New Orleans Museum of Art

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Mia Borders | Artist Perspective with Ceramicist Kevin John O'Keefe | Talk by Prospect.4 Artist Odili Donald Odita
2018-01-26 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Mia Borders
6 pm: Artist Perspective with Ceramicist Kevin John O’Keefe
7 pm: “The Indivisible and the Invincible,” a talk by Prospect.4 artist Odili Donald Odita

ABOUT MIA BORDERS
Born and raised in New Orleans, Mia Borders’ original music genuinely reflects the oft-referenced melting pot of her hometown. Her catalogue of nine commercial releases spans from pop-rock-influenced “the ep” in 2007 to the R&B LP “Fever Dreams” in 2016. Heralded locally and nationally as one of New Orleans’ best talents, Borders has been featured on AXS.tv’s coverage of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and has performed at such renowned venues as Essence Festival, Brazil’s Bourbon Street Music Festival, House of Blues New Orleans, Tipitina’s, Santa Cruz Blues Fest, Chattanooga’s Night Fall, Voice of the Wetlands, Memphis’ Levitt Shell, Wakarusa, Long’s Park Amphitheater, 2012 Food & Wine Classic, and The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.
ABOUT KEVIN JOHN O’KEEFE
Kevin John O’Keefe is an artist based in Gulfport, Mississippi. He has worked with master potter Jimmy Anderson and his son Peter Jr. in the preservation of the life and work of their forefather, Peter Anderson of Ocean Springs, Mississippi. O’Keefe has worked for the George Ohr Museum’s “Mud Daubers” arts camp and has also taught wheel-thrown and hand-built ceramics in many other studios. His work has been shown at the Museum of Art in Hattiesburg and the Andrew Jessup Gallery in Biloxi. In September of 2005 he was in the last stages of preparation for a large private installation at The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park Campus Library when Hurricane Katrina destroyed the campus and damaged this body of work. This show and samplings of his work can be seen at KevinJohnOKeefe.com. After regrouping with the help of The Mississippi Arts Commission, O’Keefe began refining undeveloped and unconventional techniques using salt. These works were promoted in various galleries on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and in New Orleans. Beyond ceramics, O’Keefe’s fresh, creative talent has led to a wide variety of projects, including artistic designs for a Mississippi manufacturer of drum sticks, graphic design of covers for several books and bibles, and logos and marketing packages for several businesses.
ABOUT ODILI DONALD ODITA
Odili Donald Odita is an African American abstract painter who lives and works in Philadelphia. Odita’s work explores color both in the figurative historical context and in the sociopolitical sense. His vibrant large-scale abstractions have been described as “showstoppers” and are considered to raise questions about race and society. Most of Odita’s work is inspired by the vibrant textiles of his home country, Nigeria mixed with patterns from Western modernity. His Forever mural, commissioned in 2011, fills an entire wall in NOMA’s elevator lobby on the first floor. For Prospect.4, he has created brightly multicolored flags installed at places of “cultural, racial and historical importance” around the city, and more of his work is on view aboard the Algiers ferry.
Odita is primarily a painter, but also works in photo-based pieces and installation art. He has experimented with a variety of media, but his works since the 1990s are often large-scale paintings on canvas and Plexiglass. He sometimes paints directly on walls to alter the perception of space. Often involving “complex interlocking geometries and contrasting hues,” his works are seen as raising significant questions about race and society.
Friday Nights at NOMA is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust; 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 as administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans.

Studio KIDS!
2018-01-27 10:00 - 12:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This spring, Studio KIDS! presents “Express Yourself” art classes for children. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art making techniques. In each class, Studio KIDS! explores art made by diverse cultures as inspiration for art projects. From sculpting to painting, each class features different media and techniques. Register for one class or the entire series. Make sure to sign up in advance to ensure your spot.
Call 504.658.4100 or email education@noma.org to register or for more information.
Ages 5 – 10 | 10 am – 12 pm
January 27 | SOLD OUT!
Abstract Ceramic Sculpture
Push creative boundaries and explore form over function as you create an abstract sculpture from clay.
Cost per class:
$25 | members
$30 | nonmembers
Full schedule can be found here.

StoryQuest
2018-01-27 11:00 - 11:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
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.
Saturday, January 27: Hats
Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission.
Find the full schedule here. Contact 504-658-4100 or education@noma.org with questions.
Major support for StoryQuest is provided by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.

Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Who The #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?
2018-01-27 14:00 - 16:00
What inspires a collector and when do personal collections become something more? Join us on select Fridays and Saturdays in January and February to explore the on-screen stories of passionate collectors who have helped shape the twenty-first-century art museum landscape.

Saturday, January 6, 2 pm: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Friday, January 12, 7:30 pm: Adele’s Wish
Saturday, January 27, 2 pm: Who The #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?
Friday, February 16, 7 pm: Herb and Dorothy
Saturday, February 17, 2 pm: Iris

ABOUT WHO THE #$&% IS JACKSON POLLOCK?
After Teri Horton, a 73-year-old semi-truck driver with an eighth-grade education, bought a large splatter painting for her friend at the Dot Spot Thrift Shop in San Bernardino, California, for $5, she was forced to sell it in her own garage sale when her friend said it would not fit in her house trailer. An art teacher who spotted the painting commented that it might be an original work by Jackson Pollock—and potentially worth $50 million. This documentary follows Horton, her son, and a forensics specialist as they attempt to prove to the world, or more specifically the art community, that this unlikely find is a true modern masterpiece. In Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? veteran documentary filmmaker Harry Moses exposes the controversy in the world of high-priced artwork as he paints a vivid picture of how art is bought and sold in America. (2006 | Rated PG-13 | 1 hour, 14 minutes)
Watch the trailer:

Museum Highlights Tour
2018-02-01 13:00 - 14:00, 2018-03-01 13:00 - 14:00
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in!
Special group tours can be arranged with two-weeks advance notice. Call Tracy Kennan, Curator of Education, at 504.658.4113.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Lynn Drury | A Passion for Collecting: A Conversation with Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen-Gitter
2018-02-02 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Lynn Drury
6 – 7:30 pm: A Passion for Collecting: A Conversation with Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen-Gitter, moderated by Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord

ABOUT LYNN DRURY
Lynn Drury has been an integral part of the New Orleans music scene for more than fifteen years. She was recently nominated “Songwriter of the Year” from Offbeat Magazine (2015), Best Female Performer by Gambit Weekly (2015), and has been featured at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for over ten years. She plays a style called “Mississippi Grit/New Orleans Groove.” Her song City Life was featured on ESPN’s ten-year Hurricane Katrina anniversary video. Her most recent album, Come to My House, was produced by John Porter, who has produced thirteen Grammy-winning albums.
ABOUT DR. KURT GITTER AND ALICE YELEN-GITTER
Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen-Gitter’s collection of contemporary Japanese pottery forms the exhibition New Forms, New Voices, on view through May 13. Join Asian-art Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord as she moderates a conversation that will engage the couple in stories about their passion for Japan and its art, and the friendships they have formed with many of the ceramicists.
Friday Nights at NOMA is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust; 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 as administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans.

Studio KIDS!
2018-02-03 10:00 - 12:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This spring, Studio KIDS! presents “Express Yourself” art classes for children. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art making techniques. In each class, Studio KIDS! explores art made by diverse cultures as inspiration for art projects. From sculpting to painting, each class features different media and techniques. Register for one class or the entire series. Make sure to sign up in advance to ensure your spot.
Call 504.658.4100 or email education@noma.org to register or for more information.
Ages 5 – 10 | 10 am – 12 pm
February 3
Fantastic Floats
Gather inspiration from Bror Wikstrom’s fantastical Mardi Gras designs then create your own miniature float.
Cost per class:
$25 | members
$30 | nonmembers
Full schedule can be found here.

StoryQuest
2018-02-03 11:00 - 11:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
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.
Saturday, February 3: Celebration
Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission.
Find the full schedule here. Contact 504-658-4100 or education@noma.org with questions.
Major support for StoryQuest is provided by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.

Noontime Talk: Bror Anders Wikstrom: Bringing Fantasy to Carnival, with Curator Mel Buchanan
2018-02-07 12:00 - 13:00
Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a discussion about the watercolor sketches of New Orleans’ Carnival floats and costumes from the turn of the twentieth century by artist Bror Anders Wikstrom. An exhibition of his works remains on view through April 1.
Noontime Talks are brief, casual discussions on exhibitions or works of art in the galleries given by NOMA curators and special guests. For more information, call (504) 658.4100. Wednesdays are FREE for Louisiana residents with ID thanks to The Helis Foundation.

No Friday Nights at NOMA
2018-02-09 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA will not be held on Friday, February 9, in advance of Mardi Gras weekend. The museum will close at 5 pm and reopen on Sunday, February 11.

Closed for Endymion Parade Saturday
2018-02-10 10:00 - 18:00
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Saturday, February 10, as City Park hosts thousands of Carnival revelers for the annual Krewe of Endymion parade. Please visit on Sunday, February 11, when our doors reopen at 11 am.

Closed for Mardi Gras
2018-02-13 10:00 - 18:00
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Tuesday, February 13, in observation of Mardi Gras.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by The Huval-Fuselier Cajun Trio | Docent tour of permanent collection | Collect-O-Mania Film Fest
2018-02-16 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, special exhibitions, Café NOMA and the Museum Shop are open till 9 pm.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Huval-Fuselier Cajun Trio
6 pm: Docent-guided tour of NOMA’s permanent collections
7 pm: Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Herb and Dorothy

ABOUT THE HUVAL-FUSELIER CAJUN TRIO
Luke and Philip Huval and Zach Fuselier represent the next generation of talented teenage Cajun musicians. Each has already gained notoriety in family bands and professional situations — Luke and Phillip sharing the stage with father Terry’s Jambalaya Cajun Band, and Zach Fuselier with Joe Hall’s Louisiana Cane Cutters. Together they form a formidable trio that has already played the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Festival International in Lafayette, Louisiana, and out-of-state events in Canada and Wisconsin.
In 2014, they recorded a very traditional album with fellow musician Cameron Dupuy showing that the group is well rooted in the core of Cajun music, as noted by its renditions of such cherished favorites as “Les Petits Yeux Bleus” and “Reno Waltz,” and popping instrumentals “Ossun Two-Step” and “Hick’s Wagon Wheel Special.”
ABOUT HERB AND DOROTHY
He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history, including works by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, photographers Cindy Sherman and Lorna Simpson, minimalist Robert Mangold, and post-minimalist Richard Tuttle. Meet Herb and Dorothy Vogel, whose shared passion and discipline have defied stereotypes and redefined what it means to be an art collector. (Not rated | 2008 | 1 hour, 27 minutes | Watch the trailer)
Friday Nights at NOMA is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust; 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 as administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans.

Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Herb and Dorothy
2018-02-16 19:00 - 21:00
What inspires a collector and when do personal collections become something more? Join us on select Fridays and Saturdays in January and February to explore the on-screen stories of passionate collectors who have helped shape the twenty-first-century art museum landscape.

Saturday, January 6, 2 pm: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Friday, January 12, 7:30 pm: Adele’s Wish
Saturday, January 27, 2 pm: Who The #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?
Friday, February 16, 7 pm: Herb and Dorothy
Saturday, February 17, 2 pm: Iris

ABOUT HERB AND DOROTHY
He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history, including works by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, photographers Cindy Sherman and Lorna Simpson, minimalist Robert Mangold, and post-minimalist Richard Tuttle. Meet Herb and Dorothy Vogel, whose shared passion and discipline have defied stereotypes and redefined what it means to be an art collector. (Not rated | 2008 | 1 hour, 27 minutes)
Watch the trailer:

Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Iris
2018-02-17 14:00 - 16:00
What inspires a collector and when do personal collections become something more? Join us on select Fridays and Saturdays in January and February to explore the on-screen stories of passionate collectors who have helped shape the twenty-first-century art museum landscape.

Saturday, January 6, 2 pm: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Friday, January 12, 7:30 pm: Adele’s Wish
Saturday, January 27, 2 pm: Who The #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?
Friday, February 16, 7 pm: Herb and Dorothy
Saturday, February 17, 2 pm: Iris

ABOUT IRIS
From legendary documentarian Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter), Iris pairs the late 88-year-old filmmaker with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. Apfel’s signature style is accented by her coveted collection of couture costume jewelry. More than a fashion film, the documentary is a story about creativity and how a soaring free spirit continues to inspire. (PG-13 | 2014 | 1 hour, 19 minutes)
Watch the trailer:

Noontime Talk: A Queen Within with Curators Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov
2018-02-21 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year.
Join guest curators Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov of MUSEEA for a discussion about the exhibition A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes. Experimental gowns, headpieces, and jewelry by avant-garde fashion designers Alexander McQueen, Gucci, Gypsy Sport, and Iris van Herpen, among others, investigate symbols of womanhood and challenge conventional notions of beauty. More than 100 articles of daring fashion are presented in a dramatic gallery design that explores eight archetypal personality types.

Gallery Talk: A Queen Within with artist Joanne Petit-Frére
2018-02-21 15:00 - 16:00
Joanne Petit-Frére is among the designers represented in A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes. She takes sculpture into new realms with her incredibly complex hair designs, which call upon influences as diverse as math, nature, engineering, chemistry, garment construction, Old World architecture, Africa, and the Americas. In 2017, her work was at the center of a media controversy after the architectural braided crown she created for singer Solange Knowles was airbrushed out of the Evening Standard magazine’s cover story. The publication apologized after the singer posted the image on social media and referenced her own song, “Don’t Touch My Hair.”
Image: Joanne Petit-Frére, Bishop Please braid hair sculpture, Redressing the Crown series, Courtesy of Joanne Petit-Frère, Photo Michael Slosar

NOMA Book Club Curatorial Program
2018-02-22 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2018 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact Sheila A. Cork at 504.658.4117 or scork@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.

February 2018 Selection
Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion by Lauren Goldstein Crowe
Thomas Dunne Books, 2010. ISBN: 978-0312592943
In 2007, the news of Isabella Blow’s suicide at the age of 48 made headlines around the world―but there is more to the story of Isabella than her tragic end. The key supporter and muse of milliner Philip Treacy and designer Alexander McQueen, Blow was truly more than a muse or patron. She was a spark, an electrical impulse that set imaginations racing, an individual who pushed others to create their best work. Lauren Goldstein Crowe has crafted a superbly entertaining narrative, wrapping the anecdotes of Isabella’s antics around a candid, insightful portrayal of a woman whose thirst for the fantastical ultimately became irreconcilable with life in the real world. (Amazon.com)
Thursday, February 22, 12 – 1 pm| Curatorial Program with Mel Buchanan, RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts & Design

Small Talk: Beyond the Frame
2018-02-23 11:30 - 12:00
Small Talks are 10 to 15 minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join Mellon Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper as he discusses photographic portrayals of Native Americans in the focus exhibition Beyond the Frame.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Bon Bon Vivant | A Conversation with A Queen Within Curators
2018-02-23 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, special exhibitions, Café NOMA and the Museum Shop are open till 9 pm.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Bon Bon Vivant
6 pm: A Conversation with Exhibition Curators Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov of A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes

ABOUT BON BON VIVANT
Bon Bon Vivant is an Indie-Gypsy/New Orleans band playing original bawdy gypsy swing, dark ballads and uptempo indie rock/dance music. Front-woman Abigail Cosio’s songwriting is as fierce as it is heartbreaking, often compared to Amy Winehouse, Melody Gardot and Florence and the Machine. BBV pays homage to the New Orleans music tradition while infusing an indie/punk edge, attracting both swing dancers and indie-rock concert goers alike.
ABOUT SOFIA HEDMAN AND SERGE MARTYNOV
MUSEEA is the collaboration of the artist and design duo Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov: a multidisciplinary curatorial platform based in Barcelona that curated A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes.
Over nearly a decade, Hedman and Martynov have jointly curated and designed numerous critically acclaimed exhibitions in renowned museums and art institutions worldwide. Integral to their work is creating thought-provoking immersive environments that intrigue, inspire, and draw people together. Their unique combination of both conceptual and aesthetic design allows MUSEEA to shape powerful curatorial narratives and in turn engage their audiences in sensorial and emotive experiences. Hedman and Martynov’s projects are driven by their passions for stimulating collaborations, global inclusivity, and sustainable artistic practices.

Studio KIDS!
2018-02-24 10:00 - 12:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This spring, Studio KIDS! presents “Express Yourself” art classes for children. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art making techniques. In each class, Studio KIDS! explores art made by diverse cultures as inspiration for art projects. From sculpting to painting, each class features different media and techniques. Register for one class or the entire series. Make sure to sign up in advance to ensure your spot.
Call 504.658.4100 or email education@noma.org to register or for more information.
Ages 5 – 10 | 10 am – 12 pm
February 24 | SOLD OUT!
Color Me Happy!
Express your emotions through color in your painting inspired by Abstract Expressionist artists.
Cost per class:
$25 | members
$30 | nonmembers
Full schedule can be found here.

StoryQuest
2018-02-24 11:00 - 11:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
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.
Saturday, February 24: Wild
Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission.
Find the full schedule here. Contact 504-658-4100 or education@noma.org with questions.
Major support for StoryQuest is provided by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.

Special screening of The Square
2018-02-25 14:00 - 16:30
NOMA will screen Ruben Östlund’s 2017 Swedish satirical movie The Square, starring Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, and Dominic West. The film centers around Christian, the prestigious curator of a Stockholm museum who finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit, “The Square.” The installation invites passersby to altruism, reminding them of their role as responsible fellow human beings, but as the movie’s storyline makes clear, it can be difficult to live up to your own ideals. Christian’s foolish response to the theft of his phone drags him into shameful situations. Meanwhile, the museum’s public relations agency has created an unexpected campaign for “The Square.” The response is overblown and sends Christian, as well as the museum, into an existential crisis. Movie critic Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times wrote: “The Square may be many things — a high-wire ensemble comedy, a vivid character study, a tirelessly sustained volley of ideas — but it is no one’s idea of sanctuary.” (Rated R | 2 hours, 31 minutes | Watch the trailer)

NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
2018-02-27 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2018 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact Sheila A. Cork at 504.658.4117 or scork@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.

February 2018 Selection
Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion by Lauren Goldstein Crowe
Thomas Dunne Books, 2010. ISBN: 978-0312592943
In 2007, the news of Isabella Blow’s suicide at the age of 48 made headlines around the world―but there is more to the story of Isabella than her tragic end. The key supporter and muse of milliner Philip Treacy and designer Alexander McQueen, Blow was truly more than a muse or patron. She was a spark, an electrical impulse that set imaginations racing, an individual who pushed others to create their best work. Lauren Goldstein Crowe has crafted a superbly entertaining narrative, wrapping the anecdotes of Isabella’s antics around a candid, insightful portrayal of a woman whose thirst for the fantastical ultimately became irreconcilable with life in the real world. (Amazon.com)
Tuesday, February 27, 12 – 1 pm | Book Discussion Group

NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
2018-02-28 13:30 - 15:00
Join NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2018 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact Sheila A. Cork at 504.658.4117 or scork@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.

February 2018 Selection
Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion by Lauren Goldstein Crowe
Thomas Dunne Books, 2010. ISBN: 978-0312592943
In 2007, the news of Isabella Blow’s suicide at the age of 48 made headlines around the world―but there is more to the story of Isabella than her tragic end. The key supporter and muse of milliner Philip Treacy and designer Alexander McQueen, Blow was truly more than a muse or patron. She was a spark, an electrical impulse that set imaginations racing, an individual who pushed others to create their best work. Lauren Goldstein Crowe has crafted a superbly entertaining narrative, wrapping the anecdotes of Isabella’s antics around a candid, insightful portrayal of a woman whose thirst for the fantastical ultimately became irreconcilable with life in the real world. (Amazon.com)
Wednesday, February 28, 1:30 – 3 pm | Book Discussion Group

Friday Nights at NOMA: Opera Nouvelle presents Champion: An Opera in Jazz | Piano music by Nolan Tecklenburg | Fashion on Film Series
2018-03-02 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, Café NOMA, and the Museum Shop remain open till 9 pm.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 – 6:45 pm: Music by pianist Nolan Tecklenburg
6:30 pm: Fashion on Film Series: The Legacy of Alexander McQueen
7 pm: Opera Nouvelle presents selections from Champion: An Opera in Jazz

ABOUT OPERA NOUVELLE AND Champion: An Opera in Jazz by Terence Blanchard
Opera Nouvelle will perform selections from Champion: An Opera in Jazz in advance of its New Orleans premiere. The opera, with music by New Orleans’ jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard, is based on the life of professional boxer Emile Griffith, a three-time World Welterweight Champion and twice a World Middleweight Champion who fought from the late 1950s into the 1970s. One of Griffith’s greatest professional triumphs—winning back the Welterweight Championship from Benny “The Kid” Paret in 1962—was also one of his greatest personal tragedies. The seventeen punches he landed on Paret in seven seconds resulted in not only a knockout, but also a coma from which Paret would never recover. Paret would die ten days later.
Before that life-changing televised fight, in a room full of press and officials, Paret mocked Griffith repeatedly with a derogatory term for homosexual. Years later, Griffith’s sexuality as a gay man was revealed to the public after he was nearly killed by a gang outside a gay bar in New York. “I kill a man,” Griffith was quoted to have said, “and most people understand and forgive me. I love a man, and to so many people this is an unforgivable sin.” In an inspiring, moving, and painful journey of self-discovery, Champion presents audiences with a great contemporary tragic hero—a man of strength and courage consumed ultimately by rage, regret, and the terrible consequences of his actions.
ABOUT FASHION ON FILM: THE LEGACY OF ALEXANDER McQUEEN
In conjunction with A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, NOMA will screen five documentaries related to the fashion industry. Alexander McQueen (1969–2010) is among the designers represented in the exhibition. The Legacy of Alexander McQueen, directed by Loïc Print, chronicles the last four collections before McQueen’s suicide in 2010. Through footage of his spectacular and provocative shows, never-before-seen interviews of his mother and his relatives, the documentary sheds light on the stunning world and the inspirations/obsessions of the world-renowned designer. (2015 | 53 minutes | Watch the trailer)
Friday Nights at NOMA is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust; 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 as administered by the Arts Council of New Orleans.

Fashion on Film Series: The Legacy of Alexander McQueen
2018-03-02 18:30 - 20:00
This five-part film series, presented in conjunction with the exhibition A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, considers the role of fashion in modern society and takes an in-depth look at some of the industry’s most influential tastemakers.

Friday, March 2, 6:30 pm: The Legacy of Alexander McQueen
Saturday, March 3, 2 pm: Bangaologia: The Science of Style and Sapeurs: The Men Inside the Suits
Saturday, April 7, 2 pm: Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Friday, April 20, 7:30 pm: The First Monday in May
Friday, May 18, 9:30 pm: The September Issue

ABOUT THE LEGACY OF ALEXANDER McQUEEN
Using never before seen interviews and archival fashion footage, this documentary finished in 2015 by Loïc Prigent explores Alexander McQueen’s artistic inspirations through the lens of his last four collections. A year before he died, the highly controversial Alexander McQueen presented a collection that revisited all the codes of an oeuvre that began in the 1990s. Morbid and excessive, he ridiculed fashion and would crush and throw everything out, only to start all over again, better. Six months later, he presented what critics hailed as a visionary masterpiece: Plato’s Atlantis. His previous collection had spoken of a planet invaded by waste; this new collection evoked an amphibian world, in which faces and bodies had mutated. From the cut of the clothes to the wild shoes, everything was new. Finally, on January 18, 2010, three weeks before he committed suicide, McQueen put on his last fashion show, The Bone Collector. With a catacomb backdrop, men were covered in shinbones, skulls, and ropes. It was a premonitory display. This enlightened and inspired documentary features remarkable images of McQueen’s many fashion shows—dances of death and political commentary shot through with multiple references—offering a fascinating insight into the designer’s career and personality.
Watch the trailer:

Studio KIDS!
2018-03-03 10:00 - 12:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This spring, Studio KIDS! presents “Express Yourself” art classes for children. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art making techniques. In each class, Studio KIDS! explores art made by diverse cultures as inspiration for art projects. From sculpting to painting, each class features different media and techniques. Register for one class or the entire series. Make sure to sign up in advance to ensure your spot.
Call 504.658.4100 or email education@noma.org to register or for more information.
Ages 5 – 10 | 10 am – 12 pm
March 3
Tell Your Story
Paint a self-portrait and add collage materials to tell the story of you.
Cost per class:
$25 | members
$30 | nonmembers
Full schedule can be found here.

StoryQuest
2018-03-03 11:00 - 11:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
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.
Saturday, March 3: Hats
Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission.
Find the full schedule here. Contact 504-658-4100 or education@noma.org with questions.
Major support for StoryQuest is provided by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.
