New Orleans Museum of Art

Small Talk: Keeping the Art Looking Fresh!
2018-07-18 15:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join Registrar of Collections Marie-Page Phelps as she discusses her role at the museum.
Wednesdays are FREE to all Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.

Small Talk: Happy Birthday, Edgar Degas!
2018-07-19 11:00 - 11:30
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
On the occasion of Edgar Degas’s 184th birthday, join docent Naomi Kornman as she discusses the Impressionist’s time spent in New Orleans with his American cousins and his works on display NOMA’s collection.

Small Talk: Carlos Rolón: Outside/In with Curator Katie Pfohl
2018-07-20 15:00 - 15:30
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join Curator Katie Pfohl as she gives highlights from the exhibition Carlos Rolón: Outside/In.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Abita Stumps | Screening of The Sons of Tennessee Williams
2018-07-20 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, Café NOMA, and the Museum Shop remain open till 9 pm.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Abita Stumps
6 pm: Artful Palate cooking demonstration in Café NOMA
6 pm: Docent-guided tour of Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories
7 pm: Picturing Us Film Series: Screening of The Sons of Tennessee Williams

ABOUT THE ABITA STUMPS
The Abita Stumps bill themselves as “a band of mother-stumpin’ swampy-tonk cats.” The country-music quintet are regular fixtures at the Abita Springs Opry and festivals across Southeast Louisiana. Their foot-stomping tunes include “Liquored Up and Lacquered Down,” “Mississippi Mud,” “Highway Patrol,” and “All You Ever Do is Bring Me Down.”
ABOUT ARTFUL PALATE COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS
Chefs of the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group will demonstrate their own culinary masterpieces at Café NOMA’s “Artful Palate,” the seventh annual summer cooking series featuring seven artfully inspired demonstrations at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
In conjunction with the launch of NOMA’s exhibition Changing Course: Reflecting on New Orleans Histories, the talented executive chefs and sous chefs will share their culinary vision by commemorating the past and looking to the future by offering a contemporary twist on iconic New Orleans dishes.
This evening, Knut Mjelde, sous chef of Ralph’s on the Park, will prepare shrimp remoulade.
ABOUT THE SONS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
The Sons of Tennessee Williams tells the story of New Orleans gay Mardi Gras across five decades and explores the intersection of Carnival and the gay rights movement. Starting in 1959, groups of gay men began discreetly to charter social clubs called krewes, transforming the momentary license and briefly relaxed laws during Mardi Gras into public explosions of an underground culture. Documentarian Tim Wolff parallels these elaborate tableaux balls with the emerging struggle for gay rights in New Orleans and the nation, chronicling an important social history that has gone largely untold. (2011 | Not rated | 1 hour, 20 minutes)
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.

Picturing Us Film Series: The Sons of Tennessee Williams
2018-07-20 19:00 - 20:30
In conjunction with the exhibition Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories, NOMA presents six documentary films exploring the people and places that make New Orleans home. The films will be screened as part of Friday Nights at NOMA programming.

Friday, July 6, 7 pm: Tchoupitoulas
Friday, July 20, 7 pm: The Sons of Tennessee Williams
Friday, July 27, 7 pm: Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
Friday, August 3, 6 pm: Prejudice and Pride
Friday, August 10, 7 pm: Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together
Friday, August 17, 7 pm: By Invitation Only

ABOUT THE SONS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
The Sons of Tennessee Williams tells the story of New Orleans gay Mardi Gras across five decades and explores the intersection of Carnival and the gay rights movement. Starting in 1959, groups of gay men began discreetly to charter social clubs called krewes, transforming the momentary license and briefly relaxed laws during Mardi Gras into public explosions of an underground culture. Documentarian Tim Wolff parallels these elaborate tableaux balls with the emerging struggle for gay rights in New Orleans and the nation, chronicling an important social history that has gone largely untold. (2011 | Not rated | 1 hour, 20 minutes)
Watch the trailer:

Baby ArtsPlay!
2018-07-21 10:30 - 11:30
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 six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
July 21 | Workshop 3 – Express Yourself (Early Language)
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.

Small Talk: Dutch Portraits
2018-07-21 15:00 - 15:30
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Regina Shujaa as she leads visitors through NOMA’s collection of Dutch portraits from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Small Talk: War on the Benighted photo series from Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories
2018-07-25 11:00 - 11:30
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join photo artist L. Kasimu Harris and Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper for a discussion about the photo series War on the Benighted, on view in the Great Hall as part of the exhibition Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories.

Noontime Talk: Charles Joseph Natoire and The Toilet of Psyche with Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan
2018-07-25 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Wednesdays are FREE to Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan as she discusses The Toilet of Psyche (c. 1735) by Charles Joseph Natoire.
Wednesdays are FREE to all Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.

NOMA Book Club Potluck Lunch
2018-07-27 11:30 - 14:30
Join NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2018 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact Sheila A. Cork at 504.658.4117 or scork@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
Friday, July 27, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm | Introduction to 2019 book selections and a potluck lunch

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by DJ Jess | Artist Perspective with L. Kasimu Harris | Screening of Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
2018-07-27 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 DJ Jess
6 pm: Artist Perspective with L. Kasimu Harris in Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories
6 pm: Artful Palate cooking demonstration in Café NOMA
7 pm: Picturing Us Film Series: Screening of Mr. Cao Goes to Washington

ABOUT DJ JESS
As a lover of all genres and eras of music, New Orleans’ own DJ Jess sets an eclectic and energetic mood.
ABOUT ARTFUL PALATE COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS
Chefs of the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group will demonstrate their own culinary masterpieces at Café NOMA’s “Artful Palate,” the seventh annual summer cooking series featuring seven artfully inspired demonstrations at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
In conjunction with the launch of NOMA’s exhibition Changing Course: Reflecting on New Orleans Histories, the talented executive chefs and sous chefs will share their culinary vision by commemorating the past and looking to the future by offering a contemporary twist on iconic New Orleans dishes.
This evening, Chris Montero, Café NOMA culinary curator and Napoleon House executive chef, will prepare beignets.
ABOUT L. KASIMU HARRIS
L. Kasimu Harris is a storyteller who uses writing, photography and video to push the narrative. Images from his War on the Benighted series are a part of the group exhibition, Changing Course: Reflection of New Orleans Histories. War on the Benighted is a narrative constructed reality series about New Orleans public school students who became frustrated with the inequalities in education; they rose up and began a quest to educate themselves. Their grievances include the school-to-prison pipeline, emphasis on standardized testing, and a diminishing arts curriculum.
Harris is a New Orleans native who has participated in twenty group exhibitions across the US, two abroad, and three solo photography exhibitions. In 2015, his work was exhibited in both The Rising and Louisiana Contemporary at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and garnered coverage in The New York Times and NPR. He also a featured artist in Dandy Lion (Re) Articulating Black Masculinity, curated by Shantrelle P. Lewis, a traveling exhibition with the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago that has traveled to San Francisco, Miami, and London.
ABOUT MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON
Mr. Cao Goes to Washington follows the journey of Rep. Joseph Cao, the first Vietnamese American elected to the US Congress, the only non-white House Republican of the 111th Congress, and the only Republican to vote for President Obama’s Health Care Reform Bill. A former seminarian and an idealistic attorney from the small but well-respected Vietnamese-American neighborhood in New Orleans, Anh “Joseph” Cao enters the political arena in hoping to affect greater good. Having never won an election, in 2009 Cao scores a stunning upset by unseating Rep. Bill Jefferson, a nine-term incumbent mired in a bribery scandal, to capture a Congressional seat in just his second run for public office. (2012 | Not rated | 1 hour, 12 minutes)
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.

Picturing Us Film Series: Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
2018-07-27 19:00 - 20:30
In conjunction with the exhibition Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories, NOMA presents six documentary films exploring the people and places that make New Orleans home. The films will be screened as part of Friday Nights at NOMA programming.

Friday, July 6, 7 pm: Tchoupitoulas
Friday, July 20, 7 pm: The Sons of Tennessee Williams
Friday, July 27, 7 pm: Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
Friday, August 3, 6 pm: Prejudice and Pride
Friday, August 10, 7 pm: Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together
Friday, August 17, 7 pm: By Invitation Only

ABOUT MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON
Mr. Cao Goes to Washington follows the journey of Rep. Joseph Cao, the first Vietnamese American elected to the US Congress, the only non-white House Republican of the 111th Congress, and the only Republican to vote for President Obama’s Health Care Reform Bill. A former seminarian and an idealistic attorney from the small but well-respected Vietnamese-American neighborhood in New Orleans, Anh “Joseph” Cao enters the political arena in hoping to affect greater good. Having never won an election, in 2009 Cao scores a stunning upset by unseating Rep. Bill Jefferson, a nine-term incumbent mired in a bribery scandal, to capture a Congressional seat in just his second run for public office. (2012 | Not rated | 1 hour, 12 minutes)
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9RXA4E7Gjw

Small Talk: Odili Donald Odita's Forever with Art Handler Todd Rennie
2018-07-28 11:00 - 11:30
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join NOMA art handler Todd Rennie as he discusses his work and artist Odili Donald Oita’s Forever, a wall mural in the first floor elevator lobby commissioned by museum in 2011.

StoryQuest
2018-07-28 11:00 - 11:30
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, July 28: Water
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.

Mujeres de Cine Film Series: Most Beautiful Island
2018-07-28 14:00 - 16:00
Created in 2010 with the purpose of boosting and spreading Spanish films and shorts made by women, Mujeres de Cine is made possible by SPAIN arts & culture. Four films will be screened as matinees at 2 pm on select Saturdays between July 14 and August 25.
Saturday, July 14, 2 pm: Dancing Beethoven, directed by Arantxa Aguirre
Saturday, July 28, 2 pm: Most Beautiful Island, directed by Ana Asensio
Saturday, August 11, 2 pm: Júlia 1st, directed by Elena Martin
Saturday, August 25, 2 pm: Summer 1993, directed by Carla Simón
ABOUT MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND
Most Beautiful Island is a psychological thriller set in the world of undocumented female immigrants hoping to make a life in New York City. Shot on Super 16mm with an intimate, voyeuristic sensibility, the film chronicles one harrowing day in the life of Luciana, a young immigrant woman struggling to make ends meet while striving to escape her past. As Luciana’s day unfolds, she is whisked, physically and emotionally, through a series of troublesome and unforeseeable extremes. Before her day is done, she inadvertently finds herself a central participant in a cruel game where lives are placed at risk, and psyches are twisted and broken for the perverse entertainment of a privileged few. (Not rated | 2017 | 1 hour, 20 minutes | Watch the trailer)

Small Talk: Dutch Art of the Golden Age
2018-07-28 15:00 - 15:30
Small Talks are ten to fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Diane Finley as she discusses Dutch Art of the Golden Age from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Classes with Curators: Reframing History in Contemporary Art
2018-07-31 18:00 - 20:00
Interested in taking a closer look at NOMA’s collections? Want to take a deep dive into our special exhibitions? Join NOMA curators as they explore a variety of topics and take you behind the scenes in our new Classes with Curators series. Designed for small groups of no more than twenty students, classes are organized into three parts and are taught by one or more members of our professional staff. Classes will be held on Tuesdays, July 17, 24, and 31 from 6–8 p.m.
$150 per series; $125 for members
This series is SOLD OUT.
This class takes the exhibition Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories as a starting point to explore some of the ways in which contemporary artists address historical subjects, as well as how contemporary art can influence how we feel about our shared histories.
JULY 17 | HISTORY AND MEMORY
The first session provides a framework for approaching contemporary art through the lens of the past, with an emphasis on major themes and techniques.
JULY 24 | ART AND THE ARCHIVE
Session two focuses on how artists use historical objects and artifacts in their work and considers the power of contemporary art to expand our historical understanding.
JULY 31 | ENVISIONING COMMUNITY
The final session looks at artists collaborating with their own communities with a particular focus on artists whose work engages with contemporary social and political issues.
Classes will be taught by Katie A. Pfohl, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art; Brian Piper, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow for Photography; and Allison Young, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow for Modern and Contemporary Art.

Noontime Talk: Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories with Curator Russell Lord
2018-08-01 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Russell Lord for a discussion about Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories. The exhibition marks New Orleans’ three-hundredth anniversary by bringing together a group of seven contemporary art projects that focus on forgotten or marginalized histories of the city.

Museum Highlights Tour
2018-08-01 13:00 - 14:00
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in!
Special group tours can be arranged with two-weeks advance notice. Call Tracy Kennan, Curator of Education, at 504.658.4113.

Small Talk: Veronese in Murano with Docent Marilyn Kopan
2018-08-01 15:00 - 15:15
Paolo Veronese, St. Jerome in the Wilderness, 1566–1567, Oil on canvas, 91 x 57 1/4 in., San Pietro Martire, Murano, Italy, photo Matteo De Fina
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join NOMA docent Marilyn Kopan as she discusses two masterpieces by the Italian artist Paolo Veronese.

Small Talks: Alfred Boisseau's Louisiana Indians Walking Along a Bayou with Docent Pat Loughran
2018-08-02 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Pat Loughran for a discussion about Louisiana Indians Walking Along a Bayou (1847) by Alfred Boisseau.

Community Perspectives on Changing Course with 7th Ward Residents
2018-08-03 14:00 - 14:30
Installation view of Willie Birch’s portraits of 7th Ward residents from Changing Course
NOMA welcomes David Clark, Saundra Grayes, Mary Irvin, and Clinton Smith, 7th Ward residents who are the subject of a series of portraits by artist Willie Birch. The group will comment on their experiences as artistic subjects and recent efforts to revitalize a stretch of Old Prieur Street.
The Community Perspectives Series features community members sharing their views on topics and works on view in the exhibition Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories.

Small Talk: #EverydayNewOrleans with Community Outreach Coordinator Nic Aziz
2018-08-03 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join Community Outreach Coordinator Nic Aziz as he discusses the photographs assembled at NOMA as a result of the #EverydayNewOrleans project that invited New Orleanians from all ages and walks of life to document their daily surroundings.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Garth Alper Quartet | Lecture by Artist Lesley Dill on Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans History
2018-08-03 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, Café NOMA, and the Museum Shop remain open till 9 pm.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Garth Alper Quartet
6 pm: Gallery tour of Teaching Beyond Doctrine: Painting and Calligraphy by Zen Masters
6 pm: Artful Palate cooking demonstration at Café NOMA
6 pm: Picturing Us Film Series: Prejudice and Pride
7 pm: “Hell Hell Hell/Heaven Heaven Heaven: Encountering Sister Gertrude Morgan and Revelation,” a lecture by artist Lesley Dill from Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories

ABOUT GARTH ALPER QUARTET
Dr. Garth Alper is the coordinator of Jazz Studies at the University of Louisiana Lafayette School of Music, where he holds the Ruth Stodghill Girard Professorship. Dr. Alper teaches in the Jazz Piano, Jazz Studies, and Music Media areas, and has had six articles published on the subjects of jazz, popular music, and postmodernism in music.
In discussing Garth’s newest CD, critic Edward Blanco from All About Jazz notes, “Alper crafts another intriguing musical package with Stratus, a recording that contains all of the elements of a successful project—musicianship; excellent compositions; and plenty of ‘artistry in rhythm,’ as Stan Kenton would say—all resulting in an all-around pleasurable musical experience.” In a review from Off Beat, Ken Franckling states, “Familiarity and trust abound here as [the musicians] explore a variety of moods on seven original compositions and two standards from the jazz canon. The players have a sense where each other are headed, and find ways to complement that journey.”
ABOUT ARTFUL PALATE COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS
Chefs of the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group will demonstrate their own culinary masterpieces at Café NOMA’s “Artful Palate,” the seventh annual summer cooking series featuring seven artfully inspired demonstrations at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
In conjunction with the launch of NOMA’s exhibition Changing Course: Reflecting on New Orleans Histories, the talented executive chefs and sous chefs will share their culinary vision by commemorating the past and looking to the future by offering a contemporary twist on iconic New Orleans dishes.
This evening, Kris Padalino, Brennan’s pastry chef, will prepare tarte a la bouillie.
Linn Quinton weeps as he is helped by New Orleans firefighters after he escaped from a fire at the UpStairs bar, June 25, 1973. Quinton said he was with a group singing around a piano when the fire swept through the bar leaving 29 dead and 15 injured. (AP Photo/RL)
ABOUT PREJUDICE AND PRIDE
Upon the forty-fifth anniversary of the UpStairs Lounge tragedy, Prejudice and Pride recounts the fire and the aftermath that swept through New Orleans via new interviews with survivors, first responders, activists, journalists and family members of the dead. The film will be screened in conjunction with artist Skylar Fein’s installation Remember the UpStairs Lounge, on display in the exhibition Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories.
The ABC News investigative team uncovers yet another tragedy—a victim and World War II veteran stripped of all dignity, discarded in an unmarked grave on the fringe of the city. On the trail to uncover his whereabouts, Prejudice and Pride journeys from the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter to its desolate outskirts. Can his family find him and the closure they seek? And will the UpStairs Lounge fire finally take its rightful place in gay rights’ history? (2018 | Not rated | 28 minutes) Watch the trailer.
ABOUT LESLEY DILL
In this lecture, artist Lesley Dill will explore her installation Hell Hell Hell / Heaven Heaven Heaven: Encountering Sister Gertrude Morgan, on view in Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories. Inspired by the life of the late preacher, artist, musician, and poet Sister Gertrude Morgan, known both for her work as a painter and as a street evangelist in New Orleans, Dill pays tribute to Morgan’s legacy, and the power of revelation. Dill is an American artist working at the intersection of language and fine art. Her elegant sculptures, art installations, mixed-media photographs, and evocative performances draw from both her travels abroad and profound interests in spirituality and the world’s faith traditions. Exploring the power of words to cloak and reveal the psyche, Dill invests new meaning in the human form. Intellectually and aesthetically engaging, the core of her work emerges from an essential, visionary awareness of the world.
Dill has had over a hundred solo exhibitions. Her artworks are in the collections of many major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art New York, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2017 she was named a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Her opera, Divide Light based on the poems of Emily Dickinson was performed in San Jose in 2008. And in 2018, a new version premiered at the New Camerata Opera Company in New York City. Dill lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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.

Picturing Us Film Series: Prejudice and Pride
2018-08-03 18:00 - 19:00
In conjunction with the exhibition Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories, NOMA presents six documentary films exploring the people and places that make New Orleans home. The films will be screened as part of Friday Nights at NOMA programming.

Friday, July 6, 7 pm: Tchoupitoulas
Friday, July 20, 7 pm: The Sons of Tennessee Williams
Friday, July 27, 7 pm: Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
Friday, August 3, 6 pm: Prejudice and Pride
Friday, August 10, 7 pm: Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together
Friday, August 17, 7 pm: By Invitation Only

ABOUT PREJUDICE AND PRIDE
Until 2016’s Pulse nightclub massacre, the deadliest attack on LGBT citizens was a fire intentionally set upon a gay bar in New Orleans in 1973, killing thirty-two people. But many people outside of New Orleans have never heard of the UpStairs Lounge fire—or are familiar with the effect it had on the gay community and subsequent gay rights movement. The intense homophobia of the time coupled with allegations of city officials embarrassingly sweepingly the tragedy under the rug have left it largely unknown in the LGBT historical narrative.
Upon the forty-fifth anniversary of the UpStairs Lounge tragedy, Prejudice and Pride recounts the fire and the aftermath that swept through New Orleans via new interviews with survivors, first responders, activists, journalists and family members of the dead.
The ABC News investigative team uncovers yet another tragedy—a victim and World War II veteran stripped of all dignity, discarded in an unmarked grave on the fringe of the city. On the trail to uncover his whereabouts, Prejudice and Pride journeys from the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter to its desolate outskirts. Can his family find him and the closure they seek? And will the UpStairs Lounge fire finally take its rightful place in gay rights’ history?
(Not rated | 2018 | 28 minutes)
Watch the trailer at this link.

Baby ArtsPlay!
2018-08-04 10:30 - 11:30
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 six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
August 4 | Workshop 5 – Baby Balancing Acts (Bilateral Integration)
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.

Small Talk: Adolf Schreyer's Charge of the Arabs with Docent Ann Duffy
2018-08-04 11:30 - 11:45
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join NOMA docent Ann Duffy as she discusses Adolf Schreyer’s Charge of the Arabs (1878)in the exhibition Orientalism: Taking and Making.

Small Talk: Veronese in Murano with Docent Diane Finley
2018-08-04 15:00 - 15:15
Paolo Veronese, St. Jerome in the Wilderness, 1566–1567, Oil on canvas, 91 x 57 1/4 in., San Pietro Martire, Murano, Italy, photo Matteo De Fina
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join NOMA docent Diane Finley as she discusses two masterpieces by the Italian artist Paolo Veronese.

Small Talk: Orientalism in the 19th Century with Docent Rosemary Hays-Thomas
2018-08-05 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Rosemary Hays-Thomas as she discusses Orientalism in the 19th century.

Small Talk: Joan Miró's Portrait of a Woman with Gallery Learning Specialist Chantell Nabonne
2018-08-07 11:00 - 11:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join Gallery Learning Specialist Chantell Nabonne as she explores how she uses Joan Miró’s Portrait of a Woman (1935) to teach young visitors about art and portraiture.
