Arts District New Orleans will hold its monthly First Saturday Art Walk on Saturday, October 3rd from 5-9pm in conjunction with the 46th 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.
PARTICIPATING GALLERIES and MUSEUMS
Ariodate Gallery, 535 Julia St. — Group Exhibition: Nancy Hirsch Lassen, Jax Frey, Renee Melito
Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia St. — Bunny Matthews, Francis X Pavy | Les Oiseaux du Fais Do-Do, Simon Gunning | The Sweet Sight of Light
Boulier Gallery, 618 Julia St. — John Borgen, Travis Burke, Bobby Lee, Joliet Morrill, Will Willoughby, Fashion of New Orleans
Callan Contemporary, 518 Julia St. — George Dunbar, Envisioning Abstraction 1950s–2023
Curated, 328 Julia St. — Curated art & furniture experience by New Orleans Auction Galleries
ESOM ART, 400 Julia St. — Tracey Mose & Tony Mose
FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY, 400a Julia St. — 30th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS Group Exhibition | Music by DJ chvrchwiig
Gallery 600 Julia, 600 Julia St — Steve Bourgeois, My Viewpoint
LeMieux Galleries, 332 Julia St — Aaron Belka, Teach Us to Pray & Phil Sandusky, A Plein Air Journal of Uptown New Orleans | Music by Silver lining Serenaders
Martine Chaisson Gallery, 727 Camp St. — Carl Harrison Jr., We Be Keeping
MH Contemporary, 604 Julia St. — Melissa Herrington
Octavia Art Gallery, 700 Magazine St., Ste. 103 — Alia Ali, Points of Passage | Music by Carmela Rappazzo Trio
Ogden Museum, 925 Camp St. — Louisiana Contemporary 2026, Presented by The Helis Foundation, Group Show
Orleans Gallery, 603 Julia St. — Made of this Place | Michie Cooper, Tony Bernard, Stephanie Torregrossa Gaffney, Church Goin Mule, + more; Rayne Bories | Of Another Time; Russell Whiting | Myths in Metal | Music by Tasche De La Rosa
Stella Jones Gallery, 201 St. Charles Ave. — Zsudayka Nsinga, Beams of Heaven, As I Go
Wine Art Gallery, 440 Julia St. — Lee Ellis, New Orleans, can you hear us? It’s London Calling! & Jo Holdsworth, South Bank London | Music by One Man Swamp Band
