Friday Nights
Friday Nights at NOMA: Film screening on James Castle
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA5-8 pm: Art on the Spot 5:30-8:30 pm: Music by DJ Kazoo 6:30 pm: Film: James Castle: Portrait of an Artist About James Castle: Portrait of an Artist Born deaf in 1899 in rural Idaho – only nine years after that frontier territory was admitted to the Union – James Castle mined the local...
Movies in the Garden: Jaws
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAPull out your blankets and chairs--for the spring 2016 series of Movies in the Garden, NOMA is screening films that feature iconic music by the award-winning composer John Williams. Before the film starts, enjoy live music and free art activities. Food from Crepes a la Cart, Rollin' Fatties, and Frencheeze food trucks will be available...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Lecture with Richard Goodman
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAJoin us and writer Richard Goodman, as he gives a lecture on the art of self-taught artist James Edward Deeds. Enjoy live music by Josh Paxton, free art activities, great art, and more! 5 - 8pm: Art on the Spot 5:30 - 8:30pm: Music by Josh Paxton 6:30 pm: Lecture with Richard Goodman: “The Outsider...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Arts and Letters with Jesmyn Ward
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LATonight at NOMA, don't miss this edition of Arts and Letters with authors Thomas Beller and Jesmyn Ward. Before the discussion, learn more about self-taught art at a gallery talk on Self-Taught Genius with curatorial assistant Anne C. B. Roberts. 5-8 pm: Art on the Spot 5:30-8:30 pm: Music by Daria Dzruik & The Hip...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Lecture with Dread Scott
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA5-8 pm: Art on the Spot 5:30-8:30 pm: Music by Rex Gregory 6:30 pm: Lecture with Dread Scott About Rex Gregory Rex Gregory is a saxophonist and composer currently residing in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated from the University of New Orleans with a B.A. in Jazz Performance. He plays all forms of saxophones,...
NOMA and The NOLA Project Present “Don Quixote”-New Show Added!
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LANOMA and The NOLA Project have partnered again to present another production in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Big Easy Award winning playwright Pete McElligott brings a classic novel to new and hilarious life with Miguel de Cervantes' classic tale Don Quixote. This world premiere is a comedy of old folly mixed with...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by The New Orleans Moonshiners
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAThis Friday night at NOMA, enjoy live music from The New Orleans Moonshiners. We're also screening I'm Not There, a film by Todd Haynes on singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Be sure to check out Bob Dylan: The New Orleans Series, currently on view in NOMA's Great Hall. 5-8 pm: Art on the Spot 6:30 pm: Film:...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Artist Perspective with AnnieLaurie Erickson
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAJoin us for an Artist Perspective talk with Prof. AnnieLaurie Erickson. Erickson will discuss her artistic practice involving the creation of alternative modes of photographic production. Reflecting on her own work as well as the work in the exhibition Vera Lutter: Inverted Worlds, Erickson will speak to a contemporary impetus to probe the medium of...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Discussion with Del Hall and Richard Campanella
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAJoin us for a special program with journalist Del Hall and geographer Richard Campanella. Campanella recently wrote the book The Photojournalism of Del Hall: New Orleans and Beyond, 1950s-2000. From LSU Press: With the aid of previously unpublished photographs and stills, critically acclaimed geographer and author Richard Campanella turns the focus around to the Emmy...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Opening of The Essence of Things
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAJoin us tonight for the opening of The Essence of Things -- Design and the Art of Reduction: An Exhibition of the Vitra Design Museum. Reiner Packeiser, head of exhibitions at the Vitra Design Museum will give a lecture in the Stern Auditorium, followed by a gallery talk by NOMA's own curator of decorative arts...
Friday Nights at NOMA: A LEGO Brickumentary Screening
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAThis Friday night, join us for a screening of the fun-loving documentary on the timeless LEGO toys. We've also got live music by Jon Roniger, free art activities for the whole family, and more! Don't forget to view the exhibition The Essence of Things, which celebrates simplicity in design through 150 objects including familiar items...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Lecture by Fish Factory Media
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA5 - 8 pm: Art on the Spot 5:30 - 8:30 pm: Music by Marc Stone 6:30 pm: Lecture by Fish Factory Media: Video Game Design About Fish Factory Media Paul Fisch and Ian Fisch are the founders of Fish Factory Media, a New Orleans based video game development studio. They have over a decade...