In spring 2006, Jeannie Tidy was among the many New Orleanians working to repair the catastrophic damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina the previous summer. She focused on Lakeview, where her daughter ...

Jeannie Tidy is an unlikely art outlaw. It’s undeniable that for the past 11 years she’s paid artists to paint all over those refrigerator-sized, city-owned, electrical utility boxes at stoplights ...