Dirty Dimanche
is not a festival is not a ball is a Festiball!

Dirty Dimanche will feature art. floats, music, and performances from different groups around the city. Art can be any theme to be accepted. Now is the time to show off your creativity! Grants will be given to those that are creating new pieces (sculptural or visual art), performances (movement or musical), or transportation of pre-existing sculptures, floats, etc. We're also offering 50/50 profit share on tickets you sell!

We are in this together. When you help one of us succeed, you help all of us succeed. By volunteering with the collective, you gain the chance to make a difference through the creation of art and a judgement free, playful environment to expand your own horizons. You'll get a free ticket and free drinks in exchange for 6+ hours of your time.

We are seeking a team of enthusiastic and responsible leaders to coordinate our volunteers into creating a new magical atmosphere for this event. All those submitting must be willing to be responsible for setting the space up and curating the installations, and seeing them through to completion. Each of these positions will be paid.

The Trumpeter of Truth is a large scale art car, with a 28 foot school bus as its base. It’s aesthetic is conceptually based on the 2001 musical-movie, The Moulin Rouge, which includes an eclectic collection of earth tones, jewel tones, bright colored lighting and mixed metal, as well as French baroque architecture and art.

The Trumpeter of Truth is a platform for the personal transformational ritual of speaking the truth of traumatic experiences and thus bringing them into the light where they can be seen in a non-threatening way. As humans, we hurt, heal, and live to tell the tale.

Healing is a journey, one we are collectively experiencing throughout our evolution, experiencing individually throughout the course of our lives, and experiencing as a planetary whole as we are faced with climate change and the threat of extinction of many species including our own.

The Elephant Collective designs large-scale live immersive art experiences as fundraisers and a testimate to what we can create. A multitude of rooms, performers, spectacle, and interaction deliver awe-inspiring journeys through unique landscapes that propel participants to challenge their perceptions of what art can be and how to experience it.

Our events focus on the creative culture of New Orleans and inspire the participation of attendees. All art that is created for our events is funded by grants from The Elephant Collective which help sustain the artists of our community.

We strengthen artistic minds through education and training. This means we offer classes, workshops, and other learning opportunities in order to provide a collaborative environment for artists to thrive creatively and economically.

Walk in with a dream and walk out with tools, resources, and a plan. The Elephant Collective’s art incubation initiative helps artists become business pros and helps them learn how to turn their ideas into a solid business platform. We’re here to help artists succeed at becoming self-sustaining entrepreneurs that dream big and play smart.

Ever had a dream and wanted to make something big but didn’t have the tools, space, and resources to do it? Us too! Come join us in our 11,000sqft warehouse where we have the space and tools to build everything from elaborately embellished costumes costumes to giant LED covered art cars.

The creation of public installation art helps members of TEC to interact with the public in a whole new way: limitless art that people can walk in and around and immersive themselves inside of while delivering socially conscious messages to those that participate. Installation art is about making a whole new world, and TEC members are the driving force behind it.

We are in this together. When you help one of us succeed, you help all of us succeed. By volunteering with the collective, you gain the chance to make a difference through the creation of art and a judgement free, playful environment to expand your own horizons.

The Elephant Collective offers local artists the opportunity to operate in residence at The Elephant Room’s collaborative fabrication facility. This program offers specialized, individualized attention from all members of The Elephant Collective staff to encourage multifaceted artistic growth, access to the resources of our business incubator, and use of materials donated to the collective for personal projects. TERRA membership is by application only. Applications will be reviewed by the membership committee.

The Elephant Collective specializes in collaboration. Although we are open to venue rentals and custom fabrication, we much prefer to work on events or art projects as a team. We value all creative input and the expansion of our community. Collaborating with The Elephant Collective is an opportunity for you and us to become more than the sum of our parts.