:sharpen(level=1):output(format=jpeg)/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/c92575b1fcb65d9b2d6013d7f70fe307.jpg "Arthur Roger Gallery")
In 1978 Arthur Roger opened his gallery at 3005 Magazine Street in New Orleans’ Garden District. A year earlier the Contemporary Arts Center had opened in downtown New Orleans. The artistic scene in the city was beginning to burgeon. The Arthur Roger Gallery moved to the forefront of galleries in the city. The gallery attracted a number of New Orleans’ most prominent artists including Robert Gordy and Ida Kohlmeyer.