European maps, prints, drawings, and photographs depicting West African architecture from the Kingdoms of Ouidah, Dahomey, and Benin (across the present-day Republic of Benin and Nigeria). Read more

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