New Orleans photographer Jason Kruppa captured these summer looks at “Hot and Bothered,” an interactive runway show and performance fashion/art event held recently to support the Creative Alliance of New Orleans. The show was choreographed by Monique Mossand and featured looks by Elizabeth Eckman, Alicia Zenobia, Oliver Manhattan, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Carolina Gallop, Xiomara del Carmen & Alton Osborn, as well as swim and summer costumes from the vaults of the Hollywood-based Western Costume Company.
NOLAbeings Multimedia artist Claire Bangser created NOLAbeings as a portrait-based story project that marries... 
Voodoo in New Orleans: Reviving history: New Orleans fortune telling This article takes a deep dive into the history of Voodoo in New Orleans, its hybridization with Catholicism, and its present-day place in the city's culture. The author visits fortune-tellers in the French Quarter, using their guidance as a tool for introspection rather than a deterministic predictor of the future. Through her experiences in New Orleans, the author feels a mystical connection to both the past and the future. 