My New Orleans 05/17/2021 NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Newcomb Art Museum is pleased to announce it is reopening to the public on Saturday, May 22 with the exhibition Transcommunality, featuring the work of multi-disciplinary artist and activist, Laura Anderson Barbata. Transcommunality opened to the public virtually on January 19, 2021, and is on display through October 2, 2021. The museum will be open Saturday through Tuesday, 10 am to 4 pm this summer. Entrance is free but timed tickets required; information can be found at newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu. The Mexican born, New York based artist engages a wide variety of platforms through her collaborative, process-driven practice, which focuses on issues of cultural diversity and sustainability by blending political activism, street theater, sculpture and arts education. Since the early 1990s, Anderson Barbata has initiated projects with people living in the Amazon of Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Norway, and New York, bringing public attention to issues of civil, indigenous and environmental rights. Each of Anderson Barbata’s projects is infused with the grounding principal of respect encapsulated by reciprocity.