AWARDS
Most Spectacular Hat;Women’s Guild of New Orleans Opera Assoc.1988(Mad Hatter’s
Marry’m-Bury’m Hat-Enchanted Minikins)
Bronze Alpha Award;Fashion Object of Art;Southwestern Region 1993(Flower Bimbo Doll &
Leafy Seahorse)
Best of Show;New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1993(Enchanted Minikin’s Outer Space
Booth &Cajun UFOaux Jazz Bone Band)
Best Display;New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1995(Swamp Booth-Alligators & Critters) Quest for America’s Best;QVC Cable TV Network Retailer 1995(Lucky Mardi Gras Doll& Legend)
Honorary Teacher of Social Harmony;Aids Project Harmony 1996(Dead Sea Scrolls) Artists of The White House Christmas Tree Ornaments;Washington,D.C.1998(Cajun UFOaux Snowman-Louisiana Voodoo Doll)
JURIED ART & SHOWS
Paintings
One Man Show;at the Rolls Royce Cup;Houston,TX 1983(Classic Cars&Corvettes) Galveston Fire Dept.,Galveston,TX 1983(Unit 301 Fire Engine)
23rd Slidell Artists League’s Exhibition 1985(20th Century Medusa & Gateway to Antiquity)
251h Regional Juried Art Exhibit;Slidell 1987(Kublai Khan&Buffalo Dancer)
Louisiana Arts & Science Center;Baton Rouge 1987(Texcalibur, Marsupial Twigg, Spirit World: Magic Table w/6 Spirit People,&Indian Sand Painting)
Downtown Gallery;New Orleans 1989(The Last Parade,Chastity in the 7th Ether of Leo & Storyville
Voodoo Curse)
Louisiana Arts & Science Center;Baton Rouge 1996 (Dead Sea Scroll V: Heart Doll, & Canvas Scroll: The 11th Commandment: Let No Man Issue Summary Judgment Against Mankind)
Wes Craven’s Dracula 2000;Movie Opening Dec.2000 (Enchanted Minikins,Lips,Magic Talismans&
Paintings: Room 314,Legs,&Call Girl)
Pearl River Art League/2013 Spring Show;Juried 2014(Aggravating Johnny)Honorable Mention
Slidell Art League/Let’s Get Physical;Juried Slidell 2014(Call Girl)2nd Place
Slidell Art League/Art & Bloom;Juried Slidell 2014(All That’s Gold)1st Place
Slidell Art League/Bed,Closet,Attic;Juried 2014(Spirit World Table)Honorable Mention
Photography
Tammany 24th Spring Art Show;Slidell 1985(Girl&Bird)
Contemporary Art Center;New Orleans,International Competition 1986(Sometimes He Hits Me) Women’s Chef Show Off VIII; New Orleans 1993(Sometimes He Hits Me,&Print-Summary Judgment) Pearl River Art League/2013 Spring Art Show; Juried 2013(War Baby)2nd Place Contemporary Dolls
State of La.,Div. Of the Arts;Juried Logo”Handmade by Louisiana Craftsman”,Baton Rouge 1987-2001
Downtown Gallery;New Orleans 1989
Friends of the Cabildo -Div.Of Louisiana State Museum,New Orleans 1989-1990
Gibbs Gallery;New Orleans 1992/1993
New Orleans Museum of Art;New Orleans 1993
A Place of Art II;Bay St.Louis, Miss.1993(Dead Sea Scroll IV& Zulu Baby) New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival;1993-1997
Le Mieux Gallery;New Orleans 1993-1998
Louisiana Arts&Science Center;Baton Rouge,La.1996
Marceline Bonorden Gallery;New Orleans 1997-1998
The Book Store;Vicksburg,Miss.(Junior League Xmas Shows:Louisiana, Miss.,Ala.,Florida)1993-1997
The White House;Washington D.C.1999
Cajun Village/River Region Art Gallery;Sorrento,Louisiana 2001(Mardi Gras Dolls & VooDoos)
Pearl River Art League/2013 Spring Art Show;Juried Slidell 2013(Princess MardiGras &Infant
Crawbaby)3rd Place&Honorable Mention
Slidell Art League/Let’s Get Physical;Juried Slidell2014(Mardi GrasPrincess)3rd Place
Cultural Art’s Center/Mixed Media;Juried Slidell2014(Mutiant MarsupialGator)Honorable Mention
ENCHANTED MINIKINS & APPLE PIE RIDGE RASCALS:
Wholesale to Retail Locations
Hello Dolly, (Display Room);New Orleans French Quarter 1987-2001 CLOSED
Cajun Mardi Gras I and II;New Orleans International Airport 1986-1987 CLOSED Mardi Gras Imports;Slidell,La.1995-2002 M.G.I. Catalog”Confusion”Voodoo Doll
New Orleans Famous Pralines Company; New Orleans French Quarter 1996-1997
Rumors I and II;New Orleans French Quarter 1997-1998
Windsor Court Hotel;Signature Boutique,New Orleans 1996-1999
Hilton Riverside;Crescent City Gifts,Riverwalk,New Orleans 1996-1999
The Museum Company; Riverwalk,New Orleans 1998-1999
W.H.Smith,Inc.;New Orleans International Airport 1998-1999
W.H.S.·Raddison Hotel;New Orleans 1999
W.H.S.·Fairmont Hotel;New Orleans 1999
W.H.S.-Sheraton Hotel;New Orleans 1999
W.H.S.-Rio Casino;(Voodoo Lounge & Mardi Gras Village);Las Vegas,NV.1998-2001
TV, NEWS & MAGAZINE ARTICLES·Painting
GHOST-MART Macabre Museum &Night Gallery;CaSSandra,Owner Slidell,La.1983-1987
Cable TV”Talk of the Town”;Mardi Gras Interview% hr.Ghost-Mart 1985
The Daily News;”Rico,30 Years of Fire fighting Memorabilia”Unit 301,Galveston,Tx 1985
Channel 2 News;Paris,France CaSSandra’s Home-Studio,Slidell,La.1994
Times Picayune;”She doesn’t hide her masquerade mania” Our Town,Slidell,La.1985
Daily Times;”An Artistic Treasure”Life and Leisure,Slidell,La.1986
Times Picayune;”Bizarre Backdrop”Entertainment,New Orleans 1986
Daily Sentry News;”Artist with a flare for the unusual”Lifestyle,Slidell,La.1986
Times Picyune;”CAC show has a conscience,not much artistic interest”New Orleans 1986
Times Picayune;”Musee de Msquerade” In Our Town,Slidell,La.1987
Daily Sentry News;”Krewe of Mona Lisa & Moonpie”CaSSandra-Mona Lisa, Focus 1987
Times Picayune;”Mona Lisa goes’ Along the lsm Trail’ Queen Mona Lisa, Parades 1987
Sun Magazine,Gallery;Contemporary Art in La.Has Vigor”,Baton Rouge,La 1987
State Times;”Louisiana Competition Art Shown”,Baton Rouge,La 1987
Daily Sentry News;”More to See in St.Tammany” Ghost-Mart, Slidell,La 1988
Times Picayune;”Mad Hatter Merriment”Most Spectacular Hat,New Orleans,1988
Sentry News; “Fall for Art”Painting- ROOM 314 Spotlight,Slidell,La.2001
Times Picayune;”Asian pieces part of inspiring exhibit”Art West,Slidell,La.2001
The St.Tammany Advocate;”Cultural Collage”Doll Maker-CaSSandra Slidell,La.2014
ENCHANTED MINIKINS, APPLE PIE RIDGE RASCALS, PLANTIMALS
Daily Sentry News;”Dolling it Up”Neighbors,Slidell,La.1987
New Orleans Tourist News;”Hello Dolly has baskets of VoodooDolls by CaSSandra”1990
New Orleans Tourist News;”Enchanted Minikins”are handmade dolls with a Louisiana theme 1991
Times Picayune;”Seeds of imagination sprout into whimsical dolls”Columinist,New Orleans 1988
Faita La Main;”A Source Book of Louisiana Crafts”State of La. Div. Of the Arts, Baton Rouge,La.1988
Museum Digest;Friends of the Cabildo,”Louisiana Character Dolls”New Orleans 1989
Times Picayune;Jazz Fest Spotlight”A Look at Local Artists”Community,Slidell,La.1993-1997
Daily Sentry News;”Slidell doll maker earns Alpha Award”Business,Slidell,La.1993
New Orleans Museum of Art;”Art in Bloom”Garden Study Club,1993
New Orleans Magazine;”Voodoo &Pin Pals”Hello Dolly Voodoo’s 1993
Sea Coast Echo;”A Place of Art II”Community,Bay St.Louis,Miss.1993
The Picayune;”Familiar Tammany Faces to Watch for at Jazzfest”Slidell,1993
Times Picayune;Art Writer,”Jazzfest Offers Cream of Crafts”, New Orleans 1993
Times Picayune;”QVC:Companies get a cable showcase”Money,New Orleans 1994
The Picayune;”Local Faces at Jazzfest’94”,Slidell,La.1994
Gambit;”Le Mieux Galeries salutes Jazz Fest Artists”New Orleans 1995
The Picayune;”A Look at Local Jazzfest Artists”,Slidell,La 1996
This Week in New Orleans;Hello Dolly”Magical Wonderland”of Dolls!1996
The Picayune;Arts&Entertainment,”St.Tammany Talent at Jazzfest” Slidell,La 1996
EVA Magazine,London;”My Voodoo Dolls Make Dreams Come True”England 1996
Sunday Advocate;”Coffee With”Baton Rouge,La.1996
Slidell Picayune; “Unique Gifts,Treasures from the NorthShore” Slidell,La 1996
Times Picayune;”Artistis Possessed by Her Enchanted Dolls”Slidell,La. 1997
Times Picayune;”Artist’s Work at White House”Slidell,La.1998
Daily Sentry News;CaSSandra Seefeld Presents…”Cajun UFOaux Snowman” Slidell Artist has Piece Picked for White House Slidell,La.1998
Southwest Airlines Magazine;”Airport Gifts”Lucky Money,1999
The Ascension Citizen;”All Dolled Up”,Ascension Living,Gonzales,La.2001
SlidellPicayune;”NewDollanangelforCysticFibrosisVictim”,Slidell,La.2000
Downtown Picayune;” ” “Dolls Soldon Royal Street”,New Orleans,La.2000
WWL-TV;”Action Report/Cystic Fibrosis-Lorelei&Mermaid Angel Dolls”, New Orleans,La 2000
Mardi Gras Imports Catalog 2001;”Confusion Carnival Doll”,Slidell,La 2002
Scene 4 International Magazine of Theatre,Film & Media,Focus Interview;Steve Esquerre consorts with CaSSandra,Painter Internet 2004
Documentary/Movie”Running Stumbled” By John Maringuin,CaSSandra Credits;Film Festivals 2006
The St.Tammany Advocate,”Cultural Collage,Doll Maker CaSSandra-“Slidell,La.2014
PAINTINGS &PRINTS
River Region Art Gallery; “Faces”Sorrento,La.2001
Aladin Gallery;”Fall for Art”Covington,La.2001(New Series Return to Painting 2001)
Slidell Art League 42nd Regional Exhibit,Juror Amy Weiskopf;”Screwball Painters”Slidell,2004
Slidell Art’s Evening,Glamour Pig Salon & Art Gallery;Artists: JROE & CaSSandra,Slidell,2004
Rock&Bowl,Fundraiser for Cancer,Print”Call Girl”&”Lucky Money”Doll,Metarie,La 2012
MOVIES & CELEBRITIES Enchanted Minikins·
Delta Burke and Gerald McRaney-“Baby Bauchus”;Suzanne Somers-“Tomato Bimbo”;President
Carter and Roselyn Carter visited Minikin’s Jazz Fest booth 1997,Amy Carter bought”Alien Head”.
King of Rex 1999 has”King of Rex’99″doll. Angela Hill, Channel 4 Anchor, New Orleans has Crawbaby.
President Clinton and Hilliary have”Cajun UFOaux Snowman”for the White House permanent Christmas collection.Mr.&Mrs.Jim Mora(Saints)Collectors’ Movies filmed in New Orleans:French Silk,used the original”Black Voodoo Doll”in their voodoo ritual.Conspiracy of Fear,unfinished dolls as background.WesCraven’s Dracula 2000″lpsy”,”Zulu Baby”,Mardi Gras,Skullface,Jazz Bone& Voodoos.Three paintings are in the movie:”Legs”,”Call Girl”and”Room 314″.
PUBLISHED TABLOID
LUCKY MONEY PARANORMAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
PUBLISHED POETRY
Book: A RIVER OF EMOTION,Poetry.Com Title:SKITZY,Internet2002
ORGANIZATIONS & FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES
Louisiana Council on Child Abuse,New Orleans 1988.Pres. of W.I.L.L. (Women in Louisiana
Litigation)Self-Help_Group 1990-2012.Lorelei Mace Fund,Cystic Fibrosis,Picayune,Miss.1999-
- Aids·Project Harmony,Baton Rouge,La.1996;Child Abuse-Circus Gala,New Orleans 1989; Battered Women-Chef’s Show Off VIII,New Orleans 1993;New Orleans Museum of Art·Art in Bloom,
1993;Fashion·Alpha Awards 1993-1996;New Orleans Opra Assoc.-Mad Hatter’s 1988.The Lions
“Trace”for Charity 2001.Zeitgeist Music Festival;Volunteer for the Arts 2001.Rock&Bowl,Zeringue
Fundraiser for Cancer 2012.
MANUFACTURING ENCHANTED MINIKINS
Outrageouscontemporarycraftsoftsculpturedollsexplodingwithcolor.Spaced-out creations in neon colors and mind-boggling designs.Extraterrestrial ascendants linked to Mardi Gras that satirize Life and Death,Occult,Politics,Injustice,Law,and the Spirit of Luck.1stGeneration.
APPLE PIE RIDGE RASCALS
Folklore of the Louisiana Bayou Country.Where the infusion of random species is a bio-chemical interaction with Cajuns.2nd Generation Dolls.
PLANTIMALS
Mystical,mischievous part-plant,part-animals.Criters Creations of a fragile eco-system.3rd
Generation Dolls.
WRITING
PUBLISHED DOLL STORIES
Every character has a story or instructions. Samples:
“Louisiana Swamp Moss Mummy”;Creole Tomato&Tomato Bimbo,”Where Have All The Creoles Gone?”;Bananas Ya Ya & Bananas Foster,”Flamboyant Flaming Fruits”;Magic Abracadabra,”Community Harmony Coffee Beans”;Escargo,”Interview With a Snail”;Poison Dancers,”Mistic Rites&Healing Arts”;Legend of Lorelei,”Mermaid Angel with CF,Fish-Stick Fly-Blowfish”&Gloryaureole,”The’Gift’Angel”;Catahoulasaurus&Catahoulapumas,”Blue Moon Doggies”;KingKake,”King Kake for Kommon’s”;Crawalligtor,”Reversible Half-Be Knowns”;Dead Sea Scrolls,”Alien Planisphere”;Lucky Voodoo,”The Religion of the Knight”; Lucky Money,”Do You Believe in Luck”?