Rendez-Vous de l'Alliance with Dianne Honoré
Kick off the Mardi Gras Season with a Special Rendez-Vous Event!
🎉 Celebrate the Spirit of Mardi Gras: A Free Talk on Women in Black Masking Traditions 🎭
📅 Date: December 7th, 2024 (After Epiphany)
🕡 Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: 1519 Jackson Avenue
Join us for an exciting evening to officially kick off the Mardi Gras season with a fascinating and enriching conversation on the important role of women in Black Masking traditions.
Event Highlights:
- Talk by Dianne Honoré, Queen of the Yellow Pocahontas Mardi Gras Indians, sharing her perspective and insights on the vital contributions of women in the cultural fabric of this iconic New Orleans tradition.
- In-depth exploration of the history, significance, and continued evolution of Black Masking traditions in the Mardi Gras community
- King Cake and Mardi Gras treats to indulge in
This is a FREE event, open to the public, offering a unique opportunity to learn more about the vibrant and ever-evolving Mardi Gras culture of New Orleans.
Come for the stories, stay for the King Cake! Let's celebrate the start of the Mardi Gras season together in style.
Dianne Honoré
Dianne "Gumbo Marie" Honoré, a cultural activist and seventh-generation New Orleanian, grew up in her family's legendary 6th ward Creole restaurant, Hank's. Her upbringing along with concurrent careers in tourism and professional nursing honed her focus on exploring marginalized histories and creating truthful narratives that evoke social change and aid in healing historical trauma. A powerful maker, she successfully utilizes multi-disciplinary art, food and music experiences, and historic interpretation. Presentations and curated events include the seminar “From Slavery to Black Indians” at the Quai Branly Musee in Paris, Fr. “From the Shackles to the Streets” exhibit, Darryl Montana’s 50th year masking exhibition and tour, the annual Allison “Big Chief” Tootie Montana Day memorial as well as events in partnership with the New Orleans French Market.
A solid believer in active participation as a form of preservation, Ms. Honore’ currently masks as Big Queen of the legendary Yellow
Pocahontas Hunters Black Masking Indian tribe. The tribe in which her family member and original creator of the Black Masking Indian prayer
song “Indian Red,” Eugene Honore’ masked as Chief in the early 1900s. She founded the Black Storyville Baby Dolls, celebrating the first
masking Baby Dolls in Jim Crow era New Orleans, ca.1912, and the Amazons Benevolent Society, whose community-service work is grounded in
cancer advocacy, environmental racism and healthcare disparities. She also co-founded Unheard Voices of Louisiana, focusing on amplifying
marginalized voices in Louisiana history. Programs include Healing Through History, the Honore’-Destrehan legacy experience, descendant-led
Unheard Voices of the German Coast tour, and the Black Storyville tour. She regularly teaches beading art through the Louisiana State
Museum, Creole foodways at the New Orleans School of Cooking and the French Market.
Ms. Honore’ was awarded the 2013 Recognition Award by the Louisiana Creole Research Association for Truthful Historical Storytelling and Contributions to Society, the 2018 Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Capturing the Spirit award for her work in the community and preservation efforts.
Recently, her custom created 2018 Mardi Gras Baby Doll regalia was purchased by the Quai Branly Musee in Paris, Fr and is on permanent exhibit.
Ms. Honore’ recently completed a year-long Creative Assembly residency focused on the neighborhoods of New Orleans at the New Orleans Museum of Art. She is on the Board of Alliance Francaise New Orleans, the Historic Faubourg Treme Association as the Community Engagement Coordinator and President of the Tour Guides Association of Greater New Orleans.
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