September 2011
3 posts
A review by Mister Motley Magazine in the... →
Down in Dixie- blogpost about show in the... →
Maaike Gouwenberg writes about the show she and fellow curator/artist Joris Lindhout organized. The show opened in Den Hague, Netherlands beginning of September and runs through mid October.
Opening night at 1646 Gallery in the Hague,... →
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
3 posts
The Mod Mobilian review from independent curators... →
Review in Press-Register by Thomas Harrison →
Artists talk at the Joan Mitchell Center on Bayou...
Tonight - Exhibition Preview Event at the Joan Mitchell Center. Robin Wallis Atkinson will be introducing CATALYST - Artists of Southern Louisiana Respond to the Gulf Oil Crisis along with exhibiting artists Anastasia Pelias, David Sullivan, Michel Varisco, and Dawn Dedeaux. These artists will present brief introductions to their work and their engagement with the issues brought to light by...
January 2011
1 post
"Rising Stars"- Gambit review →
December 2010
5 posts
Press release for the Machine in the Garden show... →
Multi Species Salon:3 Review in the Gambit by Eric... →
Review of Louisiana and Trees Exhibition by E.... →
October 2010
4 posts
Multispecies Salon 3:Swarm November 2010 →
The Multispecies Salon 3 will use art to address a series of interrelated questions about nature: Which species flourish, and which fail, when natural and cultural worlds intermingle and collide? What happens when the bodies of organisms, and even entire ecosystems, are brought into schemes of biotechnology and dreams of biocapitalism? And finally, with particular relevance to New Orleans: In the...
Metairie Park Country Day Exhibit: Louisiana... →
Please join artists Michel Varisco, Monique Verdin and Country Day 5th grade students for the grand opening of Louisiana Wetlands: Loss and Life
Thursday, October 7, at 6:30 p.m.
Metairie Park Country Day School Art Gallery
Music provided by Harry Hardin.
September 2010
2 posts
Eco-centric blog about food, energy and water
Kai Olson Sawyer writes a review of the “Shifting” show for a blog about the environment.
go to: ECOCENTRISM
"Southern Girl"
Carol Ann Fitzgerald of the Oxford American Magazine writes in her blog “Southern Girl” about the work in the Shifting Exhibition at the Acadiana Center for the Arts.
August 2010
5 posts
Article in the Independent Newspaper →
Shifting Exhibition information at the ACA →
Review on the Daily Visionary Blog Post #95 by... →
June 2010
5 posts
Molly Ried's NOLA.com article about the Pecha... →
May 2010
1 post
Mobile Museum Exhibit →
“This exhibition examines the prominent role of women artists in fine art photography, in particular those with a Southern heritage or Southern experiences. Women have had an important role in the development of photography, from the time photography was a pale imitation of painting to its current status as a major component of contemporary art.
The show will feature a broad range...
March 2010
1 post
Here is an interview with WWNO’s Diane Mack...
November 2009
1 post
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September 2009
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August 2009
1 post
June 2009
3 posts
Artist's Talk in Atlanta
Artists’s talk at Eyedrum Gallery in Atlanta June 24th, 7-9 pm
Artists: Jan Gilbert, Michel Varisco, Courtney Egan and Debra Howellwith an introduction by Atlanta based artist and curator Andy Ditzler
address:suite 8 290 MLK Jr. Dr. SE Atl, GA 30312 USA more info
May 2009
2 posts
Landmarks at The Opal Gallery in Atlanta, GA
Running June 25th-August 6th Michel will be participating in ”LAND MARKS” with Jan Gilbert, Debra Howell and Courtney Egan through the Vestiges Projects.
The Gallery is located at
484 B-2 Moreland Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30307
more info:
The Opal Gallery
Louisiana Southern Open at the Acadiana Center
Running May 9-July 23rd at the Acadian Center for the Arts. Located at:
April 2009
1 post
Louisiana Publishing Initiative Grant
In April 2009 Michel was awarded a Louisiana Publishing Initiative Grant by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. It’s a work in progress, so stay tuned for progress reports.
February 2009
1 post
Group Show at Heriard-Cimino Gallery
Group Exhibition at Heriard-Cimmno: Muses through February 20
January 2009
1 post
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Louisiana ArtWorks
December 2008
3 posts
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Loss. Ritual. Relic.
Newcomb College Center for research on Women (NCCROW) Library and Archive Presents: the Vestiges Project: Loss. Ritual. Relic. residue: the Archive up through February 28th, 2008
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Video by Doug McCash
Doug McCash has posted a video about the Fragile Lands Rotunda piece.
View video here
Environs Examined
Louisiana Artworks will be opening: Environs Examined in mid DECEMBER.
More info here: Louisiana Artworks