Art is in the Air
- Elisa Cool Murphy
- Jul 29
- 2 min read
If you've spent any time in New Orleans, you've probably noticed something.
There are seasons here that have nothing to do with the weather.
Festival season.
Carnival season.
And right about now?
Art season.
This weekend, White Linen Night returns. Galleries throw open their doors. Museums unveil new exhibitions. Artists fill courtyards, sidewalks, and studios. NOCCA showcases student and alumni talent. Makers, musicians, photographers, designers, and creatives of every kind remind us that New Orleans has never separated art from everyday life.
Next weekend comes Dirty Linen Night, the French Quarter's wonderfully irreverent little sibling. The joke, of course, is that you simply wear your same white linen outfit again. The Quarter has always had a little more edge, a little more grit, and a wonderful way of reminding us that beautiful things don't have to be perfect.
By the time August arrives, it feels like creativity is everywhere you turn.
We love all of it.
Because art doesn't just belong inside galleries.
It hangs above dining room tables.
It brightens neighborhood fences.
It finds new life in reclaimed architectural pieces.
It records the story of a city, one brushstroke, one song at a time.
If you've followed us for a while, you've probably noticed that we spend a surprising amount of time talking about things like historic paint colors, architectural salvage, local artists, neighborhood history, and thoughtfully preparing old homes for their next chapter. We've written about everything from where to find local art, to the historic paint colors that have quietly become part of the city's architectural identity.
That may seem like an unusual collection of interests for a real estate brokerage.
To us, they're all the same conversation.
They're about stewardship.
They're about caring for the places we love—and the people who make those places worth loving in the first place.
That's one of the reasons we're especially excited for this year's Salvations Gala with The Green Project. Desiree, our Director of Client Experience, also serves as President of the Board, making this a cause that's woven into our work throughout the year.
Whether it's preserving architectural materials, helping homeowners thoughtfully prepare historic properties, supporting local artists, or finding new homes for materials that still have plenty of life left in them, we believe great neighborhoods aren't built by buildings alone.
They're built by the people who create, preserve, restore, and share them.
Celebrated for her next-level creative approach to real estate, Elisa Cool Murphy is the author of Prepped to Sell: What Works Even When the Market Doesn't. She is an award-winning, top-performing real estate broker in New Orleans and the founder and owner of Cool Murphy Real Estate.
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email: cool@coolmurphy.com
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phone: 504-321-3194
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