2006

George Hunt is considered America's foremost blues artist, but his work goes well beyond making music-inspired pictures: It covers the full range of the Southern African-American experience from the civil rights movement to the mythic heroism of those who came before. Fast company for a Louisiana-born blues-loving man; A tribute that's equally applicable to his portrait of Gatemouth. This is truly a work of, by and for history-making artists.The Congo Square African Marketplace is held annually as part of the New Orleans Jazz Festival. It is a living celebration of the African-Caribbean culture at the root of much of our 20th century art and music. Beginning in 1979 and initially named "Koindu" (outdoor African market) it expanded to it's present configuration and was rechristened Congo Square in 1989.