• 5 to 8pm: Art on the Spot
• 5:30 to 8:30pm: Music by Margie Perez
• 6pm: “Something in the Way” Gallery Talk w/ Russell Lord

About Margie Perez

Margie Perez is a vivacious Singer and songwriter specializing in a versatile blend of Blues, Pop, and Latin with a New Orleans Funky touch. Dubbed by Offbeat Magazine as “One of the hardest working musicians in New Orleans” she performs in a wide range of musical acts, most importantly her own band that performs her original music. She is also leader of Muevelo, a hot Salsa band that performs Cuban music. She is one of The Honeypots, a dynamic harmonious girl group, as well as another female collective, The New Orleans Nightingales.

She released her New Orleans debut CD, “Singing For My Supper” on Threadhead Records in 2010, which WhereYat Magazine called “a pleasing mix of styles and tempos”. More recently with The Honeypots, their 2013 Threadhead CD, “Something Sweet” was nominated for Best Roots CD by “Offbeat” Magazine. She will soon be releasing her next record, “Love Is All”, with songs performed with her band plus many other New Orleans musicians she plays well with.
She has a long list of Festival appearances such as The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, The French Quarter Fest, Congo Square Rhythms Festival, The Freret street Festival, The Voice of the Wetlands Festival, Telluride Jazz Fest, High Sierra Music Fest, and The Radio Indigo Blues Festival in Bangalore India.

About Something in the Way: A Brief History of Photography and Obstruction

Based on NOMA’s permanent collection, Something in the Way: A Brief History of Photography and Obstruction explores photography’s relationship to the world it records through a diverse selection of photographs that include obstructing elements or remind us that the photograph itself is often an obstruction to the real world.

Since the earliest days of photography, photographers have had a contentious relationship with the real world. Unlike other forms of picture making, in which the author has total control over each element in the picture, every photograph is a negotiation between what exists in front of the camera and what the photographer is willing to include. Some photographers have employed methods to eliminate distracting parts of the picture—masking out sections of the negative, manipulating the print, etc.—but others have chosen to accept everything within the frame, even when certain elements in the picture obstruct others. Still others, especially in the twentieth century, intentionally sought out obstructions, framing the world with bold occlusions that prevent us from seeing part of it. Sometimes playful, sometimes staunchly conceptual, these photographs draw attention to photography’s dual dependence on the real world and on the photographer, who determines how much of that world we get to see. Even more recently, photographers have begun exploring how the photograph, or even the act of photographing, is itself an obstruction to the real world. This exhibition brings together fine art and documentary photographs, anonymous snapshots, and conceptual works, to explore these various relationships between photography and obstruction.