Michel Varisco

S. Louisiana Landscapes: Art of Racial and Environmental Justice

by | Nov 20, 2019 | News

Francis Pavy, Monique Verdin, Bruce Barnes, Moose Ray Jackson and Michel Varisco present their artwork and inspirations at the the Words and Music Festival: A Literary Feast in New Orleans, November 21, 2:30 at the Ace...

Art as a catalyst: Can art help save the planet?

by | Nov 15, 2019 | News

November 16th at 2:30 PM during Forestival Join Miro Hoffman, Michel Varisco, Hannah Chalew and Anne Blenker for a lively discussion with moderator Alexandra Mora. Sponsored by the Swiss Touch Initiative at A Studio in the Woods, 13401 Patterson Road, New Orleans,...

Battlegrounds: New Orleans

by | Oct 8, 2019 | AR artwork, Public Art, Site Specific Installation

The site, is the Hibernia National Bank where, according to John Barry’s book Rising Tide, a handful of powerful business men made the fateful decision in 1927 to blow up the levee downriver in St. Bernard Parish at the expense of the residents there, with...

GoNola Artist Spotlight written by Hope Mills

by | Aug 4, 2019 | Contemporary Art, Environment, Interview, News

Wonderful article by Hope Mills: Some Excerpts from the article: On a breezy Louisiana day, the spinning Tibetan prayer wheels at a corner of the Lafitte Greenway near St John’s Bayou will mesmerize you. The nine-foot-high stainless steel cylinders, etched with...

Canvas Magazine Interview

by | Aug 4, 2019 | Interview, News

Thanks to Erin McNutt and Pamela Reed for the detailed story on my artwork in Canvas Magazine. Excerpts from the article: Michel Varisco lives in a charming little cottage in Faubourg St. John along with her protective chihuahua, Rocket. Her home, as well as the...