New Orleans-area artists, long a key part of the region’s vibrant culture, struggle with a lack of financial opportunities and government support for their efforts, a study out Sunday found.
The study was funded in part by the Downtown Development District, which supports businesses in the city’s downtown core. Artists, advocates and elected officials on Sunday touted its findings at the former Ford Assembly Plant in St. Bernard Parish, where a pop-up exhibition will display paintings, photos and films by dozens of local artists until the end of the summer.
More than 70% of a group of 250 New Orleans-area artists surveyed for the study said that they felt the “most significant barrier to growth was a lack of support from local government.”…