Sunday, August 18, 2013

New Orleans' Outstanding Art Galleries

By Harrison Feldman


New Orleans and the city is renowned for the diversification of art and galleries within city. The old Warehouse District is now called the Art District with many of the old warehouses being transformed into wonderful galleries. Other districts that are graced with a lot of New Orleans art galleries in the Faubourg Marigny, Garden District and French Quarter.

The Contemporary Arts Center

The up to date Arts Center is one of those old warehoused transformed into a modern gallery consisting of 30,000 square feet in 1976. It displays photography, sculpture, paintings music, theater, dance and other performance art. Visual arts are rotated throughout the year and come from national, international and local artists to keep enticing visitors to one of the best art galleries in New Orleans.

The New Orleans Art Museum

The New Orleans Art Museum opened in 1911 by business person Isaac Delgado. It's the oldest fine arts museum in the area and has a huge permanent collection that includes French, American, African, and Japanese works. It also consists of Arts of the Americas, photography and art glass. Works come from may different time periods and include those of Degas and Picasso, and go all of the way way back to pre-Columbian times. The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is made of of many acres of landscaped pools, trees and trails in which 60 sculptures call home.

Arthur Roger Art Gallery

One of the art galleries in New Orleans that has been located there for quite some time is the Arthur Roger Art Gallery. It originally opened in the Garden District, but moved to the Art District in 1988 to grow to 3 separate gallery areas. The gallery was instrumental in the renewal for Arts in New Orleans in 2006. The gallery operates over one or two locations and shows works from a range of modern artists.

Barristers

Barristers was originally situated on Royal Street in the French Quarter and exhibited fine and folks art created by African Artists in a dark, gothic atmosphere. It now lives in a much larger, less cluttered building on St. Claude in the Garden District and exhibits lithographs, carvings, paintings, masks, sculpture and other forms of art that are quite miraculous with several exhibits focusing on spirituality.

New Orleans ArtWorks

New Orleans ArtWorks is in the Arts District and offers works and demos in glass blowing, torchworks and printmaking. Even though there are many items on show in the gallery, visitors can also attend workshops to make their own artworks in a diverse variety of media including glass, paper and metal. It is one of the best New Orleans art galleries and learning centers.

A Gallery for Fine Photography

This gallery is devoted to pictures and found on Charles Street. It presents around ten different exhibitions each year in a 5000 square foot gallery. All photos are original coming from the photographer or reliable sources.




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