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226 Mardi Gras Zulu, 1996 Acrylic on canvas; 72 x 72 in. Collection of Leah Chase ART IN CONTEMPORARY LOUISIANA BRUCE BRICE b. 1942, New Orleans, Louisiana Bruce Raymond Brice first noticed painting as a young boy in the French Quarter where, while shining shoes, he observed the neighborhood’s artists at work. Years later, while framing a painting for gallery owner Larry Borenstein, Brice became drawn to the painting’s creator, Noel Rockmore, whose early encouragement Brice credits as vital to his own subsequent career as an artist. Outspoken in his view of New Orleans’ need for increased public monies allocated to arts patronage, Brice’s street murals in the city’s Treme neighborhood helped him earn the first-ever artist’s commission for the official poster of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, in 1972. He was introduced to a national audience in 1974 on NBC’s Today show in a segment about his debut at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. LEH  http://knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1219 http://knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1219

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