New Orleans Museum of Art

A Choice of Weapons: Photography, Surveillance, and Ethics
2021-04-28 18:00 (America/Chicago)
Gordon Parks famously stated that photography was his “choice of weapons” against racism, intolerance, and poverty. While photographs have certainly been used to document and advance social justice causes in the past, the use of photography in recent protest movements has demonstrated one of the dangers of the medium. While protest photographs have amplified these movements’ messages and visibility, those very same photographs have been used against their makers by other authorities. This panel will explore the new emerging chapter in the ethics of photography, considering how the digital, social world has made photography an instantaneous and global “weapon” that can slip easily from one hand to another, and offering guidance on ethical and inclusive approaches to protest photography.
Panelists include Caroline Sinders, Brian Palmer, and Tara Pixley. The program will be moderated by Russell Lord, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings at NOMA.

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About Creative Assembly
Creative Assembly is a community engagement initiative by the New Orleans Museum of Art that uses neighborhood-based participatory art experiences as a vehicle for personal exploration, community collaboration, and social change. At the New Orleans Museum of Art, we are committed to connecting to people both within and beyond the museum walls, and dedicated to developing sustained relationships with the individuals, organizations, and diverse communities of New Orleans. Bringing together community members, artists, community-based organizations, and museum staff, the Creative Assembly Initiative facilitates community-generated art projects and programs in New Orleans neighborhood spaces and at the museum.

Visit NOMA
See the exhibition New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile at NOMA through June 6, 2021
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NOMA’s Creative Assembly Community Engagement Initiative is supported by the Wagner Foundation. To learn more about the Wagner Foundation, please visit www.wfound.org.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

Art in Bloom 2021 • Home Grown, presented by IBERIABANK | First Horizon
2021-05-05 10:00 - 18:00
The New Orleans Museum of Art and Garden Study Club of New Orleans invite you to participate in Art in Bloom 2021 | Home Grown presented by IBERIABANK | First Horizon May 5-9. One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, for five days at NOMA, Art in Bloom will showcase spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs, floral designers and creative talents from across New Orleans.
With the current climate in mind, 2021’s theme Home Grown will bring together exhibitors and speakers primarily from our city and region to celebrate the beauty that you can create at home. This year, Art in Bloom will feature both virtual and in-person experiences for patrons to enjoy while adhering to safety measures that will insure the well-being of visitors, patrons and staff.

PURCHASE TICKETS AND SPONSORSHIPS

If you purchase a sponsorship, you will have the opportunity to participate in all of the exciting events surrounding Art in Bloom 2021, including:

Patron Wine Tour Previews: Wednesday, May 5 and Thursday, May 6 from 4 pm-9 pm. Patrons will have timed entries to view the floral displays and the silent auction featuring original works of art from both established and emerging talents while enjoying a glass of wine or champagne. This year’s featured artist is Andrew Lamar Hopkins.
Patron Wine Tour Previews: Wednesday, May 5 and Thursday, May 6, 4 pm-9 pm. Patrons will have timed entries to view the floral displays and the silent auction featuring original works of art from both established and emerging talents while enjoying a glass of wine or champagne. This year’s featured artist is Andrew Lamar Hopkins.
Lecture Series, Thursday, May 6. The lecture series to be held in NOMA’s newly renovated Lapis Center for the Arts, with reduced capacity, will feature two speakers: Margot Shaw, founder and editor of Flower Magazine and author of Living Floral: Entertaining and Decorating with Flowers and Richard Keith Langham, renowned interior designer and author of About Decorating: The Remarkable Rooms of Richard Keith Langham. Patrons who are unable to attend in person will be able to view the lectures virtually.
To-Go lunch, Thursday, May 6. To-go lunches by Café NOMA will be available to enjoy at home or to picnic in the Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
Virtual Package, available Thursday, May 6. Three pre-recorded creative instructional videos (cooking by Beth Biundo, floral design by Margaret Ludwig, and container gardening by Karl Becnel) will be available for virtual viewing at your convenience. These videos are in addition to the lecture series and Art in Bloom virtual tour of floral displays by Bryan Batt

CO-CHAIRS BRETT LAPEYRE AND KIM RODDY

Your support will provide critical resources for both NOMA’s educational initiatives and exhibitions and The Garden Study Club of New Orleans’ community projects. The last year has been challenging for both organizations. We would be honored to list your name as one of this year’s generous patrons and to have your support.

PURCHASE TICKETS AND SPONSORSHIPS

NOMA and the Garden Study Club will adhere to all local and state mandates. In the event of the inability to hold the event on the scheduled dates due to COVID-19 restrictions, we will make every effort to reschedule Art in Bloom. In the case that we are unable to reschedule, your ticket purchase or sponsorship will be considered a 100% tax donation to Art in Bloom. Tickets are non-refundable.
For more information, please contact NOMA by phone 504.658.4121 or email: AIB@noma.org. Please note that the deadline to be included in printed materials is March 1, 2021.

Art in Bloom 2021 • Home Grown, presented by IBERIABANK | First Horizon
2021-05-06 10:00 - 17:00
The New Orleans Museum of Art and Garden Study Club of New Orleans invite you to participate in Art in Bloom 2021 | Home Grown presented by IBERIABANK | First Horizon May 5-9. One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, for five days at NOMA, Art in Bloom will showcase spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs, floral designers and creative talents from across New Orleans.
With the current climate in mind, 2021’s theme Home Grown will bring together exhibitors and speakers primarily from our city and region to celebrate the beauty that you can create at home. This year, Art in Bloom will feature both virtual and in-person experiences for patrons to enjoy while adhering to safety measures that will insure the well-being of visitors, patrons and staff.

If you purchase a sponsorship, you will have the opportunity to participate in all of the exciting events surrounding Art in Bloom 2021, including:

Patron Wine Tour Previews: Wednesday, May 5 and Thursday, May 6 from 4 pm-9 pm. Patrons will have timed entries to view the floral displays and the silent auction featuring original works of art from both established and emerging talents while enjoying a glass of wine or champagne. This year’s featured artist is Andrew Lamar Hopkins.
Patron Wine Tour Previews: Wednesday, May 5 and Thursday, May 6, 4 pm-9 pm. Patrons will have timed entries to view the floral displays and the silent auction featuring original works of art from both established and emerging talents while enjoying a glass of wine or champagne. This year’s featured artist is Andrew Lamar Hopkins.
Lecture Series, Thursday, May 6. The lecture series to be held in NOMA’s newly renovated Lapis Center for the Arts, with reduced capacity, will feature two speakers: Margot Shaw, founder and editor of Flower Magazine and author of Living Floral: Entertaining and Decorating with Flowers and Richard Keith Langham, renowned interior designer and author of About Decorating: The Remarkable Rooms of Richard Keith Langham. Patrons who are unable to attend in person will be able to view the lectures virtually.
To-Go lunch, Thursday, May 6. To-go lunches by Café NOMA will be available to enjoy at home or to picnic in the Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
Virtual Package, available Thursday, May 6. Three pre-recorded creative instructional videos (cooking by Beth Biundo, floral design by Margaret Ludwig, and container gardening by Karl Becnel) will be available for virtual viewing at your convenience. These videos are in addition to the lecture series and Art in Bloom virtual tour of floral displays by Bryan Batt
Silent Auction, Monday May 3 – noon, Monday May 10. View auction items in person at NOMA from Wednesday, May 5 through Sunday, May 9.

CO-CHAIRS BRETT LAPEYRE AND KIM RODDY

Your support will provide critical resources for both NOMA’s educational initiatives and exhibitions and The Garden Study Club of New Orleans’ community projects. The last year has been challenging for both organizations. We would be honored to list your name as one of this year’s generous patrons and to have your support.

BOUQUET | $10,000

Sixteen (16) Patron Preview Wine & Tour Tickets
Six (6) Gold Section seats for lectures with six (6) boxed lunches “To Go”
Twelve (12) VIP passes to view floral displays Thursday, May 6-Sunday, May 9
Virtual Package

IRIS | $5,000

Ten (10) Patron Preview Wine & Tour Tickets
Four (4) Gold Section seats for lectures with four (4) boxed lunches “To Go”
Eight (8) VIP passes to view floral displays Thursday, May 6-Sunday, May 9
Virtual Package

ORCHID | $2,500

Eight (8) Patron Preview Wine & Tour Tickets
Two (2) Gold Section seats for lectures with two (2) boxed lunches “To Go”
Four (4) VIP passes to view floral displays Thursday, May 5-Sunday, May 9
Virtual Package

MAGNOLIA | $1,000

Four (4) Patron Preview Wine & Tour Tickets
Two (2) Gold Section seats for lectures with two (2) boxed lunches “To Go”
Four (4) VIP passes to view floral displays Thursday, May 6-Sunday, May 9
Virtual Package

GARDENIA | $500

Two (2) Patron Preview Wine & Tour Tickets
One (1) Silver Section seat for lectures with one (1) boxed lunch “To Go”
Two (2) VIP passes to view floral displays Thursday, May 6-Sunday, May 9
Virtual Package

CAMELLIA | $300

One (1) Patron Preview Wine & Tour Ticket
One (1) Seat for lectures with one (1) boxed lunch “To Go”
One (1) VIP pass to view floral Thursday, May 6-Sunday, May 9
Virtual Package

AZALEA | $175

One (1) Patron Preview Wine & Tour Ticket
Virtual access on May 6 to 3 pre-recorded virtual talks

VIRTUAL PACKAGE | $ 100

Virtual access to lectures on May 6 at NOMA and to 3 pre-recorded virtual talks

NOMA and the Garden Study Club will adhere to all local and state mandates. In the event of the inability to hold the event on the scheduled dates due to COVID-19 restrictions, we will make every effort to reschedule Art in Bloom. In the case that we are unable to reschedule, your ticket purchase or sponsorship will be considered a 100% tax donation to Art in Bloom. Tickets are non-refundable.
For more information, please contact NOMA by phone 504.658.4121 or email: AIB@noma.org. Please note that the deadline to be included in printed materials is March 1, 2021.

Music in the Garden: The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
2021-05-14 18:30
Music in the Garden is returning to NOMA this spring! Join the New Orleans musicians you love for intimate, socially distanced outdoor performances in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden, assembled by internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki. Choose the ‘Music Meal Box’ by Cafe NOMA for an exciting boxed dinner option to enjoy during each performance.
NOMA is excited to present The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars on Friday, May 14, 2021. Gates will open at 5:45 and the concert will begin promptly at 6:30 pm.
This program was originally scheduled for April 16, and was postponed due to weather.
Tickets are $20 General Admission | $17 NOMA Members JOIN NOW
Purchase Tickets

2-Course “Music Meal Box” curated by Café NOMA and Chef Chris Montero
Café NOMA will offer a food and drink option ready upon your arrival. All orders of the Music Meal Box for this concert must be placed by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 14. A bar by Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group will also sell select beverages during the performance. Outside food and drink will not be allowed in the sculpture garden during this program.
View the Menu and Place an Order
About The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars are entering their 27th year as an active performing ensemble. In these times when folk music has meant rigidly sticking to a cliched format or collecting hackneyed stylistic features, the klezmer all stars have attempted to challenge and stretch boundaries…but without sacrificing the most exciting features of social music; driving rhythms, passion, and clear melodies that are sublime but remain memorable.
Using the inspiration of the city where they began, the band has formed a unique approach to traditional melodies and, even more unusual, a way of writing in the style that leads to a sort of Yiddish Impressionism– keeping audiences dancing but cutting to the depths of their cultural imaginations, even where they didn’t realize they had one.
The Klezmer Allstars have grown into their name and are frequently seen with many of New Orleans’ greatest musicians, including: Mean Willie Green, Stanton Moore, Benjamin Ellman, Jonathan Freilich, Joe Cabral, Glenn Hartman, Doug Garrison, Dan Oestreicher, and Aurora Nealand.
Safety Guidelines
NOMA is committed to the health and safety of our community. We require that all registrants to this event wear face masks as per CDC, state, and city guidelines. All staff and participants will be wearing face masks, with the exception of the on-stage musicians. There will be a minimum of 12 ft from the edge of the stage to the beginning of seating.
Per city guidelines, capacity will be limited to 150 people.
No social gathering will be permitted. Please maintain a safe distance of at least 6ft from those not in your party.
NOMA staff will be on site to monitor social distancing and assist with seating spacing. The amphitheater consists of grass berms, and we encourage attendees to bring their own outdoor chairs or blankets for this event.
If you are not feeling well, especially if you have a fever, please stay home and plan to attend a future concert. All refunds due to illness will be 100% refunded.
Ticket Limits
The purchase of Member tickets is limited by your membership level.
Individual: Limit 1
Friends & Family: Limit 2
Sustaining, Benefactors, Young Fellows, and Friends of the Sculpture Garden: Limit 4
Fellows and Circles: Limit 6
To upgrade your membership, please contact the membership office at membership@noma.org or (504) 658-4130.
Cancellation Policy
A rain cancellation will be determined by 1 pm the day of the event. In the event of a rain cancellation, tickets will be refunded.
Questions?
Contact us at education@noma.org or (504) 658-4100

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 Drop-In
2021-05-15 10:00 - 11:30
NOMA Drop-In is an informal opportunity to meet the NOMA team, ask questions about your museum, and learn about the collection.
Stop by on Saturday,May 15th from 10-11:30 AM to chat with NOMA Director Susan Taylor and Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Deputy Director for Curatorial/Curator of Asian Art
Advance registration recommended but not required. Space is limited to allow for appropriate social distancing.

REGISTER

NOMA Drop-In will take place in the Dathel and Tommy Coleman Courtyard.

Music in the Garden: Alexey Marti Band featuring Mahmoud Chouki
2021-05-21 18:30
Music in the Garden is returning to NOMA this spring! Join the New Orleans musicians you love for intimate, socially distanced outdoor performances in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden, assembled by internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki. Choose the ‘Music Meal Box’ by Cafe NOMA for an exciting boxed dinner option to enjoy during each performance.
NOMA is excited to present the Alexey Marti Band featuring Mahmoud Chouki on Friday, May 21, 2021. Gates will open at 5:45 and the concert will begin promptly at 6:30 pm.
This performance was rescheduled from April 23 due to weather.
Tickets are $20 General Admission | $17 NOMA Members JOIN NOW
Sold Out

Please email education@noma.org if you would like to join a waitlist to be notified if tickets become available.

2-Course “Music Meal Box” curated by Café NOMA and Chef Chris Montero
Café NOMA will offer a food and drink option ready upon your arrival. All orders of the Music Meal Box for this concert must be placed by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 21. A bar by Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group will also sell select beverages during the performance. Outside food and drink will not be allowed in the sculpture garden during this program.
View the Menu and Place an Order
About Alexey Marti
At the zealous age of 16 years old, the expressive Cuban-born percussionist, composer, and bandleader, Alexey Marti, began formal percussion studies under the passionate guidance of Maestro Oscar Valdes, percussionist and singer for the famous Cuban group, Irakere. The mentorship blossomed into a deep-rooted professional relationship, allotting Marti a tenured-position as percussionist for Valdes’ renowned Afro-Cuban ensemble, Dia.kara.
In 2008, Marti took a tremendous leap of faith, moving to and residing in the musical and historical city of New Orleans, Louisiana to propel the advancement of his musical aspirations and trajectory. Marti’s multi-faceted expertise on percussion and piano garnered him the opportunity to join the University of New Orleans Jazz Program, where he is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in music with a concentration in percussion & piano. During this time, Marti founded one of NOLA’s in demand Latin-funk-fusion quintets, Alexey Marti and Urban Minds, garnering him the slot of opening act for the world famous Chucho Valdes in concert in 2012. On three occasions, Marti was nominated for the New Orleans Big Easy Music Award in both Latin and World music categories from 2014-2018, winning best performer in the category in 2018.
Marti’s audience-participatory performances and celebratory spirit has captured the hearts of music lovers in New Orleans and in turn has maintained Marti’s ensemble as a featured regular at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival since 2009. Some of the notable artists for which Marti has recorded for and/or performed with include the following: The Headhunters, Platinum (2011), Delfeayo Marsallis (2016), Orlando Maraca Valle, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Jim Walker, Hubert Laws, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Bill Summers, Davell Crawford and Jason Marsallis, to name a few. Most recently, Marti expanded his vocation, working as a percussionist for digital media and films. His recent accolades include recording percussion for the new TV series, Roots (2016) and serving as film composer for two documentaries: Chasing Dreams: A Leah Chase Story and Codigo Color Memorias (Cuban documentary).
Marti shares his music with the release of two compelling albums, Travesia, (2017) and Mundo (2019). These recordings sonically capture the impetus of Marti’s musical compositions and arrangements – to provoke both music listeners and musicians to dare and dream of newfangled ways of cross-pollinating musical traditions, pay respect to the past, celebrate the present, and create a new sound for future generations to enjoy. The music crosses between the folkloric and current musical traditions of Cuba meshed with the spiritual bata drumming of West Africa, and seasoned with hints of United States dixieland, second line, blues, jazz and funk, creating a fresh approach within the genre of Latin Jazz.
About Mahmoud Chouki
Mahmoud Chouki is a master guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer living and working in New Orleans. His art draws together music from many different international contexts to consider how music can speak across cultural divides. His own compositions incorporate musical influences from across the globe, ranging from European classical, Andalusian from Southern Spain, Levantine music from the Middle East, Maghrebian music from North Africa, Latin American music, and jazz from the Southern United States. Integrating sounds and rhythms from many different cultures, Chouki combines classical guitar with instruments such as the loutar, a traditional instrument of the Middle Atlas region of Morocco; the sintir, a Sub-Saharan instrument from the Sahel region (Mali); the oud, an oriental lute; the Algerian mandole, a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin; the Bağlama saz, a Turkish long necked bowl-lute; the banjo, and a variety of percussion instruments. As artistic director of Rencontre Orient-Occident at Chateau Mercier in Sierre, Switzerland, Chouki has brought together a wide range of international musicians to envision new forms of dialogue between East and West, with music often the only common language between performers.
Safety Guidelines
NOMA is committed to the health and safety of our community. We require that all registrants to this event wear face masks as per CDC, state, and city guidelines. All staff and participants will be wearing face masks, with the exception of the on-stage musicians. There will be a minimum of 12 ft from the edge of the stage to the beginning of seating.
Per city guidelines, capacity will be limited to 150 people.
No social gathering will be permitted. Please maintain a safe distance of at least 6ft from those not in your party.
NOMA staff will be on site to monitor social distancing and assist with seating spacing. The amphitheater consists of grass berms, and we encourage attendees to bring their own outdoor chairs or blankets for this event.
If you are not feeling well, especially if you have a fever, please stay home and plan to attend a future concert. All refunds due to illness will be 100% refunded.
Ticket Limits
The purchase of Member tickets is limited by your membership level.
Individual: Limit 1
Friends & Family: Limit 2
Sustaining, Benefactors, Young Fellows, and Friends of the Sculpture Garden: Limit 4
Fellows and Circles: Limit 6
To upgrade your membership, please contact the membership office at membership@noma.org or (504) 658-4130.
Cancellation Policy
A rain cancellation will be determined by 1 pm the day of the event. In the event of a rain cancellation, tickets will be refunded.
Questions?
Contact us at education@noma.org or (504) 658-4100

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.

TOGETHER MMXXI: Teen Day in the Garden
2021-05-22 12:00 - 16:00
Join us in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden for TOGETHER MMXXI: Teen Day in the Garden, an afternoon of art-making, wellness activities, and socially-distanced togetherness designed and hosted by the NOMA Teen Art Council.
Featuring:
Botanical Sun Print Workshops with Wild Fox Medicine
Yoga & Mindfulness Workshops
The TAC Sculpture Hunt
Build-Your-Own Planting Kits
A FREE food item & a drink for the first 100 attendees
Music, cold treats & more!

Grab a mask, a friend, and a towel or blanket for picnicking and come celebrate youth resilience and creativity with us. FREE for teens.
REGISTER NOW

When?
Saturday, May 22nd | 12-4 PM
Where?
NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden Expansion (SGII)
Enter through the original Sculpture Garden, or at the SGII Gate on Enrique Alferez Drive in City Park (1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans)
What Covid-19 safety measures are in place?
Please click here to review the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Covid-19 safety guidelines. Teen Day’s layout and stations are designed with care and attention to these guidelines including social distancing, a contact-less map/event program, and frequent sanitization of high-touch surfaces and objects.
We ask that all Teen Day attendees wear a mask to protect themselves and other attendees while moving through the Sculpture Garden and participating in activities and workshops. Eating and drinking will be permitted in a select picnic area. Please maintain a safe distance between others while enjoying your food and drink.
What should I bring?

a mask
a friend
a towel or picnic blanket for picnicking, yoga, or meditation!
an appetite — the first 100 attendees will receive a FREE food item and cold treat!
a few dollars for spending on additional food (optional)
curiosity — to look at artworks, create, and connect

Questions?
Do you have any questions about the event? Please email education@noma.org
Follow along with the TAC as we prepare for Teen Day @noma_teens on Instagram

Teen programs at NOMA are supported in part by the Diversifying Art Museum Initiative, funded by the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation; Harry T. Howard III Foundation; Harvey and Marie Orth; and The Bruce J. Heim Foundation. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.

Music in the Garden: James Williams Band
2021-05-26 18:30
Music in the Garden is returning to NOMA this spring! Join the New Orleans musicians you love for intimate, socially distanced outdoor performances in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden, assembled by internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki. Choose the ‘Music Meal Box’ by Cafe NOMA for an exciting boxed dinner option to enjoy during each performance.
NOMA is excited to present the James Williams Band on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 for the final performance of the Spring series. Gates will open at 5:45 and the concert will begin promptly at 6:30 pm.
This program was postponed from Friday, April 30 due to weather.
Tickets are $20 General Admission | $17 NOMA Members JOIN NOW
Purchase Tickets

2-Course “Music Meal Box” curated by Café NOMA and Chef Chris Montero
Café NOMA will offer a food and drink option ready upon your arrival. All orders of the Music Meal Box for this concert must be placed by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 28. A bar by Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group will also sell select beverages during the performance. Outside food and drink will not be allowed in the sculpture garden during this program.
View the Menu and Place an Order
About James Williams
James Williams adores the music of Louis Armstrong, and has three primary outlets for his passion: the James Williams Band (aka the James Williams New Orleans Jazz Quintet), a high-class trumpet and vocal affair that uses upright bass; the New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jass Band, a raucous traditional jazz and brass band that is backed by sousaphone/tuba; and he helps lead the New Orleans Classic Big Band, the hottest and coolest new big band in years to celebrate the music of Louis Armstrong and the golden age of big band music.
Mr. Williams tears up stages on vocals and trumpet in all three of the above bands, and he has performed recently at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Megève Jazz Festival, Monte Carlo Sporting Summer Fest, Red Cross Gala of Monaco, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, French Quarter Festival, Ascona Jazz Festival, Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival, New Orleans Meets in Zofingen, NIPANY Festival, and more. He has also headlined at incredible clubs around the world as well, including Minton’s Playhouse, Ronnie Scott’s, The Blue Note, Brooklyn Bowl, The Hamilton, BB King’s, Duc Des Lombards, Cliff Bell’s, Tipitina’s, dba, The Spotted Cat, The Cutting Room, and more.
Safety Guidelines
NOMA is committed to the health and safety of our community. We require that all registrants to this event wear face masks as per CDC, state, and city guidelines. All staff and participants will be wearing face masks, with the exception of the on-stage musicians. There will be a minimum of 12 ft from the edge of the stage to the beginning of seating.
Per city guidelines, capacity will be limited to 150 people.
No social gathering will be permitted. Please maintain a safe distance of at least 6ft from those not in your party.
NOMA staff will be on site to monitor social distancing and assist with seating spacing. The amphitheater consists of grass berms, and we encourage attendees to bring their own outdoor chairs or blankets for this event.
If you are not feeling well, especially if you have a fever, please stay home and plan to attend a future concert. All refunds due to illness will be 100% refunded.
Ticket Limits
The purchase of Member tickets is limited by your membership level.
Individual: Limit 1
Friends & Family: Limit 2
Sustaining, Benefactors, Young Fellows, and Friends of the Sculpture Garden: Limit 4
Fellows and Circles: Limit 6
To upgrade your membership, please contact the membership office at membership@noma.org or (504) 658-4130.
Cancellation Policy
A rain cancellation will be determined by 1 pm the day of the event. In the event of a rain cancellation, tickets will be refunded.
Questions?
Contact us at education@noma.org or (504) 658-4100

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.

Book Club Group Discussion
2021-05-27 12:00
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book! In addition to monthly book discussions, the Book Club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections. Books are selected in advance and planned for the entire year according to the exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the selected titles. Meetings are held in person or via Zoom, determined at the beginning of each month. 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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MAY
Apeirogan: A Novel by Colum McCann
Random House, 2021, ISBN: 1400069602
Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their lives, from the roads they are allowed to drive on to the schools their children attend to the checkpoints, both physical and emotional, they must negotiate. But their lives, however circumscribed, are upended one after the other: first, Rami’s 13-year-old daughter, Smadar, becomes the victim of suicide bombers; a decade later, Bassam’s ten-year-old daughter, Abir, is killed by a rubber bullet. Rami and Bassam had been raised to hate one another. And yet, when they learn of each other’s stories, they recognize the loss that connects them. Together they attempt to use their grief as a weapon for peace—and with their one small act, start to permeate what has for generations seemed an impermeable conflict. This extraordinary novel is the fruit of a seed planted when the novelist Colum McCann met the real Bassam and Rami on a trip with the non-profit organization Narrative 4. McCann was moved by their willingness to share their stories with the world, by their hope that if they could see themselves in one another, perhaps others could too.
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP | THURSDAY, MAY 27, 12 pm

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 Reset: Mindfulness
2021-05-30 10:30
Join NOMA for a new series of virtual workshops that focuses on mindfulness, creativity, comfort and reflection. NOMA Reset programs provide a much-needed infusion of relaxation and wellness by engaging our collective and individual wellbeing.
The NOMA Reset: Mindfulness program will feature Dr. Jayashree Rao who will present how the concepts and practices of Buddhism arrived in the United States, and how it was presented – initially to patients with chronic pain and then to hospitals all across the United States and the western world – in a completely secular context. She will clarify what is and what is not ‘Mindfulness’; share how to incorporate the practices into daily life; and discuss the observed effects on how we live our lives and manage our stress and illnesses. The session will conclude with a short meditation.
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This program is presented along with the exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society on view through May 31, 2021.

About Dr. Rao
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. Dr. Rao is a founding member of the Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans.

Questions?
Contact us at education@noma.org or (504) 658-4100

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.

The NOLA Project Summer Reads: Treasure Island
2021-06-06 12:00 - 14:00
In anticipation of future performances, the NOLA Project presents a series of readings in NOMA’s brand-new Lapis Center for the Arts. All three readings are free with museum admission. Each event gives a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the NOLA Project’s upcoming performance seasons.
This brand-new comic adaptation of Treasure Island—penned by NOLA Project founders Allegra, Bartelle, and Wallace and inspired by the Besthoff Sculpture Garden’s beautiful waterfront amphitheater—blends story and sea shanties as the audience follows Long John Silver and his crew to Skull Island on a search for the notorious Captain Flint’s buried treasure.
This program is free with museum admission.

The NOLA Project Summer Reads: Tell It to Me Sweet
2021-06-12 12:00 - 14:00
In anticipation of future performances, the NOLA Project presents a series of readings in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. All three readings are free with museum admission. Each event gives a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the NOLA Project’s upcoming performance seasons.
Wander through tales spooky and strange in this brand-new look at some very old fables. In Tell It to Me Sweet, written by ensemble member Brittany N. Williams, you’ll meet magical aunties, too-clever wolves, wicked stepmothers, foolish devils, and determined ghosts. The performance takes you on a winding tour of five stories pulled from the Brothers Grimm and elsewhere.
This program is free with museum admission.

The NOLA Project Summer Reads: The Seagull, or How to Eat It
2021-06-13 12:00 - 14:00
In anticipation of future performances, the NOLA Project presents a series of readings in NOMA’s brand-new Lapis Center for the Arts. All three readings are free with museum admission. Each event gives a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the NOLA Project’s upcoming performance seasons.
In this modern-day adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, ensemble member Gab Reisman reimagines the Russian family drama on a family retreat on Lake Pontchartrain’s North Shore.
This program is free with museum admission.

Book Club Curatorial Program
2021-06-15 12:00
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book! In addition to monthly book discussions, the Book Club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections. Books are selected in advance and planned for the entire year according to the exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the selected titles. Meetings are held in person or via Zoom, determined at the beginning of each month. 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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JUNE
The Famished Road by Ben Okri
Ankor, 1993, ISBN: 0385425139
Azaro, is an abiku, a spirit child, who in the Yoruba tradition of Nigeria exists between life and death. The life he foresees for himself and the tale he tells is full of sadness and tragedy, but inexplicably he is born with a smile on his face. Nearly called back to the land of the dead, he is resurrected. But in their efforts to save their child, Azaro’s loving parents are made destitute. The tension between the land of the living, with its violence and political struggles, and the temptations of the carefree kingdom of the spirits propels this latter-day Lazarus’s story.
CURATORIAL PROGRAM | TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 12 pm with Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of Africa
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP | TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 12 pm

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.

Honoring Juneteenth at NOMA
2021-06-19
Join us at NOMA for a day of activities to honor Juneteenth—the annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States—and support the ongoing movement for justice, equity, and liberation. Come together on the Museum steps for family art-making; experience a moving dance performance co-presented by Edward Spots and Magnolia Dance & Company; view a photographic banner created by students at New Harmony High School; and delve into online programming. Stop by throughout the day to share what honoring Juneteenth means to you.
All events and activities are free. To reserve your free ticket for admission to NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, click here.
Juneteenth refers to June 19, 1865, when Union general Gordon Granger read out federal orders declaring that all people previously enslaved in Texas were free, nearly two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Through grassroots efforts, Black people in Texas reclaimed June 19 from a day of unheeded military orders as the first celebration of “Juneteenth” a year later in 1866, and it continues as a celebration for Black liberation across the country. To learn more, see “What Is Juneteenth?” by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Programs and Events

Edward Spots: Motion to Move

2 pm and 4 pm

Lapis Center for the Arts

Motion to Move is a performance event by renowned dancer and choreographer Edward Spots with Magnolia Dance & Company. This original work will honor the history of Juneteenth, while considering the legacies of enslavement and brutality that still exist within our current prison system and elsewhere.

Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the museum on the day of the event.

Artmaking Activity: Freedom Flag Wind Catchers

10 am–5 pm

Great Hall

What does freedom mean to you? Take inspiration from the Juneteenth holiday flag, known as the “freedom flag,” to create your own wind catcher using paper rolls, beaded wire, and streamers.

What Is Harmony?

Exterior Fence to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden

Building on an ongoing collaboration between New Harmony High School and the New Orleans Photo Alliance, this spring NOMA collaborated with local students to explore the fundamentals of photography and curating with some of the city’s foremost artists. The culmination of this project, What Is Harmony?, is on view to the public starting June 19. View a collaborative photo narrative reflecting on what it means to find balance with ourselves, our communities, and the environment.

Due to the weather, this project will be installed at a later date and will not be on view on June 19.

AfricaTown USA

Available Online Starting June 19

Amistad Research Center presents Conversations in Color featuring community activist Hannibal Lokumbe and the pastor of Union Missionary Baptist Church of AfricaTown USA, Rev. Derek Tucker. They will discuss the cultural restoration of the historic community of AfricaTown, which was founded in 1866 by the survivors of the last documented slave ship to transport enslaved Africans to the Americas. The Amistad Research Center will also share an oral history of AfricaTown descendant Lorna Woods.

Click here to watch this program virtually.

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.

Book Club Group Discussion
2021-06-29 12:00

Book Club Meet-the-Author: Linda Stewart Henley
2021-07-08 12:00
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book! In addition to monthly book discussions, the Book Club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections. Books are selected in advance and planned for the entire year according to the exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the selected titles. Meetings are held in person or via Zoom, determined at the beginning of each month. 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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JULY
Estelle: A Novel by Linda Stewart Henley
She Writes Press, 2021, ISBN: 1631527916
Estelle, named for Edgar Degas’s cousin and sister-in-law, tells the story of the French Impressionist’s five-month visit with his Creole relatives in New Orleans in 1872-73. The artist arrives without paints or ambition and Estelle is worried. Despite problems of her own, she encourages him and he eventually paints several family portraits, one of which assures his fame. A century later, Anne Gautier struggles to start a career as an artist in New Orleans while restoring an old house she inherited. From an old journal she learns about Estelle, Edgar, and her Creole ancestors. A portrait of Estelle causes trouble, and Anne is forced to confront truths about people she knows as she establishes her life in the 1970s. This historical fiction novel includes history, romance, family saga, mystery, art, and a touch of humor as events unfold.
MEET THE AUTHOR | THURSDAY, JULY 8, 12 pm with Linda Stewart Henley

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP | THURSDAY, JULY 22, 12 pm

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.

Virtual Baby Arts Play: “Tiny Explorers”
2021-07-10 10:30 - 11:00
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences of Louisiana teaching artists will present a series of six free workshops for caregivers and children ages 3-4 over Zoom. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
This summer’s series at NOMA is centered around New at NOMA: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art. Baby Arts Play families will take inspiration from a different artwork each week while making connections through skill-building and artful play.
“Tiny Explorers” continues each Saturday, 10:30–11:00 am through August 14, 2021.
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Tai Chi at NOMA
2021-07-12 18:00 - 19:00
NOMA, in collaboration with the East Jefferson Wellness Center, presents Tai Chi classes on Monday evenings.
Join East Jefferson Wellness Center instructor Terry Rappold, as he leads participants through relaxing Tai Chi exercises in NOMA’s Great Hall.
Classes are $5 | FREE for NOMA members and East Jefferson Wellness Center members.
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Online registration will remain open until 3 pm the day of the program, and attendance is limited to 40 participants.
For more information, call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org.
Note: Due to COVID-19, Monday evening Tai Chi classes will be hosted outside in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden amphitheater.

Drink and Draw
2021-07-15 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for Drink and Draw, a new art-making series at NOMA. Seeing is an active process of focusing, negotiating, and making meaning at once. Attune your eyes, mind, and body through an exploratory approach to observational drawing—with a drink in hand!
Warm up with sketching and looking in the galleries, participate in a drawing session facilitated by a teaching artist, and enjoy sounds by local DJs.
All levels of experience are welcome. Registration includes art-making materials, drawing boards, and two drinks.
Tickets are $30 | $25 for NOMA members
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Please note that only dry media are permitted in the event space. Pencils and paper are permitted in the galleries.

Book Club Group Discussion
2021-07-22 12:00

Opening Reception: What Is Harmony?
2021-07-25 15:00 - 18:00
NOMA, the New Orleans Photo Alliance, and New Harmony High School celebrate the opening of What Is Harmony? with a public reception.
Building on an ongoing collaboration between New Harmony and the New Orleans Photo Alliance, NOMA collaborated with local students this past spring to explore the fundamentals of photography and curating with some of the city’s foremost artists. The culmination of this project, What Is Harmony?, is on view to the public on an exterior fence to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Read more about the development of the project here.
This event is free and open to the public.
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NOMA’s Creative Assembly community engagement initiative is supported by the Wagner Foundation.

CreativeMornings: Craig Klein
2021-07-30 09:00 - 10:00
Join CreativeMornings on Friday, July 30, for a virtual talk by musician Craig Klein, streamed from NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts.
You may register for this virtual event beginning Monday, July 26.
Registration
About CreativeMornings
CreativeMornings is a free monthly speaker series for the creative community. Started in 2008, CreativeMornings now serves over 200 cities. Chapters around the world host events based on a common theme. July’s theme is “Home.”
About Craig Klein
Born and raised in New Orleans, Craig Klein grew up exposed to a diverse mixture of music cultures. His musical journey has led him to recording and touring with Harry Connick Jr. and becoming a founding member of bands including The Storyville Stompers, Bonerama, and the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, which won a Grammy in April 2020 for their album Atmosphere.

Family Festival: Word Play
2021-08-07 10:00 - 15:00
Youth and their grown-ups are invited to enjoy a day of activities and art-making inspired by language, storytelling, and communication for Word Play, a family festival at NOMA!
Admission and programming is free for families. Pre-registration is encouraged.
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Family Festival Programming
Art-Making Activities
Join us for guided art-making activities inspired by Enrique Alférez’s panels on view in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts.
Performances by Kelly Love Jones
Performances will take place 11:00–11:30 am and 2:00–2:30 pm.
Storytime and Story Trail with the New Orleans Public Library
Sit in a story circle with a librarian from the New Orleans Public Library or go on a self-guided adventure with a story trail.
Food Vendors
Vendors are offering food and drink for sale in front of the museum.
About Our Programming Partners
Kelly Love Jones
Jones’s artistic, creative, and cultural work is centered around healing, empowerment, and forgiveness. She likes to call her music “New Orleans Swag” because it is influenced by and mixes in the traditional rhythms of the Second Line, R&B, funk, and Mardi Gras. Jones’s music also celebrates legendary artists, such as Deacon John and Allen Toussaint, who made available to people worldwide New Orleans’s soulful and spirit-filled culture, the bayou landscape, and a colorful and diverse heritage. Jones mixes in all these traditions to produce songs that honor love, well-being, ancestry, family, and good times.
New Orleans Public Library

With origins dating back to 1843, the New Orleans Public Library has grown from a single French Quarter house with a few volumes into a city-wide system serving all of the Orleans Parish with locations spread across the city. The Library has a long and rich history of serving the public by providing access to a wide range of educational, informational, and recreational materials, programs, and activities for all ages.

Drink and Draw
2021-08-19 18:00 - 20:00
Update (August 12): Tickets to this event are sold out. Sign up for email updates to learn about upcoming programs, events, and art-making classes.
Join us for Drink and Draw, an art-making series at NOMA. Seeing is an active process of focusing, negotiating, and making meaning at once. Attune your eyes, mind, and body through an exploratory approach to observational drawing—with a drink in hand!
Warm up with sketching and looking in the galleries, participate in a drawing session facilitated by a teaching artist, and enjoy sounds by local DJs.
All levels of experience are welcome. Registration includes art-making materials, drawing boards, and two drinks.
Tickets are $30 | $25 for NOMA members
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Please note that only dry media are permitted in the event space. Pencils and paper are permitted in the galleries.

Member Appreciation Morning
2021-08-21 08:30 - 10:00
Rise and Shine at NOMA!
Join us for a members-only morning at the museum before it opens for the day. Members are invited to join us 8:30–10:00 am for coffee, pastries, and exclusive access to the NOMA galleries.
We kindly ask that all members enter through the doors to the Coleman Courtyard, closest to Café NOMA.
Not a Member Yet?
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NOMA members enjoy benefits including free museum admission, exhibition previews, free wellness classes, and discounts on select programs. Support your museum by becoming a member today. Contact us at (504) 658-4130 or membership@noma.org, if you have any questions about joining.

Virtual Premiere: Motion to Move
2021-08-25 19:00 - 19:30
Join NOMA for a free virtual one-time-only screening of Motion to Move, a performance event by renowned dancer and choreographer Edward Spots with Magnolia Dance & Company.
Originally presented in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts on Juneteenth, Motion to Move honors the history of the holiday, while considering the legacies of enslavement and brutality that still exist within our current prison system and elsewhere.
The performance will be available to watch in full exclusively during this virtual premiere on the museum’s YouTube channel. Click “Set a Reminder” to make sure you’re signed up to watch.
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[Photo: Edward Spots with Magnolia and Company’s Motion to Move, 2021, at NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. Photo by Sam Birdsong.]

Book Club Group Discussion
2021-08-27 12:00
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book! In addition to monthly book discussions, the Book Club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections. Books are selected in advance and planned for the entire year according to the exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the selected titles. Meetings are held in person or via Zoom, determined at the beginning of each month. 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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AUGUST
There There by Tommy Orange
Vingate, 2019, ISBN: 0525436146

Tommy Orange’s wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle’s death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. Together, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American—grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism. Hailed as an instant classic, There There is at once poignant and unflinching, utterly contemporary and truly unforgettable.
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP | FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 12 pm

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.

POSTPONED — TRUST by Kelly Love Jones
2021-09-11 19:00 - 20:30
Due to Hurricane Ida, these performances have been postponed and will be rescheduled for a future date.
The New Orleans Museum of Art in collaboration with PowerHouse Productions is excited to present TRUST, a concept and performance by singer/songwriter Kelly Love Jones.
Join us in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden amphitheater for an evening of music, visual art, dance, and theater. Jones brings to the stage a star-studded cast: Lakeba Angelle, Tiffany Morris, Jamal Baptiste, Xavier Molina, and Cameron Watson.
TRUST invites us to let our guard down and believe in our own power. It asks us to tune into our inner guidance system, our growth process and our ability to change a circumstance through positive, collective work. If you missed PITCH DARK presented by New Orleans Airlift at the Music Box Village in 2019, then TRUST is part two of the series. Like PITCH DARK, this performance is designed to illuminate the senses.
Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the performance begins at 7:00 pm.
Tickets are $30 | $25 for NOMA Members
Each outdoor performance of TRUST will be limited to 150 attendees, and masks are encouraged regardless of vaccination status. The museum continues to follow the City of New Orleans’s public health guidelines. Please check our visitor information page for any updates.
[Photo by Johnathan B. Vasquez]

The Team
PowerHouse Productions is a collaboration between two tenacious producers, Kelly Love Jones and Lakeba Angelle, that aims to influence and transform the way we view, experience, and practice social justice and social relations as a human family. Jones and Angelle use art as a tool to influence positive action and impartial respect for all life. They indulge the art(s) of music, spoken word, visual art, dance, culinary art, leadership, altruism, and reciprocation to spread their message of egality and civility.

Kelly Love Jones
Jones’s artistic, creative, and cultural work is centered at the heart of healing, empowerment, and forgiveness. She likes to call her music “New Orleans Swag” because it is influenced by and mixes in the traditional rhythms of the Second Line, R&B, hip-hop, and folk. Jones’s music also celebrates legendary artists and their traditions, like Deacon John and Allen Toussaint, who through their musicality and songwriting made available New Orleans’ soulful and spirit-filled culture, the bayou landscape, and its colorful heritage to people around the world. Jones’s music is a good bowl of gumbo, mixing in all these traditions to produce songs that honor love, well-being, ancestry, family, tradition, and good times.

Lakeba Angelle
Co-producer Lakeba Angelle is a chef, dancer, traveler, educator, speaker, consultant, writer, and poet. She’s a well-respected liaison in the artist community in many rights, and her heart is sincere. Described as an “aggregator of resources, regarding financial matters in particular, Lakeba’s knowledge and agility in that arena has more often than not made the difference between success or failure of a venture. Lakeba brings a degree of poise and integrity to every project she’s connected with, that it automatically helps improve the business posture of the artist moving forward” (Lilli Lewis Project). Angelle is a cum laude graduate of Tulane University and a NOWFE bronze medalist.

Tiffany Morris
BassMonsterTiff, guru of the bass guitar, has been mastering for more than two decades. She is a graduate of Xavier University and was born in Slidell, Louisiana. Tiffany has shared many stages with acclaimed artists such as Ellis Marsalis, Kelly Love Jones, Joy Clark, and Cyril Neville’s Swamp Funk Band. BassMonsterTiff is also the resident bassist at Beacon Light Church of Laplace, Louisiana. BassMonsterTiff appreciates live collaboration with other musicians, but she also has a strong passion for creating original pieces of her own in her home studio.

Jamal Baptiste
New Orleans’s own Jamal Baptiste is a master percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has traveled extensively throughout the world. He has captivated audiences in the USA, the Caribbean, South Africa, Morocco, Japan, Ireland, Scotland, France, and England with his star-studded performances in rock, funk, soul, gospel, hip-hop, and R&B. Baptiste is also a songwriter and recording engineer and holds an independent record label, Jam-All Pro Music Group.

Xavier Molina
Xavier Molina is a dynamic and prolific musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. As a multi-instrumentalist, Molina plays all of the core instruments (acoustic, electric, and bass guitar, drums, piano, and trumpet) with proficiency and skill, bringing excellence, depth and heartfelt energy to every song he touches.

Cameron Watson
A dedicated NOCCA student, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist, Cameron Watson is a young artist and entrepreneur committed to excellence. Already at the age of 16, he has engaged in study with Berklee Music School and Loyola University. Cameron manages his own band called 4 of a Kind and is also a member of Kaleb and the Menz, Caren Green, and Cornbread.

Contributing Sponsors
Foundation For Louisiana
NOMA’s Learning and Engagement Department
Artist Journey Allen & The Living School NOLA
Jebney Lewis of The CAC
Brennon Jones of LED ATL
Tulane University Department of Theater
Tulane University Department of Dance
Jazz & Heritage Foundation
T H R I V E
Vegan Chef NOLA
LC Consulting LLC
AFM 174-496 New Orleans
Shacondria “iCon” Sibley
Kesha Mckey
Dorise Blackmon
Marjorie Wheeler
Patricia Shelby
Barry Thomas

CANCELED — LOVE in the Garden 2021 Presented by Hancock Whitney
2021-09-24 19:00 - 23:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
We look forward to seeing you at LOVE in the Garden on Friday, September 23, 2022.
In light of Hurricane Ida and the effects on our community, The New Orleans Museum of Art regrets to announce the cancellation of LOVE in the Garden presented by Hancock Whitney scheduled for September 24 in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
NOMA, along with presenting sponsor Hancock Whitney, agree that our primary focus is the well-being and safety of staff, vendors, and the community at large. Our hearts are with all of those affected by Hurricane Ida as we navigate this difficult time.
NOMA thanks presenting sponsor Hancock Whitney as well as all of our loyal sponsors, patrons, donors, and committee members. We are especially thankful for the strong leadership of LOVE Chairs Meaghan Ryan Bonavita, Martine Linares Chaisson, and Chad Graci.
Funds raised by LOVE in the Garden provide crucial operating support to NOMA, paying staff salaries and allowing NOMA to create innovative education and exhibition programs that serve the New Orleans Community at large. NOMA depends on these funds, even more so this year in light of the effects of COVID-19 and Hurricane Ida. We ask that all tickets and sponsorships be considered a 100% tax-deductible donation.

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Friday, September 24, 2021
2021 LOVE Co-Chairs
Meaghan Ryan Bonavita | Chad Graci | Martine Chaisson Linares
NVC Chair: Robyn Dunn Schwarz
Taking place in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, LOVE in the Garden celebrates the visual and culinary artists of New Orleans with a festive evening offering the best of New Orleans cuisine, spirits, and entertainment. Funds raised at LOVE in the Garden provide crucial general operating support to NOMA, allowing the museum to keep staff employed, create innovative virtual content and serve the New Orleans community with educational initiatives.
“NOMA thanks our presenting sponsor, Hancock Whitney as well as all of our loyal sponsors, patrons, donors and volunteers who have made LOVE the success that it is,” said Susan Taylor, Montine McDaniel Freeman Director. “We look forward to celebrating with all of you on Friday, September 24, 2021 for a spectacular LOVE in the Garden presented by Hancock Whitney.
“At Hancock Whitney, we are thrilled to support organizations that are leading the way in the arts here in New Orleans,” said Elizabeth Hefler, Hancock Whitney senior vice president and NOMA board member. “This year’s LOVE in the Garden presented by Hancock Whitney will feature the best of our artistic and cultural communities and we are excited to strengthen our long-standing partnership with NOMA.”
LOVE is a NOMA fundraiser presented by Hancock Whitney. In the event of inclement weather or any unforeseen reason that NOMA is unable to hold LOVE, your ticket purchase or sponsorship will be considered a 100% tax-deductible donation to NOMA. LOVE is a rain or shine event. Tickets are non-refundable.
For any questions regarding table and sponsorship information, please email LOVE@noma.org or call 504-658-4121.

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Thank You to Our Current Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor

Gold Sponsors
Eileen & Joseph Devall

Silver Sponsors

Sydney and Walda Besthoff

Jane and Rodney Steiner

Bronze Sponsors

The Goings Group/Gina Goings

J. Edgar Monroe Foundation

Raymond Lagasse

Robert & Pamela Steeg

Media Sponsor

Benefactors

Carla and Jay Adams
Dr. Jarrett Ann Johnson
Pamela and William Ryan

Sanja Alickovic
Anne S. Kock
Robyn and Andrew Schwarz

Ellen and Mac Ball
James Kock
Laura Scriba

Valerie Besthoff
Krewe of Goddesses
Dr. Pulin Shah

Meaghan and Joe Bonavita
Kay McArdle
Gayle and Ed Shearer

Martine Chaisson Gallery
Janis van Meerveld and Charles Cerise
Solomon Group

Deutsch Kerrigan LLP
Elizabeth and Willy Monaghan
Sam and Jaclyn Stubblefield

Duplantier Family
Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack
Stone Pigman Walther & Wittmann L.L.C.

Rene J.L. Fransen and Edward C. Bonin
Mark Preston
Brent and Lele Wood

Julie and Ted George
Pixie and Jimmy Reiss
Zemurray Foundation

Chad Graci
Rêve Realtors

Claudio Hemb
Donna and Benjamin Rosen

Contributors

Laura Avery
Cherise and Bart Farris
JP Morgan

Bebe and Walter Babst
Laura Finn
Laura and Chase Mullin

Anne and Luis Banos
Rebecca Friedman and Aran Toshav
Robin O’Bannon and Richard Bertram

Cathy and Morris Bart
Sonia Gupta
Marie and Harvey Orth

Dr. Hannah Bauer
Cecelia and Ted Hoyt
David and Susanne Purvis

Mac Bauer
Sara and David Kelso
Madelyn Rudd and Robert Butcher

Mardi Goldberg Black
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Krane
Julia and Bo Sanders

Elizabeth A. Boh
Beth and Austin Lavin
Mimi Moyse Schlesinger and Claude Schlesinger

Vivian and Richard Cahn
Cynthia and Robert LeBreton Fund
Brian and Jacki Schneider

Sheila and Hugh Collins
Dreda and Conor Lutkewitte
Heather and Philip Sherman

Allison Shapiro Dandry and Bobby Dandry
Diana and Chip Mann
Mrs. Dawn and Dr. Mike Smith

Joel M Daste
Carol and Al Merlin
Suzanne and Bob Thomas

Deborah and Friends
Kathleen Mix
Leigh Morgan Thorpe

Ann Duffy and John Skinner
Brenda and Michael Moffitt
Vanessa G. Whipple

LOVE Event Committee

Carla Adams
Lucas and Eleanor Hohnstein
Stephanie Rogers

Sanja Alickovic
Anita Hymel
Pamela Ryan

Natasha Alveshire
Jeannine and Chris Jacob
Elizabeth Ryan

Laura Avery
Veronica and Andrew Jacques
Mimi Schlesinger

Kim Barnett
Rupa Jolly
Kimberly Schley

Seth Bloom
Brooke Laizer
Corbett Scott

Joe Bonavita
Lauren Moran
Philip and Heather Sherman

CeCe Colhoun
Beth and Austin Lavin
David Shulman

Melissa Fanning
Juan Linares
Gary Solomon

Lorey Flick
Sarah Martzolf
Sam Mickal and Ashley Solomon

Rebecca Friedman
Cammie Mayer
Amanda Stone Talley

Gina Goings
Kay McArdle
Leigh Thorpe

Ashley Merlin Gold
Susan Garic Mitchell
Karen Villavaso

Elizabeth Grimes
Tyra Mitchell
Diane Walmsley

Jessie Schott Haynes
Kathleen Mix
Susan Wormser

Caroline Hayes
Mark Preston

John Hines
Jennie Cannon West

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS AND BENEFITS

GOLD SPONSORSHIP ($10,000)

Recognition as Gold Sponsor of the event
Reserved tables with thirty (30) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Single use of NOMA Woldenberg Foundation Board Room for a private event within one year
Invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2021/2022 season
Sponsor recognition on 5,000 invitations; NOMA.org with over 65,000 monthly hits; e-blasts to over 31,000+ NOMA subscribers; social media feeds including 41,000 Instagram followers, and a monthly reach of 400,000 on Facebook
Sponsor recognition and logo placement at the event entrance
Sponsor recognition on NOMA website with link to corporate site
Sponsor mention in all post-event communications with attendees

Become a Gold Sponsor

SILVER SPONSORSHIP ($5,000)

Recognition as Silver Sponsor of the event
Reserved tables with twenty (20) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2021/2022
Sponsor recognition on 5,000 invitations; NOMA.org with over 65,000 monthly hits; e-blasts to over 31,000+ NOMA subscribers; social media feeds including 41,000 Instagram followers, and a monthly reach of 400,000 on Facebook
Sponsor recognition and logo placement at the event entrance
Sponsor recognition on NOMA website with link to corporate site
Sponsor mention in all post-event communications with attendees

Become a Silver Sponsor

BRONZE SPONSORSHIP ($2,500)

Recognition as Bronze Sponsor of the event
Reserved tables with twelve (12) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Sponsor recognition on 5,000 invitations; NOMA.org with over 65,000 monthly hits; e-blasts to over 31,000+ NOMA subscribers; social media feeds including 41,000 Instagram followers, and a monthly reach of 400,000 on Facebook
Sponsor recognition and logo placement at the event entrance
Sponsor recognition on NOMA website with link to corporate site
Sponsor mention in all post-event communications with attendees

Become a Bronze Sponsor
