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NOMA at Night: New African Masquerades Closing Celebration
Fri, August 8th at 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
$30
Get creative and explore the museum after hours during NOMA at Night.
This NOMA at Night celebrates the closing of the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations at NOMA. Join us as we celebrate this special look into the world of contemporary West African masquerade before it travels to its next location, the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.
Featuring live music from Kumasi Afrobeat and DJing from NOMA Creative Assembly member Jer’Lisa Devezin; gallery talks by exhibition curator Dr. Amanda M. Maples, NOMA’s Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art; a raffle from the NOMA Museum Shop, which will be open during the event; specialty cocktails, mocktails, and a light bites menu from Café NOMA; a printmaking art activity; and more.
$15 for members
$30 general admission
Free admission for attendees ages 19 and under
Program Details
Live Music from Kumasi Afrobeat
Live DJ Set from Creative Assembly Resident Artist Jer’Lisa Devezin
Jer’Lisa Devezin, Creative Assembly 2025
NOMA Museum Shop and New African Masquerades Merchandise Raffle
- A NAM-branded tote bag, postcard set, magnet set, mug, and catalog
- A NOMA-branded water bottle and hat
- NOMA X Bonfolk Griffin socks
- A Marie Antoinette hardback notebook
Raffle tickets will be given at entry when guests purchase or scan their attendance ticket. An additional raffle ticket will be given when guests make a purchase in the NOMA Museum Shop
Small Bites, Cocktails, and Mocktails from Café NOMA
Small bites and drinks will be available for purchase during the evening.
Hands-on Printmaking Activity
Get inspired, get creative! Try your hand at printmaking with designs, colors, and concepts inspired by the exhibition.
More details about this event to be announced soon. Please check this page for updates.
About New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations
The exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations spotlights the work of four contemporary artists working in cities across West Africa: Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa, Sheku “Goldenfinger” Fofanah, David Sanou, and Hervé Youmbi. The first presentation of its kind, New African Masquerades offers a rare look into contemporary West African masquerade by contextualizing the works of individual artists within a range of social, economic, and religious practices and examining their networks of viewership and exchange.
About Kumasi
Kumasi is New Orleans’ own full Afrobeat orchestra. We fell in love with a style of music created over 50 years ago by Fela Kuti and Tony Allen, and we bring it to the people of New Orleans with live shows, as well as three recorded albums. You can expect lots of Fela Kuti tunes and some Afrofunk from ’70s Ghana and Benin in our live shows, and we play and record our original music inspired by those styles. Our original songs are primarily of protest, as well as vigilance toward change and collective growth, but composed to make people move, groove, and be inspired.
About Jer’Lisa Devezin
Jer’Lisa J. Devezin is an artist and educator born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, LA. She earned her BA from Dillard University and MFA from Southern Methodist University. Heavily influenced by her upbringing in the city, Jer’Lisa’s work engages research through a black feminist lens centering identity, sexuality, Black studies, and Southern culture, specifically focusing on New Orleans and socioeconomics.
Thank You to Our Supporters
NOMA at Night is supported in part by grant funds from Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation; and the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.
