New Orleans Museum of Art

The NOLA Project presents The Henchman: A Shakespeare Story
2019-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Louisiana
The NOLA Project returns to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden for yet another crowd-pleasing outdoor theatrical production in partnership with NOMA.
The Henchman: A Shakespeare Story, an imagined sequel by playwright Michael Aaron Santos to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, reveals the true story of Jacob, the little changeling boy who Oberon and Titania quarreled over many years ago. Unexpectedly learning that he the long-lost son of the King of India, Jacob discovers he must now flee his fairy-world homestead to escape the pursuit of Esau, Jacob’s warmongering brother, who is hellbent on dispatching Jacob, and claiming the throne. Oberon and Titania are forced to send Jacob with his faithful friend Puck to Greece to enlist the aid of Theseus and Hippolyta in an adventurous comedic sequel to the Bard’s timeless tale.
The Henchman runs Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 7 pm from May 8 to 31. All seating is bring-your-own. Food trucks will be available at all performances as well as a fully stocked bar. No outside food or drink is allowed inside the Sculpture Garden other than food truck and NOMA bar items. This production will be staged in two locations; Act I will occur in the oak grove in the back of the current garden and Act II will move to the front pine grove during the intermission.
Rain Plan: For productions canceled due to inclement weather, we will notify all ticketed patrons no later than 4pm. Patrons will then receive instructions via email on how they may reschedule their tickets for another performance or request a refund. All ticket purchases for any production that is rained-out mid performance are final.
Admission: Adults $25 | NOMA Members $18 | Students with ID $15 | Children (5 – 17) $12
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The Henchman is made possible by a grant from the New Orleans Theatre Association.

Gallery Talk: Paper Revolutions with Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan
2019-05-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-05-08 15:00 - 16:00
Gallery 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 Paper Revolutions: French Drawings from the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Opening of Besthoff Sculpture Garden Expansion
2019-05-15 11:00 - 18:00
The public is invited to visit NOMA’s newly expanded Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, opening on Wednesday, May 15, at 11 am. Food trucks will be parked in the vicinity from 11 am to 5:30 pm.
The six-acre addition features 26 new works by artists working primarily in the 21st century. The expansion, which broke ground in December 2017, builds on the success of the museum’s existing five-acre Besthoff Sculpture Garden, widely regarded as one of the top sculpture gardens in the world. The existing site is home to 64 sculptures from renowned artists from the 19th century to the present.
Artists featured in the expansion include Larry Bell, Tony Cragg, Johan Creten, Katharina Fritsch, Frank Gehry, Jeppe Hein, Georg Herold, Thomas Houseago, Shirazeh Houshiary, Baltasar Lobo, Robert Longo, Gerold Miller, Beverly Pepper, Pedro Reyes, George Rickey, Ursula van Rydingsvard, Sean Scully, Yinka Shonibare, Frank Stella, Hank Willis Thomas, Bernar Venet, and Fred Wilson. A work by Ugo Rondinone will be installed in the garden in late 2019. Two new works have been commissioned for the site: a 60-foot-long mosaic wall by artist Teresita Fernández, and a glass bridge by Elyn Zimmerman.
Food trucks from LaCocinita, Diva Dawgs and Crepes a la Cart will be parked in the vicinity of the new sculpture garden.
PREVIEW OF WORKS IN THE BESTHOFF SCULPTURE GARDEN EXPANSION

George Rickey (American, 1907 – 2002), Four Open Rectangles, 1978, Stainless steel, Gift of The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, Installation funded by Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries, 2018.18

Fred Wilson (American, b. 1954), The Mete of the Muse, 2006, Bronze, paint, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2017.191.a,.b

Jeppe Hein (Danish, b. 1974), Mirror Labyrinth, Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 2017, Steel and mirror, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Hancock Whitney, 2019.4

Baltasar Lobo (Spanish, 1910 – 1993), Grande jeune fille a genoux, 1987/1994, Bronze, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by the Eugenie and, Joseph Jones Family Foundation, 2016.63

Shirazeh Houshiary (Iranian, b. 1955), Exuviae, 2016 – 2017, Glass and stainless steel, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff,
Installation funded by Adrea D. Heebe, 2018.3

Pedro Reyes (Mexican, b. 1972), Epicurus, 2017, Volcanic stone, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Liz and Poco Sloss, 2017.194

Yinka Shonibare (British, b. Nigeria, 1962), Wind Sculpture V, 2013, Steel and fiberglass resin, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Chuck and Anne Reily, 2014.44

Thomas Houseago (British, b. 1972), Striding Figure (Rome I), 2013, Bronze, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2017.193

Larry Bell (American, b. 1939), Pacific Red (VI), 2016 – 2017, Glass, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Cathy and Morris Bart, 2019.1

Hank Willis Thomas (American, b. 1976), History of the Conquest, 2017, Bronze, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Brian and Jacki Schneider, 2018.30

Bernar Venet (French, b. 1941), 11 Acute Unequal Angles, 2016, Cor‑ten steel, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Steeg and Family in memory of Marion, Moise, and Melba Steeg, 2016.132

Frank Stella (American, 1936–2024), Alu Truss Star, 2016. Milled aluminium. Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2017.229.

Katharina Fritsch (German, b. 1956), Schädel (Skull), 2017, Painted bronze, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by The Lupin Foundation, 2018.63

Johan Creten (Belgian, b. 1963), Massu II, 2015, Painted bronze, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by The Selley Foundation, 2015.66

Ursula von Rydingsvard (German, b. 1942), Dumna, 2015, Bronze, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Marla and Lawrence Garvey, 2019.6

Tony Cragg (British, b. 1949), Sinbad, 2000, Bronze, Gift of The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, 2016.143

Sean Scully (American, b. Ireland, 1945), Colored Stacked Frames, 2017, Stainless steel, paint, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Catherine Burns Tremaine, 2017.192

Beverly Pepper (American, b. 1922), Split Ritual II, 1996, Cast iron, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, Installation funded by Robert John Axtell Williams
and Norris Smith Lupo Williams, 2019.5

Gerold Miller (German, b. 1961), Verstärker 28, 2017, Stainless steel, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff, 2018.4

Georg Herold (German, b. 1947), Liver of Love, 2013, Lacquered bronze, Gift of Sydney and Walda Besthoff,
Installation funded by Katherine and Tony Gelderman, 2017.63

Closure of NOMA | Limited hours for Besthoff Sculpture Garden
2019-05-14 10:00 - 18:00
The New Orleans Museum of Art will be closed on May 14. The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open from 10 am to 2 pm, closing early for a private event. The public is invited to tour the newly expanded sculpture garden on Wednesday, May 15, open from 11 am to 6 pm.

The NOLA Project presents The Henchman: A Shakespeare Story
2019-05-09 19:00 - 21:00
ALERT: THE MAY 9 PRODUCTION HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO RAIN.
The NOLA Project returns to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden for yet another crowd-pleasing outdoor theatrical production in partnership with NOMA.
The Henchman: A Shakespeare Story, an imagined sequel by playwright Michael Aaron Santos to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, reveals the true story of Jacob, the little changeling boy who Oberon and Titania quarreled over many years ago. Unexpectedly learning that he the long-lost son of the King of India, Jacob discovers he must now flee his fairy-world homestead to escape the pursuit of Esau, Jacob’s warmongering brother, who is hellbent on dispatching Jacob, and claiming the throne. Oberon and Titania are forced to send Jacob with his faithful friend Puck to Greece to enlist the aid of Theseus and Hippolyta in an adventurous comedic sequel to the Bard’s timeless tale.
The Henchman runs Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 7 pm from May 8 to 26. All seating is bring-your-own. Food trucks will be available at all performances as well as a fully stocked bar. No outside food or drink is allowed inside the Sculpture Garden other than food truck and NOMA bar items. This production will be staged in two locations; Act I will occur in the oak grove in the back of the current garden and Act II will move to the front pine grove during the intermission.
Rain Plan: For productions canceled due to inclement weather, we will notify all ticketed patrons no later than 4pm. Patrons will then receive instructions via email on how they may reschedule their tickets for another performance or request a refund. All ticket purchases for any production that is rained-out mid performance are final.
Admission: Adults $25 | NOMA Members $18 | Students with ID $15 | Children (5 – 17) $12
PURCHASE TICKETS
The Henchman is made possible by a grant from the New Orleans Theatre Association.

The NOLA Project presents The Henchman: A Shakespeare Story
2019-05-08 19:00 - 21:00
The NOLA Project returns to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden for yet another crowd-pleasing outdoor theatrical production in partnership with NOMA.
The Henchman: A Shakespeare Story, an imagined sequel by playwright Michael Aaron Santos to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, reveals the true story of Jacob, the little changeling boy who Oberon and Titania quarreled over many years ago. Unexpectedly learning that he the long-lost son of the King of India, Jacob discovers he must now flee his fairy-world homestead to escape the pursuit of Esau, Jacob’s warmongering brother, who is hellbent on dispatching Jacob, and claiming the throne. Oberon and Titania are forced to send Jacob with his faithful friend Puck to Greece to enlist the aid of Theseus and Hippolyta in an adventurous comedic sequel to the Bard’s timeless tale.
The Henchman runs Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 7 pm from May 8 to 26. All seating is bring-your-own. Food trucks will be available at all performances as well as a fully stocked bar. No outside food or drink is allowed inside the Sculpture Garden other than food truck and NOMA bar items. This production will be staged in two locations; Act I will occur in the oak grove in the back of the current garden and Act II will move to the front pine grove during the intermission.
Rain Plan: For productions canceled due to inclement weather, we will notify all ticketed patrons no later than 4pm. Patrons will then receive instructions via email on how they may reschedule their tickets for another performance or request a refund. All ticket purchases for any production that is rained-out mid performance are final.
Admission: Adults $25 | NOMA Members $18 | Students with ID $15 | Children (5 – 17) $12
PURCHASE TICKETS
The Henchman is made possible by a grant from the New Orleans Theatre Association.

Blue Muse Book Signing with Timothy Duffy
2019-05-08 13:00 - 14:00
Photographer Timothy Duffy, whose tintype portraits of American roots musicians are on view in the exhibition Blue Muse, will sign his companion book of the same title at the Museum Shop from 1 – 2 pm on Wednesday, May 8. Russell Lord, NOMA’s Freeman Family Curator of Photography, wrote the foreword. Arrive early for a Gallery Talk at noon in the exhibition space with Duffy and Lord. New Orleans-based musicians Little Freddie King and Alabama Slim, pictured in the book, are also expected at the book signing.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The tintype is rooted in more than 150 years of photographic method. In this collection of extraordinary portraits, Duffy brings new vitality to this old form, capturing powerful images of musicians who represent the roots of American music. These American blues, jazz, and folk artists are living expressions of a cultural legacy, made and remade by everyday people and passed down through generations. In the hands of the people in Duffy’s portraits, centuries-old traditions find new expression in this digital millennium. Likewise, Duffy’s photographic techniques fuse old forms and the original collodion wet plates with modern lighting. In this collaboration between photographer and artist, music and image meet around a history of struggle, adaptability, and creativity. It is this ethos that Duffy captures in his tintypes. Blue Muse is jointly published by the New Orleans Museum of Art and the University of North Carolina Press.

Gallery Talk: Curator Russell Lord and Photographer Timothy Duffy discuss Blue Muse
2019-05-08 12:00 - 13:00
Gallery 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 Photography Curator Russell Lord and photographer Timothy Duffy as they discuss Duffy’s series of tintype portraits of contemporary roots musicians, on view in Blue Muse. After the talk, Duffy will sign his companion book in the Museum Shop.

Sculpture Garden Tour
2019-05-06 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays, weather dependent, at noon. (Call 504.658.4153 to verify.) Sited on eleven acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety 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, George Rodrigue, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the main gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

Sculpture Garden Tour
2019-05-04 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays, weather dependent, at noon. (Call 504.658.4153 to verify.) Sited on ten acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety 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, George Rodrigue, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

Sculpture Garden Tour
2019-05-03 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Fridays, 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, George Rodrigue, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

Dickie Landry SOLO Concert
2019-05-02 18:00 - 20:00
Due to the threat of inclement weather, the Dickie Landry SOLO Concert for April 18 has been rescheduled to Thursday, May 2. For those who purchased admission for the April 18 concert, tickets will remain valid for the new date, or contact the NOMA Learning and Engagement Department for a refund at 504.658.4128 | education@noma.org.
Louisiana-born saxophonist, artist, photographer, and composer Dickie Landry will perform one of his legendary site-specific SOLO concerts in tribute to the work of Keith Sonnier and Tina Girouard. In his 60-minute performance in NOMA’s Great Hall, Landry will play the tenor saxophone to explore the textures and abstract layers of sound within NOMA’s iconic architecture. There will be no seating, and the audience is encouraged to move around freely throughout all levels of the museum during the performance.
$15 nonmembers | $10 members
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ABOUT DICKIE LANDRY
Born in Cecilia, Louisiana, in 1938, Richard “Dickie” Landry began his musical training at the age of six when he joined the St. Joseph Catholic Church Choir singing Gregorian Chant for six years seven days a week. Landry picked up the saxophone at age ten and continued the journey that would take him places far removed from the small town in St. Martin Parish where he was raised. After attending what is presently known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he majored in music education, Landry taught for two years in the rural community of Chataignier in St. Landry parish. Restless and tired of playing in a blue-eyed soul band, The Swing Kings, in 1969 Landry moved to New York City to broaden his musical horizons. The avant-garde art scene in New York City was about to explode after a period of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Landry soon fell in with a crowd of artists, musicians, dancers, and theater people that included Keith Sonnier, Robert Rauschenberg, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Smithson, Michael Heizer, Walter de Maria, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Chuck Close, Robert Wilson, and others who are now considered visionaries in their respective fields. He became part of this circle and emerged as a renowned photographer, noted for his documentation of the New York art scene in the 1970s.
In addition to Landry’s solo career, he has collaborated with other composers, artists and choreographers. In 1969 he was a founding member of the original group that formed the Philip Glass Ensemble and performed with the ensemble till 1981. He was on all concerts, tours and recordings of that period including Einstein on the Beach, an opera by Robert Wilson and Glass, which is widely credited as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century. He has also worked with David Byrne of the Talking Heads on the Speaking in Tongues (Slippery People) album for which he received a Gold Record Award. In 1984 Landry began collaboration with Laurie Anderson at the Next Wave Festival in Set/Reset with choreographer Trisha Brown and artist Robert Rauschenberg. This collaboration continued with his inclusion in Anderson’s Mister Heartbreak tour of America and Japan. These efforts culminated in the feature film production of Home of the Brave and the CD of the same name. Landry has collaborated with artists Keith Sonnier, Lawrence Weiner, Chuck Close and Richard Serra and received commissioned works from choreographers Babs Case, Trisha Brown, Deborah Hay and Jane Comfort.

Museum Highlights Tour
2019-05-01 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.

NOMA Book Club Curatorial Program
2019-05-01 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.
May 2019 Selection
Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
Simon & Schuster, 2017, ISBN: 978-1501139154
To write this sweeping biography, Walter Isaacson immersed himself in 7,200 pages of notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci, which are now dispersed across the globe. Da Vinci’s interests were even more divergent than previously known, and Isaacson’s empathetic and deeply researched portrait illustrates how da Vinci willed himself to genius through endless curiosity and a creativity that sometimes crossed over into fantasy. Much like Isaacson’s previous subjects of Ben Franklin and Steve Jobs, da Vinci was a polymath—he was passionate about art, science, nature, and technology, and he never stopped questioning, practicing, or experimenting. Isaacson points out that this is a particular form of genius that can teach us how to live our own lives.
Wednesday, May 1, 12 – 1 p.m. | Curatorial Program with Tracy Kennan, Curator of Education, who will lead a lesson on color.
Thursday, May 16, 12 – 1 p.m. | Book Discussion Group

Arts & Letters Series: Zachary Lazar and Deborah Luster
2019-04-24 17:00 - 19:00
NOMA’s Arts & Letters series welcomes authors, poets, journalists, playwrights, and literary scholars to the museum for public conversations that reflect on literature at the intersection of arts and culture.
In partnership with One Book One New Orleans, this segment of the series features author Zachary Lazar, photographer Deborah Luster, and actor Bobby Wallace in conversation with essayist Garnette Cadogan. Accompanying music will be performed by Mario Abney.
About One Book One New Orleans
A campaign for literacy and community, One Book One New Orleans calls on New Orleans residents to share the experience of reading the same book at the same time, works to provide literacy resources to adults, and emphasizes the importance of dialogue between diverse groups of people. The organization’s selection for 2019 is Vengeance by Zachary Lazar.
About Vengeance
Vengeance chronicles the journey of a narrator who meets an incarcerated man, Kendrick, at Louisiana’s state penitentiary, Angola. As the narrator becomes increasingly determined to get to the bottom of Kendrick’s claim that he did not commit murder, the lines between seemingly clear-cut concepts such as guilt and innocence begin to blur. The book, a blend of fiction and nonfiction based on the murder of Zachary Lazar’s own father, encourages readers to see the humanity of people in prisons—a group that is often marginalized. Vengeance sparks conversations about the relationships between those of us walking free and those of us behind bars,suggesting that we are not as different as it would seem.
READ AN INTERVIEW with Zachary Lazar from NOMA Magazine.
The novel begins with the narrator’s visit to a real-life passion play, The Life of Jesus Christ, staged at Angola prison by inmates. Award-winning Louisiana-based photographer Deborah Luster will share her portrait series of inmate actors who have performed in this drama. Bobby Wallace played the role of Jesus in the play while incarcerated at the state penitentiary.

Gallery Talk: Bondye: Between and Beyond with Curator Nic Aziz
2019-04-24 12:00 - 13:00
Gallery 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. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Community Outreach Curator Nic Aziz for a discussion about Vodou flags on view in Bondye: Between and Beyond.

NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
2019-04-23 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 NOMA’s Learning and Engagement Department at education@noma.org or call 504.658.4128 for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
April 2019 Selection
Portrait of a Phantom: The Story of Robert Johnson’s Lost Photograph by Zeke Schein
Pelican Publishing Company, 2017, ISBN: 978-1455622450
Late one night in 2005, Zeke Schein made an amazing discovery while searching for a vintage guitar on eBay: a grainy, battered photograph captioned “Old Snapshot Blues Guitar BB King????” Neither man looked like King, but one seemed to resemble the twentieth-century’s most mysterious musician, Robert Johnson. Would others see what he saw? With only three or four known images of the legendary blues guitarist in existence, this single picture was certainly an exceptional link to the past.
Thursday, April 11, 12 – 1 p.m. | Curatorial Program with Brian Piper, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow for Photography
Tuesday, April 23, 12 – 1 p.m. | Book Discussion Group

Baby Artsplay!
2019-04-20 10:30 - 11:00
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 10:30 am
This free six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
April 20 | Lesson 6 – Tiny Household Helpers (Incorporated Development Areas)
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 0-3.
Contact education@noma.org or 504-658-4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

NOMA Highlights Tour
2019-04-18 13:00 - 14:00

Small Talk: Madonna and Child with Saints
2019-04-17 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join docent Regina Shujaa for a discussion about Madonna and Child with Saints; Prophets (Pinnacles), circa 1340, by a follower of Bernardo Daddi.
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Noontime Talk: Ear to the Ground with Curator Katie Pfohl
2019-04-17 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. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Katie Pfohl for a discussion about works on view in Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art.

Baby Artsplay!
2019-04-13 10:30 - 11:00
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 10:30 am
This free six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
April 13 | Lesson 5 – Baby Balancing Acts (Bilateral Integration)
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 0-3.
Contact education@noma.org or 504-658-4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival 2019
2019-04-13 10:00 - 13:00
Join us on Saturday, April 13th for the NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Bring your family for a fun-filled day featuring egg hunts, a petting zoo, face painting, spacewalks, painting, crafts, activities and more!

Online ticket sales have ended. Tickets will be sold at the door of the Egg Hunt and Family Fest beginning at 10 am.
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Schedule of Events
ENTERTAINMENT
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. DJ Audio Jocks
10:30 – 11 a.m. Egg Hunt (5 and under)
10:30 – 11 a.m. Egg Hunt (6 and up)
PINE GROVE ACTIVITIES (Front Garden)
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Face Painting by Nurture Nannies
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. DJ Audio Jocks
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Juggler & Magician
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Petting Zoo
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. NOMA Art Activities
OAK GROVE ACTIVITIES (Back Garden)
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Bounce House for Toddlers (5 and under)
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Bounce House for Kids (6 and up)
10:30 – 11 a.m. Egg Hunt (5 and under)
10:30 – 11 a.m. Egg Hunt (6 and up)
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Craft Station presented by Macaroni Kids
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Face Painting
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Game Station presented by Adventure Quest Laser Tag
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Hula Hoop Station
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Petting Zoo
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Tattoo Salon
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Art Activity presented by Young Rembrandts of Southeast Louisiana
Baby Base Camp
The baby feeding and changing station at the
entrance gate presented by NOLA Family Magazine.
Special Guests
The Elmer Bunny
Curious George by WYES-TV
Alice and the Mad Hatter by When You Wish Entertainment
TICKET LEVELS
ADVANCE MEMBER TICKET** – $10
ADVANCE NON-MEMBER TICKET** – $15

**Tickets valid for adults and children. Children age 2 and under receive free admission.
All tickets are available at will-call the day of the event. Tickets will not be mailed.
Ticket price includes entertainment, activities, and refreshments, except for alcoholic beverages.
The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a NOMA fundraiser. Should a ticket holder be unable to attend, your purchase should be considered a donation. There is​ also​ no refund due to weather and other unforeseen conditions. The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a rain or shine event.
Advance tickets are available through April 12, 2019. Ticket prices will increase to $18 for members and non-members at the door.

Become a Sponsor or Purchase Tickets

Thank you to all of our 2019 Sponsors
Lead Sponsors

Catherine Burns Tremaine
Fun & Games
Adventure Quest Laser Tag
Cammie and Charles Mayer

Sweets & Treats
When You Wish Entertainment
Bunnies & Baskets
Emily and Michael Arata
Rebecca Friedman and Aran Toshov
Boogie & Bounce
Beary Cherry Tree Child Development Center
Creamistry
Walton and Jeffrey Goldring
Jennifer and Fred Heebe
Hales Pediatrics
Mara Haseltine, MD
Michael and Alicia Johnson
Jones, Swanson, Huddell and Garrison, LLC
Lake Vista Pediatrics
Little Miss Muffin
Metairie Small Animal Hospital
Cynthia and Thomas Nicholson
Nurture Nannies
Perret’s Army and Outdoor Store
Tiffany and Loulan Pitre
Lydia and B.K. Sneed
State Farm by Susan Geoghegan
Uniforms by Logo Express
Young Rembrandts of Southeast Louisiana
Media Sponsors

Special Thanks
Belmont Enterprises
Commander’s Palace
Elmer Chocolate
Gas & Supply
Laser Tag of Metairie
Macaroni Kid
Orleans Coffee
Raising Cane’s
WYES-TV
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS AND BENEFITS
LEAD SPONSOR – $5,000

Recognition as a Lead Sponsor of the event
Fifty (50) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Four (4) invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2019/2020
Sponsor recognition on 2,000 invitations; on noma.org with over 30,000 monthly visitors; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 331,000; and an Instagram following of over 27,000; and e-blasts to over 30,000 subscribers.

FUN & GAMES – $2,500

Thirty (30) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Four (4) invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2019/2020
Sponsor recognition on 2,000 invitations; on noma.org with over 30,000 monthly visitors; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 331,000; and an Instagram following of over 27,000; and e-blasts to over 30,000 subscribers.

SWEETS & TREATS / ACTIVITY UNDERWRITER* – $1,000

Recognition as a “Sweets & Treats” Sponsor of the event OR underwriter of an Egg Hunt activity*
Twenty (20) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Sponsor recognition on 2,000 invitations; on noma.org with over 30,000 monthly visitors; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 331,000; and an Instagram following of over 27,000; and e-blasts to over 30,000 subscribers.

*NOMA EGG HUNT AND FAMILY FESTIVAL UNDERWRITING OPPORTUNITIES:
Your company can receive additional publicity by underwriting a specific NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival activity. There is LIMITED AVAILABILITY and the opportunities listed below will be assigned as pledges are confirmed.

Art activities
Bounce house for toddlers (5 & under)
Bounce house for kids (6 & up)
Musical entertainment
Face painting
Hula hoop station
Juggler / magician
Petting zoo

BUNNIES & BASKETS – $500

Eight (8) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Sponsor recognition on 2,000 invitations; on noma.org with over 30,000 monthly visitors; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 331,000; and an Instagram following of over 27,000; and e-blasts to over 30,000 subscribers.

BOOGIE & BOUNCE – $250

Six (6) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Sponsor recognition on 2,000 invitations; on noma.org with over 30,000 monthly visitors; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 331,000; and an Instagram following of over 27,000; and e-blasts to over 30,000 subscribers.

Looking Closely at Social Conditions in Nigeria Today
2019-04-12 18:00 - 20:00
Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, the Francoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art, will lead a roundtable discussion about contemporary social conditions in Nigeria following a screening of the 2014 film Invasion 1897. Panelists from the Association of Nigerians in New Orleans will include Reuben Amienoho, Alabor Derefaka, and Olu Ariwajoye, each representing a different regional group in Nigeria.
ABOUT INVASION 1897
Invasion 1897 is a Nigerian movie that portrays the historical events that culminated in the invasion, destruction, and looting of the ancient West African kingdom of Benin by British troops in February 1897. The resulting battle led to the deposition and exile of Benin’s once powerful king, Ovonramwen Nogbaisi. Many valuable artifacts from Benin were subsequently taken to museums in Europe. The movie, produced and directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, was released in 2014 and features several “Nollywood” actors, including Segun Arinze, Paul Obazele, and Charles Inojie. The story revolves around a modern-day Nigerian student who is arrested and brought to trial for stealing historical African artifacts from a British museum and his imagined journey back in time to 1897 to defend himself and his homeland.
The film screening and discussion is organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Center for African and African American Studies at Southern University in New Orleans, and the Association of Nigerians in New Orleans.
Watch the trailer below for Invasion 1897 (2014 | Rated PG-13 | 1 hour, 53 minutes)

NOMA Book Club Curatorial Program
2019-04-11 12:00 - 13:00

Art Primer: Five from Louisiana
2019-04-10 12:00 - 13:00
Interested in taking a closer look at NOMA’s collections? Want to take a deep dive into a focused art topic? Join NOMA curators, staff and other art professionals as they explore a variety of topics in our Art Primer series.
In conjunction with the exhibition Keith Sonnier: Until Today and Tina Giroaurd’s beaded Vodou flags, on view in Bondye: Between and Beyond, this Art Primer class will focus on the landmark 1977 NOMA exhibition Five from Louisiana, which featured work by five Louisiana artists who had gained international prominence: Robert Rauschenberg, Lynda Benglis, Tina Girouard, Richard “Dickie” Landry, and Keith Sonnier.
Led by Katie Pfohl, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Allison Young, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow for Modern and Contemporary Art, the discussion is free with museum admission. Admission is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.

StoryQuest
2019-04-06 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. The theme for April 6 will be “Family.”
Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission.
Major support for StoryQuest is provided by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.

Baby Artsplay!
2019-04-06 10:30 - 11:00
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 10:30 am
This free six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
April 6 | Lesson 4 – Tiny Motor Scooters (Motor Skills)
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 0-3.
Contact education@noma.org or 504-658-4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

Slow Art Day
2019-04-06 10:00 - 17:00
On Saturday, April 6, NOMA is participating in International Slow Art Day, which encourages visitors to slow down and explore one or several works of art for a minimum of five minutes each.
Directions:
Choose a work of art from NOMA’s galleries or the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Spend at least five minutes looking at the work of art. Refer to the questions below for suggestions for contemplation. Repeat with three to five different works of art. Share your Slow Art Day experience on social media. #SlowArtDayNOMA
Guide for Looking:
What is this?
Why is this art?
What was the first thing you noticed about this work?
What materials were used to make this?
How does it make you feel?
How would you describe it to someone who could not see it?
