Houma artist transforms downtown space for Carnival season

NEW ORLEANS — In the event you journey down the bayou this Carnival season, chances are you’ll discover some murals going up. 

Houma’s Major Avenue is reworking one brushstroke at a time. 

It is all because of Houma native, Kassie Voisin. 

“We’re simply making an attempt to maintain it vivid and colourful and welcoming. That is our fundamental parade route so lots of people can come and take footage with them,” Voisin stated. 

The home windows downtown will probably be coated for Carnival. Voisin stated it is an concept that began after Hurricane Ida. 

“That is what I can do to assist I really feel like,” Voisin stated, “We really began portray these window murals on the vacant buildings. The buildings that have been destroyed.” 

That is the second yr Terrebonne Parish has commissioned Voisin for her work, she stated. 

You will discover issues like an alligator coated in beads, clutching his prized possession, a Hubig’s pie. 

“Hubig’s pies is a large factor proper now. No person can discover them, so I used to be like our gator needs to be consuming a Hubig’s pie,” Voisin stated. 

The gator is the primary mural she completed. Now, she has 80 extra to do earlier than the primary parade rolls in Houma on Friday, Feb. 10. 

Voisin stated she’s been artistic since she was little. 

“I did not go to high school for it. I simply sort of began out of the gate and it took me awhile to construct the corporate,” Voisin stated. 

9 years later, her work is being appreciated past the Bayou. 

She just lately went viral on social media for a video of a mural she did for Veterans Day. 

 “I am on Tik Tok, Instagram and Fb. I do not do Snapchat. I really feel like I am a little bit too previous for Snapchat,” Voisin stated, “It has not been the identical since.” 

Voisin now has greater than 36,000 followers on Fb and her work will be discovered throughout the nation.

“The farthest I’ve gone is Los Angeles. That is in all probability one of many greatest jobs that I’ve accomplished. I have been throughout from there to Florida, Texas, the southern states, Michigan,” Voisin stated. 

However ever since Ida, she’s been maintaining her murals near residence. 

 “To see the group come collectively after such a tough hit, it makes you need to use your abilities right here,” Voisin. 

With small brushstrokes, Voisin is making a huge impact. 

 She began promoting her art work. Proper now, she’s engaged on making prints of the Mardi Gras gator. 

A portion of the cash will go to the Hache Grant which funds revitalization efforts in downtown Houma, Voisin stated. 

 You could find her and her work on Fb by clicking this link. 

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