New Orleans Museum of Art

Small Talk: Selections from Past Present Future: Building Photography at the New Orleans Museum of Art
2018-12-07 15:00 - 15:15 (America/Chicago)
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join Curator Russell Lord for a discussion about select photographs on view in Past Present Future: Building Photography at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Small Talk: Mildred Thompson: Against the Grain with Curator Katie Pfohl
2018-12-05 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Katie Pfohl for a discussion about works on view in Mildred Thompson: Against the Grain.

Noontime Talk: The Orléans Collection with Curator Vanessa Schmid
2018-12-05 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Vanessa Schmid for a discussion about the exhibition The Orléans Collection.

French Connections Film Series: Dangerous Liaisons
2018-12-01 14:00 - 16:00
Travel through time to 18th-century France with films exploring life among the aristocracy. This series, presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Orleans Collection, takes place Saturday afternoons in November and December.

Saturday, November 3, 2 pm: A Little Chaos (Rated R, 2015)
Saturday, November 17, 2 pm: The Death of Louis XIV (La mort de Louis XIV) (Not rated, 2017)
Saturday, November 24, 2 pm: The Royal Exchange ((L’Echange des Princesses) (Not rated, 2017)
Saturday, December 1, 2 pm: Dangerous Liaisons (Rated R, 1988)

ABOUT DANGEROUS LIAISONS
This portrait of the 18th-century French aristocracy focuses on a scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover, who make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. Adapted from the 18th-century French novel, Les liaisons dangereuses, by Pierre Chodarios de Lacios, the film stars Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, and Uma Thurman. The critically acclaimed movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. (Rated R | 1988 | 1 hour, 59 minutes)
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Museum Highlights Tour
2018-12-01 13:00 - 14:00
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in!
Special group tours can be arranged with two-weeks advance notice. Call Tracy Kennan, Curator of Education, at 504.658.4113.

StoryQuest
2018-12-01 11:00 - 11:30
Spark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading. Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration.
Saturday, December 1: Rivers
Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission.
Find the full schedule here. Contact 504-658-4100 or education@noma.org with questions.
Major support for StoryQuest is provided by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.

Baby Artsplay!
2018-12-01 10:30 - 11:30
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 10:30 am
This free six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
December 1 | Lesson 3 – Express Yourself (Early Language)
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 0-3.
Contact education@noma.org or 504-658-4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

No Friday Nights at NOMA
2018-11-30 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA will not be held on November 30. The museum will close at 6 pm and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden at 5 pm.

Small Talk: Ancient Greek Pottery with Docent Elizabeth Davis
2018-11-30 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Elizabeth Davis as discusses NOMA’s collection of ancient Greek pottery.

Champs-Elysées: Building Paris, Building New Orleans | A Lecture by Joan DeJean
2018-11-29 18:00 - 20:00
In conjunction with The Orleans Collection exhibition, historian Joan DeJean will present a lecture titled “Champs-Elysées: Building Paris, Building New Orleans.” Read more about the lecture’s theme in this interview with Dr. DeJean.
Joan DeJean has been Trustee Professor at the University of Pennsylvania since 1988. She previously taught at Yale and at Princeton. She is the author of eleven books on French literature, history, and material culture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, including most recently The Queen’s Embroiderer: A True Story of Lovers, Swindlers, and the First Stock Market Crisis (2018); The Invention of Paris: Making the City Modern (2014); The Age of Comfort: When Paris Discovered Casual and the Modern Home Began (2009); and The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafés, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour (2005).

Small Talk: Umberto Boccioni with Docent Cynthia Kolb
2018-11-29 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Cynthia Kolb as she discusses the life and work of Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916), a major figure in the Futurism movement.

Small Talk: The Mesoamerican Ballgame with NOMA Intern Amy Crum
2018-11-28 15:30 - 15:45
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join NOMA intern Amy Crum as she discusses the a Maya archaeological find on display in the Art of the Ancient Americas Gallery depicting players in a Mesoamerican ballgame, ca. 600–900 CE.

Small Talk: Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred with Curatorial Fellow Allison Young
2018-11-28 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join Curatorial Fellow Allison Young for a discussion about the solo exhibition Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred.
Wednesdays are FREE to all Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.

Noontime Talk: Past Present Future: Building Photography at the New Orleans Museum of Art with Curator Russell Lord
2018-11-28 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Russell Lord as he guides visitors through the exhibition Past Present Future: Building Photography at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Classes with Curators: Looking at Art in Eighteenth-Century Paris
2018-11-27 18:00 - 20:00
Classes with Curators
Interested in taking a closer look at NOMA’s collections? Want to take a deep dive into our special exhibitions? Join NOMA curators as they explore a variety of topics and take you behind the scenes in our new Classes with Curators series. Designed for small groups of no more than twenty students, classes are organized into three parts and are taught by one or more members of our professional staff.
This fall the New Orleans Museum of Art presents The Orléans Collection, an exhibition reuniting masterpieces of European Art from the collection of our city’s namesake, Philippe II, Duc d’Orléans. In conjunction with this landmark exhibition, Classes with Curators will explore the origins of Philippe II’s collection, connoisseurship and art viewing in early eighteenth-century Paris, and the role of the Palais-Royal in communicating ideas about art.
$150 per series for nonmembers; $125 for members
ENROLL NOW
Please contact education@noma.org for more information.

LOOKING AT ART IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PARIS: CURATORS, COLLECTORS, AND CONNOISSEURS
Vanessa Schmid, Senior Research Curator for European Art
Kelsey Brosnan, Doris Zemurray Stone Curatorial Fellow for European Art

Tuesdays, November 27, December 4, and 11 | 6–8 pm

November 27 | Session I: The Origins of The Orléans Collection
The first session will take the class through the development, research, and practicalities of exhibition planning. Participants will learn about the field of the history of collecting and the unique questions engaged by this exhibition.
December 4 | Session II: Connoisseurship: Art Viewership in Paris ca. 1700
Philippe d’Orléans and his circle were actively engaged in categorizing and investigating the range of styles represented in European Art, and his collecting reflects ideas debated in the French Academy. We will review foundational texts about looking at works of art and consider the role of connoisseurship as presented in The Orléans Collection.
December 11 | Session III: Reimagining the Palais-Royal
The final session will consider the cultural, social and political life of Philippe’s Paris residence, the Palais-Royal. We will consider how the display of works of art communicates ideas and how installation and design can evoke a sense of place.
Image above: Giorgio Vasari (Italian, 1511–1574), Six Tuscan Poets, 1544, Oil on panel, 52 x 51 5/8 in., Minneapolis Institute of Art

Small Talk: Kuntz Collection of Decorative Arts with Docent Mary Lynne Stumpf
2018-11-25 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Mary Lynn Stumpf for a discussion about the Kuntz Collection of Decorative Arts, gifted to NOMA in 1979.

Small Talk: Joan Miró with Docent Rosemary Hays-Thomas
2018-11-24 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Stephanie Rogers for a discussion about the life and career of abstract artist Joan Miró (1893–1983).

French Connections Film Series: The Royal Exchange (L’Echange des Princesses)
2018-11-24 14:00 - 16:00
Travel through time to 18th-century France with films exploring life among the aristocracy. This series, presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Orleans Collection, takes place Saturday afternoons in November and December.

Saturday, November 3, 2 pm: A Little Chaos (Rated R, 2015)
Saturday, November 17, 2 pm: The Death of Louis XIV (La mort de Louis XIV) (Not rated, 2017)
Saturday, November 24, 2 pm: The Royal Exchange ((L’Echange des Princesses) (Not rated, 2017)
Saturday, December 1, 2 pm: Dangerous Liaisons (Rated R, 1988)

ABOUT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE (L’ECHANGE DES PRINCESSES)
In 1721, French Regent Philippe II, Duc d’Orléans proposes a marriage between the respective heirs to the French and Spanish Crowns: eleven-year-old Louis XV and four-year-old Maria Anna Victoria. The Regent also offers to marry his own daughter to the heir apparent to the Spanish throne. French with English subtitles. (Not rated | 2017 | 1 hour, 40 minutes)
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Small Talk: John Singer Sargent's Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer with Docent Stephanie Rogers
2018-11-24 11:00 - 11:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Stephanie Rogers for a discussion about John Singer Sargent’s Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer.

Baby Artsplay!
2018-11-24 10:30 - 11:30
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 10:30 am
This free six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
November 24 | Lesson 2 – Hello, Friend (Social)
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 0-3.
Contact education@noma.org or 504-658-4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

No Friday Nights at NOMA
2018-11-23 17:00 - 21:00
In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Friday Nights at NOMA will not be held on November 23. The museum closes at 6 pm and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden closes at 5 pm.

Small Talk: Louise Bourgeois with Docent Connie Traub
2018-11-23 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Connie Traub for a discussion about artist Louise Bourgeois.

Small Talk: Bacchiacca's Portrait of a Young Lute Player with Docent Janet Krane
2018-11-23 11:00 - 11:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Janet Krane for a discussion about Portrait of a Young Lute Player (c. 1524–1525) by Bacchiacca (Francesco d’Ubertino).

Closed for Thanksgiving Day
2018-11-22
NOMA will be closed on Thursday, November 22, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Small Talk: Marie Antoinette with Docent Dennis Malloy
2018-11-21 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Dennis Malloy for a discussion about Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun’s Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (c. 1788).

Noontime Talk: Ear to the Ground with Curator Katie Pfohl
2018-11-21 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Katie Pfohl as she guides visitors through the contemporary exhibition Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art.

Small Talk: Recyclables with Docent Harvey Orth
2018-11-21 11:00 - 11:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Wednesdays offer free admission to all Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join docent Harvey Orth as she discusses the recycled car parts used by artist John Chamberlain in the sculpture Inka Dinka Doo.

Studio KIDS! Holiday Workshop
2018-11-21 09:30 - 12:30
Explore your artistic side this holiday season! NOMA offers 3 single-day Studio KIDS! Holiday Workshops to engage young artists in the creative process. Students ages 5–10 will explore works of art in the museum galleries and get creative in the studio.
Call 504-658-4128 or email education@noma.org to register or for more information.
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Price per class: $25 members / $30 nonmembers
Wednesday, November 21
Teaching artist Rebecca Frank will lead a workshop on creating wood paintings, inspired by the exhibition Mildred Thompson: Against the Grain.

Small Talk: Newcomb Pottery with Docent Naomi Kornman
2018-11-17 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Wednesdays are free to all Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join docent Naomi Kornman for a discussion about NOMA’s collection of Newcomb Pottery.

French Connections Film Series: The Death of Louis XIV
2018-11-17 14:00 - 16:00
Travel through time to 18th-century France with films exploring life among the aristocracy. This series, presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Orleans Collection, takes place Saturday afternoons in November and December.

Saturday, November 3, 2 pm: A Little Chaos (Rated R, 2015)
Saturday, November 17, 2 pm: The Death of Louis XIV (La mort de Louis XIV) (Not rated, 2017)
Saturday, November 24, 2 pm: The Royal Exchange ((L’Echange des Princesses) (Not rated, 2017)
Saturday, December 1, 2 pm: Dangerous Liaisons (Rated R, 1988)

ABOUT THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV (LA MORT DE LOUIS XIV)
Upon returning from a hunting expedition in August 1715, King Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The film traces the king’s last days at Versailles, where, surrounded by loyal followers in his royal chambers, he succumbs to death. French with English subtitles. (Not rated, 2016; 1 hour, 55 minutes)
In a review for The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw writes: “In what seems like real time, the film takes its audience through a historical event, the death of Louis XIV, placing us by the royal deathbed in the days and hours before he died in 1715 of a blood clot. Frowningly solicitous courtiers come and go. Murmuring physicians suppress their obvious terror of being blamed. Ladies-in-waiting simperingly attempt to keep His Majesty’s spirits up and greet his pathetic attempts at gallantry and good humour the way they might an infant doing his toilet training. And the king slowly dies … Movingly, and often terrifyingly, Jean-Pierre Léaud gives a superb approximation of what the slow approach of mortality looks like: the retreat into fatigue, into a strange combination of fear and calm, into mysterious stillness. The gradual leaking of life looks like the disappearance of moisture from wet sand in the sun. I can’t think of any actor who has over the space of a feature film given such a brilliant portrayal of the protracted moment of death.”
Watch the trailer:
