New Orleans Museum of Art

Salon Supper Club Presented by First Horizon Bank
2025-10-03 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
This year, the New Orleans Museum of Art introduces a new food- and art-focused series of events inspired by works on view: the Salon Supper Club Presented by First Horizon Bank.
This Salon Supper Club will feature an elegant seated dinner with wine and cocktails in NOMA’s Great Hall. Guests will also explore featured exhibitions and installations at the museum while celebrating the ability of art to connect us with friends, family, and new acquaintances.

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Salon Supper Club Presented by First Horizon Bank
A Feast for the Senses ♦ Una Fiesta para los Sentidos
Celebrating NOMA’s Re-Installation of American Art across South, Central, and North America from the Pre-Columbian Era to the Present Day
Event Chairs | Millie Davis Kohn and Robert Kohn, Juan and Martine Linares, Pam Ryan and Meaghan Ryan Bonavita
NOMA Volunteer Committee Chair | Taylor Pospisil
Your support of the Salon Supper Club events provides critical resources to exhibitions, educational initiatives, and programming at NOMA.
For sponsorship inquiries and questions about the Salon Supper Club, please email salonsupperclub@noma.org or call 504.658.4121.

Event Tickets
Get your tickets now for the next installation of the Salon Supper Club on Friday, October 3.
Limited tickets are available for purchase online only until Thursday, October 2, at Noon. Tickets will not be available at the doors of the event. Black tie or elegant cocktail attire is required.
$1000 | Fall Supper Club Ticket
Grants ticket holders access to the event from 6-9 pm (limited to 140 guests)
Purchase Tickets

Event Details
Guest Chef Alfredo Nogueira, Chef-Partner of Cane & Table and VALS, and Executive Chef of Cure in New Orleans
Chef Alfredo “Fredo” Nogueira, Chef-Partner of Cane & Table and VALS, andExecutive Chef of Cure in New Orleans

Live Musical Performance from the Javier Olondo Trio, Thanks to Support from the New Orleans Jazz Museum
Javier Olondo Trio

Live Musical Performance from Psalterist Marc Armitano Domingo
Marc Armitano Domingo
Live Dance Performances from Argentine Tango Duo Celina Rotundo and Hugo Patyn
Celina Rotundo and Hugo Patyn, Argentine Tango Duo

About the Reinstallation
More details about the reinstallation of the Arts of the Americas will be available soon.

Sponsorship Levels and Benefits
Take advantage of the opportunity to join as a sponsor for all three Salon Supper Club events in 2025 on Thursday, May 22; Thursday, July 17; and Friday, October 3.
$25,000 | Platinum Sponsor

12 Tickets to the Fall Salon Supper Club dinner
Recognition as a sponsor with name or logo in all press materials
Recognition as a Sponsor at the Fall NOMA Salon Supper Club
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on printed invitations, evites, and on noma.org
Sponsor recognition on 2,500 invitations; on www.noma.org; postings to Facebook and Instagram; and all event e-blasts; mention on an Instagram post + story before the event and mention in an Instagram story at the event; 2 mentions on Facebook.
Listed in paid advertisements
1 NOMA exhibition catalog

Become a Platinum Sponsor
$15,000 | Gold Sponsor

10 tickets to the Fall Salon Supper Club dinner
Recognition as a sponsor with name or logo in all press materials
Recognition as a Sponsor at the Fall NOMA Salon Supper Club
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on 2,500 invitations; on www.noma.org; postings to Facebook and Instagram; and all event e-blasts
Listed in paid advertisements
NOMA Fellows membership
1 NOMA exhibition catalog

Become a Gold Sponsor
$8,000 | Silver Sponsor

6 tickets to the Fall Salon Supper Club dinner
Recognition as a Sponsor at the Fall Salon Supper Club
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on
Sponsor recognition on 2,500 invitations, on www.noma.org and all event e-blasts
NOMA Fellows membership
1 NOMA exhibition catalog

Become a Silver Sponsor
$5,500 | Benefactor

4 tickets to the Fall Salon Supper Club dinner
Recognition as a Sponsor at the Fall NOMA Salon Supper Club
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on 2,500 invitations, on www.noma.org and all event e-blasts
NOMA Fellows membership

Become a Benefactor
$2,000 | Supporter Couple

2 tickets to the Fall Salon Supper Club dinner
Recognition as a Sponsor at the Fall NOMA Salon Supper Club
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on evites, on www.noma.org, and all event e-blasts
NOMA Fellows membership

Become a Supporter
$1,000 | Supporter Single

1 ticket to the Fall Salon Supper Club dinner
Recognition as a Sponsor at the Fall NOMA Salon Supper Club
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on evites; on www.noma.org with over 130,000 monthly hits; and e-blasts to over 31,000 subscribers

Become a Supporter
For sponsorship inquiries and questions about the Salon Supper Club, please email salonsupperclub@noma.org or call 504.658.4121.

Thank You to Our Current Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor

Gold Sponsors
Anonymous
Walda Besthoff
Silver Sponsors
Elizabeth Boh
Feil Family Foundation
Peggy and Timber Floyd
Benefactors
Mrs. Robert H. Boh
Eileen and Joey Devall
Shaun and Foster Duncan
The Helis Foundation
Kim and Thomas Henley
Jane and Rodney Steiner
Phyllis M. Taylor
Elizabeth and James Williams
Supporters
Wayne Amedee
Diego Arce
Cathy and Morris Bart
R.P. Bartee
Donna Kay Berger
Meaghan Ryan Bonavita and Joe Bonavita
Broadmoor, LLC
Caroline and Murray Calhoun
Luz and Salvador Caputto
Melanie Dees
Ann Duffy and John Skinner
Catherine and David Edwards
Pam Davis Friedler
Julie and Ted George
Ana and Juan Gershanik
Yolande and Gray Goudreau
Dr. Kelly E. Haynie
Sarah and Marshall Hevron
Millie and Robert Kohn
Kristen and Paul Leonard
Martine and Juan Linares
Blanca Rosa Maldonado, M.D.
Ellen Manshel
Renee and Paul Masinter
Cammie and Charles Mayer
Max Moreno
Red River Bank
Eduardo E. Rodriguez
Pamela and William Ryan
Mimi and Claude Schlesinger
Betty and Greg Speyrer
Susu and Andrew Stall
Suzanne and Robert Thomas
Jenny and Robb Vorhoff
Ginny Wise and Kevin Wilkins
Lele and Brent Wood
Libations
Sazerac Co.
Special Thanks
Urban Earth Studios
Café NOMA

Event Committee to be Announced Soon

About Chef Alfredo Nogueira
Chef Alfredo Nogueira, affectionately known by friends and colleagues as “Fredo,” is the Chef-Partner of acclaimed bars and restaurants Cane & Table and VALS, and Executive Chef of Cure in New Orleans. As a New Orleans native of Cuban descent, Fredo’s culinary style is shaped by his innate appreciation for Cajun cuisine coupled with his Cuban heritage and upbringing.
At Cane & Table, he married the two cuisines, resulting in vibrant, seasonally driven menus–with the restaurant featured most recently on The New York Times’ list of “The 25 Best Restaurants in New Orleans Right Now.” The recognition joins other accolades for Cane & Table, including Bon Appetit featuring it as one of the “Five Best New Cocktail Bars in America,” and heralded as one of the best bars in America by Food & Wine, Esquire, Eater, and THRILLIST, and one of the best new bars in the South by Garden & Gun and Southern Living.
At Cure, Fredo’s small-plate menu complements the craft cocktail menu, which was recognized by the James Beard Award in 2018 for “Outstanding Bar Program.” And, at VALS, as Chef-Partner, he features a menu of Mexican-inspired cuisine, from tacos and tostadas to ceviches. Prior to his return to New Orleans, Fredo spent over a decade in Chicago, notably withWilliam von Hartz on the seasonal pop-up Flipside Café, and with Paul Kahan’s One Off Hospitality group. In 2013 he partnered with Analogue Partners and Co-Bar Directors Robby Haynes and Henry Prendergast to create the menu at Analogue, which debuted in December 2013.

Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Saturday
2025-10-04 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-10-11 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-10-18 08:00 - 09:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
Take in the beauty of NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden during outdoor yoga sessions every Saturday morning.
Class is $10; $5 for NOMA members. Registration remains open until 3 pm the day before class. Please bring a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive. Please bring your own mat.
REGISTER NOW
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

Public Tours Every Wednesday and Saturday
2025-10-04 14:00, 2025-10-08 14:00, 2025-10-11 14:00, 2025-10-15 14:00, 2025-10-18 14:00, 2025-10-22 14:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
NOMA provides guided tours of the galleries with museum docents and staff every Wednesday and Saturday. During these tours, you’ll explore the museum’s permanent collection of nearly 50,000 works of art and exhibitions currently on view.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

Public Tours in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Sunday
2025-10-05 10:30, 2025-10-12 10:30, 2025-10-19 10:30 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
NOMA provides guided tours of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden every Saturday. During these tours, you’ll learn about a selection of the 100 large-scale works installed in the garden.
No registration is required. NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden is free and open to all, seven days a week. Tours start at the main entrance gate to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive.

Tai Chi in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
2025-10-06 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-13 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
Explore movement and meditation during outdoor tai chi classes in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden every Monday evening.
Class is $10; $5 for NOMA members. Registration remains open until 3 pm the day before class. Please bring a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive.
REGISTER NOW
These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

Gallery Talks Every Wednesday
2025-10-08 12:30 - 13:00, 2025-10-08 18:00 - 18:30, 2025-10-15 12:30 - 13:00, 2025-10-15 18:00 - 18:30, 2025-10-22 12:30 - 13:00, 2025-10-22 18:00 - 18:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

Gallery Talk with Curator Orlando Hernández Ying
2025-10-09 12:30 - 13:00, 2025-10-09 18:00 - 18:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month and the opening of the new special installation of Cuzco paintings in the Great Hall, join NOMA’s Lapis Curator of the Arts of the Americas Orlando Hernández Ying for a conversation about these works on view. This talk will be offered at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm the same day.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

Japan Fest
2025-10-11 10:00 - 16:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Celebrate Japanese culture through art, performances, food, and more at Japan Fest, organized by NOMA, the Japan Club in New Orleans, and the Consulate General of Japan in Nashville.
Sample Japanese cuisine, enjoy traditional dance groups, martial arts demonstrations, and tours throughout the day. Shop a variety of vendors offering unique goods in a festive atmosphere. Costumes are welcome, please see costume guidelines below.
Please note: The expansion of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is not included in the Japan Fest festivities but will be open to the general public.
Tickets for Japan Fest are $10 General Admission, $5 for NOMA members, and free for attendees 19 years old and under
Purchase Tickets
Pre-purchasing Japan Fest tickets online is strongly recommended. Tickets are also available for purchase at the admissions desk in the Great Hall, as well as in front of the main gate of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.

Festival Schedule
All Day Activities
Play Go with Crane’s Nest Go Club (Samuel H. Kress Galleries, first floor)
Buddha Board demonstration (NOMA Museum Shop, first floor)
Samurai Suit Fitting with Japan Society of New Orleans (Second floor elevator lobby)
Schedule of Events

Start Time

Event and Location

10:00 am

Kaminari Taiko of Houston drum performance (Portico, front of museum)
Open Origami (Art Studio, second floor)

10:30 am

Baton Rouge Eishin-Ryu Iaido Swordsmanship Demonstration (Sculpture Garden, Oak Grove stage)
Minyo Dance Group Performance (Lapis Center for the Arts, first floor)

11:00 am

New Orleans Kendo Club demonstration (Sculpture Garden, Oak Grove)
Youth Japanese language workshop (Art Studio, second floor)
Intro to Zazen Meditation with New Orleans Zen Temple (second floor hallway)
Gallery tour (Kurt A. Gitter, M.D. and Alice Yelen Gitter Gallery, third floor)

11:30 am

Japan Fest Welcome and Opening Remarks (Portico stage, front of museum)
Candy5 demonstration (Lapis Center for the Arts, first floor)
“Intro to Go: The Game Japan Revolutionized for 1300 Years” workshop (Samuel H. Kress Galleries, first floor)
Teen Japanese language workshop (Art Studio, second floor)

12:00 pm

J-pop Kaigai Idol Showcase (Sculpture Garden, Oak Grove)
Open Origami (Art Studio, second floor)
Youth-focused Gallery Tour (Kurt A. Gitter, M.D. and Alice Yelen Gitter Gallery, third floor)

12:30 pm

Kaminari Taiko of Houston drum performance (Portico, front of museum)

1:00 pm

Japanese Weekend School (Portico, front of museum)
LA Karate Association Shotokan Karate workshop & demonstration (Sculpture Garden, Oak Grove stage)
Miki Fuji band performance (Lapis Center for the Arts, first floor)
Gallery tour (Kurt A. Gitter, M.D. and Alice Yelen Gitter Gallery, third floor)

1:30 pm

Adult Japanese language workshop (Art Studio, second floor)

2:00 pm

New Orleans Rufflebutts Fashion Show (Portico, front of museum)
Aikido of New Orleans and NOLA Aikido workshop and demonstration (Sculpture Garden, Oak Grove)
“Intro to Go: The Game Japan Revolutionized for 1300 Years” workshop (Samuel H. Kress Galleries, first floor)
Youth-focused Gallery Tour (Kurt A. Gitter, M.D. and Alice Yelen Gitter Gallery, third floor)

2:30 pm

Cosplay Costume Contest (Portico, front of museum)
Zen Temple closing ceremony (Lapis Center for the Arts, first floor)
Taiko Drumming workshop (Art Studio, second floor)

3:00 pm

Gallery tour (Kurt A. Gitter, M.D. and Alice Yelen Gitter Gallery, third floor)
Japan America Society of North West Florida Folk Dance performance (Lapis Center for the Arts, first floor)

3:30 pm

Kaminari Taiko of Houston drum performance (Portico, front of museum)

4:00 pm

End of Japan Fest, museum closed

Participants

Please note: some vendors for Japan Fest accept cash only. Cash is recommended for making purchases at the festival.

Food Vendors

Ajun Cajun

Oni 225

Nori Guys

Violet Sprinkles

EM’s Bakery

Nola Cane Juice & More

Candy5 Traditional Candy Art

Observatory 11

Café NOMA

Merchandise Vendors

Kawaii NOLA

Showtime Sweeti

NOLA Kimekomi

SofinaCo

Minty Mix

TwootieTarte

Shiratori’s Cove

B.sweetLA

Madame Butterfly Nagasaki

Donn Davis

Art by Artemis Solas

NOLA Rufflebuts

Shattered Rose Jewelry

Japanese Weekend School

Performers, Tours, and Workshop Hosts

Aikido of New Orleans and NOLA Aikido

Louisiana Karate Association

Minoyo Dance Group

Japan America Society of NW Florida Folk Dance

Japanese Weekend School of New Orleans

Kaminari Taiko of Houston

Kaigai Idol Showcase

Japanese Fashion Club (NOLA RuffleButts Costume Contest & Fashion Show)

Japanese Language Workshop

New Orleans Taiko Drum Workshop

Gitter Gallery of Japanese Art tours

Candy5 Traditional Candy Art

New Orleans Zen Temple

Tablers

Japan Club of New Orleans

Japan Society of New Orleans

Japanese Consulate of Nashville

APAS (Asian Pacific American Society)

Just Another Con

Cranes Nest GO Club

Aikido of New Orleans and NOLA Aikido

Louisiana Karate Association

Jefferson Parish Library Anime Club

COSTUME GUIDELINES
For the safety and comfort of all guests, as well as the artwork at NOMA:

Costume masks that obstruct or cover the wearer’s face are prohibited. Face masks covering the nose and mouth for health reasons are welcomed but not required.
Accessories or toy weapons, such as swords, greater than 2 feet in length are not permitted.
No sharp objects are allowed.
Costume components cannot extend more than 2 feet in length from the body.
Please keep all costumes family friendly.

Other restrictions may apply at NOMA’s discretion. A check room will be available for any items not in compliance. For questions regarding costumes, please call 504.658.4100. Please note that admission is required for fashion show participants.

Sponsors

Cornerstone Chemical Company, LLC

Gray Construction

UBE C1 Chemicals America, Inc.

Consulate General of Japan Nashville

Japan Foundation of New York

Japan Society of New Orleans

Japan Club of New Orleans

Denka Performance Elastomers

Zen Noh Grain Corporation

CGB Enterprises

Observatory 11

SMBC Bank

Soul-Sip at NOMA
2025-10-15 18:00 - 21:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Wine is among humankind’s oldest beverages. Deeply rooted in human history and culture, affirmed by ancient brewing and distilling pottery, depicted in paintings by great masters, and is a staple in museum social settings.
NOMA presents Soul-Sip, a one-of-a-kind art and wine series that offers a unique blend of relaxation, art appreciation, and wine tasting.
The evening includes gallery tours featuring select wine-related works of art from NOMA’s permanent collection, guided meditation, a three-wine flight, and small bites from Cafe NOMA.
Food, wine, and meditation kit included.
General Admission $65 | NOMA Members $55
Register Now for October 15
NOTE: The evening begins with guided meditation, so please arrive by 6:00pm.

Book Club: The Other Side: A Story of Women in Art and the Spirit World
2025-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’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 to participate. 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 according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop, where museum members receive a 10% discount.
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Meetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions, please email programs@noma.org.

About the Book
The Other Side: A Story of Women in Art and the Spirit World
by Jennifer Higgie

It’s not so long ago that a woman’s expressed interest in other realms would have ruined her reputation, or even killed her. And yet spiritualism, in various incarnations, has influenced numerous men—including lauded modernist artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich and Paul Klee—without repercussion. The fact that so many radical female artists of their generation—and earlier—also drank deeply from the same spiritual well has been sorely neglected for too long.
In The Other Side, we explore the lives and work of a group of extraordinary women, from the twelfth-century mystic, composer, and artist Hildegard of Bingen to the nineteenth-century English spiritualist Georgiana Houghton, whose paintings swirl like a cosmic Jackson Pollock; the early twentieth-century Swedish artist, Hilma af Klint, who painted with the help of her spirit guides and whose recent exhibition at New York’s Guggenheim broke all attendance records to the ‘Desert Transcendentalist’, Agnes Pelton, who painted her visions beneath the vast skies of California. We also learn about the Swiss healer, Emma Kunz, who used geometric drawings to treat her patients and the British surrealist and occultist, Ithell Colquhoun, whose estate of more than 5,000 works recently entered the Tate gallery collection. While the individual work of these artists is unique, the women loosely shared the same goal: to communicate with, and learn from, other dimensions.
Weaving in and out of these myriad lives while sharing her own memories of otherworldly experiences, Jennifer Higgie discusses the solace of ritual, the gender exclusions of art history, the contemporary relevance of myth, the boom in alternative ways of understanding the world and the impact of spiritualism on feminism and contemporary art. A radical reappraisal of a marginalized group of artists, The Other Side is an intoxicating blend of memoir, biography, and art history.

"Gathering in the Grief: Visualizing, Healing, Living With, and Honoring the Lost" Workshop with Creative Assembly Resident Artist Horton Humble
2025-10-16 17:00 - 19:00 | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
Grief is both personal and shared; it comforts yet isolates, silences yet speaks. Through art, ritual, and remembrance, grief declares: this mattered, this hurts, this was loved.
On Thursday, October 16, from 5 to 7 pm, join us in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for a workshop led by Creative Assembly resident and visual artist Horton Humble, moderator Robin Pharo, visual artist Veronica Caseras Lee, musician Ruben Watts, and licensed marriage and family therapist Khara Scott-Bey. Participants will collaboratively create a large-scale cereal box artwork using materials linked to the five stages of grief, illuminating how grief shapes creative expression and lived experience.
Workshop leaders will also share perspectives on how grief influences art—through a painter’s palette, a musician’s notes, and New Orleans’ cultural traditions such as the funeral procession and Second Line.
This program is free and open to all. No registration is required for this workshop.

About the Workshop Leaders
Horton Humble

Horton Humble (b. 1970, New Orleans) is a self-taught painter and sculptor whose work explores themes of resilience, identity, and cultural memory. His debut series Debris (2007) used wood from Hurricane Katrina’s wreckage, followed by Transit Urban (2008), created during travels across Africa.
Time in Lisbon (2012–2015) inspired The Lisbon Series and his first work in ceramics. Returning home, he co-founded Level Artist Collective and later completed The Guardian (2017), a public sculpture for the Helis Foundation’s Poydras Corridor project. His work has been exhibited internationally, including the Outsider Art Fair in Paris and solo shows in Marseille, and regionally at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Humble continues to create large-scale, expressive canvases while leading workshops and community projects in New Orleans. Horton has permanent pieces at the Ogden Museum and Luciano’s Benetton Imago Mundi Collection in Italy.

Robin Pharo
Moderator Robin Pharo is a serial entrepreneur with multiple diverse businesses including Treysta Group, a multi–faceted firm that specializes in hospitality-based businesses. Her other businesses include the Grumpy Troll Brew Pub in Mt Horeb, WI and Camp&Common, and a special event space in New Orleans. Pharo is also a nationally recognized speaker and moderator who has worked with many national organizations including the National Association of Home Builders, Wisconsin Environmental Initiate, US Green Building Council, the Department of Energy, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and more. Ms. Pharo is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and a publisher.

Veronica Casares Lee
Veronica Casares Lee, born in Michoacán, Mexico in 1974, is a multidisciplinary artist. She studied at the High School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) and earned a scholarship to attend Pratt Institute. From 2000 to 2008, Veronica was a resident artist at Haven Art in Port Washington, New York, contributing significantly to the creative community. In 2008, she and her family relocated to Michoacán, Mexico, where she shifted her focus to working primarily with ceramics and painting, infusing her work with the cultural richness of her homeland. In 2016, Veronica moved to New Orleans, where she currently resides and passionately pursues her art as a full-time artist, capturing the essence of the city in her diverse and evolving body of work.

Ruben Watts
Ruben Watts is a New Orleans-based percussionist known for a style of drumming played in New Orleans usually associated with the Black Masking Indian tradition. Over the years, he has expanded this style to include other percussion and hand crafted instruments.
Ruben plays with a group called Public Relations and New Orleans Folkloric, which pays tribute to the ancestral Heroes and Sheroes of our culture. He has played with groups including the Creole Osceola Mardi Gras Indians, Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr., Percussion Inc., Casa Samba, and cousin John Boutte, to name a few.

Khara Scott-Bey
Khara Scott-Bey EXA, LMFT (she/they) is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a focus in art therapy based in New Orleans. Scott-Bey is also a liberatory life coach, an artist, and a community organizer. With over 20 years of experience in mental health and art therapy, Khara’s work blends African theology, social justice and embodied practices to support people in cultivating liberation, authenticity, and wholeness. She is the founder of Live to Become Art!, a healing and creative platform rooted in the belief that through the act of creating, we transform. Learn more at www.livetobecome.com.

About Creative Assembly
Launched in 2021, NOMA’s Creative Assembly residency promotes community engagement by welcoming artists to collaborate throughout the year with the museum’s permanent collection, special exhibitions, and programs. Creative Assembly Cohort members are provided funds and museum support to develop artistic projects and public offerings, like programs and workshops.
Learn more at noma.org/learn/creative-assembly/.

Butterfly Music Series: Amina Figarova
2025-10-19 14:00 - 15:00 | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show.
This series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez.
This installment of the Butterfly Music Series will feature a live performance by Azerbaijani jazz pianist Amina Figarova.
Attendance is included with museum admission. Preregistration for this event is recommended. Seating is limited and not guaranteed with registration.
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About Amina Figarova
Amina Figarova was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and graduated from the Baku Conservatory as classical concert pianist. In 1990, she entered the Rotterdam Conservatory to pursue jazz, coming to the United States in 1992 to complete her formal education at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. In 1998 she was invited to the Thelonious Monk Institute’s summer jazz colony in Aspen. She currently lives in New York. Read more at aminafigarova.com.
About the Work
For a limited time, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad, who is Batiste’s wife.
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Member Sale at the NOMA Museum Shop
2025-10-20 09:00 - 18:00 | NOMA Museum Shop
Start your holiday shopping early with the NOMA Museum Shop Member Sale!
During our biggest sale of the year, NOMA members save 20% on all regularly priced items and get first access to 70% markdowns in the NOMA Museum Shop. Can’t make it in person? Shop online during the member sale and get 20% off NOMA merch and 50% off catalogues.
Exclusions apply. Not combinable with other offers. There are no additional discounts on already marked-down items, as well as consignment merchandise.
Visit the NOMA Museum Shop Website
Not yet a member? Join today at any level to get access to the NOMA Museum Shop’s annual sale.
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