Baton Rouge Gallery - center for contemporary art

🚨EXCITING NEWS🚨 For more than 60 years, Baton Rouge Gallery has been a place where artists and audiences connect in Louisiana’s capital area. When BRG moved into its home in BREC’s City-Brooks Community Park in 1984, it marked an important moment for how an artist-centered organization could bring the community together around contemporary art. Today, with more than 75 artists on our roster and growing attendance at our programs and events, we are working with our longtime partners at @brec_parks to imagine the next chapter. As highlighted in Friday’s RedEye, BRG and BREC are exploring plans for a new contemporary art center — one that would allow Louisiana artists and audiences to engage more deeply with one another while also connecting to broader national conversations through visiting curators and artists. Though still early in development, the project builds on BRG’s six decades of supporting Louisiana artists and aims to create even more opportunities for meaningful artistic exchange. BRG and BREC are proud to be working alongside Louisiana-based architects at @nano_llc , led by Terri Dreyer, and @gabrielsmithfaia of G|S Architects on the project. Together, these architects have won the Architecture Award at the ECC Venice Biennale, designed large and small community gathering spaces, and played key roles in designing some of the nation’s most respected arts institutions, including the Glenstone Museum in Maryland, the Corning Museum of Glass in New York and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina. Together with BREC, we’re excited to explore what an expanded cultural destination could mean for Baton Rouge, our artists, and the many audiences who continue to support their work. *Full Story Linked In Bio*

What a weekend!!! We cannot thank everyone enough for showing up in force to make sure the punctuation of Surreal Salon 18 was an exclamation point at this year’s Soirée! Freezing temps and falling rain could not keep Baton Rouge from embracing the weird for an amazing night of art, music, and hundreds of truly inspired costumes! Thank you to the 60+ artists who shared their work with us, to @swoonhq for curating the exhibition, to our musical performers (@bonbonvivant , @monoblackmusic , and @m3owm1xofficial ), to our volunteers, and all the sponsors who made Surreal Salon 18 possible!! 🎥 @locally__vocal 🎵 Bon Bon Vivant, “Dancing in the Darkness”

We’re still flying high off an INCREDIBLE Friday night at BRG, thanks to everyone who made KINETICS - presented by @hancockwhitney - one we won’t soon forget!! More importantly, it was a night that’ll make so much possible in the way of connecting artists and audiences in the year to come. From the inventive drinks to the fast & furious quips from the auctioneer, it was a phenomenal night OF art and FOR art in the capital area. Thank you to all the artists, sponsors, and guests who showed up and showed out at. Baton Rouge’s Premier Live Art Auction!! Emcee: @adrianannette Auctioneer: @fourrouxbrian Signature drinks by: @blend.br , @pelicantomars , and @riverroombatonrouge Event Magic: @redcakeevent Bites by Kazumi Yoshimura Lighting & A/V support: @abstractproductionsllc Tent: @cypresstentsandevents Late night snack by @ingleeats These incredible photos (and more to come) courtesy of @heather_mcclelland_photography Additional Sponsors: John G. Turner & Jerry G. Fischer, @thekhanhartist21 , @lamaradvertisingcompany , @lalottery , @danbergeroninteriors , @capitalareafinanceauthority , @plafargue , @frost.barber , @brec_parks , @daamedia_marketing , @sarahsarahkrackecom , C.Silva Architect, @giraphicprints , @annconnellyfineart , @success_labs , @thestunagency , @flybatonrouge , Perkins McKenzie Insurance, Baton Rouge Packaging & Shipping, and Daigrepont & Brian

Join us today at 4PM for this month's ARTiculate Artist Talk featuring BRG exhibiting artist members Justin Tyler Bryant & Kristine Thompson. #loveartlocally #BRgallery #ARTiculate

Now On View Kristine Thompson “For The Record” On View until May 24, 2026 Gallery Hours 12-6PM, Tues-Sun Free & open to all

It was an honor to celebrate our incredible patrons last night here at Baton Rouge Gallery. None of what we do would be possible without the support of our members and their belief in the value the arts bring to our local community. Their investment helps make meaningful cultural programming & impactful art exhibitions possible, connecting artists and audiences while fostering a more diverse and thriving cultural landscape here in Baton Rouge. Thank you all again, and we look forward to what we will continue to accomplish together. #loveartlocally #BRgallery #batonrouge 📸 Photos by Charlie Champagne, Communications Manager, Baton Rouge Gallery.

"A righteous way of seeing, you dig." Now On View Justin Tyler Bryant "I Was Chillin' With My Kool-aid" On View Until May 24, 2026 Gallery Hours 12-6PM, Tues-Sun Free & open to all

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Sunday as we hosted BRG exhibiting artist member Jeremiah Ariaz In Conversation with Len Apcar, former New York Times Editor & Professional In-Residence at the LSU Manship School of Mass Communications as they discussed Ariaz' current work "The Fourth Estate In The Heart of America" as well as his recent recognition as a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow. Make sure to come out Sunday, May 17, as we host May's additional exhibiting artists Kristine Thompson and Justin Tyler Bryant as they discuss their newest works currently on exhibition here at Baton Rouge Gallery until Sunday, May 24.

Now On View: “The Fourth Estate In The Heart of America” by BRG exhibiting artist member Jeremiah Ariaz. Join us Sunday, May 10, starting at 4pm, where Jeremiah will be In Conversation with Len Apcar, former New York Times Editor, as they discuss Ariaz’ process, ideas behind “The Fourth Estate”, as well as his recent recognition of being named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow. This work is currently exhibited alongside the newest works of BRG exhibiting artist members Justin Tyler Bryant and Kristine Thompson. View the current exhibition for free Tuesday-Sunday from 12-6pm.

Thank you to everyone who came out to our May First Wednesday Opening Reception celebrating the newest works of BRG exhibiting artist members Jeremiah Ariaz, Justin Tyler Bryant, & Kristine Thompson. We would like to thank each and every one of you who came out to support local artists, who brought a friend, who purchased an original art piece, and to those who simply joined us in community. A special thank you to our volunteers & members who make it all possible! #loveartlocally 📸 @heather_mcclelland_photography

Join us tomorrow for this month's First Wednesday Opening Reception celebrating the newest works of BRG exhibiting artist members Jeremiah Ariaz, Justin Tyler Bryant, & Kristine Thompson. Expect small bites, drinks, & live music by @minosthesaint

Thank you to everyone who came out to last night’s Movies & Music on the Lawn! We hope you all enjoyed Charlie Chaplin’s “The Kid” as well as the rockin’ live original score by Baton Rouge’s own, Kitchen Sink Water! Thank you to our wonderful volunteers with BRMHS Key Club, as well as our BRG volunteers, interns, staff & families who live out our mission everyday. A special thank you goes out to Knock Knock Children’s Museum for providing us with activities for kids, Visit Baton Rouge for providing bottomless popcorn, and most importantly to Cox Communications for making this event FREE & open to all! We hope you all join us Saturday, May 23, for our final screening of the Spring Season. Movies & Music On The Lawn: “The Illusionist” & Breadstick Quartet Photos by Charlie Champagne, Communications Manager, Baton Rouge Gallery. 📸