Consulate General of France in New Orleans

In the summer of 2020, the Consulate General of France in Louisiana, Cultural Services of the French Embassy and Newcomb Art Museum invited street artists Brandan “Bmike” Odums and MTO to share experiences and observations about the growing and rapidly changing world of street art on both sides of the Atlantic.

Last Tuesday, the Consul General of France Mr. Vincent Sciama, Dean of the Louisiana Consular Corps, made two donations of 2.500 dollars each on behalf of all Louisiana consuls to the two major hospital networks in the region, Ochsner Health, and LCMC Health.

Decree of July 27, 2020, for all arrivals in France from the U.S. starting Saturday, August 1, 2020

There are only a few architectural signs of the French colonial presence remaining in New Orleans; and there is no doubt that the great fire of 1788 is the main reason for it, making the Ursuline Convent one of the rare examples of what the city might have looked like if history had taken a different path.


As part of the implementation of the emergency health situation in France, restrictions have been placed on entering Metropolitan France and its territorial communities.