NEW ORLEANS, LA – Anne Banõs, Deputy Director at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), has announced Elisabeth Rietvelt as Membership Manager, and Monique Tourres as Development and Operations Manager.
As NOMA’s Membership Manager, Elisabeth Rietvelt will be primarily responsible for membership interactions, engagement and growth as well as membership relations. Reitvelt brings experience from her fifteen months at NOMA as the Development and Membership Associate, as well a broad skill set in marketing, operations and communications from such organizations as Lucid (formerly Federated Sample), Brunello Cucinelli, Pomellato USA, Inc., and Conde’ Nast Publications. Rietvelt graduated from Baylor University with a B.A. in Journalism.
Monique Tourres has been employed at NOMA since January, 2011. She has previously held the positions of Visitor Services Manager and Volunteer Coordinator. In her new role at NOMA, Monique will oversee core department while maintaining the integrity of donor and contributed income financial records. Born and raised in New Orleans, Monique has an undergraduate degree in Art History from Louisiana State University and a Master’s degree in Art Administration from the University of New Orleans.
About NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
The New Orleans Museum of Art, founded in 1910 by Isaac Delgado, houses nearly 40,000 art objects encompassing 5,000 years of world art. Works from the permanent collection, along with continuously changing special exhibitions, are on view in the museum’s 46 galleries Fridays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The adjoining Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden features work by over 60 artists, including several of the 20th century’s master sculptors. The Sculpture Garden is open seven days a week: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden are fully accessible to handicapped visitors and wheelchairs are available from the front desk. For more information about NOMA, call (504) 658-4100 or visit www.noma.org. Wednesdays are free admission days for Louisiana residents, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. (May not include special exhibitions.) Teenagers (ages 13-19) receive free admission every day through the end of the year, courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
For additional information and hi-res photographs, please contact Margaux Krane, Communications and Marketing Manager, mkrane@noma.org | 504.658.4106