{"id":16535,"date":"2014-06-29T08:20:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T14:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=16535"},"modified":"2014-06-29T09:48:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T15:48:50","slug":"artist-alan-gerson-featured-in-new-lemieux-galleries-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/artist-alan-gerson-featured-in-new-lemieux-galleries-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Alan Gerson featured in new Lemieux Galleries show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Alan Gerson, whose creative work has been featured at the New Orleans Museum of Art, shown at local art galleries and whose illustrations graced his mother Sylvia Gerson&#8217;s and Mildred Covert&#8217;s many published Jewish cookbooks, is taking part in a new show titled &#8220;Water Water Everywhere&#8221; at Lemieux Gallery, 332 Julia Street.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16536\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Ancient Sea II\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Gerson_AncientSeaII_38-x48.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16536\" class=\"wp-image-16536 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Gerson_AncientSeaII_38-x48-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Ancient Sea II&quot; by Alan Gerson (\u00a9Alan Gerson and courtesy Lemeiux Galleries)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16536\" class=\"wp-image-16536 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Gerson_AncientSeaII_38-x48-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Ancient Sea II&quot; by Alan Gerson (\u00a9Alan Gerson and courtesy Lemeiux Galleries)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-16536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Ancient Sea II&#8221; by Alan Gerson (\u00a9Alan Gerson and courtesy Lemeiux Galleries)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gerson has two oil works on panels such as &#8220;Ancient Sea II,&#8221; seen at left, which capture his own take on the undersea world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">Christy Wood, the co-director of the gallery, curated the works in \u00a0\u201cWater Water Everywhere,\u201d which encompasses over 30 works by 24 artists working in a variety of \u00a0mixed-media, photography, sculpture and traditional painting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">Wood chose the work to identify what she defines as &#8220;crucial issues&#8221; related to water. Ten percent of the gross proceeds will benefit water.org, a non-profit worldwide organization that brings potable drinking water to remote villages and other locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>(Editor&#8217;s note: Artist Alan Gerson is a cousin of CCJN editor Alan Smason and CCJN marketing and advertising director Arlene S. 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