New Orleans Museum of Art

Studio KIDS! Holiday Workshop
2018-12-28 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Chicago)
Explore your artistic side this holiday season! NOMA offers three single-day Studio KIDS! Holiday Workshops to engage young artists in the creative process. Students ages 5–10 will explore works of art in the museum galleries and get creative in the studio.
Call 504-658-4128 or email education@noma.org to register or for more information.
Friday, December 28
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Price per class: $25 members | $30 nonmembers
Explore the Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art exhibition and create artworks from natural elements.

Small Talk: Thornton Dial's The Ninth Ward with Docent Janet Krane
2018-12-28 11:00 - 11:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Janet Krane for a discussion about The Ninth Ward by Thornton Dial.

Noontime Talk: The Orléans Collection with Curator Vanessa Schmid
2018-12-28 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Vanessa Schmid as she discusses The Orléans Collection exhibition.

Small Talk: Joan Miró's The Red Disk with Docent Elizabeth Davis
2018-12-28 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Elizabeth Davis for a discussion about Joan Miró’s The Red Disk.

Small Talk: Andy Warhol with Docent Rosemary Hays-Thomas
2018-12-29 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Rosemary Hays-Thomas for a discussion about the life and career of Andy Warhol.

Small Talk: The Kunst Collection of Decorative Arts with Docent Mary Lynne Stumpf
2018-12-30 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Mary Lynne Stumpf for a discussion about the Kunst Collection of Decorative Arts.

New Year's Eve Special Holiday Hours
2018-12-31 11:00 - 17:00
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open on December 31 from 11 am to 5 pm.

New Year's Day Special Holiday Hours
2019-01-01 11:00 - 17:00
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open on January 1 from 11 am to 5 pm.

Museum Highlights Tour
2019-01-01 13:00 - 14:00
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in!
Special group tours can be arranged with two-weeks advance notice. Call Tracy Kennan, Curator of Education, at 504.658.4113.

Small Talk: The Sculptures of Edgar Degas
2019-01-02 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join a docent for a discussion about sculptures by French Impressionist Edgar Degas.

Noontime Talk: Past Present Future: Building Photography at the New Orleans Museum of Art with Curator Russell Lord
2019-01-04 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year.
Join Curator Russell Long for a discussion about the exhibition Past Present Future: Building Photography at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

No Friday Nights at NOMA
2019-01-04 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA will not be held on January 4. Please join us on January 11.

Sculpture Garden Tour
2019-01-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-01-19 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Saturdays and Mondays, weather dependent, at noon. (Call 504.658.4153 to verify.) Sited on five acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than sixty works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

Small Talk: The Work of Joan Mitchell
2019-01-05 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join a docent for a discussion about the life and work of artist Joan Mitchell.

Noontime Talk: The Orléans Collection with Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan
2019-01-09 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan for a discussion about the exhibition The Orléans Collection.

Small Talk: The Work of Alberto Giacometti
2019-01-09 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join a docent for a discussion about the work of Italian artist Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966).

NOMA Book Club Curatorial Program
2019-01-11 12:00 - 13:00
Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2019 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact Sheila A. Cork at 504.658.4117 or scork@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
January 2019 Selection
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Vintage International, 1989, ISBN: 978-0679722663
This novel by Nobel Prize-winning British author Kazuo Ishiguro is set in post-World War II Japan and is narrated by Masuji Ono, an aging painter who reflects on his past. He laments that his once illustrious reputation has faltered since the collapse of Imperial Japan when he served as a police informant and adviser to the Committee of Unpatriotic Activities. Ono struggles with accepting the mistakes of his past. Other themes explored in the novel include arranged marriage, the changing roles of women, and the declining status of “elders” in Japan since 1945.
Friday, January 11, 12 – 1 p.m. | Curatorial Program with Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs/Curator of Asian Art
Tuesday, January 15, 12 – 1 p.m. | Book Discussion Group

Friday Nights at NOMA: Orléans Collection Symposium | Harpist Catherine Anderson
2019-01-11 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA returns for an exciting lineup of programs in 2019: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, the Museum Shop, and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by harpist Catherine Anderson
6 pm: Keynote lecture of The Orléans Collection Symposium with Curator Vanessa Schmid

ABOUT CATHERINE ANDERSON
Catherine Anderson is in high demand as a free-lance musician in the New Orleans area, providing harp music for the region’s professional arts organizations and a host of clients, from business corporations to universities to brides. She has appeared as solo harpist for the Ritz-Carlton tearoom since its inception in 2000 and enjoys performing with touring shows, including concerts by aStevie Wonder, Johnnie Mathis, Frank Sinatra Jr., Perry Como, and Natalie Cole.
ABOUT THE ORLÉANS COLLECTION SYMPOSIUM
The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Frick Collection’s Center for the History of Collecting will host a two-day symposium, January 11-12, 2019, in conjunction with The Orleans Collection, an exhibition dedicated to the collecting and collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674–1723) and on view at NOMA through January 27, 2019. Vanessa Schmid, NOMA’s Senior Research Curator of European Art, will deliver a keynote address titled “Repositioning Philippe’s Collecting.” This lecture is open to the public and free with museum admission. To view the full lineup of speakers on Saturday, January 12, for the advance-registration portion of the symposium, visit this link.

Symposium: The Orléans Collection: Tastemaking, Networks, and Legacy
2019-01-11 18:00 - 19:00
The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Frick Collection’s Center for the History of Collecting will host a two-day symposium, January 11-12, 2019, in conjunction with The Orleans Collection, an exhibition dedicated to the collecting and collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674–1723) and on view at NOMA through January 27, 2019.
In slightly more than two decades, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, amassed one of the most important collections of European paintings in the history of art, which he displayed in his Palais-Royal in Paris. The Duke’s celebrated collection comprised over 500 masterpieces of European art, and this landmark exhibition reunites a representative group of forty works to tell the complex story of the collection’s formation and character and the impact of the sales of the collection in London during the French revolution, a watershed event in the history of collecting.
The symposium will consider Philippe II’s taste and the impact the collection had for generations of collectors and artists, and an increasingly wider public throughout the eighteenth century. Subjects of interest include: Philippe II’s patronage network; fellow collectors and trends in collecting in Paris; dealers and the art market in eighteenth-century Paris; connections with contemporary collections in the German principalities; the “Orléans Effect” in Great Britain and later entrance into public collections.
Admission: $100 general public | $75 NOMA members | $30 Graduate students with ID (please register using a university email address)
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SCHEDULE
Friday, January 11
6 pm | “Repositioning Philippe’s Collecting,” Symposium Keynote Lecture by Vanessa Schmid, Senior Research Curator for European Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art

Saturday, January 12
9 am – 7 pm | Symposium Sessions and Reception
9 am | Registration
9:30 am | Welcome: “The Legacy of The Orléans Collection,” Inge Reist, Director Emerita, The Frick Collection’s Center for the History of Collecting

10:30 am | SESSION I: Tastemaking in Paris: Philippe, His Circle and Connections in Eigtheenth-Century France

“Paintings for the Duke of Orléans: Montarsis, Hérault, Rondé, and the Network of Parisian Picture Dealers around 1710,” François Marandet, Art History Lecturer, Institut d’études supérieures des arts, Paris
“Absolutism and the Politics of Affect in Antoine Coypel’s Aeneas Gallery,” Aaron Wile, University of Southern California
“Alternatives to the French Academy: Painters and the Public Spaces during the Regency,” Sophie Raux, University of Lyon
“The Craze for Netherlandish Painting in Eighteenth-Century Paris,” Everhard Korthals Altes, Delft Technical University

12:30 pm | LUNCH (A boxed lunch will be provided to all full-price participants, excluding Graduate Student admission)

1:30 pm | SESSION II: The Orléans Effect in Great Britain

“Crossing the Channel: The Orléans Collection Arrives in London,” Julia Armstrong-Totten, Independent Scholar
“The Orléans Collection reborn in Regency London: The Stafford Gallery at Cleveland House,” Peter Humfrey, Professor Emeritus, University of St. Andrews
“Decline and Fall: The Fate of the Orléans Pictures in Britain,” Elizabeth Pergam, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York
“‘Looking at the £100,000 Picture’: Rembrandt’s The Mill, Loans and Acquisitions at the National Gallery, London,” Alison Clarke, Terra Foundation-Paul Mellon Centre Fellow

Hotel blocks have been reserved for symposium participants at the Hampton Inn on Saint Charles; register using the codeword NOMAFRICKSYMPOSIUM.
Image credit: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669), The Mill, 1645-1648, Oil on canvas, 34 1/2 x 41 9/16 in., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Widener Collection, Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

The Center for the History of Collecting was established at the Frick Art Reference Library in 2007 to support the study of the formation of art collections, both public and private, from the Renaissance to the present day, while asserting the relevance of this subject to art and cultural history. The Center’s public programs provide a forum for thoughtful exchange that stimulates scholarship in this discipline. The Center also offers fellowships, seminars, panels, and study days and plays a significant role in creating the tools needed for access to primary documents generated by art collectors and dealers.

Additional support is provided by the Press Foundation, Northern Trust, the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation, and the Consul General of France in New Orleans

Symposium: The Orléans Collection: Tastemaking, Networks, and Legacy
2019-01-12 09:00 - 19:00
The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Frick Collection’s Center for the History of Collecting will host a two-day symposium, January 11-12, 2019, in conjunction with The Orleans Collection, an exhibition dedicated to the collecting and collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674–1723) and on view at NOMA through January 27, 2019.
In slightly more than two decades, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, amassed one of the most important collections of European paintings in the history of art, which he displayed in his Palais-Royal in Paris. The Duke’s celebrated collection comprised over 500 masterpieces of European art, and this landmark exhibition reunites a representative group of forty works to tell the complex story of the collection’s formation and character and the impact of the sales of the collection in London during the French revolution, a watershed event in the history of collecting.
The symposium will consider Philippe II’s taste and the impact the collection had for generations of collectors and artists, and an increasingly wider public throughout the eighteenth century. Subjects of interest include: Philippe II’s patronage network; fellow collectors and trends in collecting in Paris; dealers and the art market in eighteenth-century Paris; connections with contemporary collections in the German principalities; the “Orléans Effect” in Great Britain and later entrance into public collections.
Admission: $100 general public | $75 NOMA members | $30 Graduate students with ID
ENROLL NOW
SCHEDULE
Friday, January 11
6 pm | “Repositioning Philippe’s Collecting,” Symposium Keynote Lecture by Vanessa Schmid, Senior Research Curator for European Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art

Friday, January 11
6 pm | “Repositioning Philippe’s Collecting,” Symposium Keynote Lecture by Vanessa Schmid, Senior Research Curator for European Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art

Saturday, January 12
9 am – 7 pm | Symposium Sessions and Reception
9 am | Registration
9:30 am | Welcome: “The Legacy of The Orléans Collection,” Inge Reist, Director Emerita, The Frick Collection’s Center for the History of Collecting

10:30 am | SESSION I: Tastemaking in Paris: Philippe, His Circle and Connections in Eigtheenth-Century France

“Paintings for the Duke of Orléans: Montarsis, Hérault, Rondé, and the Network of Parisian Picture Dealers around 1710,” François Marandet, Art History Lecturer, Institut d’études supérieures des arts, Paris
“Absolutism and the Politics of Affect in Antoine Coypel’s Aeneas Gallery,” Aaron Wile, University of Southern California
“Alternatives to the French Academy: Painters and the Public Spaces during the Regency,” Sophie Raux, University of Lyon
“The Craze for Netherlandish Painting in Eighteenth-Century Paris,” Everhard Korthals Altes, Delft Technical University

12:30 pm | LUNCH (A boxed lunch will be provided to all full-price participants, excluding Graduate Student admission)

1:30 pm | SESSION II: The Orléans Effect in Great Britain

“Crossing the Channel: The Orléans Collection Arrives in London,” Julia Armstrong-Totten, Independent Scholar
“The Orléans Collection reborn in Regency London: The Stafford Gallery at Cleveland House,” Peter Humfrey, Professor Emeritus, University of St. Andrews
“Decline and Fall: The Fate of the Orléans Pictures in Britain,” Elizabeth Pergam, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York
“‘Looking at the £100,000 Picture’: Rembrandt’s The Mill, Loans and Acquisitions at the National Gallery, London,” Alison Clarke, Terra Foundation-Paul Mellon Centre Fellow

Hotel blocks have been reserved for symposium participants at the Hampton Inn on Saint Charles; register using the codeword: NOMAFRICKSYMPOSIUM.
Image credit: Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669), The Mill, 1645-1648, Oil on canvas, 34 1/2 x 41 9/16 in., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Widener Collection, Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

The Center for the History of Collecting was established at the Frick Art Reference Library in 2007 to support the study of the formation of art collections, both public and private, from the Renaissance to the present day, while asserting the relevance of this subject to art and cultural history. The Center’s public programs provide a forum for thoughtful exchange that stimulates scholarship in this discipline. The Center also offers fellowships, seminars, panels, and study days and plays a significant role in creating the tools needed for access to primary documents generated by art collectors and dealers.

Additional support is provided by the Press Foundation, Northern Trust, the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation, and the Consulate General of France in New Orleans

Small Talk: Golden Age of Dutch Art
2019-01-12 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join a docent for a discussion about the Golden Age of Dutch Art in the 17th century.

NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
2019-01-15 12:00 - 13:00
Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2019 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact Sheila A. Cork at 504.658.4117 or scork@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
January 2019 Selection
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Vintage International, 1989, ISBN: 978-0679722663
This novel by Nobel Prize-winning British author Kazuo Ishiguro is set in post-World War II Japan and is narrated by Masuji Ono, an aging painter who reflects on his past. He laments that his once illustrious reputation has faltered since the collapse of Imperial Japan when he served as a police informant and adviser to the Committee of Unpatriotic Activities. Ono struggles with accepting the mistakes of his past. Other themes explored in the novel include arranged marriage, the changing roles of women, and the declining status of “elders” in Japan since 1945.
Tuesday, January 15, 12 – 1 p.m. | Book Discussion Group

Noontime Talk: Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art with Curator Katie Pfohl
2019-01-16 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Katie Pfohl for a discussion about the exhibition Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art.

Small Talk: Georgia O'Keeffe's My Backyard
2019-01-16 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join a docent for a discussion about Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting My Backyard.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Extended Trio | Small Talks for Ear to the Ground exhibition
2019-01-18 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA returns for an exciting lineup of programs in 2019: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, the Museum Shop, and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm.
In celebration of the Saints’ NFC championship, visitors wearing the team’s jerseys, apparel, or black and gold colors will be admitted FREE after 4 pm.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Extended Trio
6-8 pm: Series of Small Talks in the exhibition Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art

ABOUT EXTENDED TRIO
Extended Trio is a New Orleans-based, modern-jazz, piano band featuring Brad Webb, Matt Booth, and Oscar Rossignoli as composers.
ABOUT EAR TO THE GROUND: EARTH AND ELEMENT IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Working with natural elements like earth, wind, water and fire, the artists in Ear to the Ground show how nature can spur artistic innovation and spark new thinking about human culture and community. In their art, nature is not just as a resource to be protected or exploited, but rather a generative force with its own sentient power. Mining earth both as a material and a metaphor, the artists in this exhibition treat nature as a teacher: a model for negotiating the complexities of contemporary cultural life. Informed by a kind of elemental logic, their art envisions new ways we might relate to the natural world, as well as to one another.
The following ten-to-fifteen-minute Small Talks by artists represented in the exhibition will take place throughout the evening:

6 – 6:30 pm: Cristina Molina is a visual artist who creates video installations that include still imagery and sculptural forms. Molina’s non linear, hypnotic works centralize female protagonists within historical, mythical, and autobiographical narratives. Her artwork has been exhibited at various national and international venues.
6:30 – 6:45 pm: Diedrick Brackens thoughtfully employs the language of weaving and textile making to explore the intersections of identity and sociopolitical issues in the United States. Brackens uses calculated woven algorithms that stem from the cultural histories of African, American, and European textiles to generate his intricate tapestries, seeking to highlight the complexities of African-American identity while also focusing on the loom and its significance to cultural production.
7 – 7:30 pm: Sara Madandar is a US-based artist from Iran. She currently works in painting, sculpture,video and performance. Her work is mostly about the relationship of the human to their bodies and covers. She materializes the issues of existing in an in-between space through construction and deconstruction of the canvas. Her work evokes a sensation out of destruction and touches on the cultural displacements of corporeality. Her video, video installations, and performances are influenced by her emigration and comparison between cultures.
8 pm: Dan Alley grew up in Alaska and did his undergraduate work at Washington State University, where he received a BFA in ceramics. In 2014 he earned an MFA in glass art and currently serves there as an adjunct professor.

Friday Nights at NOMA is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation; and the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.

Mindfulness Class
2019-01-19 10:00 - 11:30
From January 19 through March 16, NOMA presents a series of eight mindfulness classes with Dr. Jayashree Rao. Mindfulness is defined as experiencing the present moment with open curiosity, without judgment, and with a willingness to be with what is.
Mindfulness training teaches skills to help individuals

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

About mindfulness classes at NOMA
This eight-part mindfulness series will be held on Saturdays from 10–11:30 a.m. beginning January 19. Classes will take place January 19, 26, February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 9 and 16. There will be no class on March 2 of Mardi Gras weekend.
$70 nonmembers | $50 NOMA members
Maximum class size is 30. Participants sign up for the series not per class. Participants will meet in the second-floor Woldenberg Board Room.
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Participants will learn to develop mindfulness through guided meditation and brief exercises that will help them experience the present moment during everyday activities. Although no specific outcome is promised, participants typically report feeling more alive, more “in-tune” with themselves and others. In addition, research has shown significant beneficial effects in dealing with stress, anxiety, high blood pressure, depression, chronic pain, and diabetes.
About the instructor:
Dr. Jayashree Rao is a retired pediatric endocrinologist, who spent thirty years teaching, researching, and practicing medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center and Children’s Hospital. For the past several years, Dr. Rao has practiced and led others in practicing mindfulness, employing techniques learned in the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course offered by Dr. Dave Potter.

Studio KIDS!
2019-01-19 10:00 - 12:00
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This winter/spring, Studio KIDS! classes explore art made by diverse cultures throughout time as inspiration for art projects. From sculpting to painting, each class features different media and techniques. Attend one class or the entire series. Classes are limited to 14 students. Register in advance to ensure your spot!
Call 504-658-4140 or email education@noma.org to register or for more information.
Ages 5 – 10 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Cost per class: $25 members / $30 nonmembers
January 19 | Local Landscapes
Let your imagination run wild as you create dream worlds and landscapes using an array of techniques and media.

StoryQuest
2019-01-19 11:00 - 11:30
Spark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading. Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration.
Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission.
Find the full schedule here. Contact 504-658-4100 or education@noma.org with questions.
Major support for StoryQuest is provided by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.

Art & Process: Tintype Workshop with Artist Timothy Duffy
2019-01-19 13:00 - 15:00
In advance of NOMA’s upcoming photographic exhibition Timothy Duffy: Blue Muse, on view April 25 through July 28, 2019, photographer Timothy Duffy will offer a workshop to the public demonstrating the creation of his wet-plate collodion tintype photographs. Attendees will have the opportunity to observe and engage with a 19th-century photographic process which offered the first “instant” photographs.
Free with museum admission.
ABOUT TIMOTHY DUFFY
Timothy Duffy (born in New Haven, Connecticut, 1963) is a renowned photographer and Founder of the Music Maker Relief Foundation. Duffy has been recording and photographing traditional artists in the South since the age of 16, when he became interested in ethnomusicology. After earning a BA from Friends World College and MA from the Curriculum in Folklore at the UNC, Tim and his wife Denise founded Music Maker Relief Foundation in 1994 to assist traditional musicians in need.
