The New Orleans Museum of Art kicks off its 2010 Contemporary exhibition January 29 through May 2 with New Orleans artists Quintron and Miss Pussycat. Parallel Universe: Quintron and Miss Pussycat Live at City Park is designed to get audiences acquainted with the artists' past work while exposing their new work.

Known for their innovative work with puppetry and organ-based music, the exhibition will feature Miss Pussycat’s new video, "Spirit Hair," and an original music album by Quintron, which will be recorded entirely on site at the museum.

Hundreds of Miss Pussycat’s puppets, which fuse together the surreal and whimsical, will be on display in miniature landscapes. Her work ranges from putting together puppet shows for rock concert stages to directing videos with large crews and arranging prerecorded soundtracks.

Quintron, on the other hand, will contribute to Parallel Universe through an interactive display of his patented invention, the Drum Buddy sound machine, and also will undertake recording a full album in the gallery space.

NOMA will also be collaborating with the non-profit Open Sound New Orleans. On a weekly basis, Quintron will send audio updates to Open Sound, which will then be accessible online at their website.

Gallery Spotlight, by Shelby Blitz, is a series of weekly short features on art exhibitions, and the galleries that host them, from all corners of the world.