Streetcar Art

Steve Mickle’s “Café du Monde Beignets” is located, appropriately enough, at Café du Monde on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. It’s sponsored by Allen Square.

Sponsored by and located at 925 Common Luxury Apartments, Laura Cotaya’s car is a vision of fleur de lis and everything else that defines New Orleans.

Living in the heart of the Marigny in Washington Square is Chris Kaiser & Lindsay Glatz’s “Good News Express.” An ode to the kings of everything  media, it’s sponsored by marketing/public relations firm Deveney Communications (artist Lindsay Glatz is member of the Deveney team).

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is the home (and sponsor) of Monica Tyran’s streetcar entitled “Raven.” Monica is part of Ya/Ya (Young Aspirations/Young Artists). YA/YA and Rontherin Ratliff were behind another car, “Creative Energy on Track,” located at One Shell Square on Poydras.

Artist Anna Hilderbrandt is on the staff of The Historic New Orleans Collection, where her Napoleon-driven streetcar, Louisiana History Comes Alive, is located inside the courtyard at The Collection’s 533 Royal Street headquarters.

Will Smith Jr. (wmsjr.com) has a third streetcar at 534 Gravier Street, sponsored by Republic.

Lori Gomez’s latest entry is sponsored by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation. It’s on Lee Circle and gets to be admired by everyone on the big boy streetcars going around the circle all day.

Lori Gomez has her latest car (her fifth-a record!) at the Ernest M. Morial Convention Center. Appropriate to its name, “D’autres Mangent Pour: Nous Vivons Pour Mangent”  (others eat to live: we live to eat), the streetcar resides in the center’s Atrium Café.

(final photo by Lori Gomez)

Gerry Claude’s second streetcar is called Throw Me Something Mister (her first car, Jazzy Ride, is here). It’s located on the riverfront, right outside of the Imax theater at the Aquarium of the Americas.

Sharon Young is the artist of this whimsical car entitled “Lakeview: There’s No Place Like Home.”   This car is located in front of, and sponsored by, Little Miss Muffin at 766 Harrison Ave in Lakeview.