Court 13 Arts (2024)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2024-04-05
Duration: 00:05:41
Subjects: Nonprofit organizations | Arts | Film Industry
Contributors:
- LeBlanc, Karen Host
- Zeitlin, Benh Interviewee
- Bruno, Maddison Interviewee
- Fitzgerald, John Interviewee
- Duffourc, Jacques Interviewee
- Griffin, Henry Interviewee
Description
This segment from the April 5, 2024, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Karen LeBlanc’s profile of Court 13 Arts, a nonprofit organization aimed at cultivating and keeping creative talent in Louisiana. She visits their artists’ studio in New Orleans and interviews: Benh Zeitlin, the founder and director of “Beasts of the Southern Wild”; Maddison Bruno, executive director; John Fitzgerald, printer for Fitzgerald Letterpress; Jacques Duffourc, puppeteer; and Henry Griffin, a film professor at the University of New Orleans (UNO).