Muses see potential in the world. When we began planning our new float den, we saw the exterior walls as a blank canvas. We wanted to use this space to celebrate New Orleans culture and beauty. We have long admired the work of BMike not only as an artist but as an educator as well….
This year we are honored to have an inspiring group of women riding with us. These women are the heroines of our community. They are Muses to the Muses. They are our Culture Bearers. Givonna Joseph Founder and Artistic Director of the award-winning OperaCréole. Ms. Joseph is committed to the culture of New Orleans, the…
12th Grader Piper Schaumburg’s Design to Adorn 100,000 Cups to be Thrown from Floats in the Iconic All-Female Carnival Krewe The Krewe of Muses announced the winner of the 2025 cup contest today. Piper Schaumburg, a 12th-grade art student at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), designed the signature cup that will be thrown…
LIMITED-EDITION: The Goddess, celebrating the Krewe of Muses! (available Feb 17-27, 2025 only): Painters and fashion designers may have their muses, but in New Orleans, we have a whole krewe of them, and they’ve asked us to create a cake to celebrate Muses’ 25th anniversary! “The Goddess” features figs and creamy goat cheese, paired with…
This year’s winner, Roya Brinkman, 17, a senior at Ben Franklin High School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, won the contest with a colorful depiction of the Muses gathered in celebration reminiscent of a party straight out of ancient Greece.
The winner of the Krewe of Muses annual student Mardi Gras Cup Art Contest is Taylor Morris, a 2019 graduate of InspireNOLA, Edna Carr High School’s Art Program. Taylor has been accepted into the Savannah College of Art and Design. Muses Board member and Chair of Community Outreach Kathy Conklin said, “The artistic talent shown in the…
Muse Goddesses to Dispatch Across Metro New Orleans Bringing Mardi Gras Magic to Front-line Health Care Warriors and Unsuspecting Carnival Yearning New Orleanians The Krewe of Muses will celebrate Muses tHERsday, the Krewe’s usual Parade Day, February 11, by honoring deserving frontline health care warriors fighting the COVID pandemic and surprising unsuspecting New Orleanians with the Krewe’s signature…
It’s still Carnival Season – even without parades rolling – and the Krewe of Muses is responding to these times with community engagement programming to help those who have supported the Krewe throughout its 20-year history. Krewe of Muses Captain Staci Rosenberg announced that two of the krewe’s 2021 community programs will focus on supporting…
Once again, we’ve partnered with our favorite local t-shirt genius, Dirty Coast, to introduce an exclusive Muses design to the public. Now you and your entire Muses fan club can support the Krewe and sport the 2020 Dirty Coast Muses masterpiece all SZN (aka Season) long. A portion of the sale of these shirts goes…
Each year, the krewe conducts a contest among Orleans Parish middle and high school students for an opportunity to create the artwork printed on the thousands of cups that are thrown from floats by Muses krewe members. The winner’s school secures a $1000 grant for art programs. This year’s cup artist winner is 16-year-old Morrah Burton-Edwards,…
