Arts District New Orleans will hold its monthly First Saturday Art Walk on Saturday, October 4th from 5-9pm in conjunction with the 45th annual Art For Arts' Sake, a celebration of the arts in downtown. This annual rite of fall was created by the CAC in 1980, has been presented with ADNO since the early 90s, and has become one of the hottest events of the year for art lovers in and around New Orleans. Guests are invited to come Downtown for a full day of artful fun and evening openings in the 21 member galleries and museums of the Arts District. Reinvigorating this event post-pandemic, the Arts District New Orleans has since added a philanthropic component, illustrating the power of art to go beyond art's sake.
This year, a number of galleries will be setting up collection sites for Grace at the Greenlight, a New Orleans-based non-profit whose mission is to offer unhoused members of our community choices while also providing them with items to meet their basic needs. The items we'll be collecting are men's and women's clothing, hygiene items (deodorant, disposable razors, travel-size toothpaste, NEW men’s underwear, NEW women’s underwear), and food items (individually packaged peanut butter crackers, Slim Jims, fruit cups, chicken salad kits, Subway gift cards, bulk quick cook oatmeal and grits). Below, you'll find a list of which galleries will be set up as donation-collection sites.
PARTICIPATING GALLERIES and MUSEUMS
Ariodate Gallery, 535 Julia St. | Group Exhibition | Duane Spencer, Rocsean Spencer, Renee’ Melito, Jax Frey
Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia St. | Paul Lee-Grit, John Hartman, Downriver | From City to Sea, John Waters-The Worst of Waters
Beata Sasik Gallery, 541 Julia St. | New & recent work by Beata Sasik
Boulier Gallery, 618 Julia St. | Black is Beautiful; Collective Show
Callan Contemporary, 518 Julia St. | David Borgerding
Curated, 328 Julia St. | Curated art & furniture experience by New Orleans Auction Galleries
Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St. From the Storms of Our Souls: The Art of Ron Bechet, UNTITLED: Unified Presence
Creole Connection, 612 Andrew Higgins Blvd. Naturally Inclined, Climate Culture Salon 4
ESOM ART, 400 Julia St. Tracey Mose-Urban Expressionism
FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY, 400a Julia St -29th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS | Group Exhibition DONATION COLLECTION SITE
Gallery 600 Julia, 600 Julia St. | Don Reggio-Homage to Trees
LeMieux Galleries, 332 Julia St. | Mary Lee Eggart-Teach Us to Pray, Lisa Shimko-The Hazy Clarity of Daydreams DONATION COLLECTION SITE
Martine Chaisson Gallery, 727 Camp St. | REGENERATE Photography Book Event
Octavia Art Gallery, 700 Magazine St. Ste 103. | Carmen Almon & Emily Farish Anatomy of the Ephemeral
Ogden Museum, 925 Camp St. | Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers
Orleans Gallery by Louisiana Art, 603 Julia St. | Tony Bernard
Parlour Gallery, 822 Camp St. | Robyn LeRoy-Evans-LoverMother
Smith & Clark Collection, 900 Camp St. | Bianca Waker-Black Coffee
SMITH Contemporary, 440 Julia St. | Richard ‘Dickie’ Landry-New York: 1969 - 1979
SPILLMAN | BLACKWELL Art Advisory, Curated pop-up @328 Julia
Stella Jones Gallery, 201 St. Charles Ave. | Joseph Lofton-The Long Road to Recognition ft. John Lister III
