Gloria Fiero's paintings are a response to the visual complexity of the Mardi Gras as it is celebrated in south Louisiana. ''I see the event rom the perspective of one who did not grow up in the culture of the Mardi Gras-as a phenomenon that combines the lavish, colorful aspects of street entertainment and the darker, Dionysian aspects of religious ritual. Arms raised in the traditional orans (prayer or worship) position frequently seen in ancient and medieval art become, in today's Mardi Gras celebrations (and in my paintings), a gesture of supplication for beads and trinkets: the commercialized trivia of contemporary culture. There is between float-riders and street-folks a call-and-response dynamic that is basic to the spirit of these images.'' Along with the Mardi Gras works, the show includes a number of drawings done for the most part on the scene in New Orleans jazz clubs.