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Scene By Rhys Participates in Art Stroll
November 25, 2024: Thanksgiving Weekend Art Stroll—1000 Block of Royal Street, New Orleans. Fri-Sat Nov. 29-30, Sun Dec. 1, from 11am-5pm.
Emilie Rhys Oil Painting on “CARAVAN” Album
July 16, 2024: Emilie Rhys has completed the cover art of Mahmoud Chouki’s new album “CARAVAN: From Marrakech to New Orleans,” produced by Gallatin Street Records in New Orleans
Dirty Linen Night 2024
July 10, 2024: Join Scene By Rhys Fine Art on Saturday August 10 at 1036 Royal and fellow...
Emilie Rhys was panelist at 2024 New Orleans Book Festival, Tulane U.
March 15, 2024: Emilie Rhys was invited to speak about her book “New Orleans Music Observed” at the 2024 New Orleans Book Festival. She shared a panel with John H. Lawrence and moderator filmmaker/author Rebecca Snedeker.
Emilie Rhys profiled in Country Roads Magazine by Sophie Nau
January 29, 2024: This new feature explores Rhys’ history with her father Noel Rockmore, her development as an artist and discusses where she honed her skills to work live in public.
Emilie Rhys to be Distinguished Speaker at St. Tammany Library Foundation Dinner
April 26, 2023: Starting at 6pm at the fundraiser’s Patron Party, the evening continues at 7pm with a seated dinner during which Ms. Rhys will talk about three generations of artists in her family while showing pictures and telling stories. There will be a particular focus on her relationship with her father Noel Rockmore.
“New Orleans Music Observed” Featured in Scott Yanow Book Review
The Syncopated Times, July 2022 Issue. Journalist Scott Yanow reviews the book produced by Emilie Rhys in 2021, “New Orleans Music Observed.”
The Musical Art of Emilie Rhys and Noel Rockmore Featured in New Book
OffBeat Magazine, December 2021 Issue. Journalist and author John Wirt recently spent some time in conversation with Emilie Rhys, delving into her life and work and that of her late father Noel Rockmore, and about her new book “New Orleans Music Observed.”
Emilie Rhys and John Ed Bradley Interview with Susan Larson on WWNO’s “The Reading Life”
Listen as Emilie Rhys and John Ed Bradley discuss the creation of her new book with Susan Larson, the host of the WWNO 89.9 radio program “The Listening Room” on October 29, 2021.
“New Orleans Music Observed” Video by Lars Hoel
Featuring material gleaned from interviews by journalist and NPR host Gwen Thompkins, and artwork by Emilie Rhys and Noel Rockmore, producer Lars Hoel provides a peek at the new book “New Orleans Music Observed: The Art of Noel Rockmore and Emilie Rhys,” commemorating the recent exhibit of the same name at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.
Portraying Musicians: The Art of Music, The Music of Art
The New Orleans Jazz Museum’s new exhibition: New Orleans Music Observed: The Art of Noel Rockmore and Emilie Rhys had its grand opening on January 30, 2020, and will be on display through September 1st.
Teamwork Makes the Art Dream Work
Artist Emilie Rhys will be celebrating the start of 2020 with a historic exhibit at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Featuring her work together with that of her father, Noel Rockmore, this will be the first time the two artists have been celebrated in one showing.