Current Exhibitions
Gallery 600 Julia features talented Louisiana artists in curated monthly shows in the front room. With a superior and varied selection of artistic style and technique, the gallery always has an impressive and changing inventory of fine paintings. Art Walk is hosted by all the galleries in the Arts District in the evening on the first Saturday of each month. Gallery 600 Julia hosts the artist reception with refreshments on the First Saturday from 6:00pm – 8:00pm, unless otherwise noted.
The Gallery will be open from 9:30am – 4:00 pm and odd hours by appointment.
Please see Visiting Artists for the ultra realistic art of Ralph Songy.
ART WALK SCHEDULE 2024 First Saturday, 6:00-8:00PM unless otherwise noted
January 6: Michey Asche Louisiana Menagerie February 3: Group Show: The Passing Parades featuring Linda Lesperance All Mardi Gras-themes art can be found as well under Current Exhibitions 3 for those who imagine Mardi Gras as a state of mind all year long in New Orleans
March 2: John Killeen From The Street April 6: Steve Bourgeois Nature’s Palette May 4: Carol Hallock A Pelican State of Mind June 1: Spencer Shultz Nightlights July 6: Carol Scott, Summertime Lacunae August 3: WHITE LINEN NIGHT Will Smith, Jr. Louisiana’s Easy Escape, Waterscapes of the Northshore September 7: Camille Barnes, Backroads and Bayous of Louisiana October 5: Elayne Kuehler, Fall for Louisiana November 2: Carol Scott Galloping December 7: Thomas Lofton Louisiana Town and Country
SEPTEMBER 7 Camille Barnes Backroads and Bayous of Louisiana
Portrait artist Camille Barnes is mostly self-taught; but she has also learned from some of today’s finest portrait artists. Some of which includes studying at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts under well-known artist Auseklis Ozols and attending workshops by The Portrait Society of America led by artists Daniel Greene, Michael Shane Neal, and David Kassan.
As a realist, her paintings capture the essence of the subject matter, using color, light, and attention to detail to make her subjects come alive. Much of her life has been a career of being a freelance artist, an illustrator and a graphic designer. Throughout her career she has illustrated over 15 books. The State Library of Louisiana chose her more recently illustrated book, Goodnight Acadiana, as the sole book to represent the state of Louisiana for the 2012 National Book Festival, held by the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Her main focus in recent years has been specializing in portrait painting and decorative art. She has won state and national competitions such as the Louisiana 38th Annual River Art Exhibit in 2006 and in 2013 a winner in the still life division for the national competition for members of the Portrait Society of America.
