Jamie Hayes Gallery

This place is so cute and so is the little white dog that was working when I went. The young man working there was full of so much information about the artist and was so helpful. I went back the next day with friends for that very reason. The art work was beautiful and colorful. When I think about New Orleans art, thus us what I think of. Looks like Disney felt that way too as much of the imagery from The princess and the frog looks like it came straight out of here.

Me and my friends were wandering around aimlessly, and one of us was looking for a souvenir. We found this place and my friend instantly found what she was looking for. The colors are vibrant, the mouths are huge, the imagery exaggerated and fun. I’m particularly fond of the cats.
I also chatted with Amy for awhile, who was super friendly and gave us some temporary tattoos Jamie had made. They’re gorgeous!

Everything I love about New Orleans! We’ve been coming to this gallery for the last 8+ years, it is a stop we make every NOLA trip — we all own several goodies from this talented artist… you can’t walk past his brightly colored, down the rabbit hole, fantasticness without popping in! During today’s visits, our daughter Melissa picked up one of his mermaid dolls this trip & I got her his ‘just released today’ coloring pages, I cannot wait to see what she does with them. Today we spent about 45 minutes in the gallery, enjoying wonderful conversation with the gentleman that oversees the gallery, the artist himself, and his sweet dog Sushi. This is not the first time we’ve had the pleasure of visiting with these gentleman (although, it was our first visit with Sushi), and they make what is a wonderful art gallery even more delightful… they embody all what I love about New Orleans, it is a big gumbo pot full of people, sights, & sounds and I adore every second of it.
Today we chatted about books and our son & I left each with a new read. Johnny picked up A Confederacy of Dunces (if you haven’t read it, remedy that soon) and I walked away with Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking from Mr. Hayes. If you’ve not made the trek into Jamie Hayes​Gallery, you need to make it happen at your next opportunity. The art, the atmosphere, and the city are waiting!

Amazing store! Great art pieces, dolls, and books filled with vivid colors and designs! Price points for everyone! Art captures beauty, culture, and uniqueness of NOLA! Perfect for tourist gifts and my personal preference of buying from a local in-​house artist (color blind) than from some cheap tourist trap on Bourbon street filled with made in China look alikes. Strike up a conversation with the owners. they are full of information and genuinely love their city, not to mention have some great tips for your time in the Big Easy!

Very whimsical and very much has the New Orleans vibe. An excellent shop with extremely friendly personnel.
Highly recommend this place!!!

Went from my hotel, about a mile away, to the gallery, based on all great reviews, just to find out the gallery is not accessible. Entrance has a half foot tall step, which makes it impossible for disabled patrons to enter.
Yes, I understand many New Orleans buildings are old and historic, but when I approached the person in charge (I called the gallery’s phone number as the only way to get her attention), her reaction was simply «does the step really make it inaccessible?» and «yeah, I guess we could consider putting a wooden ramp outside the entrance.»
When I asked her why the gallery was listed as «accessible» in many websites — including this one as of this date — all she said was «I didn’t enter the information on those sites.» No apologies at all, just a «oops.» She did offer some remedies to the situation, but none that’d make the gallery remotely wheelchair accessible, even temporarily.
So, to those in a wheelchair, scooter or similar devices, please note the gallery, as of this morning, is NOT accessible at all.

I absolutely LOVE the Jamie Hayes Gallery. His work is deeply whimsical, full of bright and saturated colors. It’s so worth (and so much fun) to pop in this cool art shop in the French Quarter. Everywhere you look there’s something interesting to see. I’m very fond of the voodoo dolls, big lip dolls and the prints.
Costumer service is top notch as well. I bought my friend a print as a Christmas gift and not only did they let me phone it in, they shipped it one day priority for no charge and even texted me the tracking number as soon as it was on its way to me. Need I say more?
Go check out this gallery. It’s amazing.

What’s a preggo lady supposed to do when in NOLA right as Mardi Gras is about to go down? Well… outside of stuffing face with beignets, po boys and anything food related then I had to find other PG activities to peruse. Somehow this gallery popped up on TripAdvisor as the #1 destination amongst NOLA visitors so I waddled my way over here to see what the hype is about.
The verdict: It’s a cute little gallery with very eccentric colorful art and pieces. It takes maybe 10 minutes to explore and there’s a good chance you will get drawn into getting one of the voodoo doll keychains (fun little somethings to get for yourself or friends).
That said, I’m not entirely sure how, of all the places in NOLA, this place has been #1 for the last few years. It’s not a place I would go out of my way to find but it’s a cool stop in if you’re nearby.

I loved it, so much to look at! Reasonable prices. I bought a bag. Jamie’s assistant was working the day we were in. I browsed a good half hour just taking it all in! I wish I would have checked in on Unilocal and bought the voucher, I would have gotten more!

Jamie autographed the book for our kids. Great experience.

It’s a must if you enjoy colors, funk and folk art! I always stock up on note cards and t-​shirts made by Jamie. Wall hangings are always fun.
Art is unique where everyone finds something they like and the prices are very reasonable.
Can’t wait to get back to Jamie Hayes Gallery.

Best place ever to pick up voodo dolls and trinkets. Don’t miss the original art and jewelry. This is a fab spot to pick up souvenirs and NoLa baubles to tote back home. Jamie was actually in the store doing signings and we got to chat with him. What a nice staff too!

I just love all these colourful voodoo dolls!
All of them nicely made and has so many different varieties and different price point (starting from around $ 6) to choose from!
Great place to pick up some keepsake for my trip to New Orleans.
I just could not make up my mind which one to get though!

Breath Taking… Vivid Colors… Great Prices. I wish I had a place for some of the art in the house… and a way to get it to DFW… stop in… spend about 30 min soaking it up. Well worth it.

Best shop we found in NOLA. This is a must visit and even a better deal with the Unilocal deal. We were so disappointed with other shops compared to this one we came back before we left NOLA and bought a bunch more stuff to bring home. We bought many voodoo dolls (most were keychains), bead necklace, and an original print. The artwork is amazing and truly unique to the NOLA culture. It is eye catching. Many of the voodoo dolls were $ 5.50 and made for great unique gifts to give to friends when we got back home. Beats a crappy shot glass or fridge magnet!
We used a Unilocal deal successfully on each of our visits even though the cashier had no idea to process it she ended up taking all of our information down. Hopefully by this time she has learned how to process them.
If we ever came back to NOLA we would be sure to stop by here, Unilocal deal or not.

I love art. What a gorgeous and unique gallery. I like that there was a lot of stuff to buy that wasn’t exclusively «art». The gallery not only offered prints, but they offered really cool souveniers in the form of unique voodoo doll key chains and prints.

I really liked this gallery. It seemed to stand out from many of the other art galleries in the French Quarter. Sure it had large paintings that cost several thousand dollars, but it also had more reasonable items. Besides that, i really liked Jamie Hayes style of art. In particular, his Peter the Pianoeater is a unique New Orleans themed painting.
There was a large selection of small prints that were under $ 20. If you were so inclined, several of these could be purchased and displayed together for far less than one of the actual paintings, or prints. I will probably return and buy some for my office next time I am in the Quarter.
For the non print lover, the shop also had voodoo doll art including key chains and actual dolls. I wanted to get a doll and start putting pins in the eyes of my enemies, but figured that wouldn’t win me any karmic points.
In closing, check out this gallery.

in the middle of the tourist traps, Jamie Hayes is an oasis. The lady who works here was super helpful and sweet.
Great place to pick up souvenirs from voodoo dolls to paintings and it is very reasonably priced.

My mom found this place when she was exploring the French Quarter by herself. While it isn’t really my style, I went back with my mom because she liked their style. I believe most of the pictures and the coordinating shirts, mugs, lithographs, etc. is from one artist. Again, their style isn’t something I like so I didn’t pay much attention. They also carry voodoo dolls that look like beanie babies than scary looking figure made out of hair.
One thing that did caught my eye was a lithograph that the artist made for the local band Bonnerama. They are a really good band and I was surprised that they were selling something like that to tourist. I find out that the artist is friends with the band member and they did their album cover for them. That’s pretty cool but it didn’t persuade me to buy anything.
But my mother did buy some some lithographs… or maybe they were postcards. Anyway, she really liked the pictures with the different smiling cats as they looked like the one from Alice in Wonderland.
They also have an adjoining building where you can look at original pieces but I didn’t take a look because they probably cost thousands of dollars that I don’t have.
Overall, your mom will like this store. So take her over here when she comes to visit. Or if you are a tourist looking for something classy that isn’t all that expensive.

Jamie Hayes Gallery specializes in Mr. Hayes’ whimsical cat art prints and colorful Voodoo Child dolls. At first it has the air of being a tcotchke tourist trap, but that melts away, as the quality and uniqueness of his work is quickly made evident.
If there’s a cat lover in the family, this is a NOLA must-​stop. The cat prints range from $ 30 and up, and I was told there was a buy 2 get one free special going on. Gallery help is informative and friendly.
Here are the Instructions for the Voodoo Child Dolls:
Take a photograph or write the name of someone you are not particularly fond of on a piece of paper and pin it to the doll. Or if that is not possible, just think really hard about that person (like an ex-​husband or wife, ex-​girlfriend, etc.). Then take a couple of pins. better yet, 3 or 4 or MORE pins and stick them into the doll. This should cause to that person, quite a lot of unbearable pain, but even if it doesn’t, it sure is fun. ENJOY!
Whether or not I decide to stick pins in my Voodoo child dolls, they sure are attractive. *Ooh, did you just feel that crick in your neck?!?