Welcome to the
St Roch Art Walk

The St Roch Art Walk is a walking path along the St Roch Avenue neutral ground. There are several art installations along this path - and more are added every year!

Learn about the history and culture as you stroll through the heart of the neighborhood. This neutral ground park is a beautiful and walkable 15-block path (1 mile) in the center of the St Roch neighborhood that spans from the St Roch Market, past the St Roch Cemetery, through the St Roch Park, and reaches the Florida Canal.

Start at the famous St Roch Market and grab a drink or a bite to eat. Then stroll along the St Roch Art Walk!

  • St Roch Market - St Claude Ave

  • The Good Ship mural wall - 1 block off the neutral ground at Urquhart St & Music St

  • Staple Goods art gallery - Villere St

  • Alice Nelson Dunbar mural - N Claiborne Ave

  • Reggie Lawson mural - N Robertson St

  • 8th Ward Black Seminoles mural - N Derbigny St

  • St Roch Cemetery & Chapel - N Roman St

  • St Roch Park - N Roman St to N Johnson St

  • Welcome to St Roch iron welcome sign - N Johnson St

  • Woven Roots Community Garden - N Miro St

  • St Roch Ave & N Claiborne | Electrical Box Mural

    Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation of African Americans born free in the Southern United States after the end of the American Civil War, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance. She gained recognition for her poetry, short stories, and essays that explored themes of race, gender, and respectability; for her journalism and newspaper columns advocating for Black women’s rights and anti-lynching legislation; and for her editorial work on two influential anthologies that highlighted African American literature.

  • St Roch Ave & N Robertson | Electrical Box Mural

    Reggie Lawson (?? - October 21, 2013) was a revered community leader, who founded the Faubourg St. Roch Improvement Association, and was instrumental in the revitalization of the St Roch community.

    Reggie was a real estate agent beginning in 1993, and an advocate for changing attitudes. “We try to elevate people’s thinking from just survival to building community.” His goal was to change St. Roch to a neighborhood “where upwardly-mobile African Americans will want to stay.” That’s a far cry from the St. Roch he knew as a 1960s high schooler when blacks weren’t welcome, even to visit.

    Reggie was known locally as the golden voice of the Hadley/Williams Memorial Chorale (GMWA/New Orleans Chapter) and the national Thurston G. Frazier Memorial Chorale (GMWA/National). Reggie traveled this country many years attending the GMWA national convention by van.

  • St Roch Ave & N Derbigny | Electrical Box Mural

    The "8th Ward Black Seminoles" are a Mardi Gras Indian tribe from the Eighth Ward of New Orleans, led by Big Chief Kenny Young, who are dedicated to teaching and preserving their distinct cultural traditions.

    “It’s more than just a celebration. It’s a part of the fabric of everything that is New Orleans," says Young. “It just takes what you put into it. It could take a year or two years into a suit.”