New Orleans Museum of Art

Sculpture Garden Tour
2017-12-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Saturdays at noon through mid-December. Sited on five acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than 60 works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

David Lynch Film Retrospective: Blue Velvet
2017-12-02 14:00 - 16:00
In this five-film retrospective on select Saturdays in November and December, NOMA invites audiences to look back at David Lynch’s on-screen creations and consider his early artistic influences. (All films are free to members; standard museum admission applies to non-members.)
ABOUT BLUE VELVET
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child. Blue Velvet blends psychological horror with film noir and stars Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern. Lynch has called it a “film about things that are hidden—within a small city and within people.”

Noontime Talk: East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography with Curator Russell Lord
2017-12-06 12:00 - 13:00
Join Curator Russell Lord on a tour of East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography with an emphasis on the business of being a photographer. East of the Mississippi marks the first exhibition of nineteenth-century photography from the eastern half of the United States. 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.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Marcus Akinlana | Lecture: “Improving Nature: Image Manipulation in Nineteenth-Century Photography,” by France Scully Osterman and Mark Osterman
2017-12-08 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 Marcus Akinlana
6:30 – 8 pm: Create Late: Black and White (charcoal still life)
7 pm: “Improving Nature: Image Manipulation in Nineteenth-Century Photography,” a lecture by France Scully Osterman and Mark Osterman

ABOUT MARCUS AKINLANA
Marcus Akinlana is an artist, traditional African Sango priest, martial arts instructor and drummer. He lives in New Orleans, where he co-runs Positive Creations Fine Arts and WON Mural Society with his wife Fatu Akinlana, two art companies both founded in the 1980s. He has also cofounded Ile Eko Asa Yoruba Ni New Orleans, a study institute for traditional African culture and spirituality. In 2012, Akinlana also founded Avalanche JA Self Defense and Combat School, a martial arts training academy. Akinlana is a professional drummer and now combines his visual arts with music.
ABOUT FRANCE SCULLY OSTERMAN AND MARK OSTERMAN

France Scully Osterman is an artist-educator and lecturer at Scully & Osterman Studio and guest scholar at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, both in Rochester, New York. She has received glowing reviews of her “Sleep” exhibit in Art in America, Paris Photo Magazine, and the Village Voice. France is recognized for her extensive knowledge of early photographic processes including photogenic drawings, wet-plate and dry-plate collodion, albumen, and salt print methods. She gives lectures and workshops at museums and universities and teaches in her nineteenth-century skylight studio.

Mark Osterman is Photographic Process Historian at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. He teaches the technical evolution of photography from Niepce heliographs to making gelatin emulsions. As an artist, his series “Confidence,” based on a traveling medicine show he performed for twenty years, received high praise in Photo Review, After Image, and Zoom magazines. Osterman’s most recent writings on the subject of early photographic processes include the nineteenth-century chapter for the Focal Encyclopedia of Photography . He began research in historic photographic processes while attending the Kansas City Art Institute in the 1970s.
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.

Create Late
2017-12-08 18:30 - 20:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Exclusively for adults, kick off your weekend with a glass of wine and a paint brush! Unwind with a teaching artist-led art project while enjoying Friday Nights at NOMA programming. Reserve your space now!
Friday, December 8
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Black & White | Develop your drawing skills by creating a still life using charcoal pencils.
NOMA Members | $25
Nonmembers | $30
Price includes materials, wine, and access to Friday Nights at NOMA programming.
Contact education@noma.org or 504.658.4100 to reserve your space today! Reservations close at 4 pm the day of each workshop.

Studio KIDS!
2017-12-09 10:00 - 12:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This Fall, Studio KIDS! presents Art 101 for young artists. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and build up their artistic skills. 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
December 9 SOLD OUT! Waiting list is available.
Ceramics 101 | Bodacious Boats
Explore the ancient Egyptian boat figures before creating your own ceramic ship.
Cost per class:
$25 | members
$30 | nonmembers
Full schedule can be found here.

Baby Artsplay! at NOMA
2017-12-09 10:30 - 11:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Baby Artsplay! at NOMA
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of 6 workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 10:30 am

This free 6-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
December 9 | Workshop 5 – Up, Down & All Around (spatial awareness)
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 0-3.
Contact education@noma.org or 504-658-4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

StoryQuest
2017-12-09 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, December 9: Houses
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.

David Lynch Film Retrospective | The Straight Story
2017-12-09 14:00 - 16:00
In this five-film retrospective on select Saturdays in November and December, NOMA invites audiences to look back at David Lynch’s on-screen creations and consider his early artistic influences. (All films are free to members; standard museum admission applies to non-members.)
ABOUT THE STRAIGHT STORY
Alvin Straight has not shown up to his regular bar meeting with his friends. He is eventually found lying on his floor at home, although he insists that he “just needs a bit of help getting up.” His daughter Rose takes her reluctant father to see a doctor, who sternly admonishes Alvin to give up tobacco. He also tells Alvin that he should start using a walker. Alvin refuses. Alvin then learns that his brother Lyle has suffered a stroke. Longing to visit him, but unable to drive, Alvin gradually develops a plan to travel to his brother’s home, crossing Iowa and Wisconsin on a riding lawnmower and towing a small homemade travel trailer, to the consternation of his family and friends. Actor Richard Farnsworth was terminally ill with metastatic prostate cancer during the shooting of the movie, which had spread to his bones and caused the paralysis of his legs as shown in the film. The Straight Story also stars Sissy Spacek and Harry Dean Stanton. (1999 | Rated G | 1 hour, 52 minutes | Watch the trailer)

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Opera on Tap | Gallery Talk with Mary Niall Mitchell on East of the Mississippi | Landscape on Film Series screening of Days of Heaven
2017-12-15 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 and exhibitions, Café NOMA, and the Museum Shop remain open till 9 pm.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
6 – 8:30 pm: Music by the New Orleans Opera Association’s Opera on Tap
6 pm: Gallery Talk with Mary Niall Mitchell on “The Photographer and the Cityscape in the 1850s” within the exhibition East of the Mississippi
7 pm: Landscape on Film Screening: Days of Heaven

ABOUT OPERA ON TAP
In October 2007 the Big Easy partnered with the Big Apple to make New Orleans the first official Opera on Tap franchise. Each season, the New Orleans Opera presents the finest young local and regional singers in casual, 90-minute concerts of opera, Broadway and more. Now in its eleventh season, Opera on Tap–New Orleans is attracting people from around the world.
ABOUT MARY NIALL MITCHELL
Mary Niall Mitchell is the Ethel & Herman L. Midlo Chair in New Orleans Studies, Joseph Tregle Professor in Early American History, and Associate Professor of History at the University of New Orleans where she co-directs the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies. She will deliver a Gallery Talk on “The Photographer and the Cityscape in the 1850s,” with emphasis on Philadelphia photographer James McClees and New Orleans photographer Jay Dearborn Edwards.
Mitchell is the author of Raising Freedom’s Child: Black Children and Visions of the Future after Slavery (NYU Press, 2008). Her latest book project, The Slave Girl in the Archive, is a study of race, photography, slavery, and memory in the nineteenth century. Mitchell is one of three lead historians for Freedomonthemove.org, a collaborative database of fugitive slave advertisements housed at Cornell University. She has written for the New York Times Disunion blog, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, and Common-place.org. She has received fellowships and awards from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the J. William Fulbright Foundation.
ABOUT DAYS OF HEAVEN
In conjunction with East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography, three films with dramatic landscapes will be screened. In Days of Heaven, a steelworker, Bill (Richard Gere) flees Chicago after a fight with his boss, taking his little sister, Linda (Linda Manz) and girlfriend, Abby (Brooke Adams) with him to the rural Texas panhandle. Terrence Malick’s screen poem about life in America at the turn of the century is a story of love and murder told through the voice of a child and expressive images of nature in 1916. (Rated PG | 1 hour, 35 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.

Studio KIDS!
2017-12-16 10:00 - 12:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This Fall, Studio KIDS! presents Art 101 for young artists. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and build up their artistic skills. 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
December 16 SOLD OUT! Waiting list is available.
Sculpture 101 | Storied Structures
Transform everyday objects into structures that tell a story.
Cost per class:
$25 | members
$30 | nonmembers
Full schedule can be found here.

Baby Artsplay! at NOMA
2017-12-16 10:30 - 11:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Baby Artsplay! at NOMA
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of 6 workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 10:30 am

This free 6-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
December 16 | Workshop 6 – Get Your Motor Running (motor skills)
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 0-3.
Contact education@noma.org or 504-658-4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

David Lynch Film Retrospective | Mulholland Drive
2017-12-16 14:00 - 16:00
In this five-film retrospective on select Saturdays in November and December, NOMA invites audiences to look back at David Lynch’s on-screen creations and consider his early artistic influences. (All films are free to members; standard museum admission applies to non-members.)
ABOUT MULHOLLAND DRIVE
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. The net-noir mystery film stars Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller and Robert Forster. The story includes several other seemingly unrelated vignettes that eventually interlock, as well as some surreal and darkly comic scenes and images that relate to the cryptic narrative. (2001 | Rated R | 2 hours, 27 minutes | Watch the trailer)

Noontime Talk: East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper
2017-12-20 12:00 - 13:00
Join Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper on a tour of East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography with an emphasis on industry and agriculture. East of the Mississippi marks the first exhibition of nineteenth-century photography from the eastern half of the United States. 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.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Screening of An Affair to Remember | Holiday Tunes with DJ Neil Pellegrin | Gallery Talk with John Lawrence on photographer J.D. Edwards in East of the Mississippi | Vintage Christmas Performance by New Orleans Dance Academy | Café NOMA Cooking Demo
2017-12-22 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 pm: Retro Holiday Music by WWOZ DJ Neil Pellegrin
6 – 7 pm: Gallery Talk with John Lawrence on photographer Jay Dearborn Edwards in East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography
6:30 pm: Cooking demonstration with Café NOMA executive chef Chris Montero
6:30 – 7:30 pm: Vintage Christmas dance performance by the New Orleans Dance Academy
7 pm: Screening of an Affair to Remember (1957)

ABOUT NEIL PELLEGRIN
Neil Pellegrin regularly hosts the Tuesday night 1950s’ Rhythm and Blues Show on WWOZ 90.7 FM. He developed an affinity for vintage R&B and rock ‘n’ roll as a teen (roughly 20 years ago). From there, he began digging deep for obscure artists and tracks from the mid-20th century. He will spin stacks of wax of vintage holiday tunes.
ABOUT JOHN LAWRENCE
John Lawrence is director of museum programs at The Historic New Orleans Collection, where he has worked since 1975, and a professional photographer. He has extensively researched the life and career of 19th-century New Orleans photographer Jay Dearborn Edwards. Edwards was was among the earliest photographers to document the city. In the three years leading up the Civil War, he appears to have made at least 118 “Views of New Orleans.” His vision of the city offers a remarkable compendium of construction, shipping, and business activity. Although he rarely focused on the human countenance, Edwards captured the full sense of the nation’s third-largest port at its antebellum height, and his work is represented in the current NOMA exhibition East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography.
ABOUT CAFÉ NOMA COOKING DEMONSTRATION
Join Café NOMA executive chef Chris Montero for a special cooking demo featuring party appetizers and libations to impress your holiday guests. Featured items will include favorites from the café’s menu: golden beet sliders, Creole Country Italian sausage flatbread pizza, and hot cinnamon apple cider. Samples will be served.
ABOUT NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY
Established in 1990, the New Orleans Dance Academy offers instruction in classical ballet, flamenco, jazz, tap, and hip hop in a friendly, noncompetitive atmosphere. The children’s dance program consists of several levels of instruction and culminates with an annual spring performance. A troupe of five students will perform a vintage Christmas dance.
ABOUT AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star in this romantic drama filmed in 1957 and nominated for four Academy Awards. Grant portrays Nickie Ferrante, a suave lady-killer whose return to New York to marry a rich heiress is well publicized as are his many antics and affairs. He meets a nightclub singer, Terry McKay (Kerr), who is also on her way home on board a cruise ship to reunite with her longtime boyfriend. She sees Nickie as just another playboy and he sees her as standoffish, but over several days at sea they soon find they’ve fallen in love. Torn by their obligations to others, the couple agrees that they will meet again in six months time atop the Empire State Building. This will give them time to deal with their current relationships. On the agreed date, Nickie is waiting patiently for Terry who is racing to join him. Fate intervenes, however, resulting in misunderstanding and heartbreak and only fate can save their relationship. (Not Rated | 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.

StoryQuest
2017-12-23 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, December 23: Rivers
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.

Christmas Eve - Special Hours
2017-12-24 11:00 - 17:00
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open on Sunday, December 24, from 11 a.m. to 5 pm. Find those last-minute gifts in the Museum Shop!

Closed for Christmas
2017-12-25 10:00 - 17:00
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on December 25 in observance of the Christmas holiday.

Studio KIDS! Holiday Workshops
2017-12-28 09:30 - 12:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Explore your artistic side this holiday season! NOMA offers 3 single-day Studio KIDS! Holiday Workshops to engage young artists in the creative process. Students will explore works of art in the museum galleries and get creative in the studio.
Call 504-658-4128 or email education@noma.org to register or for more information.
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Price per class: $30 members / $35 nonmembers
Thursday, December 28 SOLD OUT! Waiting list is available.
Beaded Beasts
Ages 5-10
Go wild with beading your favorite animal onto a bag inspired by beaded works of art created by Indigenous peoples of Canada.
Full schedule can be found here.

Studio KIDS! Holiday Workshops
2017-12-29 09:30 - 12:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Explore your artistic side this holiday season! NOMA offers 3 single-day Studio KIDS! Holiday Workshops to engage young artists in the creative process. Students will explore works of art in the museum galleries and get creative in the studio.
Call 504-658-4128 or email education@noma.org to register or for more information.
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Price per class: $30 members / $35 nonmembers
Friday, December 29
Shake, Rattle, and Roll!
Ages 5-10
Ring in the New Year by creating your own noisemaker inspired by British Victorian New Year’s rattles.
Full schedule can be found here.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Landscape on Film Series: There Will Be Blood | Music by Alexis and the Samurai
2017-12-29 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 with YAYA
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Alexis and the Samurai
6 – 8:30 pm: Landscape on Film Series: There Will Be Blood
6:30 pm: Docent-guided tour of the permanent collection

ABOUT ALEXIS AND THE SAMURAI
Exiled after having lost everything in hurricane Katrina, Alexis Marceaux has spent the last twelve years returning home and building up a career from scratch. The meantime has been hard-fought but fruitful, with appearances at The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Voodoo Music Experience, SXSW, and several tours of the US and Europe. Alexis and bandmate Sam Craft met in 2009 and initially teamed up for Alexis’ sophomore effort Orange Moon (2011). Under the tutelage and engineering of The Polyphonic Spree’s Rick Nelson, the duo drew an all-star cast, 25 of NOLA’s finest musicians of every genre for this big, lush, indie-pop opus with a distinct Louisiana flavor.
ABOUT THERE WILL BE BLOOD
NOMA’s three-film Landscape on Screen Series concludes with There Will Be Blood, a 2007 movie inspired by Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel Oil!. The film tells the story of Daniel Plainview, a silver miner-turned-oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California’s oil boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Daniel Day-Lewis, Kevin J. O’Connor, Ciarán Hinds, Kevin J. O’Connor, and Dillon Freasier star in the film, much of which was shot in Marfa, Texas, and in the historic Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, California. The the jury for American Film Institute named the film among its top ten for 2007 and wrote: ” There Will Be Blood is bravura film-making by one of American film’s modern masters. Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic poem of savagery, optimism and obsession is a true meditation on America. The film drills down into the dark heart of capitalism, where domination, not gain, is the ultimate goal. In a career defined by transcendent performances, Daniel Day-Lewis creates a character so rich and so towering, that ‘Daniel Plainview’ will haunt the history of film for generations to come.” (2 hours, 38 minutes | Rated R | 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.

New Year's Eve - Special Hours
2017-12-31 11:00 - 17:00
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open on Sunday, December 31, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

New Year's Day - Special Hours
2018-01-01 08:00 - 17:00
NOMA welcomes the new year and visitors on Monday, January 1, from noon to 5 p.m. Enjoy a day in our galleries and sculpture garden as the holiday season comes to a close.

Museum Highlights Tour
2018-01-02 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.

Noontime Talk: Personalities in Clay with Curator Mel Buchanan
2018-01-03 12:00 - 13:00
Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a noontime talk in the decorative arts galleries for an insightful walkthrough of the exhibition Personalities in Clay: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection. The exhibition features more than seventy ceramics made between 1940 to the end of the twentieth century. Noontime talks are casual discussions—complimentary with museum admission—led by curators, artists, and special guests scheduled throughout the year.
For more information, call (504) 658.4100. Wednesdays are FREE for Louisiana residents with ID thanks to The Helis Foundation.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Gallery Talk for Personalities in Clay | Music by Shawn Williams | Drawings in Clay Workshop
2018-01-05 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 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 Shawn Williams
6 – 7 pm: Gallery Talk with Curator Mel Buchanan for Personalities in Clay: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection
7 – 8:30 pm: Drawings in Clay: Sgraffito Technique Workshop with Rachael DePauw

ABOUT SHAWN WILLIAMS
New Orleans’ pioneering voice in “alt-rock countrybilly serial-killer blues,” Shawn Williams describes her sound as that “of a dirtier-minded Elvis deciding to get it on in the back of some roadhouse saloon with one of those sad-eyed cowboy types that would rather be drinking alone.”
An accomplished career in radio has taken her from Atlanta to New York City and back to her hometown of New Orleans, where she marked success as the former programming director for two of the city’s largest radio stations (NASH FM 92.3 and 106.1 The Underground), all the while managing to maintain the schedule required of a young bandleader in a vibrant night town.
Her debut album Shadow (2017) is a skillfully-mastered collection of originals that moves seamlessly from old-school R&B-inflected rockers to softer, wistful numbers. On recording as in live performance, she conveys a sense of rawness, a depth of feeling, and a lack of pretension that set her apart from the rest of the city’s pool of talented up-and-coming musicians. Aside from her own music, she is also the founder of the all-female Elvis tribute band, Pelvis Breastlies.
ABOUT CURATOR MEL BUCHANAN AND PERSONALITIES IN CLAY
Mel Buchanan is the RosaMary Curator for Decorative Arts and Design. She will lead visitors on an insightful walkthrough of an exhibition of more than seventy ceramics created between 1940 and the end of the twentieth century on loan from NOMA’s Director Emeritus E. John Bullard.
ABOUT RACHAEL DEPAUW AND THE DRAWINGS IN CLAY WORKSHOP
Join artist Rachael DePauw in a hands-on workshop exploring the sgraffito technique. DePauw will walk participants through the history of sgraffito and how she applies the technique in her own pottery practice. Under DePauw’s guidance, participants will then use the technique in creating their own works on tablets that will be fired at an off-site studio. Finished tablets will be available for pickup at a later date. THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT
This program is presented in conjunction with Personalities in Clay: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection.
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.

Drawings in Clay: Sgraffito Technique
2018-01-05 19:00 - 20:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Drawings in Clay: Sgraffito Technique
Friday, January 5 | 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
NOMA Members | $50
Nonmembers | $60
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Join artist Rachael DePauw in a hands-on workshop exploring the sgraffito technique. DePauw will walk participants through the history of sgraffito and discuss how she uses the technique in her own pottery practice. Under DePauw’s guidance, participants will apply the technique in creating their own works on tablets that will be fired at an off-site studio. Finished tablets will be available for pickup at a later date.
Registration is required. Please contact egreenwald@noma.org or 504-658-4140 to register or for more information.
About the Artist
Rachael DePauw currently lives and works in New Orleans where she maintains an active studio career. Since graduating from Tulane University, DePauw has become increasingly influenced by both the aesthetic and philosophic concepts associated with New Orleans’s Newcomb Pottery tradition. Through a process called sgrafitto, DePauw creates bold relief patterns and uses design motifs referencing Louisiana’s indigenous flora. On the pre-fired vessel, DePauw paints a thin layer of black, liquid clay and then uses a small tool to carve through the slip revealing the white clay beneath. The linear and abstract patterns created reflect New Orleans’s unique landscape and reference the blue and greenish wares of Newcomb Pottery.
This program is presented in conjunction with Personalities in Clay: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection.

Noontime Talk: East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography with Curator Russell Lord
2018-01-06 12:00 - 13:00
Join Curator Russell Lord on a tour of East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century American Landscape Photography with an emphasis on landscape. East of the Mississippi marks the first exhibition of nineteenth-century photography from the eastern half of the United States. 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. This talk will mark the final public program for East of the Mississippi before the exhibition closes on January 7.

Collect-O-Mania Film Series: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
2018-01-06 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 PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT
Marguerite “Peggy” Guggenheim (1898–1979) was an American art collector, bohemian, and socialite. Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with the Titanic in 1912, and the niece of Solomon R. Guggenheim, who would establish the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Peggy Guggenheim created a noted art collection in Europe and America primarily between 1938 and 1946. She exhibited this collection as she built it and in 1949 settled in Venice, where she lived and exhibited her collection for the rest of her life. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a modern art museum on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, and is one of the most visited attractions in the city. Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict is a portrait of a patron of the arts extraordinaire who transformed a modest fortune and impeccable taste into one of the premiere collections of twentieth-century art. (Not rated | 2015 | 1 hour, 36 minutes)
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Tai Chi/Chi Kung
2018-01-08 18:00 - 19:00
NOMA, in collaboration with the East Jefferson Wellness Center, offers wellness classes every Saturday morning and Monday evening.
On Monday at 6 p.m., East Jefferson Wellness Center instructor Terry Rappold leads relaxing Tai Chi exercises in various art galleries at NOMA. Then at 8 a.m. on Saturday, join us for yoga surrounded by NOMA’s outstanding permanent collection, or if weather permitting, in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
Classes are $5; FREE for NOMA members and East Jefferson Wellness Center members.
To register for yoga or tai chi, call East Jefferson Healthfinder at (504) 456-5000.
