StoryQuest

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

Spark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading. Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Lecture with Alice Yelen Gitter

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

Tonight at NOMA, curator Alice Yelen Gitter will give a lecture on self-taught art in the Stern Auditorium. Cafe NOMA will be hosting the annual Edible Book Day competition, and if you're interested in becoming a docent at NOMA, stop by the Docent Open House to get more information. 5-8 pm: Art on the Spot...

Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival

Horticulture lovers and gardening enthusiasts are invited to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden and the Booth-Bricker Courtyard (adjacent to the Museum Shop) for the annual Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival, presented by NOMA and the Greater  New Orleans Iris Society (GNOIS). Come view the newly-bloomed Louisiana irises in the lush sculpture garden. Visitors will...

NOMA Book Club: Program with Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

Join the NOMA Book Club! Each month Book Club reads art-related fiction and non-fiction, and engages in discussion groups, curatorial programs and field trips correlating with each book. Most Book Club programs start promptly at noon, but please come at 11:30 if you wish to bring a sack lunch and meet with friends. NOMA provides...

Movies in the Garden: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (MOVED INDOORS)

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

NOTE: Due to this week's heavy rains, the grounds of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden are too saturated for an outdoor screening. Therefore, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom will be shown indoors in the Stern Auditorium. Pull out your blankets and chairs—for the spring 2016 series of Movies in the Garden, NOMA is screening...

Friday Nights at NOMA: Artist Perspective with Gina Phillips

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

This Friday night at NOMA, curator Russell Lord will lead a gallery talk of the exhibition Vera Lutter: Inverted Worlds. After, stick around for Gina Phillips's artist perspective talk on the exhibition Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum. 5:30 pm: Gallery Talk with Russell Lord on Vera Lutter: Inverted Worlds 6:30 pm:...

Studio KIDS!

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

Art Detectives, get your magnifying glasses ready! This spring, uncover details hidden throughout the museum. Studio KIDS! classes explore art made by diverse cultures throughout time as inspiration for art projects.

$25 – $30

Poets for Art

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

In celebration of National Poetry Month, NOMA is offering a FREE poetry workshop for students in grades 6 – 12, led by teaching artists Andy Young and Anne Marie Rooney. Workshop participants will tour the museum and select a work of art that inspires or engages them, and working with professional writers, students will develop...

StoryQuest

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

Spark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading. Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration.

Lecture with Vera Lutter

In conjunction with the opening of Vera Lutter: Inverted Worlds, internationally renowned artist Vera Lutter presents a lecture on her work over the past ten years, exploring her unusual technique and her fascination with the subjects that she depicts in her monumental photographs. On Tuesday, April 19, Vera Lutter will give a lecture on her work...

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Arpa Quartet

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

  5-8 pm: Art on the Spot 5:30 - 8:30 pm: Music by Arpa Quartet with special guests 7 pm: Film: Finding Vivian Maier   Special Guests Performing with Arpa Quartet: Javier Cabrera Jasso is a master percussionist from Veracruz, Mexico. He has played with the legendary Mexican jazz group, Orbis Tertius since 1986. He...

NOMA Book Club Discussion Group

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

Join the NOMA Book Club! Each month Book Club reads art-related fiction and non-fiction, and engages in discussion groups, curatorial programs and field trips correlating with each book. Most Book Club programs start promptly at noon, but please come at 11:30 if you wish to bring a sack lunch and meet with friends. NOMA provides...