06/11/2026
Four moms will be .consious (St Claude 2 minutes past canal) Saturday 6pm-9pm to say a few words about their fights for justice, standing next to large portraits of their sons painted by Walta Focq. Also, Peers Art Exchange will be in the courtyard with food, live music, and art for sale.
This show, featured on the cover of Laigniappe Magazine, includes installations and several large multimedia paintings using a variety of materials and methods including blow-torched ceiling tiles, drywall mud extruded through polyester, silk, laser etching, carved drywall, work tarps, bike stands, spray paint, stencils, and chalkboard paint. This show.is about bringing awareness to these Louisian stories, but also about trying to imagine the unimaginable: losing a child to unpunished racist police violence.
The Back Story - Focq met Mona Hardin, the mother of Ronald Greene, in 2021 when she visited New Orleans to see her street art piece about the killing of her son (that street art piece is reproduced in this show). Mona had read about the art in an Advocate article written by Doug MacCash. Over the years the two became close friends and collaborated on various projects including this show. Focq went on to do other street art with Casa Bean and with Foster, who he met through Mona.
Four Sons:
Ronald Greene (mom: Mona Hardin)
Dontrunner Robinson (mom: Casa Bean)
Glenn Foster Jr. (mom: Sabrina Foster)
Deaughn Willis (mom: Trinnele Willis)