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 food art of Ralph Songy and the landscape paintings of Peg Usner. Also two New Orleans passions, Food and Mardi Gras, each have a special EXHIBITION page. (2 & 3)
ART WALK 2025: First Saturday 6:00-8:00 PM unless otherwise noted
January 4: Linda Lesperance All Things New Orleans February 1: Spencer Schulz Electric Palette March 8 Marne Meynig Cajun Country April 5: Stephanie Reed, Pedestrian Pleasures,Scenes from local meanders May 3 Carol Hallock Swamp and Circumstance in May June 7: Ralph Songy Larger Than Life July 5 Linda Lesperance Louisiana Roots August 2: White Linen Night: Carol Scott Crystal Rising September 6: Chuck Broussard Sky October 4: Don Reggio Homage to Trees November 1: Thomas Lofton Following The Feu Follet December 6: Will Smith, Jr. Les Bons Temps
PREVIEW 2026: JAN 3 Peg Usner FEB 7 (Feb 17 MG) Group Show Mardi Gras MAR 7 Marne Meynig APR 4 Thomas Lofton MAY 2 Mickey Asche JUN 6 Elayne Kuehler JULY 4 No Art Walk Group Show Louisiana Country Art AUG 1 Carol Hallock SEPT 3 Larry Kip Hayes OCT 3 Steve Bourgeois NOV 7 Carol Scott DEC 5 Camille Barnes
NOVEMBER 1, 2025 THOMAS LOFTON Following The Feu Follet
Traveling the country roads of Acadiana, Lofton looks for landmarks which are clinging onto the past. Even the hunting and fishing camps belong to a time honored, but imperiled way of life. Yet it is a vibrant culture of beauty, surrounded by the mysterious cypriere and anchored by the stately and venerable live oak.
The feu follet from Cajun Folklore is like a Will-o-wisp, appearing as if by magic at night in the bayous. Some say it is light produced from marsh gas, others tell of a more mysterious origin. Its rare appearance is a simile for the fleeting glimpse of life as it used to be in Acadiana.
Thomas Lofton has lived in south Louisiana most of his life and currently resides on Black Bayou in Saint Amant, Louisiana. His paintings have primarily focused on southern scenery and architecture. In recent years he has focused on the little known and vanishing byways of Acadiana, – a departure into rural farms and bayous of moss-laden cypress. He offers a glimpse of times past and employs a variety of techniques to achieve a unique style of painting that has evolved over the last thirty years. Lofton’s stated purpose is that his paintings speak to the audience through color and composition. His attention to detail and subject matter creates a story line intended to lead the viewer: I try to reach the viewer on an emotional level through the story illustrated in each painting. Art is simply an avenue of escape to another time and place of our choosing. His paintings are unmistakably steeped in Southern culture.
