Poetry Workshops with Creative Assembly Cohort Member Daniel Fitzpatrick
2024-01-10 15:30 - 17:00, 2024-01-17 15:30 - 17:00, 2024-01-24 15:30 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
This three-week series of workshops hosted by Creative Assembly Cohort member Daniel Fitzpatrick aims to give poets of all ages and experience levels the space to write. In NOMA’s permanent collection galleries, participants will explore a few techniques that can help to cultivate a habit of poetry and jumpstart new writing. Participants will also discuss ways that visual art can help to understand different approaches to poetry, and how the space between images and words can open windows into the self.
Participants are invited to attend all three sessions or to select one or two of special interest, based on the themes below. Notebooks and pencils, along with reading material tailored to each session, will be provided. All poets will have the opportunity to receive feedback on their work in a supportive group setting or on an individual basis.
Advance registration is required.
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Schedule
Week One January 10: Poetry as Listening
Discuss poetry as a way of listening—to nature, to the divine, to our own bodies, memories, and emotions—and think about how visual art can cultivate a poetic habit of listening.
Week Two January 17: Poetry as Lens, Poetry as Mirror
Learn different approaches to poems as fashioned objects. How can language become a window to a world beyond itself? How can language itself be the object of poetic experience?
Week Three January 24: Metaphor as Guide
Explore ways that metaphors our minds suggest can help get to the emotional core of experience and guide the drafting and re-drafting process.

Gallery Talk on Portrait Miniatures from the Latter-Schlesinger Collection
2024-01-17 12:30 - 13:00, 2024-01-17 18:00 - 18:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.
This week please join Lance Voxel, Museum Floor Lead, for a conversation about Portrait Miniatures from the Latter-Schlesinger Collection on the second-floor Decorative Arts wing. The talk will delve into the fascinating history of miniature portraiture, unraveling the techniques behind their creation, and examining their contemporary counterparts.⁠ This talk will be offered at 12:30 pm and 6 pm.

Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
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Book Club Discussion | All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
2024-01-18 12:00 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. In addition to monthly book discussions, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book to join.
Book selections are inspired by the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copies. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop, where museum members receive a 10% discount.
Meetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm.
For information or questions about the NOMA Book Club, please email kmccurdy@noma.org.
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January 2024
Book Club Discussion | Thursday, January 18, 12 pm

All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.
Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They’re the guards who roam unobtrusively in dark blue suits, keeping a watchful eye on the two million square foot treasure house. Caught up in his glamorous fledgling career at The New Yorker, Patrick Bringley never thought he’d be one of them. Then his older brother was diagnosed with fatal cancer and he found himself needing to escape the mundane clamor of daily life. So he quit The New Yorker and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew.
To his surprise and the reader’s delight, this temporary refuge becomes Bringley’s home away from home for a decade. We follow him as he guards delicate treasures from Egypt to Rome, strolls the labyrinths beneath the galleries, wears out nine pairs of company shoes, and marvels at the beautiful works in his care. Bringley enters the museum as a ghost, silent and almost invisible, but soon finds his voice and his tribe: the artworks and their creators and the lively subculture of museum guards—a gorgeous mosaic of artists, musicians, blue-collar stalwarts, immigrants, cutups, and dreamers. As his bonds with his colleagues and the art grow, he comes to understand how fortunate he is to be walled off in this little world, and how much it resembles the best aspects of the larger world to which he gradually, gratefully returns.

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by the Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK; The Wagner Foundation; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; the Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative, funded by the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; Dr. Scott S. Cowen; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; Harvey and Marie Orth; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter, Jr. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Gallery Talk with Curatorial Fellow Laura Ochoa Rincon
2024-01-24 12:30 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.
This week, join Laura Ochoa Rincon, Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow for a conversation about the exhibition Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection. This talk will be offered at 12:30 pm and 6 pm.

Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
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Film Screening and Panel Discussion: The Black Indians of New Orleans
2024-01-24 18:00
Join us on Wednesday, January 24, in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for a screening of The Black Indians of New Orleans, directed by Dr. Maurice Martinez. Following a sold-out program on January 7, the museum looks forward to presenting an encore screening of this important film.
A panel discussion follows the documentary. Panelists are Big Chief Darryl Montana, Bruce Sunpie Barnes, and Kamau Wesley Phillips.
This program is free and open to the public. Admission and seating are first come, first served. No registration is required. When you arrive at the museum, check-in at the admissions desk.

This program is organized by Creative Assembly Cohort member Diane Honoré, who is Big Queen of the Yellow Pocahontas.
About the Film
The Black Indians of New Orleans (1976, dir. Maurice M. Martinez, 33 min.)
The Black Indians of New Orleans is the first internationally acclaimed film to explore the origins and rituals of the Black Masking Indians of New Orleans. The film documents the cultural history of the Black Masking Indians, their artful suit creation, music, call and response chants, dance movements, and gatherings for Sunday practices. The film includes sunrise-to-sunset coverage of the Black Indians in their suits on Mardi Gras in the 1970s. The film was produced by Dr. Maurice M. Martinez, a New Orleans–born poet, photographer, musician, filmmaker, and scholar steeped in African American culture through both his heritage and academic endeavors.
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ABOUT THE PANELISTS

Big Chief Darryl Montana
Big Chief Darryl Montana celebrated his 50th year masking as a Black Masking Indian at Mardi Gras 2023. His Seventh Ward Creole family has masked for several generations, beginning in the late 1800s with his great-great uncle “Becate” Baptiste Eugene of the first known tribe, the Creole Wild West. Darryl’s father, Big Chief Allison “Tootie” Montana (1922–2005), was known as the “Chief of Chiefs” and remains a legend within the Black Masking Indian community.
Darryl Montana’s intricate designs and superb beading work have earned him widespread recognition. He received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant in 2012 and a United States Artist Fellowship in 2015. He has exhibited around the world, including at SITE Santa Fe’s Fourth International Biennial, Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism, and at Reg Vardy Gallery at the University of Sunderland in England. Recently, the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac in Paris acquired Montana’s 2015 suit for its collection and featured it in the exhibition Black Indians de la Nouvelle-Orléans.
Montana passes along the tradition of Black Masking Indians and his artistry through various classes. He has taught children in workshops and summer programs through Xavier University of Louisiana’s Community Arts Program; and since 2019, he has conducted a series of older adult beading classes at the Louisiana State Museum. Darryl was recognized this year by the Louisiana Folklife Commission as a tradition bearer for carrying on the Black Masking Indian tradition for over 50 years.

Bruce Sunpie Barnes—Bruce Sunpie Barnes
Is a veteran musician, park ranger, actor, former high school biology teacher, former college football All-American, and former NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs. Barnes’s career has taken him far and wide and he has traveled to over 35 countries playing his own style of blues, zydeco, and Afro-Louisiana music incorporating Caribbean and African-influenced rhythms and melodies. He is a multi-instrumentalist playing piano, percussion, harmonica, and he learned to play accordion from some of the best, including Fernest Arceneaux, John Delafose, and Clayton Sampy. With his musical group Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots, he has played festivals and concerts internationally, and has recorded critically acclaimed CDs. Barnes is deeply involved in New Orleans parade culture and takes his music to the streets. He is Second Chief of the North Side Skull and Bone Gang, one of the oldest existing carnival groups in New Orleans and a member of the Black Men of Labor Social Aid and Pleasure Club.
Kamau Wesley Phillips—KAMAU & Spirit of the Drums
A highly regarded drummer and educator, Kamau Wesley Phillips regularly teaches about African rhythms, the musical connections between New Orleans and western African, and the joy of playing drums. He masks Black Indian and plays drums forthe Spirit of FiYaYa and the Mandingo Warriors for several decades.

Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined | Member Preview
2024-01-30 18:30 - 20:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Be the first to experience Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined.
NOMA members are invited to a special preview to explore the highly anticipated exhibition before it opens to the public.
Your membership grants you free admission to the museum all year long, discounted tickets to programs and events, and 10% off in the NOMA Museum Shop.
No registration is required.
Have a question about membership? Contact us at membership@noma.org or 504.658.5130.
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About the Exhibition
This major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan–American artist’s multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today.
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Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined is organized by the New Museum, New York. Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by The Robert Lehman Foundation. Support for the accompanying publication has been provided by the A4 Arts Foundation.
The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Additional support is provided by Delta Airlines, Gladstone Gallery, Walda Besthoff, Victoria Miro Gallery, The Windsor Court, The Azby Fund, Keith Fox and Tom Keyes, Aimée Farnet Siegel and Mike Siegel, Robin Rankin, Elizabeth Boh, Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel, Harvey and Marie Orth, and Jeff Childers and Onay Gutierrez.

Gallery Talk and Performance Inspired by Wangechi Mutu’s Crocodylus with Creative Assembly Cohort Member Lauren Messina and Javier Banks
2024-01-31 12:30
Expand your experience of Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined with monthly gallery talks inside the museum or in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on select Wednesdays: January 31, February 7, March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5, July 10.
Inspired by Wangechi Mutu’s Crocodylus sculpture in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, Creative Assembly Cohort member Lauren Messina has choreographed a dance that embodies her interpretation of the work’s transformative nature, “being—not woman, not animal,” and “depicting power and deep scrutiny of human relations between the body and nature.” The event begins with a short talk by Messina about the sculpture and creating the dance, followed by a performance from Javier Banks alongside the sculpture.
Gallery talks are free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
To book your ticket for this gallery talk in advance, click the link below.
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About the Exhibition
This major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan–American artists’ multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. On view January 31–July 14, 2024, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined traces connections between recent developments in Mutu’s sculptures and her decades-long exploration of the legacies of colonialism, globalization, and African and diasporic cultural traditions. The exhibition travels to NOMA from the New Museum, New York.
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About the Performers
Lauren Messina
Lauren Ashlee Messina, M.F.A. (she/her) is a Big Easy Award-winning dance choreographer with a heart for community engagement. Born in Springfield, Illinois, Lauren has developed her career in the Greater New Orleans area in collaboration with the Marigny Opera Ballet, KM Dance Project, the New Orleans Opera, ELLEvate Dance Company, Dow-Dance Company’s Binge Dance Festival, and the CAC New Orleans as a 2022 Performing Artist-in-Residence. Her choreography has been performed at the New York Jazz Choreography Project, the 92nd Street Y, the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, and the Mississippi Museum of Art. Lauren received the Ailey School’s Oprah Winfrey Foundation Scholarship and participated in the Moving Toward Justice Open Workshop pilot program at Gibney Dance. She is a 2023 Platforms Fund grant recipient, founder of My Free Dance Class, and host of The Parent Artist Podcast on YouTube. In addition to dance, Lauren participated as a video editor for NOVAC’s 2022-2023 Community Documentary Cohort and published the creativity journal and college editions of ChatGPT Prompts for Dancers (available on Amazon). Lauren aims to create meaningful movement experiences that inspire empathy and transformation by collaborating with artists across disciplines in a thriving collective environment that prioritizes mutual respect, trust, and care.
Javier Banks
Javier Banks was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and began dancing at the age of fourteen. They studied at Dancers’ Workshop, under Sharon Mathews and Susan Perlis. With awarded scholarships, Banks also studied at the American Ballet Theatre and Dance Theatre of Harlem. As a freelance dancer, they have performed works with the Alaya Dance Company, Kennedy Dancers, Brooklyn Ballet, Marigny Opera Ballet, and Ballet Hysell.

Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined is organized by the New Museum, New York. Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by The Robert Lehman Foundation. Support for the accompanying publication has been provided by the A4 Arts Foundation.
The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Additional support is provided by Delta Airlines, Gladstone Gallery, Walda Besthoff, Victoria Miro Gallery, The Windsor Court, Keith Fox and Tom Keyes, Aimée Farnet Siegel and Mike Siegel, Robin Rankin, Elizabeth Boh, Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel, Harvey and Marie Orth, and Jeff Childers and Onay Gutierrez.

Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined | Public Opening Celebration feat. Blinky Bill with Aurora Nealand
2024-01-31 17:00 - 21:00
In celebration of the opening of the highly anticipated exhibition Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined, join us for an evening of creativity across the museum and Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Immerse yourself in artist Wangechi Mutu’s world through the exhibition in the first-floor Ella West Freeman Galleries and the pavilion in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Headlining the evening is a live music performance by renowned and globally popular Kenyan musician, producer, and DJ Blinky Bill, featuring tracks from his new album We Cut Keys 2. This special performance features Aurora Nealand and her brass band.

With fresh inspiration from the exhibition, get hands on and explore assemblage art for yourself with a collage-making workshop hosted by artist and designer Denisio Truitt and Jessica Johnson, NOMA’s Creative Aging and Access Coordinator. NOMA’s spring 2024 Teen Art Council will host a pop-up open to guests of all ages.
Café NOMA will be open throughout the evening, with food and specialty cocktails available for purchase.
This event is free and open to the public with advanced registration.
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About the Exhibition
This major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu, brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan–American artist’s multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. On view January 31–July 14, 2024, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined traces connections between recent developments in Mutu’s sculptures and her decades-long exploration of the legacies of colonialism, globalization, and African and diasporic cultural traditions. The exhibition travels to NOMA from the New Museum, New York.
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Opening Celebration Line-up

Live Performance by Blinky Bill with Aurora Nealand and Her Brass Band
7:20 pm in the Lapis Center for the Arts
Renowned Kenyan musician, producer, and DJ Blinky Bill effortlessly demonstrates his experimental style by combining African influences with the familiar sounds of hip-hop, jazz, and funk. As Blinky Bill continues to evolve as a musical trailblazer, his forthcoming album, We Cut Keys 2, out January 26, is guaranteed to continue to provide a free-spirited experience, transcend boundaries, and resonate with audiences around the world.

DJ Set by Delores Galore
5–7 pm in the Great Hall

Gallery Talks on Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined
5:30 pm with New Museum Curator Vivian Crockett
6:30 pm with NOMA Curators Amanda Maples and Lisa Rotondo-McCord

Reflections Station and Photo Booth Presented by NOMA’s Teen Art Coundil
5:30–7 pm in the 1st Floor Elevator Lobby

Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined is organized by the New Museum, New York. Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by The Robert Lehman Foundation. Support for the accompanying publication has been provided by the A4 Arts Foundation.
The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Additional support is provided by Delta Airlines, Gladstone Gallery, Walda Besthoff, Victoria Miro Gallery, The Windsor Court, The Azby Fund, Keith Fox and Tom Keyes, Aimée Farnet Siegel and Mike Siegel, Robin Rankin, Elizabeth Boh, Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel, Harvey and Marie Orth, and Jeff Childers and Onay Gutierrez.

Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined | Film Screenings
2024-02-07 12:00 - 19:00
Expand your experience of Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined through seven of the artist’s films. The films will play on a loop in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts every Wednesday and on select Sundays throughout the run of the exhibition.
Films include Cleaning Earth, 2006; Cutting, 2004; Amazing Grace, 2005; The End of eating Everything, 2013; My Cave Call, 2021; The End of carrying All, 2015; and Eat Cake, 2012. The total runtime is about an hour and a half.
NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts has ample seating and is wheelchair accessible.
Free with museum admission; additional ticketing is not required. Louisiana residents receive free museum admission every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
About the Exhibition
This major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu, brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan–American artist’s multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. On view January 31–July 14, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined traces connections between recent developments in Mutu’s sculptures and her decades-long exploration of the legacies of colonialism, globalization, and African and diasporic cultural traditions. The exhibition travels to NOMA from the New Museum, New York.
Learn More

Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined is organized by the New Museum, New York. Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by The Robert Lehman Foundation. Support for the accompanying publication has been provided by the A4 Arts Foundation.
The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Additional support is provided by Delta Airlines, Gladstone Gallery, Walda Besthoff, Victoria Miro Gallery, the Windsor Court, Keith Fox and Tom Keyes, Aimée Farnet Siegel and Mike Siegel, Robin Rankin, Elizabeth Boh, and Harvey and Marie Orth.

Gallery Talk with Kristina Kay Robinson | Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined
2024-02-07 12:30 - 13:00
Expand your experience of Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined with monthly gallery talks inside the museum or in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on select Wednesdays: January 31, February 7, March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5, and July 10.
Join Kristina Kay Robinson, whose writing is featured in the exhibition’s Creative Concept Studio located in the 1st-floor elevator lobby, for a conversation about Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined.
Gallery talks are free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
About the Exhibition
This major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan-American artists’ multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. On view January 31–July 14, 2024, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined traces connections between recent developments in Mutu’s sculptures and her decades-long exploration of the legacies of colonialism, globalization, and African and diasporic cultural traditions. The exhibition travels to NOMA from the New Museum, New York.
Learn More

About Kristina Kay Robinson
Kristina Kay Robinson is an artist, writer, and scholar born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her writing in various genres has appeared in Art in America, Guernica, The Baffler, The Nation, The Massachusetts Review and Elle among other outlets. Robinson is a 2019 recipient of the Rabkin Prize for Visual Arts Journalism. Currently, she serves as the New Orleans editor-at-large for the Atlanta-based Burnaway magazine.

Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined is organized by the New Museum, New York. Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by The Robert Lehman Foundation. Support for the accompanying publication has been provided by the A4 Arts Foundation.
The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Additional support is provided by Delta Airlines, Gladstone Gallery, Walda Besthoff, Victoria Miro Gallery, The Windsor Court, Keith Fox and Tom Keyes, Aimée Farnet Siegel and Mike Siegel, Robin Rankin, Elizabeth Boh, Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel, Harvey and Marie Orth, and Jeff Childers and Onay Gutierrez.

Gallery Talk with Kristina Kay Robinson | Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined
2024-02-07 18:00
Expand your experience of Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined with monthly gallery talks inside the museum or in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on select Wednesdays: January 31, February 7, March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5, and July 10.
Join Kristina Kay Robinson, whose writing is featured in the exhibition’s Creative Concept Studio located in the 1st-floor elevator lobby, for a conversation about Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined.
Gallery talks are free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
About the Exhibition
This major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan-American artists’ multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. On view January 31–July 14, 2024, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined traces connections between recent developments in Mutu’s sculptures and her decades-long exploration of the legacies of colonialism, globalization, and African and diasporic cultural traditions. The exhibition travels to NOMA from the New Museum, New York.
Learn More
About Kristina Kay Robinson
Kristina Kay Robinson is an artist, writer, and scholar born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her writing in various genres has appeared in Art in America, Guernica, The Baffler, The Nation, The Massachusetts Review and Elle among other outlets. Robinson is a 2019 recipient of the Rabkin Prize for Visual Arts Journalism. Currently, she serves as the New Orleans editor-at-large for the Atlanta-based Burnaway magazine.

Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined is organized by the New Museum, New York. Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by The Robert Lehman Foundation. Support for the accompanying publication has been provided by the A4 Arts Foundation.
The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Additional support is provided by Delta Airlines, Gladstone Gallery, Walda Besthoff, Victoria Miro Gallery, The Windsor Court, Keith Fox and Tom Keyes, Aimée Farnet Siegel and Mike Siegel, Robin Rankin, Elizabeth Boh, Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel, Harvey and Marie Orth, and Jeff Childers and Onay Gutierrez

Gallery Talk on Self-Portrait by Margaret Taylor Burroughs
2024-02-21 12:30 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.
This week, join Dr. Redell Hearn, NOMA’s Chief Educator, for a conversation about Margaret Taylor Burroughs’ Self-Portrait. This talk will be offered at 12:30 pm and 6 pm.

Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
GET TICKETS
To book your ticket in advance, click the link above and select the day for the gallery talk you’d like to attend.

MEDIUM: ATRs in Art
2024-02-21 17:30 - 19:30
New Orleans is home to vibrant and dynamic spiritual communities spanning city neighborhoods. In celebration of the exhibition Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined, Creative Assembly Cohort member Charm Taylor and local contemporary artists invite you to join a circle to honor and share experiences at the intersection of multidisciplinary art and African traditional religions.

The night will open with poetry from Sha’Condria “iCON” Sibley and sacred drumming. Following, local artists, including Gason Ayisyin, Soraya Jean-Louis, Janese Brookes-Galathe, Luther Gray, Sula Spirit, ÌFÉ, and Charm Taylor, will offer exploratory discussions of their art with an emphasis on Afro-Indigenous cultural memory, home, the environment, and ritual.

Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.

About the Exhibition
This major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan–American artist’s multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. On view through July 14, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined traces connections between recent developments in Mutu’s sculptures and her decades-long exploration of the legacies of colonialism, globalization, and African and diasporic cultural traditions. The exhibition travels to NOMA from the New Museum, New York.
Learn More
Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined is organized by the New Museum, New York. Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by The Robert Lehman Foundation. Support for the accompanying publication has been provided by the A4 Arts Foundation.
The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Additional support is provided by Delta Airlines, Gladstone Gallery, Walda Besthoff, Victoria Miro Gallery, The Windsor Court, The Azby Fund, Keith Fox and Tom Keyes, Aimée Farnet Siegel and Mike Siegel, Robin Rankin, Elizabeth Boh, Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel, Harvey and Marie Orth, and Jeff Childers and Onay Gutierrez.

Gallery Talk with Self-Portrait by Margaret Taylor Burroughs
2024-02-21 18:00 - 18:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119

Book Club Discussion | Dust
2024-02-22 12:00 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. In addition to monthly book discussions, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book to join.
Book selections are inspired by the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copies. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop, where museum members receive a 10% discount.
Meetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm.
For information or questions about the NOMA Book Club, please email kmccurdy@noma.org.
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February 2024
Book Club Discussion | Thursday, February 22, 12 pm

Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
From a breathtaking new voice, a novel about a splintered family in Kenya—a story of power and deceit, unrequited love, survival and sacrifice.
Odidi Oganda, running for his life, is gunned down in the streets of Nairobi. His grief-stricken sister, Ajany, just returned from Brazil, and their father bring his body back to their crumbling home in the Kenyan drylands, seeking some comfort and peace. But the murder has stirred memories long left untouched and unleashed a series of unexpected Odidi and Ajany’s mercurial mother flees in a fit of rage; a young Englishman arrives at the Ogandas’ house, seeking his missing father; a hardened policeman who has borne witness to unspeakable acts reopens a cold case; and an all-seeing Trader with a murky identity plots an overdue revenge. In scenes stretching from the violent upheaval of contemporary Kenya back through a shocking political assassination in 1969 and the Mau Mau uprisings against British colonial rule in the 1950s, we come to learn the secrets held by this parched landscape, buried deep within the shared past of the family and of a conflicted nation.
Here is a spellbinding novel about a brother and sister who have lost their way; about how myths come to pass, history is written, and war stains us forever.

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by the Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK; The Wagner Foundation; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; the Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative, funded by the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; Dr. Scott S. Cowen; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; Harvey and Marie Orth; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter, Jr. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Member Magic Hours | Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined
2024-02-24 09:00 - 10:00
Step into artist Wangechi Mutu’s world as we open the museum’s galleries early, just for members. Enjoy coffee and pastries on us and then explore painting, sculpture, video, and more from one of the most exciting contemporary artists at work today.
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About the Exhibition
This major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan-American artists’ multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. On view January 31–July 14, 2024, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined traces connections between recent developments in Mutu’s sculptures and her decades-long exploration of the legacies of colonialism, globalization, and African and diasporic cultural traditions. The exhibition travels to NOMA from the New Museum, New York.
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Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined is organized by the New Museum, New York. Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by The Robert Lehman Foundation. Support for the accompanying publication has been provided by the A4 Arts Foundation.
The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Additional support is provided by Delta Airlines, Gladstone Gallery, Walda Besthoff, Victoria Miro Gallery, The Windsor Court, The Azby Fund, Keith Fox and Tom Keyes, Aimée Farnet Siegel and Mike Siegel, Robin Rankin, Elizabeth Boh, Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel, Harvey and Marie Orth, and Jeff Childers and Onay Gutierrez.

Studio KIDS! | Birds of a Feather (Ages 6–9 and 10–12)
2024-02-25 10:30 - 12:00
Join us at the museum on select weekend mornings for Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from artwork in the galleries or Besthoff Sculpture Garden, then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist. Registration is required and includes all art-making materials.
$25 members | $30 non-members
Pre-registration required.
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Schedule

BIRDS OF A FEATHER | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
Examine the enchanting black-and-white photography of birds by Debbie Fleming Caffery in NOMA’s Great Hall, then use your imagination to craft your own mixed-media birds complete with feathers, buttons, and clay.
PROCESS OVER PRODUCT | SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
Explore the amorphous sculpture of Louisiana native Lynda Benglis, followed by an art-making activity in which the process is more important than the product. The focus is on the joy of creation and using your imagination.
FANTASTICAL CREATURES | SATURDAY, MAY 11, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
Unlock your creativity in Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined. We’ll design and bring to life imaginative and fantastical creatures inspired by the boundless realms of our imaginations and dreams.

Move Ya Brass in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden: New Orleans, New Year Yoga Sculpt Class
2024-02-25 12:00 - 13:00
Join Move Ya Brass in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden! Ash Wednesday marks the end of Carnival season and a feeling of the new year here in New Orleans. To start off this new year, we are offering a yoga sculpt class centering themes of renewal, rest, and mindfulness.
This class, led by instructor Arielle Hunter, is a beginner-friendly, dynamic, and physically challenging workout that combines traditional yoga poses with strength training exercises. In this class, participants enhance muscle tone and overall strength while still incorporating yoga’s mindfulness and flexibility aspects.
It offers a well-rounded fitness experience with a focus on building core stability, balance, and cardiovascular endurance. Participants can expect a supportive environment, guidance on proper form, and modifications to suit their fitness level, making it a great choice for those looking to boost both their physical and mental well-being through a structured and invigorating practice.
Please bring your own mat and towel, as the class will be held on the grass.
Enter the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Enrique Alferez Drive, go right, and follow the path past the pavilion to access the North Lawn.
Class will be canceled if temperatures are below 50ºF or inclement weather occurs within two hours before the program. Registrants will be notified if the class is canceled due to inclement weather.
Advance registration is sold out. There will be limited spots available in person at the event on a first come first serve basis. Check-in at the NOMA Sculpture Garden’s North Lawn at the start of the class at 12 pm for available spots.
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About Move Ya Brass
Move Ya Brass Krewe is a fun and funky fitness program from New Orleans started by local jazz vocalist Robin Barnes. Offering free fitness classes around the city, you come to Move Ya Brass fitness classes as a stranger, but leave as family. The MYB mission is to promote a happy, positive, and healthy lifestyle, and to encourage celebrating our daily lives by taking you off the sidelines and into a New Orleans second line!
About the Instructor
Move Ya Brass instructor Arielle Hunter is a Louisiana native and seasoned fitness coach. She will guide you through a sculpting flow practice to enhance strength and balance. Her background in community fitness, Crossfit, and group classes has prepared her to offer options for different fitness levels.

Gallery Talk on Roberto Lugo’s "Stunting" Garniture Set
2024-02-28 12:30 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.
This week, join Kr3wcial, NOMA Creative Assembly Cohort member, for a conversation about Roberto Lugo’s “Stunting” Garniture Set. This talk will be offered at 12:30 pm.
Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
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To book your ticket in advance, click the link above and select the day for the gallery talk you’d like to attend.

Fi Yi Yi Forever: A Retirement Celebration Honoring The Life and Legacy of Big Chief Victor Harris
2024-02-28 18:00 - 20:00
Join us to celebrate the retirement of Big Chief Victor Harris after 59 years as a Black Masking Indian with a short film presentation, words of thanks from community leaders, and African drumming. This program is presented by the Retirement Committee to Honor Big Chief Victor Harris and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
The celebration begins at 6:00 pm in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. Doors open at 5:30 pm.
Free and open to the public. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the Lapis Center for the Arts.

About the Big Chief Victor Harris
Big Chief Victor Harris began his journey as a Black Masking Indian at the age of fifteen with the Yellow Pocahontas Tribe and Chief of Chiefs Tootie Montana. He later became chief of his own tribe, The Mandingo Warriors – Spirit of Fi Yi Yi. Today, Big Chief Fi-Yi-Yi is the longest continuously masking Indian in the history of New Orleans with 58 years of service to the Indigenous culture. Harris created his first suit with the color black and for 2024, Big Chief will close the chapter of this journey with another historic Black suit. Big Chief Fi-Yi-Yi is one of the most recognized chiefs in the city of New Orleans. In addition to being a Big Chief, Victor Harris is a community leader, proud husband, father, and grandfather—plus an inspiration to all!

NOMA’s Art Thrives programs are supported by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy.

Gallery Talk on In Two Canoe | Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined
2024-03-06 12:30
Expand your experience of Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined with monthly gallery talks inside the museum or in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on select Wednesdays: January 31, February 7, March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5, and July 10.
Join Ra’Jae’ Wolf, NOMA’s Marketing and Communications Associate, for a conversation about Wangechi Mutu’s In Two Canoe, located outside of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden’s pavilion.
No registration is required. The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is free and open to the public seven days a week. When you arrive, please wait at the Besthoff Sculpture Garden office for directions.
About the Exhibition
This major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan-American artists’ multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. On view January 31–July 14, 2024, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined traces connections between recent developments in Mutu’s sculptures and her decades-long exploration of the legacies of colonialism, globalization, and African and diasporic cultural traditions. The exhibition travels to NOMA from the New Museum, New York.
Learn More

Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined is organized by the New Museum, New York. Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by The Robert Lehman Foundation. Support for the accompanying publication has been provided by the A4 Arts Foundation.
The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Additional support is provided by Delta Airlines, Gladstone Gallery, Walda Besthoff, Victoria Miro Gallery, The Windsor Court, Keith Fox and Tom Keyes, Aimée Farnet Siegel and Mike Siegel, Robin Rankin, Elizabeth Boh, Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel, Harvey and Marie Orth, and Jeff Childers and Onay Gutierrez.

Urban Mosaics: Kr3wcial and Charm Taylor Live at the Museum
2024-03-06 19:00 - 21:00
Creative Assembly Cohort artists Kr3wcial and Charm Taylor present “Urban Mosaics,” an unforgettable night of hip-hop at the museum that reflects the cultural vibrancy of New Orleans’s neighborhoods.
For this special performance in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts, the two artists bring together musicians from across the city for a one-night-only presentation.
Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.

Charm Taylor and the Light (Lauren Fuller, Wino Willy, Saint Amethyst)
From the artist: Charm Taylor is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and change-maker. As an independent vocalist and songwriter, Taylor first gained recognition as the lead singer of the electric soul-rock band the Honorable South. She has collaborated with Galactic, Spirit McIntyre, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Mononeon, and more. Her music defies genres and her dynamic performances are infused with themes of ancestral memory, wellness, and deep feminine strength—also evident in her bold visual creations meditating on pathways to liberation. In 2015, she released a critically acclaimed first solo EP, The Road Within, followed by several albums with local indie imprint Sinking City Records, including her album She Is the Future, and her most recent collection Evolution. Taylor has served in the community as an activist and educator, and she is a graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles.
Kr3wcial and More Love (TJ Nathan, Jemila Dunham, Yahel Yizracyah Yisrael)
From the artist: In the vibrant tapestry of New Orleans’ rich musical heritage, Kr3wcial emerges as a dynamic figure, transcending the boundaries of traditional hip-hop. Born and raised in the heart of the Crescent City, Kr3wcial’s music is a sonic journey through the soul of New Orleans itself. With lyrics that delve deep into the city’s intricate layers—from the gritty streets to the transcendent spirit of its people—he weaves a narrative that is both raw and poetic, reminiscent of the city’s jazz and blues roots. Kr3wcial’s tracks, often enlivened with the pulse of brass and the rhythm of New Orleans, serve as a compelling commentary on the city’s multifaceted nature. Through his verses, he explores themes of resilience, identity, and social consciousness. Beyond the studio, Kr3wcial is a community.

MARI Presents “Beyond the Beautiful Map: Toward Large-Scale Modeling and Community-Engaged Settlement Pattern Research”
2024-03-08 18:00 - 20:00
In celebration of the centennial of the Middle American Research Institute (MARI), director Dr. Marcello A. Canuto gives a lecture in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts: “Beyond the Beautiful Map: Toward Large-Scale Modeling and Community-engaged Settlement Pattern Research.”
Please register in advance to guarantee a seat. Free and open to the public.
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About the Lecture
Despite the long-standing interest in Maya settlement patterns in archaeology, the tropical forest has imposed practical and methodological constraints that have led academics toward local-scale analysis. Ambitious efforts to scale up local models using remote sensing have been continually thwarted by the regionalism and heterogeneity of the Maya Forest.
The use of airborne laser scanning (lidar) as a direct-discovery technique, capable of mapping enormous areas in minute detail, has given the discipline’s macro-scale objectives new life. Lidar provides new approaches to reconstruct Maya settlement patterns at previously unreachable scales by simultaneously recording topography, archaeological settlement, anthropogenic landscape modification, and vegetation.
Here, we use lidar-derived settlement and topographic data to develop a settlement suitability model that identifies constraints on settlement patterning and historical contingencies in the growth of individual cities. We also demonstrate how this approach might give significant information for local modern communities to better manage and steward the natural and cultural resources of locations where the Maya Forest still exists.

About Marcello A. Canuto
Marcello A. Canuto is currently the Director of the Middle American Research Institute and Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University. He received his BA from Harvard University in 1991 and his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002. Before coming to Tulane in 2009, he was an Assistant Professor at Yale University.
He has undertaken archaeological excavations in the Maya region, South America, India, North Africa, and the northeast US. His primary research interest in the Maya area has been on the integrative mechanisms that the ancient Maya used to build and maintain a socio-politically complex society throughout both the Preclassic and Classic periods. More broadly, his interests include household and community dynamics, the development of socio-political complexity in ancient societies, the definition of identity through material culture, and the modern social contexts of archaeology in Mesoamerica. His past research in Honduras investigated the nature of ethnic diversity at Copan.
He now co-directs a project in the understudied Northwest Peten, Guatemala where he investigates the construction of social categories and the mechanisms by which complex socio-political organizations develop and were maintained.
About the Middle American Research Institute
Founded in 1924, the Middle American Research Institute (MARI) at Tulane University strives to promote greater understanding of the vibrant and diverse cultures of Middle America. It stewards an extensive collection of textiles, artifacts, and an archive of letters, field notes, maps, and photographs from the scores of field projects it has sponsored and continues to sponsor. We strive to make these accessible to researchers and the general public through a variety of exhibitions, workshops, and symposia.
Furthermore, MARI continues to support anthropological, archaeological, ethnohistorical, linguistic, and ethnographic research projects throughout Mexico and Central America.
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Social Emotional Learning Workshop (Ages 6 and Up)
2024-03-09 10:00 - 12:00
Social emotional learning (SEL) is an educational framework to help foster social skills that develop and maintain healthy relationships with self and others. The SEL curriculum focuses on recognizing and managing emotions, setting positive goals, demonstrating caring and concern for self and others, and maintaining positive relationships. This program helps to connect these skills with the artists and artworks in the museum’s permanent collection or who are featured in special exhibitions. Designed for children ages 6 and up, the workshop includes an art-making activity, close looking at an object in the collection, storytime, and a movement-based activity. SEL workshops are led and produced in partnership with NOMA’s Teen Art Council (TAC), a cohort of creative high school students and youth leaders who serve as ambassadors for the museum.
Free with museum admission. Advanced registration is encouraged.
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Schedule
SEL WORKSHOP: Self-esteem, Empowerment, and Margaret T.G. Burroughs’s Self-Portrait | Saturday, March 9, 10 AM–12PM
Join us for a social-emotional learning workshop dedicated to building self-esteem and positive thinking. Including age-appropriate object lessons for Margaret T.G. Burrough’s Self-Portrait, art-making activities, storytime, and a healing movement session with Shanda Domango Brown. Domango Brown will be teaching movement and meditation for empowering our youth to cultivate compassion and self-worth from within.

About Our Partners
Domango Training’s mission is to fully empower and equip their clients with the tools to heal themselves physically and spiritually through ancestral connection, movement, and meditation. Domango Training envisions a community where healing is a lifestyle for individuals through physical, spiritual, and wellness practices. Influenced by dance, fitness, somatic and embodiment practices, Shanda Domango Brown has developed a new integrative approach to healing and processing emotions and self-expression, called “healing movement.”

Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon
2024-03-14 - 2024-03-17
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Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon
Patron and Preview Party | Wednesday, March 13, 6 pm & 7 pm
On View to the Public | Thursday, March 14–Sunday, March 17
Lecture Series | Thursday, March 14
Luncheon and Fashion Show | Thursday, March 14
Silent Auction | Monday, March 11–Monday, March 18
Art in Bloom Chairs | Jeanne de Laureal and Elizabeth Wooten
NOMA Volunteer Committee Chair | Tully Forrester Jordan
Garden Study Club of New Orleans President | Courtney Le Clercq
One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs, floral designers, and creative talents from New Orleans and beyond. Take in fabulous floral installations throughout the museum, learn directly from today’s top design talents, and celebrate spring during the luncheon and fashion show. Your support provides critical resources for both NOMA’s educational initiatives and exhibitions and the Garden Study Club of New Orleans’ community projects.
For sponsorship inquiries and questions about Art in Bloom please email aib@noma.org or call 504.658.4121.

Art in Bloom Admission Tickets
View spectacular floral installations throughout the museum made by floral designers, garden clubs, and other creative talents with Art in Bloom’s general admission tickets. Installations will be on view for the public Thursday, March 14–Sunday, March 17.
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Patron and Preview Party Tickets | Wednesday, March 13, 6 pm and 7 pm
Online Patron and Preview Party ticket sales have closed. Tickets are available at the door.
Make a Donation to Art in Bloom
Show your support for NOMA and the Garden Study Club of New Orleans by making a donation to Art in Bloom.
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Tickets are non-refundable. In the event that we are unable to host Art in Bloom for any reason, your ticket purchase or sponsorship will be considered a 100% tax-deductible donation.

Art in Bloom Schedule of Events
BIDDING CLOSED—Silent Auction | Monday, March 11–Monday, March 18
Online and in NOMA’s Coleman Courtyard
Bid on this featured work by Mary Ball and items from other artists, designers, and more through Monday, March 18, at 12 pm.

SOLD OUT — Lecture Series | Thursday, March 14 | 10:30 am
Lapis Center for the Arts

Farm-to-Table: Florals & Flavors
Join Greg Campbell and Erick New, co-owners of Garden District in Memphis, Tennessee, and Elizabeth Heiskell, a cookbook author and celebrity chef who operated a catering business and vegetable farm in Oxford, Mississippi until she reinvented her culinary path as a regular on “TODAY Show.” Elizabeth will share stories from the Delta flatlands to the Oxford hills while demonstrating her favorite seasonal vegetable dishes––recipes you can prepare in a few minutes and impress your guests with time and time again. Greg and Erick will complement Elizabeth’s creations with tablescapes using flowers sourced from family-owned farms across the U.S. and abroad that are showcased in their new book Florists to the Field.
SOLD OUT — Luncheon and Fashion Show | Thursday, March 14 | 12:30 pm
City Park’s Pavilion of the Two Sisters
Featuring looks by SOSUSU & Greta Constantine

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The Windsor Court is offering a promotion for attendees visiting New Orleans for Art in Bloom. Use the code ARTINBLOOM2024 when booking to take advantage of this special rate.
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Public Tours of Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined
2024-03-14 14:00
After you see the spectacular floral installations during Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon, explore Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined, which includes nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films by one of the leading figures in contemporary art. NOMA docents and staff will lead guided tours of the exhibition at 2 pm each day Wednesday, March 14–Sunday, March 17.
Admission to Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon is required. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
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About Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined
This major solo exhibition of work by Wangechi Mutu brings together nearly one hundred sculptures, paintings, collages, drawings, and films to present the breadth of the Kenyan-American artists’ multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1990s to today. On view through July 14, 2024, Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined traces connections between recent developments in Mutu’s sculptures and her decades-long exploration of the legacies of colonialism, globalization, and African and diasporic cultural traditions. The exhibition travels to NOMA from the New Museum, New York.
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Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined is organized by the New Museum, New York. Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Ed Bradley Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by The Robert Lehman Foundation. Support for the accompanying publication has been provided by the A4 Arts Foundation.
The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Additional support is provided by Delta Airlines, Gladstone Gallery, Walda Besthoff, Victoria Miro Gallery, The Windsor Court, The Azby Fund, Keith Fox and Tom Keyes, Aimée Farnet Siegel and Mike Siegel, Robin Rankin, Elizabeth Boh, Pat Mitchell and Scott Seydel, Harvey and Marie Orth, and Jeff Childers and Onay Gutierrez.

POSTPONED — Studio KIDS! | Process Over Product (Ages 6–9 and 10–12)
2024-03-16 10:30 - 12:00
Join us at the museum on select weekend mornings for Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from artwork in the galleries or Besthoff Sculpture Garden, then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist. Registration is required and includes all art-making materials.
$25 members | $30 non-members
This workshop session has been postponed. If requesting a refund, please contact programs@noma.org.

Schedule

BIRDS OF A FEATHER | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
Examine the enchanting black-and-white photography of birds by Debbie Fleming Caffery in NOMA’s Great Hall, then use your imagination to craft your own mixed-media birds complete with feathers, buttons, and clay.
PROCESS OVER PRODUCT | TBD, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
Explore the amorphous sculpture of Louisiana native Lynda Benglis, followed by an art-making activity in which the process is more important than the product. The focus is on the joy of creation and using your imagination.
FANTASTICAL CREATURES | SATURDAY, MAY 11, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM
Unlock your creativity in Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined. We’ll design and bring to life imaginative and fantastical creatures inspired by the boundless realms of our imaginations and dreams.
