Gallery Talk on Artist Nick Cave
2023-01-11 12:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | Louisiana
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, we invite you to join Jessica Johnson, Creative Aging and Access Programs Coordinator, for a conversation about Soundsuit MBG#10801 by Nick Cave in NOMA’s Great Hall.
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.

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.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day at NOMA
2023-01-16 10:00 - 15:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Update, Monday, January 16: Due to unexpected work to the city’s electrical grid, today’s programs will take place in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the New Orleans Museum of Art. On Monday, January 16, the museum will be open 10 am–3 pm with free admission for all.
There will also be family-friendly art activities throughout the museum.
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Learn more about how MLK Jr. Day became a federal holiday in this blog post by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Schedule of Programs

Portraits with Polo Silk
11 am–1 pm in the Great Hall
Get your portrait taken by iconic photographer Polo Silk in front of a backdrop inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.

Gallery Talk with Polo Silk
2 pm in the Great Hall
For more than three decades, Selwhyn Sthaddeus “Polo Silk” Terrell has been photographing Black New Orleans, creating a unique body of work that blends elements of portraiture, fashion, performance, and street photography. The exhibition Picture Man: Portraits by Polo Silk explores how Polo Silk successfully blends all of those elements, while illustrating his role as an important part of photographic history.

Performance by Detroit Brooks Trio
10:30 am–12:30 pm in the Great Hall
Detroit Brooks, famed session and touring guitarist of the New Orleans music scene, has the most recognizable face in the city. Often admired by guitarists world-wide, Brooks’s laid-back demeanor masks one of the most heralded and sought-after performer, songwriter, and session men of our time.
He began his career at an early age, touring with his famous family which includes his world-famous sister Juanita Brooks, of “Juanita’s Gospel Express,” as well as his acclaimed father, George A. Brooks, Sr., of the famous “Masonic Kings.” Like many accomplished guitarists, Detroit mastered his craft on the road where the performances were “long, free and continuous.” His skill, technique and experience brought him quick recognition and the opportunity to play with gospel greats like Clarence Fountain & the Five Blind Boys, Dorothy Norwood, Reverend Ernest Franklin, Albertina Walker, Raymond Myles and The Rams and the famed Zion Harmonizers.

Song Meditations with Jessc.x
11 am and 2 pm in the second-floor Frederick R. Weisman Galleries

Art-Making Activity, Reading Nook, and Art Cart Gallery Activations
10 am–3 pm on the museum’s second floor
Get creative with special all-ages pop-up activities throughout the museum.

Self-Guided Art as Advocacy Mobile Tour
Throughout the museum
#ExploreNOMA with a self-guided mobile tour guide spotlighting moments to reflect on the relationship between art and advocacy.

Valerie’s Food Truck
10 am–3 pm in front of the museum on Collins C. Diboll Circle

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 on Artist Lynda Benglis
2023-01-18 12:00 - 12:30 | Louisiana
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, we invite you to join Laura Moreno, Visitor Experience Floor Lead at NOMA, for a conversation about the artist Lynda Benglis.
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.

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.

George Dunbar: Mining the Surfaces | A Silent Auction Benefiting WLAE and NOMA
2023-01-20 - 2023-01-27 | Louisiana
In conjunction with the debut of the documentary George Dunbar: Mining the Surfaces—which brings the story of Dunbar’s career, work ethic, life, and art into vivid focus—WLAE and NOMA are pleased to present the opportunity to bid on four fabulous works.
Each of these unique artworks celebrates the artist’s place in the history of modern and contemporary art in New Orleans and beyond; his inspiration from the natural world; his approachability; and his calling as an artist.
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The silent auction is open Friday, January 20–Friday, January 27, at noon.
Artworks will be on view in NOMA’s Coleman Courtyard Tuesday, January 24–Friday, January 27, at noon.

About the Works
These four works exemplify George Dunbar’s signature attention to texture, form, shape, and material.
Click each image to view the works in detail.
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George Dunbar, Coin Du Lestin CCIV, 2022. Palladium leaf over blue gray clay with incised lines. 14 x 12 inches.
Starting Bid: $11,250
Value: $15,000
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George Dunbar, Koroa (Surge Series), 2023. French gold over black and dark green clay. 14 x 16 inches.
Starting Bid: $9,000
Value: $12,000
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George Dunbar, Seraphim (Bonfouca Series), 2017. Acrylic, India ink, silver leaf, and paper on panel. 11.25 x 17 inches.
Starting Bid: $7,500
Value: $10,000
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George Dunbar, Rouville No. 134, 2023. 24 karat rose gold over black and burgundy clay with die keen. 18 x 24 inches.
Starting Bid: $15,000
Value: $20,000
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About George Dunbar: Mining the Surfaces
From the award-winning executive producers of the documentaries Fats Domino – Walkin’ Back to New Orleans and A Tribute to Toussaint comes the latest documentary by WLAE-TV and LAE Productions.
The film premieres on Sunday, March 5, 7 pm, on WLAE.

Mindfulness at NOMA
2023-01-21 09:30 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
From January 21 through February 11, NOMA presents a four-session mindfulness course with Dr. Jayashree Rao. Mindfulness is defined as experiencing the present moment with open curiosity, without judgment, and with a willingness to be with what is.
Mindfulness training teaches skills to help individuals

Cope with the stress, pain, and challenges of everyday life.
Deal with distressing events with grace and composure.
Be present and alive in the here and now.

About Mindfulness at NOMA
This four-part mindfulness course will be held on Saturdays, 9:30 am–1:00 pm, in NOMA’s Woldenberg Boardroom on the museum’s second floor. Participants sign up for the entire series, and attendance is capped at 30 people.
Participants will learn to develop mindfulness through guided meditation and brief exercises that will help them experience the present moment during everyday activities. Although no specific outcome is promised, participants typically report feeling more “in tune” with themselves and others. In addition, research has shown significant beneficial effects in dealing with stress, anxiety, high blood pressure, depression, chronic pain, and diabetes.
$80 General Admission | $50 NOMA members | $70 Seniors (65+) | $65 University Students
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About the Instructor
Dr. Jayashree Rao is a retired pediatric endocrinologist who spent thirty years teaching, researching, and practicing medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center and Children’s Hospital. For the past several years, Dr. Rao has practiced and led others in practicing mindfulness, employing techniques learned in the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course offered by Dr. Dave Potter.

Gallery Talk with Curator Mel Buchanan
2023-01-25 12:00 - 12:30 | Louisiana
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, we invite you to join Mel Buchanan, NOMA’s RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, for a conversation about Joyce Lin’s Ghostwood Chair and Table, recently commissioned by the museum.
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.

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.

NOMA Volunteer Committee General Meeting
2023-01-30 11:30 - 12:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
NOMA Volunteer Committee (NVC) members are invited to a presentation on the upcoming exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club by curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba. Attending guests, please enter through the Coleman Courtyard entrance next to Café NOMA.
RSVP for this event at nvc@noma.org or 504.658.4121.
Members of the NVC receive special invitations to lectures, luncheons, and private tours of artist studios, galleries, and more.
Join the NVC

About the Exhibition
Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club explores the connection between African American artist Jacob Lawrence and his contemporaries based in West Africa through the Nigerian publication Black Orpheus. The exhibition features over 125 objects, including Lawrence’s little-known 1964–65 Nigeria series, works by the artists featured in Black Orpheus, archival images, videos, and letters.
Learn More

Book Club Discussion: The Overstory
2023-01-31 12:00 | 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, and 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 more information on the NOMA Book Club, please contact NOMA’s Curator of Education, Tracy Kennan, at tkennan@noma.org or 504.658.4113.
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January 2023
Book Club Discussion | Tuesday, January 31, 12 pm

The Overstory by Richard Powers
Random House, 2018, ISBN-13: 978-1784708245

Nine strangers―each summoned in different ways by trees―are brought together in a last and violent stand to save the continent’s few remaining acres of virgin forest. The Overstory is a book for readers who despair of humanity’s selfimposed separation from the rest of creation and who hope for the transformative, regenerating possibility of a homecoming. If the trees of this earth could speak, what would they tell us? “Listen. There’s something you need to hear.” From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond, exploring the essential conflict on this planet: the one taking place between humans and non humans. There is a world alongside ours―vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe.

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 Curator Russell Lord
2023-02-01 12:00 - 12:30 | 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, we invite you to join Russell Lord, NOMA’s Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings, for a conversation about photographers Robert Polidori and Anne Noggle.
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.

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.

Art Thrives Ceramics Showcase
2023-02-08 10:00 - 16:00 | Louisiana
Join us for a special showcase highlighting the work of participants in our Art Thrives ceramics course offered in conjunction with the Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans exhibition.
NOMA’s Art Thrives program aims to create opportunities exclusively for adults ages 55 and up to learn new creative skills while building community and having fun in the process. Over four weeks, participants worked with teaching artists and museum staff to learn hand-building techniques while exploring the progression of ceramics over the past 200 years.
The work will be on view in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts on Wednesday, February 8, 10 am–4 pm.
For more information about Art Thrives, contact education@noma.org.

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

Gallery Talk with Objects Conservator Ingrid Seyb
2023-02-08 12:00 - 12:30 | Louisiana
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 Ingrid Seyb, Conservator of Objects for a conversation about gold alloys and gilding techniques in the Ancient Americas.
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.

Member Preview | Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club
2023-02-09 19:00 - 20:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Be the first to experience Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club.
NOMA members are invited to a special member preview to explore the groundbreaking exhibition before it opens to the public. Registration is not required, but please show your member card at the admissions desk when you arrive.
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.
Have a question about membership? Contact us at membership@noma.org or 504.658.5130.
Become a Member Today

About the Exhibition
Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club explores the connection between African American artist Jacob Lawrence and his contemporaries based in West Africa through the Nigerian publication Black Orpheus. The exhibition features over 125 objects, including Lawrence’s little-known 1964–65 Nigeria series, works by the artists featured in Black Orpheus, archival images, videos, and letters.
Learn More

NOMA at Night feat. Bamboula 2000, GAC, and lo tide
2023-02-10 18:00 - 22:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Unwind from the week with NOMA at Night—an evening of music, art, and fun at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
On select Fridays throughout the year, we’re open late so that you can #ExploreNOMA after hours, enjoy special performances and pop-ups, and get creative.
$25 General Admission | $15 for Members
PURCHASE TICKETS
Please note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors.

NOMA at Night Line-Up
Celebrate the opening of Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club during an evening filled with music and art.

Live Music from Bamboula 2000
Lapis Center for the Arts
Bamboula 2000 is deeply rooted in the soul of Congo Square in New Orleans. This exciting music and dance experience formed in 1994 has become beloved in New Orleans and beyond. Bamboula 2000’s music is influenced by New Orleans, the Caribbean, and Africa. Members of Bamboula have appeared in HBO’s Tremé, TNT’s Memphis Beat, American Horror Story, and Roots. World music percussionist Luther Gray leads the group. Gray has performed all over the world with Bamboula 2000 and the Guardians of the Flame Mardi Gras Indians.

DJ Sets from GAC and lo tide
Great Hall
French-Algerian photographer and DJ, GAC is based in New Orleans where she spins her large collection of vinyls around town. Taking inspiration from her own heritage, her musical sets travel from France to North Africa to create eclectic dance floors from Sheila to Fadoul and Les Rita Mistouko.
Curator, producer, and record slinger based in New Orleans, lo tide’s all-vinyl sets meet the moment, threading global rhythms from the International underground. She also loves to dance.

Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000), Market Scene, 1966. Gouache on paper. Chrysler Museum of Art, Museum purchase, 2018.22. © 2022 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Featured Exhibition | Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club
On view in the first-floor Ella West Freeman Galleries
Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club explores the connection between African American artist Jacob Lawrence and his contemporaries based in West Africa through the Nigerian publication Black Orpheus. The exhibition features over 125 objects, including Lawrence’s little-known 1964–65 Nigeria series, works by the artists featured in Black Orpheus, archival images, videos, and letters.

Ticketing and Admission
$25 General Admission | $15 for Members
Tickets Available Soon
Please note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors.

Additional Credits
Mahmoud Chouki
NOMA is pleased to work with internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki, who is organizing musical performances for each NOMA at Night program in collaboration with museum staff.
Thank You to Our Supporters
NOMA at Night is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; 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. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Studio KIDS!: Meet Me at the Market (Ages 6–10)
2023-02-11 10:30 - 12:00 | Louisiana
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth and pre-teen art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from an artwork in the galleries or garden, then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist. Registration is required and includes all art-making materials.
Questions? Contact us at education@noma.org
$30 per Workshop | $25 for Members
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Meet Me at the Market | February 11
Take a trip to the market to explore the power of color, form, and repetition in Jacob Lawrence’s compelling market scenes in Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club. Young artists are invited to create their own dynamic mixed media compositions inspired by selected works from the exhibition.

Studio KIDS!: Meet Me at the Market (Ages 11–13)
2023-02-11 12:30 - 14:00 | Louisiana

Gallery Talk with Dr. Sara Hollis
2023-02-15 12:00 - 12:30 | Louisiana
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. Sara Hollis for a conversation about the new exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club.
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.

Book Club Discussion: The Real Ambassadors
2023-02-24 12:00 | 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, and 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 more information on the NOMA Book Club, please contact NOMA’s Curator of Education, Tracy Kennan, at tkennan@noma.org or 504.658.4113.
Register Now

February 2023
Book Club Discussion | Friday, February 24, 12 pm

The Real Ambassadors: Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation by Keith Hatschek
University Press of Mississippi, 2022, ISBN-13: 978-1496837844
During the Cold War, the US State Department enlisted some of America’s greatest musicians to serve as jazz ambassadors, touring the world to trumpet a so-called “free society.” Honored as celebrities abroad, the jazz ambassadors, who were overwhelmingly African Americans, returned home to racial discrimination and deferred dreams. Three determined artists–Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and Iola Brubeck used this double standard as the central message and take a stand against segregation by writing and performing a jazz musical titled The Real Ambassadors. First conceived by the Brubecks in 1956, the musical’s journey to the stage for its 1962 premiere tracks extraordinary twists and turns across the backdrop of the civil rights movement. A variety of colorful characters, from Broadway impresarios to gang-connected managers, surface in the compelling storyline.

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 Curator Mel Buchanan
2023-03-01 12:00 - 12:30 | Louisiana
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, we invite you to join Mel Buchanan, NOMA’s RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, for a conversation about the exhibition Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans.
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.

Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds Book Signing
2023-03-02 17:00 - 19:00 | NOMA Museum Shop
Join us for a book signing and celebration of the newly published catalogue Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds.
Published by Hatje Cantz this year, Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds is the first publication to thoroughly explore the artist’s practice, which has spanned video, performance, photography, and installation.
This catalogue features essays by exhibition curator Katie A. Pfohl, Eva Díaz, Debbora Battaglia, John M. Barry, and Walter Isaacson.
Order Now
Please email shop@noma.org for any questions.

NOMA at Night feat. N.O.B.A.B.E., Mélange Dance Company, and Sasha Masakowski
2023-03-03 18:00 - 22:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Unwind from the week with NOMA at Night—an evening of music, art, and fun at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
On select Fridays throughout the year, we’re open late so that you can #ExploreNOMA after hours, enjoy special performances and pop-ups, and get creative.
$25 General Admission | $15 for Members
PURCHASE TICKETS
Please note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors.

NOMA at Night Line-Up
Celebrate the power and possibility of improvisation and experimentation during this month’s NOMA at Night.

Live Music from N.O.B.A.B.E.
7:30–9:00 pm in the Lapis Center for the Arts
N.O.B.A.B.E. is a supergroup of female-identifying songwriters in New Orleans celebrating underrepresented voices in music and championing education and mentorship.
DJ Sets from Sasha Masakowski
6:00–7:30 pm in the Great Hall

Performance by Mélange Dance Company
7 pm in the Great Hall

Gallery Talk on Lynda Benglis with Laura Moreno, Visitor Experience Floor Lead
9 pm on the museum’s second floor

Art-Making: Explorations in Clay
6:00-9:30 pm on the museum’s first floor

Featured Exhibition and Gallery Talks | Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans
On view in the second-floor Elise M. Besthoff Charitable Foundation Gallery
Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans mines New Orleans archives and gathers oral histories in the first monographic review of an artist that was celebrated by the 1950s American craft world. NOMA’s exhibition is the first presentation of Choy’s extraordinary ceramics in New Orleans since the artist’s Louisiana friends mounted the Katherine Choy Memorial Show at the Orleans Gallery in fall 1959.
Mel Buchanan, NOMA’s RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts & Design, will host a gallery talk for this exhibition at 6:30 pm.

Ticketing and Admission
$25 General Admission | $15 for Members
Purchase Tickets
Please note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors.

Additional Credits
Mahmoud Chouki
NOMA is pleased to work with internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki, who is organizing musical performances for each NOMA at Night program in collaboration with museum staff.
Thank You to Our Supporters
NOMA at Night is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; 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. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Art Thrives: Printmaking (Ages 55 and Up)
2023-03-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Louisiana
NOMA’s Art Thrives program creates opportunities exclusively for adults ages 55 and up to learn new skills while building community and having fun in the process. In conjunction with Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club, on view through May 7, we invite you to join us for an eight-session printmaking course.
Over eight weeks, participants will work with teaching artist, Belinda Tanno, and museum staff, to learn the tools, processes, media, and techniques of printmaking, while examining prints in the museum’s extensive collection. Activities will include block printing using linocut tools, mono-printing on gelee plates, and mini journal making.
No printmaking experience or prior knowledge is necessary to participate. Space is limited and advanced registration is required.
Please contact jrjohnson@noma.org or 504.658.4140 for more information or to inquire about future Art Thrives programs
$160 for the entire course | $120 for members
This program is currently at capacity.

Additional Program Information
Program Schedule
Tuesdays, March 7–April 25, 2–4 pm
Participants are expected to attend all 8 sessions of this course.
What You’ll Need
Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes that you wouldn’t mind getting messy. Aprons will be provided.
What You’ll Get
Registration includes writing utensils, sketch books for recording observations, and the finished prints you’ll make throughout the course.
Financial Assistance
Financial Assistance is available on a first come, first served basis. Please complete a brief form requesting financial assistance, and a staff member will reach out to you soon.
Apply for Financial Assistance

About Belinda Tanno
Belinda Tanno has been an arts educator for 35 years. She has taught in the public school system for 20 years, and Noma for a total of 9 years. Currently, she teaches in a private school in New Orleans. She has taught printmaking, ceramics, drawing, and painting, and has shown her work in over 60 exhibitions in her career. She is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton with an MA and BFA in visual arts.

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

Educator Night with Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club
2023-03-07 16:30 - 19:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Educators are invited for a special viewing of the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club on view at NOMA through May 7. Learn how to incorporate exhibition artworks and themes into your curriculum.
ACTIVITIES
4:30–5:30 pm: Reception and self-guided tours
5:30 pm: Guided tour and discussion
6:30 pm: Lesson demonstrations and art-making
HOW TO REGISTER
Email tkennan@noma.org with your name, school, grade, and subject taught.
Advanced registration is required. Please register by Friday, March 3, to ensure your spot.

Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club was made possible in part by major funding from National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Getty Foundation Paper Project, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the IFPDA Foundation. The Wyeth Foundation for American Art provided support for the exhibition catalogue.

Gallery Talk with Curator Brian Piper
2023-03-08 12:00 - 12:30 | Louisiana
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 Brian Piper, Assistant Curator of Photographs for a conversation about the exhibition Field and Figure: Recent Gifts from Diane and Charles L. Frankel.
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.

Family Day: At the Market
2023-03-11 10:00 - 14:00 | Louisiana
Kids and their grown ups are invited for a day of family fun inspired by Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club.
Lawrence’s travels in Nigeria inspired him to make bustling paintings exploding with shapes and colors. Imagine the sights and sounds of the streets and marketplaces he visited through your own visit to the galleries, and participate in art-making and activities with the whole family!
Admission and programming are free for families.
Advanced registration is encouraged.
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Family Day Highlights
Matriarchs Presented by Artist Connection NOLA
12:30–1:45 pm in the Lapis Center for the Arts
This interdisciplinary performance is a vibrant, cross-cultural celebration of modern day matriarchs who connect ancient traditions with contemporary expressions. The all-female cast invites us into their heart space and ignites our deepest, most organic connection to the planet with soothing, yet powerful channeled creations of music, dance, spoken word, and wisdom.
NOMA Art Cart: Make & Play Gallery Walk
10 am–2 pm in the Ella West Freeman Galleries featuring Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club
Walk and play your way through the galleries through this family-friendly activity walk. Visit five artworks and participate in a looking, drawing, or play-based activity at each stop!
Art-Making: Printmaking at the Market
10 am–2 pm in the elevator lobby by the NOMA Museum Shop
Take a closer look at some popular foods commonly found at the Mararaba Market in northern Nigeria as inspiration for drawings and one-of-a-kind prints.
Food by Tanjarine Kitchen
10 am–2 pm in front of the museum

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The City of New Orleans; First Horizon; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; 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 Howard Foundation; Karen and Henry Coaxum; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Laitram.

Birdfoot Festival
2023-03-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
The Birdfoot Festival pops up in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden with a musical experience that will bring the niches and alcoves of the garden to life and invite audience members to listen to familiar sounds from new angles.
Admission to this program is free.
Listening Pilgrimage III: In a Landscape
Part of a series of outdoor concerts winding through the entire Birdfoot Festival, this event is part of a Listening Pilgrimage that reaches beyond the concert hall to celebrate the simple beauty and mythic dimensions of nature, bear witness to environmental degradation, and meditate on our place in the world. Join us to explore how we can understand our entwined relationship with the natural world through our ears—an adventure that invites you to bask in music, listen deeply and stretch your senses.
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Lecture with Obi Nwakanma: The Mbari Artists and Writers Club: Reflections on the Foundations of African Modernism
2023-03-14 18:30 | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club, NOMA invites you to join us for a lecture on the Mbari Artists and Writers Club with Obi Nwakanma, professor of English and African Diaspora at the University of Central Florida. Following the lecture, attendees will have access to explore the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club until 8:30 pm.
Café NOMA will offer dinner service from 5:30 to 6:30 pm prior to the program.
REGISTER NOW
This program is free with museum admission. Seating in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club was made possible in part by major funding from National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Getty Foundation Paper Project, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the IFPDA Foundation. The Wyeth Foundation for American Art provided support for the exhibition catalogue.

Gallery Talk
2023-03-15 12:00 - 12:30 | 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, join us for a conversation about the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club.
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.

Maya Symposium Keynote Address and Reception
2023-03-17 18:00 | Louisiana
Join us for the keynote event of the 18th annual Tulane Maya Symposium, Mapping Inequality: Lessons from Central Mexico with Barbara E. Mundy, Robertson Chair in Latin American Art, Tulane University. A reception for all attendees will follow the lecture.
This program is free and open to the public. Advance registration for the keynote address is encouraged but not required.
Register Here
This page is for keynote event registration only. For more information about the 18th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium: Inequality Among the Maya and to access the full symposium registration, please visit their website.

Keynote Abstract
Painted manuscripts of Central Mexico often present images of historic migrations, led by elites, and genealogies of ruling families, set against a backdrop of territory. Cartography, then, offers a visual record of the inequality implicit in social hierarchies. At the same time, as physical objects that had to be created and cared for, maps depended upon the involvement of a range of social actors and were shaped over time by evolving practices. In this talk, I turn to a selection of maps from Central Mexico to show levels of social complexity implicated in objects that seem, on their surfaces, to offer direct records of inequality.

About Barbara E. Mundy
Barbara E. Mundy’s scholarship dwells in zones of contact between Native peoples and settler colonists as they forged new visual cultures in the Americas. She is particularly interested in the social construction of space and its imaginary, which was the subject of her first book, The Mapping of New Spain. Her most recent book, The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City, draws on Indigenous texts and representations to counter a colonialist historiography, and to argue for the city’s nature as an Indigenous city through the sixteenth century. With Dana Leibsohn, Mundy is the co-creator of Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820, an NEH funded project.
She serves the editorial board of Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl, and The Americas, as well as on the advisory board of the Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography. Mundy is the past president of the American Society for Ethnohistory (2021-22) and was the 2021-22 Kislak Chair at the Library of Congress. She has received fellowships from the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Art (CASVA) at the National Gallery of Art, and the John Carter Brown Library in support of her work.

Studio KIDS! (Ages 6–10): Patterned Places
2023-03-18 10:30 - 12:00 | Louisiana
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth and pre-teen art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from an artwork in the galleries or garden, then return to the studio to make our own creations with a teaching artist. This week, notice patterns in Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club and create a pattern-based fabric artwork inspired by gatherings such as marketplaces, parties, or parades!
Registration is required and includes all art-making materials.
Questions? Contact us at education@noma.org
$30 per Workshop | $25 for Members
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Studio KIDS! (Ages 11–13): Patterned Places
2023-03-18 12:30 - 14:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
