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Located in the Broad Street Cultural Products District, ArtEgg Studios, ArtEgg Studios was found in 2001 by Dr. Esther Dyer. Since its inception, the ArtEgg has developed into a site for cultural production, education, and preservation. The Lousiaina Department of Economics has renewed ArtEgg's certification as a Louisiana small business entrepreneurship.
ArtEgg Studios is a 50,000 square foot former produce warehouse that sold American Beauty Eggs and Butter. The grand old warehouse was the largest center for regional produce when it was owned by L. Frank & Co.
The first floor has intact produce coolers which have been converted to storage for art collections, studios for artists, workshops for set builders, and offices for nonprofits and small eco-businesses.
The upper floor houses mainly artist studios and non-profit organizations. We are proud to be home to Louisiana’s Alliance for Affordable Energy and its Smart Building Resource Center and the Heritage Foundation for Arts and Cultural Sustainability.
ArtEgg Studios is a multi-use facility that houses artists, collectors, businesses and community advocates, all of whom share the philosophy of rebuilding New Orleans in culturally and environmentally sustainable ways and is committed to being a facilitator for arts promotion and public interface.
"Everybody Loves a Good Egg"
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 Originally, ArtEgg Studios was owned by Mrs. V. Hill Penich and her husband Bill Penick and used as a warehouse for H.G. Hill Stores. In 1964, it was sold to L. Frank & Co. (est. 1892), the region’s major produce wholesaler featuring American Beauty Butter and Eggs. The original American Beauty advertisements on the side of the building and the prominent front flagpole remain as a tribute to the grand old building’s history In March 2002, Caro Foods, the current distributor of American Beauty products, restored several of the original signs lining the building to maintain with the building’s new theme and artisanship. American Beauty’s “Everybody Loves a Good Egg,” sign can be seen from the Broad Street overpass and remains the motto for ArtEgg Studios.
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