LUNA/Moon
The Arts Council is currently sponsoring a festival (annual through the New Orleans tri-centennial year, 2018) called LUNA Fete -- “Light Up NOLA Arts.” This is described as “the Arts Council’s experiential community-wide event that unfolds over the course of a week,” this year, December 7 – 10. Light shows and other visually bright art installations are sponsored by numerous businesses, foundations, and other community partners, for the purpose of advancing the arts and advancing tourism. A similar idea was proposed in the 1970s by the Vieux Carre Commission, and supported by Mayor Moon Landrieu, called the Sound and Light Project, inspired by the European “ son et lumiere ” productions. It involved a year-round nightly sound and light show in Jackson Square for the tourists’ education about the history of New Orleans. This project was rejected for a variety of legitimate reasons, including noise, taste, and expense, an...