Art Thrives Ceramics Showcase
2023-02-08 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | 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.
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To book your ticket in advance, click the link above and select the day for the gallery talk you’d like to attend.

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

Art in Bloom Presented by First Horizon
2023-03-22 - 2023-03-26 | Louisiana
Save the date for
Art in Bloom: Paradise Under the Palms
Presented by First Horizon
New Orleans Museum of Art
Thursday, March 23–Sunday, March 26
Patron and Preview Party | Wednesday, March 22
Lecture Series | Thursday, March 23
Luncheon and Fashion Show | Thursday, March 23
Silent Auction | Monday, March 20–Monday, March 27
Art in Bloom Chairs | Katie Gilly and Anna Schaefer
NOMA Volunteer Committee Chair | Elizabeth Grimes
Garden Study Club of New Orleans President | Catherine Favrot
One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans returns to NOMA in support of the museum and the Garden Study Club of New Orleans. This year’s theme, Paradise Under the Palms, highlights the multifaceted nature of tropical flora and showcases spectacular creations by garden clubs, floral designers, and creative talents from New Orleans and beyond. Take in fabulous floral installations throughout the museum, learn directly from today’s top design talents, and celebrate spring during the luncheon and fashion show. Your support provides critical resources for both NOMA’s educational initiatives and exhibitions and the Garden Study Club of New Orleans’ community projects.
For sponsorship inquiries and questions about Art in Bloom please email aib@noma.org or call 504.658.4121.

Art in Bloom Tickets
View spectacular floral installations throughout the museum made by floral designers, garden clubs, and other creative talents with Art in Bloom’s general admission tickets. Installations will be on view for the public Thursday, March 23–Sunday, March 26.
Purchase Tickets
Make a Donation to Art in Bloom
Show your support for NOMA and the Garden Study Club of New Orleans by making a donation to Art in Bloom.
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Tickets are non-refundable. In the event that we are unable to host Art in Bloom for any reason, your ticket purchase or sponsorship will be considered a 100% tax-deductible donation.

Art in Bloom Schedule of Events
Silent Auction | Monday, March 20–Monday, March 27
Online and in NOMA’s Coleman Courtyard
Bid Now
Bid on this featured work by Gretchen Weller Howard and items from other artists, designers, and more.
Gretchen Weller Howard, Islanders. Acrylic and plaster with fragments on canvas, 48 x 48 inches. Value: $6,000.
Patron and Preview Party | Wednesday, March 22, 6 pm and 7 pm
New Orleans Museum of Art
Kick-off Art in Bloom with cocktails, cuisine, live music, and a silent auction featuring original works of art from established and emerging talents.
Online sales for the Art in Bloom Patron and Preview Party have closed. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door. For more information, please call 504.658.4121.
SOLD OUT | Lecture Series | Thursday, March 23
NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
This year’s speakers are two powerhouses in interior and floral design.

Amanda Lindroth, a go-to interior designer and author of Island Hopping: Amanda Lindroth Design, is known for airy, relaxed, indoor–outdoor living and is an expert in the style of island charm. Lucy Hunter, based in the United Kingdom, is an acclaimed landscape and floral designer and author of The Flower Hunter. With a style that harks back to the early 20th century, Lucy’s work is constantly looking at ways in which we can soften and meld the boundaries between the inside and outdoors.
SOLD OUT | Luncheon and Fashion Show | Thursday, March 23
Pavilion of the Two Sisters in New Orleans City Park
Featuring inspired spring looks from

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Orchid Sponsors

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Sally and Walter Cockerham
Sally and Jay Lapeyre
Lynn and Charlie Smith

Katie and Cameron Gilly
LCMC Health

Susan and Jimmy Gundlach
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John and Gail Catharine Bertuzzi
Susan and Doug Johnson
Shlenker Family Foundation

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Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Brown III
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Mathilde and Richard Currence
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Lynne and Rick McMillan
Jessica L. White

Sarah and Richard Freeman
Perino’s Home and Garden Center
Lele and Brent Wood

Hales Family Fund
Melanie Perret and Donna Rosen
Sarah and George Young

Carol Hall
Melissa and Alfred Rufty III
Zemurray Foundation

The Jahncke Family
Susan and Charles Schadt

Gardenia Sponsors

Carla Adams
Gunther Family
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Sallee and Tom Benjamin
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Carolyn and Michael Christovich
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Glenda Krottinger Cotner
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Mrs. Allison Shapiro Dandry and Mr. Bobby Dandy
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Dr. Daniel and Jessica Denis
Sean and Fifi Laughlin
Rothschild Diamonds

William and Permele Doyle
Courtney and Ted Le Clercq
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Sally Duplantier
Marengo Executive Coaching
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Linda and Tommy Westfeldt

Kathleen “Kat” Edmundson
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Ann and David Williams

Barbara and Clark Fitz-Hugh
Taylor Morgan
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Hibiscus Sponsors

Anonymous
Friend of Flora
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Anonymous
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Samantha Bach
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Julia and Will Bland
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Angele Parlange

Elinor S. Bright
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Hollis Bright and Terry Kavanagh
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CAPTRUST
Sarah and Marshall Hevron
Dr. Sissy Sartor

Olivia Carisella
Marilee and Andrew Hovet
Karen Shales

Mary and Miles Clements
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
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Elizabeth Cordes
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Joel M. Daste
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The Stumm Girls

Leonard Davis and Sharon Jacobs
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Tesson Foundation

Warren and Laurie Doyle
Labyrinthe Design Group
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Ann R. Duffy and John R. Skinner
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Eskew + Dumez + Ripple
Catherine Makk
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Laura and Welles Fitzpatrick
Dr. and Mrs. Beverly Matheney

Camellia

Anonymous
Dana Hansel
Renegade Artists Collective

Robyn Allyn
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Barrett and Daren Rice

Donald and Mary Ann Baird
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Nannette and Larry Ringham

Dr. Jennifer L. Banquer
Epiphany Throws
Sandy Robert

Simone Barbe
Ruth Ann Jones
Lindsey and Allen Schafer

Victoria and Jon Bell
Tully Forrester Jordan
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Sallee and Tom Benjamin
Malise and Clay Kearney
Mr. & Mrs. M. P. Schneider III

Vivian Cahn
Margaux and Stew Krane
Mary Frances Smart

Frances Cordell
Lise Kuhn
Jena Meagher Smith

Kim Gaffney Corriher
Charles Laborde and Kateri Yager Laborde
Clay and Katy Smith

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Betty and Jerry Maizlish
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Nancy E. David
Britta and Everard Marks
Susan Stall

Lorraine Crawford
Blanche Dee McCloskey
Anne Strachan

Katie Darden
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Missy Sutherlin

Merilyn and Jim Donelon
Bess and Matt Meeks
Jean Taylor

Katherine Duncan
Regina Castelin Molony
Frances Treadway Interiors

Eleanor Farnsworth
Paige Morrison
Valley Brook

Sybil M. And D. Blair Favrot Family Fund
Denise and Paul Morse
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Toni Feinman
Daniel Morvant and Jon Taylor
Suzie Villere

The First Bank
Mossome Floral Design
Kate and John Werner

Anne A. Fitz-Hugh
The Ozols Collection
Marcy P. Willis

Lessley and Fletcher Fitzpatrick
Petite Fleur by Lisa Brooking
Tanga Winstead Designs

George and Jennifer Gilly
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Karen Gundlach
Eli and Melissa Pritykin

Azalea

Lee Adler and Robert Marks
Eric France
Laura Lane McNeal

Megan Adolph
Rene J. L. Fransen and Edward C. Bonin
Ellen McMillin

Elizabeth Ainslie
Matthew Frost
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Argent Trust Company
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Jane G Schramel

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M. Rebecca Cooper and Nathaniel A. Novak
Anne S. Kock
Gigi Sheldon

Morrell T. Corle
James Kock
Kathy Singleton

Tricia Day
Katherine Koerner
Ann Hobson Soniat

Vaughan Dorrian
Margaux and Stew Krane
Peggy Stafford – Stafford Tile

Melissa Dovie
Barbara LaFleur and Thomas Douglass
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Marlane Cheri Drake
Lynne Laibe
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Katherine Duncan
Beverly Lamb
Dr. and Mrs. Scott A. Tucker

Joanne R. Dunlaevy
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Lynne Uhalt Interiors

Dennis Dunham
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Shaista Vally

Meghan Dupre
Patrick Lejeune
Kris Vitrano

Linda Duryea
Dr. and Mrs. Roxy J. Leslie
Jackie Weil

Amy and Stephen Farnsworth
Yvonne LaFleur
Dawn Adams Wheelahan

Foley Fine Art
Gail and Rene Louapre
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Regan Forrester
Dorothy Mann
Tanga Winstead

Rebekah Gastinel Founds
Mary Scott McKinnon
Kathryn Zoller

Special Thanks

Hotel Saint Vincent
The Pavilion of the Two Sisters
Uptown Frames

Art in Bloom 2023 Exhibitors
Creative Designs

Epiphany
Thibodeaux’s Floral Studio
Zana Brown Studio

Nola Flora
Wedding Belles

Exterior Designs

Fransen Mills, Landscape Architect
NOLA + Design Landscape Architect
Robin Tanner, Landscape Architect

Beverly Katz, Landscape Designer, APLD
Perino’s Home and Garden Center

Mullin Landscape Architects and Design
Paul Soniat, Director, New Orleans Botanical Garden

Garden Clubs

Acres of Green
Hammond Garden
Palm Vista Garden Club

Aurora Plantation Gardeners
Junior League Garden Club
River Ridge Garden Club

Country Club Home Gardeners
Lake Vista Garden Club
Shady Oaks Garden Club

English Turn Garden Club
Magnolia Forest Garden Club
Town and Country of West St. Tammany

Garden Club of Tchefuncta Estates
New Orleans Garden Society

Garden Study Club of New Orleans
New Orleans Town Gardeners

Ikebana

Dee Dee Adams, Sogetsu
Mary Jane Emerson, Sogetsu
Diane Saye, Ichiyo

Sylvia Blanchard, Ichiyo
Jacqueline Gamble, Sogetsu
Jho-ju TU, Ichiyo

Sally Cockerham, Ichiyo
Helen Guidry, Sogetsu
Susie Vanderkuy, Sogetsu

Richard Cranford, Sogetsu
Alice Kornovich, Sogetsu

Movers & Shakers

Patti Constantin, Designs in Catering
H2O Salon and Spa
Westfeldt Brothers

City Greens
The Debra H. and Robert J. Ochsner Neuroscience Center

Professional Florists

Stefania Boiani, Thibodeaux’s
Floral Studio
Leaf + Petal NOLA
Tina Turner, The Plant Gallery

Courtney Chartier + Mary
Feldkamp, Thibodeaux’s
Floral Studio
Longue Vue House and Gardens
Nola Flora

Taylon Floyd, Thibodeaux’s
Floral Studio
Mitch’s Flowers
Urban Earth Design Studios

Meredith Martello,
Thibodeaux’s Floral Studio
The Plant Gallery

Paul A. Norman, AIFD,
Thibodeaux’s Floral Studio

Tablescapes

Designing Women of Garden Study Club
E. Lee Mead, Fifi Laughlin,
Stephanie Goliwas and Karen Gundlach
Trudy Hurley | Green Parrot Design
Melissa Rufty Design Studio

The Historic BK House and Gardens
Palm Orleans
The Scout Guide of New Orleans

Young Artists

EvelynJordanClay-kids
Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans
Ursuline Academy

Isidore Newman School
Metairie Park Country Day
YEP – Youth Empowerment Project

Jefferson Parish Talented Art Program
NOCCA

Louise S. McGehee School
Trinity Episcopal School

Silent Auction Donors

Karen Abboud
Martha Guthrie NWS
Micey Moyer

Jo-Ann C. Adams
Guy Lyman Fine Art
Julie Neill

Mac Ball
Nancy Hales
Jennifer Olwig

Mary Ball
Carolyn Hayne
Juanita Parenton

Tony Benjamin
Holly Mabry Poole Art
Charlotte Parrino

Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights
Gretchen Weller Howard
Jennifer Psalmonds

Zana Ranđelović Brown
Stephanie Goliwas Huger
Annie W. Richardson

Marion Cage
Whitney Melton Jeffreys
Amanda Holt Robicheaux

Carol Cassisa Designs
Kathy Slater Design Collection
Wesley Robinson

Nicole Charbonnet
Susu Kearney
Kate Rouchell – KGB CREATIVE

Chreegoo and Piru Shop
Belinda Knowles
Victoria Rosenblatt

Michael Clement
Maureen Krail
Saks Fifth Avenue

Julie Ann Connick
Beth Lambert
Rhenda Saporito

Robin Benton Crutcher
Patti Taylor Lapeyre
Sarah Otts Studio

Cyn Sewell Art
Fifi Laughlin
Karoline Schleh

Bessie Daschbach
Elizabeth Locke Jewels
Studio Amanda Talley

Lauren Reynolds Davis
Jonell Lombardo
Melissa Lane Taylor

Diamonds Direct
Catherine Makk
Nell C. Tilton

George Dunbar
Allison Crutcher McAshan
Sebastiano Tomada

Esom Gallery, Tracy and Tony Morse
E. Lee Mead
Tim Trapolin

Emma Fick
Jamie Grace Meeks
Becky Vizard | B. Vizard Design

Oskana Fogg
Megan Barnes Art
Lizzie White

Friend and Company Fine Jewelers
Michalopoulos Gallery
Dustin Young

Functionally yours
Malak Morgan

Karen Gundlach
Page Morris

Gallery Talk
2023-03-22 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.
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.

Gallery Talk with Curator Mel Buchanan and the Clay Art Center
2023-03-29 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 us for a conversation about the exhibition Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans with Mel Buchanan, NOMA’s RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, and the staff of the Clay Art Center, the group founded by the artist in 1957.
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: Kiki Man Ray
2023-03-30 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

March 2023
Book Club Discussion | Thursday, March 30, 12 pm

Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris by Mark Braude
W.W. Norton & Company, 2022, ISBN-13: 978-1324006015
In freewheeling 1920s Paris, Kiki de Montparnasse captivated as a nightclub performer, sold out gallery showings of her paintings, starred in Surrealist films, and shared drinks and ideas with the likes of Jean Cocteau and Marcel Duchamp. Her best-selling memoir―featuring an introduction by Ernest Hemingway―made front-page news in France and was immediately banned in America. All before she turned thirty. Kiki and Man Ray met in 1921 during a chance encounter at a café. What followed was an explosive decade-long connection, both professional and romantic, during which the couple grew and experimented as artists, competed for fame, and created many of the shocking images that cemented Man Ray’s reputation as one of the great artists of the modern era. The works they made together, including the Surrealist icons Le Violon d’Ingres and Noire et blanche, now set records at auction. Charting their volatile relationship, award-winning historian Mark Braude illuminates for the first time Kiki’s seminal influence not only on Man Ray’s art, but on the culture of 1920s Paris and beyond.

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 Egg Hunt and Family Festival
2023-04-01 10:00 - 13:00 | Louisiana
The New Orleans Museum of Art invites you to the
NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Saturday, April 1, 10 am–1 pm
Egg Hunts Begin at 10:30 am
NOMA Egg Hunt Chairs
Courtney Lane and Jenny Longwell
NVC Chair
Elizabeth Grimes
The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a fun and festive event for families featuring arts & crafts, games, face painting, snacks, drinks, music, and more.
The festival is set within the picturesque Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden—one of the most popular public spaces in New Orleans for families and visitors alike.
For many families, this event is their first introduction to the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Funds raised support NOMA’s education and exhibition programs.

NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival Tickets

$10 | NOMA Member | Through March 31 | Adults and Children
$15 | Non-Member | Through March 31 | Adults and Children
All tickets are $18 on the day of the event.
Free admission for children ages 2 and under.
Refreshments are included in ticket price, excluding alcoholic beverages.

Advance ticket sales have closed. A limited number of tickets are available at the door.
The Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a rain-or-shine event. Tickets are non-refundable.

Schedule of Activities
Entertainment
10 am–1 pm
DJ Audio Jocks
10:30–11:00 am
Egg Hunt
(ages 4 and under)
10:30–11:00 am
Egg Hunt
(ages 5 and up)
Pine Grove Activities
10:00 am–12:30 pm
Craft Station presented by Nurture Nannies
10 am–1 pm
DJ Audio Jocks
10 am–1 pm
Juggler & Magician
10 am–1 pm
Art Activities presented by Magic Box Toys
10 am–1 pm
Face Painting
10 am–1 pm
Photography by Polo Silk
Oak Grove Activities
10:30 am–1:00 pm
Face Painting presented by Urgent Care for Children
10:30–11:00 am
Egg Hunt
(ages 4 and under)
10:30–11:00 am
Egg Hunt
(ages 5 and up)
11 am–1 pm
Hula Hoop Station presented by Burkart Family
11 am–1 pm
Tattoo Salon
11 am–1 pm
Art Activities presented by Young Rembrandts
Special Guests
Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter
by When You Wish Entertainment
Daniel Tiger
by WYES
Egg Hunt Committee

Dial Abernathy

Stephanie Gamble

Vivian Grandal

Annie Gonzalez

Nicole Guilmino

Erin Hymel

Emily Ockerlund

Mea Ratcliff

Kathi Vincent

Thank You to Our Current Sponsors
Lead Sponsor
Catherine Burns Tremaine

Fun & Games
Lynne Burkart
Cammie and Charles Mayer

Sweets & Treats
Burkart Family

Bunnies & Baskets
Drs. Jenny and Marshall Longwell

Boogie & Bounce
Beary Cherry Tree
Elizabeth Boh
Allison Shapiro Dandry and Bobby Dandry
Jessica Marasco Illes
Lake Vista Pediatrics
Beverly Matheney
Nurture Nannies
Katherine Westerhold and John White
Young Rembrandts of Southeast Louisiana

Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival
2023-04-02 10:00 - 16:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
Iris lovers and gardening enthusiasts are invited to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden for the annual Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival, presented by NOMA and the Greater New Orleans Iris Society.
Come view the newly bloomed Louisiana irises in the lush natural surroundings of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Visitors will have the opportunity to ask on-site iris experts gardening-related questions.
Free and open to the public.
For more information email hello@noma.org, or call 504.658.4100

Music in the Garden
2023-04-02 14:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
NOMA is excited to present Music in the Garden, a new outdoor music series this spring. Encounter the sounds of local New Orleans musicians while strolling through the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on select Sunday afternoons beginning at 2 pm.
No registration is required. The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is free and open to the public seven days a week.
Spring 2023 Schedule
April 2: Sidiki Conde & Wowo Souakoli
April 16: Adrienne Edson Trio
May 14: Martin Masakowski and Jesse Autumn
May 28: Strawberry Radio Duo in Pine Grove
June 4
June 18

Gallery Talk with Nana Sula
2023-04-05 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, Nana Sula will discuss African spirituality and the power of ancestral traditions in the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & 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 Curatorial Program with Tracy Kennan
2023-04-11 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

April 2023
Curatorial Program | Tuesday, April 11, 12 pm

Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka
2021, ISBN-13: 978-0593320167

In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr. Menka’s hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Dr. Menka shares the grisly news with his oldest college friend, bon viveur, star engineer, and Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payne. The life of every party, Duyole is about to assume a prestigious post at the United Nations in New York, but it now seems that someone is determined that he not make it there. And neither Dr. Menka nor Duyole knows why, or how close the enemy is, or how powerful. Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth is at once a literary hoot, a crafty whodunit, and a scathing indictment of political and social corruption. It is a stirring call to arms against the abuse of power from one of our fiercest political activists, who also happens to be a global literary giant.

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.
