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Mike Stark: Man of Many Masks
In the mid-1960s, a young Southern Baptist pastor moves to the French Quarter, becomes King of the Hippies and helps transform New Orleans mask-making into an art form.
— by Laura Guccione
George Long: Carnival Paparazzo
For close to 50 years, the popular photographer has been capturing – and been captivated by – the city’s creatives and their costumery.
-by Doug Brantley
Carl Mack’s Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes and Culture
A xylophone player who visited New Orleans 40 years ago has become the impresario of Carnival costuming and founder of the Mardi Gras Museum – now in a new spacious location on North Rampart Street.
– by Dean Shapiro
To Live in a Masquerade: Inside the Mask Market
On the weekend before Mardi Gras for the past 38 years, the French Market has hosted one of the most unusual art markets in the country. Meet a few of the makers behind it.
- by Kirsten Reneau