This was a day I was really looking forward to. Eleni had spent a week in New Orleans in July volunteering with Katrina Corps (http://katrinacorps.org/), and once I knew I was coming down, I extended my trip over theweekend so I could do a little volunteering as well. I recruited Erin & Julie to come with me, so Saturday morning we were picked up by Marshall, a member of the Katrina Corps team, and spent the day doing some recovery work.
Katrina Corps is currently helping clean up a former middle school and turn it into a community center/art center/etc called the Studio at Colton (http://www.cano-la.org/studio_at_colton.html). Our task today was painting on the third floor – through the day we got white on the walls and ceiling of an alcove and one hallway, then did the baseboards black in the alcove and three hallways. The day flew by and after painting baseboards all afternoon sitting on the tile floor my butt was so cold.
Part of the Studio at Colton is already open for business though, so as we painted through the day there was a steady stream of visitors coming by for the Prospect 1 art exhibit (http://www.prospectneworleans.org/) and a small craft fair. We just told the visitors we were the performance art piece. It was a good day…..