BECA is an acronym that stands for Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art. We strive to serve as a bridge by which emerging contemporary art flows between New Orleans and the larger national and international contemporary arts community. The artist run gallery is an 1100 square foot renovated warehouse space situated in the heart of the New Orleans arts district. Our gallery program exists as a place for both innovative local, regional and international emerging contemporary art to grow and flourish in an environment that is accommodating to both artists and collectors. Our gallery hosts 10-12 exhibitions each year. Half of the exhibits feature local and regional emerging contemporary art and half feature international emerging contemporary art.  We also look forward to few program surprises and new developments along the way so stayed tuned!

As the first and only gallery in New Orleans to dedicate such a large component of its exhibition program to introducing some of the most innovative and exciting emerging international contemporary art to New Orleans collectors and art enthusiasts, we have been grateful for the interest and support of some of the art world's leading curators and visionaries. By believing in our unique program and choosing to partner with us as international guest curators, they have been an integral part in helping to bring about the success of these major international group exhibitions.

One special effort that the gallery co-directors, Kurt Schlough and Melissa Roberts, began brewing prior to opening BECA's doors on January 5, 2008 was a philanthropic effort called Benefit 5. This has since evolved into the BECA Foundation set to launch this Fall. In the meantime, the gallery has introduced a broad-based initiative which we hope will benefit numerous non-profit organizations both here in New Orleans and throughout the United States. The gallery is committed to donating 5% of each sale of art to the (501)(c)(3) non-profit organization of the collector's choice and we look forward to your participation and to adding a small contribution to many worthy efforts and projects.