Exhibitions — 06 / 17
New Orleans
February 1988
Exhibition of masks at the Cabildo Museum in Jackson Square, for Mardi Gras.
Sponsored by the Italian Renaissance Foundation, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the Consulate General of Italy in New Orleans and the Department of History of the University of New Orleans.
- City
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Venue
- Cabildo Museum, Jackson Square
- Date
- February 1988, Mardi Gras
- Title
- Italian Carnival Masks: Origins of the Masquerade
From the poster
Carnival Masks of Italy: Origins of New Orleans Mardi Gras Masquerade. An exhibition at the Louisiana State Museum Cabildo. Opening January 29, 1988.
Sponsored by the American Italian Renaissance Foundation, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the Consulate General of Italy in New Orleans and the University of New Orleans.
From the article
“Carnival Masks of Italy opens with presentation”
An exhibition of some forty masks, dedicated by the Italian consul general in a ceremony at the mask studio; founder Agostino Dessì represented the studio at the opening events. A mask was created and presented to the Mayor of New Orleans, Sidney Barthelemy.
In the press
“Mask-makers put on best faces with N.O. exhibit” and “Italian mask-makers will put a happy face on Mardi Gras”: the city’s newspaper on the masks arriving for carnival.
From the invitation
On the occasion of “Mardi Gras”, February 1988, “Alice le maschere” of Florence, invited by the University of New Orleans, in collaboration with the Italian Consulate and the Cabildo Museum, is organizing a show entitled “Italian Carnival Masks: Origins of the Masquerade.”
At the same time a course in mask-making will be given at the University of New Orleans and an exhibition will be presented of the masks of “Alice” at the Cabildo Museum, Jackson Square, New Orleans. The show will be presented until the end of the summer of 1988.
We are pleased to invite you to visit our exhibition.
