News Archives - Scene By Rhys

Live Oil Portrait Sessions at Scene By Rhys Fine Art

Apr 1, 2026 | News

April 1, 2026: Join us at Scene By Rhys Fine Art at 1036 Royal Street, New Orleans for a new weekly series of art events at the gallery, as Emilie Rhys (gallery artist/owner) paints oil portraits of people—many of them local musicians. Each session will be announced...

Emilie Rhys Color Pencil Drawing on New CD

Feb 5, 2026 | News

February 5, 2026: New Orleans artist Emilie Rhys has completed the cover art of the Pontchartrain Shaker’s new blues album (their second), “Love, Peace & Chicken Grease.” This marks the artist’s eleventh album cover art project. The...

Emilie Rhys at The HNOC

Nov 3, 2025 | Events, News

November 12, 2025: In an ongoing quarterly series called “HNOC CE SOIR,” the museum (The Historic New Orleans Collection at 520 Royal Street) will be open 4:30—7:30pm, on this date to celebrate the opening of “New Orleans Musicians in Art,” a...

Emilie Rhys’s artwork “Carnivale Fantasia #2” in Shreveport Exhibit

Sep 23, 2025 | Events, News

August 27, 2025: This new exhibit features 50 artists in a juried show that runs through November 23, 2025 at the R.W. Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport, LA..

Emilie Rhys profiled in French Quarter Journal by Michael Warner

Jan 11, 2025 | Events, News

January 11, 2025: This new feature provides background on Rhys’ history with her father Noel Rockmore, her development as an artist on Jackson Square in New Orleans in 1977, and discusses how she honed her skills to work live in public.

Scene By Rhys Participates in Art Stroll

Nov 25, 2024 | News

November 25, 2024: Emilie Rhys joins three fellow artist-run galleries in presenting open houses at their respective galleries. David McPherson of McPherson Gallery, Brittany Markert of In Rooms Gallery, and Brett Henderson and Tony Hollums of Henderson Gallery are...