Portculture

Art | Music | Culture - Thirdcoast

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Portculture is you. Portculture is us.

We lack words for how incredible the evening was for our grand opening art show and market. From a rooted artistic point of view, we consider what happened last night to be a forward step for arts culture and the society of philanthropy. We watched art being sold right off the walls. We witnessed collectors meet and greet new or familiar artists and take their work home with them. Urban South Brewery was brimming with creativity and culture. It was SUCH a honor to host with our family there.

We have so many people to thank. We already began calling our peers and thanking them for coming out, not even kidding we wanted to hug everyone in the room at the same time.

Thank you for helping us reach a new level. Last nigh was something FOR the artist, it’s our job together to move culture forward. Thank you for supporting the arts and helping keep us alive.

We hope you enjoy the photos captured from our journey.

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To sign up to vend at one of our experiences, click this sentence and send us your information. We would love to hear from you.

The next art show is taking place February 10th.

We’re Going to Bring About a Shift in the Arts for New Orleans and the Gulf-Coast.

Join us on our cosmic journey through the arts. Portculture is a collective artisans project by artists, for artists who want to effectively build through the passion of art. It’s actually happening. Thanks for following the journey. We want to give back to the arts community by curating this market together in collaboration with Urban South Brewery and a roster of various artists, creators, and organizations.

Starting January 13th, we’re beginning a monthly artisans market in partnership with Urban South Brewery. If you want to get involved just give us your information [here] it’s really easy. We want this to be a really beautiful project and show that you don’t have to charge artists vendor space to promote their work. (Like Facebook.) We want the renaissance to begin with movements likes these. Our combined strengths will serve as the catalyst for creative change throughout the arts community. We will provide a blue print for future generations. Thanks for being apart of this. [event page]

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“be the creative change you wish to see”

greetings, welcome to the project.

bookmark www.portculture.org/what because we are going to share information consistently via that page. more mobile friendly also,

this landing page is a list of articles and features of creative people, projects, events, information and anything possible we consider crucial to the arts renaissance of the gulf-coast aka THIRD COAST.

portculture is the emerging talent. we out here. hello.

our second project is now our first artisans market curated and hosted by PORTCULTURE. by artists for artists arts market. that means there are no surprise fees or tax required to host or hang or display your artwork. it’ll be taking place (starting on second saturdays) at URBAN SOUTH BREWERY.

it’s incredible that this is even happening. we have past posts about our first attempt at being a public arts channel for a renaissance, peep the society.

follow our journey.

Austin Rapbaum Releases “Forget It” – Another Work of Art

It’s our pride and joy to share some of the latest Gulf-Coast’s talented musicians and creators. It’s also more than an honor to be able to work with them. Austin Rapbaum has spent hours on in producing and mastering his work to make sure its more than just a song you can listen to just once. Rapbaum is your New Orleans by way of Philly producer and rapper who is highly active in the arts community around him. From being a DJ at events, to running tours through the coast, to visits back home in Philly to collaborate with other musicians. Austin runs a professional artist studio in his home called Soul Sonix producing some of the finest emerging artists in NOLA.

“Forget It” was released today and you can be the first to jam this before other major sites are hosts of his music.

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Photo taken by Evan Thibodeaux

 

#MardiGras LTD. Edition of Talent Tuesday at EIFFEL SOCIETY 👁‍🗨

#HAPPYTUESDAY – No seriously, it’s going to be a great one. On Tuesday, February 21st we are going to be opening the floodgates. Join us for our limited edition MARDI GRAS New Talent Tuesday showcase presented in partnership with EIFFEL SOCIETY.

We are showcasing some of the gulf-coast’s nicest selection of beat-makers, live band, and hip-hop performances partnered with a beautiful curated grassroots brand and visual artist market. The selection below is intended for a brilliant performance, sharing vibes, the mic, and the night. This will be an experience. If you are even reading this, we’re glad to have you here.

Performers included in the line up are:

ALFRED BANKS – AF THE NAYSAYER – DYLAN SEALS – TAY MILES – NUDDIE PIPER – CONCEPT – SINNERGY – AUSTIN RAPBAUM – E.T. – MIKE HAZEL – SAMWYSE GANJA – $PAWN$

Brands & visual artist line-up:

PEACHWAVE MAGAZINE – MARISA PHOTOGRAPHY – LOGAN SYLVE – LEEAUX – SHOGUN SHIDO – GOOFYFROOT – CVLT AESTHETICS – AARON WALKER – more tba

FACEBOOK RSVP LINK: https://www.facebook.com/events/378620229168348/

WEB-LINK (updates & music & contests): http://portculture.org/events/event/talent-tuesday-2-21-17-mardi-gras-ltd/

DOOR COVER IS $5.00
MUSIC STARTS AT EXACTLY 8PM.

SIGN UP AS A BRAND OR VISUAL ARTIST BY MAILING TO: ART@PORTCULTURE.ORG
(dead line is February 17th)

We Are The Art Renaissance – An Initiative of Creative Change

photo by: HH

With #PORTCULTURE you may notice “be the creative change you wish to see” here and there on our sites and pages. You might be familiar with this phrase in a way already. If you want to see anything change or come about, you have to be the spark to that.

We want art gatherings and experiences in a way that’s interactive and more of a lifestyle than anything else. We are by artist for artist and will remain this way the entirety of the project. The goal of The Art Renaissance is to affect an area and change or influence it creatively. In a way that benefits the artist to create an opportunity to profit from our network and who we reach out to.

It’s done through organized art gatherings in the form of curated music showcases and art shows. We host TALENT TUESDAYS with EIFFEL SOCIETY and organize pop-up visual art shows called MAGIC BOX with The Rook Cafe currently. Atop of these we always make room for a market for grassroots brands, visual artists who have prints and art to sell etc. We highly encourage the support and cross breeding of projects and brands. That’s essentially what we are. This is all done entirely D.I.Y. with our partners and collective.

This project has been casting a pretty huge net into the artist community since it’s infancy in 2015.

We have to say it’s come a long way.

Thank you for taking the time to read this if you are viewing our site,  join us for the MARDI GRAS LTD. SHOWCASE at EIFFEL SOCIETY on Tuesday and see what it’s all about.

 

Submit Your Brand Or Start-Up: PORTMARKET

We will be curating a space for grassroots brands and start-ups at a majority of our art gatherings. We want to promote the start of early brands and provide opportunity for networking and commerce. If this is something you, or a friend are building we would love to hear from you.

Mail to: contact@portculture.org

MUSIC MONDAY feat Jawuan Ford #nowplaying – Weed Ballad

Sometimes you just have to release some stress and sing along with your homies. Jawuan Ford is peeking and taking the rap world by surprise. We highly suggest you give his music a listen and maybe a follow here and there.

#NOWPLAYING LOUISIANA artist Jawuan Ford
Shreveport, LA

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tune in for more featured artists
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New Talent Tuesday at Eiffel Society

THANK YOU NEW ORLEANS FOR HELPING MAKE LAST NIGHT WHAT IT WAS

Last night we shared another accomplishment together. Last night we celebrated the second kick-off for The Arts Renaissance – New Talent Tuesday. The Arts Renaissance is a six month collaboration within the arts community of New Orleans and surrounding cities of the third coast that aims to build artistic value with curated performances and art gatherings. We have been planning unique experiences for our friends and family to be apart of that promote the growth of beat makers, hip-hop artists, live bands as well as brands and visual artists.

During the fall of last year we began building a partnership with EIFFEL SOCIETY to cater to the vast emerging arts community and provide an outlet for new fans, friends, and philanthropists to enjoy this experience in a new setting. Our initial model of the program was founded to connect creators to new fans or lovers of this life style in an inclusive and inviting atmosphere.

All of our New Talent events will take place at EIFFEL SOCIETY. The structural masterpiece adorns the street St. Charles right outside of  the CBD of New Orleans. The building itself was shipped over from parts of a restaurant that rested atop of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

We have a lot planned in the works for the revival of pure artistic culture. By artists for artists is our foundation. Collaboration is our fuel. PORTCULTURE is a collective that spans the third coast. Our recent progress in New Orleans has built a large list of other creatives who firmly support this initiative in the way we are presenting it as. This has really impacted the structure of our project and we plan to grow with our partners together through out this six month process.

Tweet or tag #portculture on any social media and you are sure to find us.

We want to invite you to our upcoming gatherings, so please connect with us via email sign up or on social media.
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[If you are an artist or musician interested in connecting with us for performing, or participating in an art show, please email to ART@PORTCULTURE.ORG or MUSIC@PORTCULTURE.ORG, we strictly operate via email. This is the best way to get involved.]

Thank you for helping the months and years of planning for this come to life.

#PORTCULTURE is you
#PORTCULTURE is us

“be the creative change you wish to see”