Senin, 19 Agustus 2013

Art Galleries Throughout New Orleans

By Harrison Feldman


New Orleans and the city is well known for the degree of diversification of art and galleries within New Orleans. The old Warehouse District is now called the Art District with a great many of the old warehouses being changed 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 contemporary Arts Center is one of those old warehoused changed into a modern gallery consisting of 30,000 square feet in 1976. It displays photography, sculpture, paintings dance, music, theater and other performance art. Visual arts are rotated throughout the year and come from local, national and international 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 a businessman 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 is made of photography, art glass and Arts of the Americas. Works come from all time periods and include those of Degas and Picasso, and can be dated way back to pre-Columbian times. The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is made of of 5 acres of landscaped trees, trails and pools in which 60 sculptures call home.

Arthur Roger Art Gallery

One of the art galleries in New Orleans which has been there for quite a long 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 pivotal in the renewal for Arts in New Orleans in 2006. The gallery operates over several locations and shows works from a range of modern artists.

Barristers

Barristers was initially located on Royal Street in the French Quarter and exhibited fine and folks art made by African Artists in a dark, gothic atmosphere. It now resides in a much bigger, less cluttered building on St. Claude in the Garden District and exhibits carvings, paintings, lithographs, sculptures, masks and other forms of art that are quite miraculous with lots of exhibits dedicated to 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 numerous items on display in the gallery, visitors can also attend workshops to create their own works of art in a diverse variety of media including metal, glass and paper. It's one of the best New Orleans art galleries and learning centers.

A Gallery for Fine Photography

This gallery is focused on photographs and found on Charles Street. It presents around a dozen different exhibitions every year in a 5000 square foot gallery. All photographs are original coming from the photographer or reliable sources.




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