Art shopping in New Orleans
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Dr Bob’s Studio
Self-taught outdoors artist Dr Bob is a fixture in the Bywater, and you’re sure to recognize his signature work – the ‘Be Nice or Leave’ signs that appear in restaurants and bars around town. Dr Bob’s work also turns up in the House of Blues and museums throughout the South. In addition to the signs, he’s known for his alligator carvings and sculptures of assembled found objects. Garbage-can lids, bottle caps, pieces of junked musical instruments and essentially anything that strikes Dr Bob’s weird sensibility is turned into art. His gallery is really a fascinating junkyard of art, with a sculpture garden comprising spray-painted lawn ornaments. The man himself …
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Stone & Press
A cool shop for enthusiasts of fine-art mezzotints, lithographs, wood engravings and etchings by modern American artists. Mezzotints are the emphasis here, and flipping through the huge collection (filed away in bins like records in a record store) is a good way to gain an appreciation for a largely underappreciated art form. Most of the artists featured are contemporary, and some are clearly pushing the envelope, exploring new possibilities and techniques. A startling range in texture, tone and definition is achieved in black and white and sepia hues. All works are original and printed in limited editions.
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New Orleans School of Glassworks
This school and gallery impressively fills 25,000 sq ft of an old brick warehouse. Glassworks is the sister school of the Louvre Museum of Decorative Arts, and excellent pieces are sold here. On Saturday afternoon you’ll usually see artists at work, and glass blowing is always worth seeing. Artists also specialize in stained glass, fine silver alchemy, copper enameling, printmaking, paper sculpture and bookbinding.
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Photo Works
This is a polished showroom for the accomplished photographer Louis Sahuc ( sigh -ook), who has been shooting New Orleans for years and years. Sahuc’s beautiful prints capture timeless images of the city. They are vantages upon which even Hurricane Katrina failed to impose change.
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New Orleans Glasswork & Printmaking Studios
In an immense 25,000ft brick building, New Orleans Glasswork & Printmaking Studios is a combination studio and gallery space primarily for glassblowers and stained-glass artisans. Not only can you admire and purchase works here, you can watch artists blow glass, which is pretty impressive.
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New Orleans Art Supply
If you’re one who likes to sketch while traveling, here’s a good place to go for a fresh supply of pencils and pads. Surprisingly, it’s the most central art store in New Orleans, and it’s not a bad one. The shop is an annex of the New Orleans Conservation Guild.
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Art Market of New Orleans
Last Saturday of every month. Featuring hundreds of the area's most creative local artists, this monthly market is juried for quality and always features local food, music and kids' activities. Perfect on warm-weather days.
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Dutch Alley
An artists-managed and -operated co-op located in the French Market. You can see the work of some 20 artists here, meet the creators directly and occasionally listen to live blues and jazz concerts.
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Bywater Art Market
Known as New Orleans' original art market, this market takes pride in a strict jurying process and features original artists' work. Held on the third Saturday of the month from 9am to 4pm.
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