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City Park Conservancy and The Helis Foundation are thrilled to welcome back the local favorite concert series, Evenings with Enrique! Every Wednesday in October, from 5-7:30pm, guests may enjoy an enchanted evening in the New Orleans Botanical Garden, surrounded by its lush landscape while listening to live performances by local Latin artists. Admission is free for Louisiana Residents, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. The series kicks off on October 2 and continues every Wednesday through October 30 – bring your blankets and lawn chairs for a bewitching evening under the stars!
Launched in 2016, Evenings with Enrique is a bi-annual concert series held every April and October. The series pays tribute to renowned Mexican artist Enrique Alférez who lived in New Orleans for almost 70 years and made a profound contribution to the New Orleans art scene. Alférez has over 20 works of art featured at The Helis Foundation Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden inside the New Orleans Botanical Garden. His sculptures may also be found throughout New Orleans at Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition and New Orleans City Park.
Admirers of Alférez’s work may purchase Enrique Alférez: Sculptor by Katie Bowler Young at the Botanical Garden giftshop. Published by The Historic New Orleans Collection, the book chronicles the life of the preeminent artist and was made possible with support from The Helis Foundation and members of The Historic New Orleans Collection’s 2019 Bienville Circle and Laussat Society.
Throughout the year, The Helis Foundation provides free admission on select days for Louisiana residents via its Art for All initiative to several of New Orleans most beloved cultural institutions including the New Orleans Botanical Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, Contemporary Art Center New Orleans, Ogden Museum of Southern Art and Louisiana Childrens Museum. For more information, visit TheHelisFoundation.org.