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Special Event: Darryl Reeves Master Blacksmith
June 18 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Special Event: Darryl Reeves Master Blacksmith
FREE and Open to the Public
🎉 Celebrate Juneteenth with us at the Public Armoury! Join us for talks and demonstrations by Master Blacksmith Darryl Reeves, a third-generation metal worker and owner of Andrew’s Welding & Blacksmith Shop in New Orleans’ Seventh Ward. 🔨✨ MORE INFO
Reeves, renowned for his contemporary furniture and decorative art, is the Gulf South’s top architectural blacksmith. He’s famous for his meticulous, historically accurate wrought iron restorations of antique fences, gates, balcony railings, and window grilles in the French Quarter and beyond. 🌟🏡
Reeves is reviving the traditions of New Orleans’ 18th- and 19th-century African American ironworkers by passing his vast knowledge and skills to new apprentices through the New Orleans Master Crafts Guild. Don’t miss this chance to see history and craftsmanship come alive!
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