Taylor Scholars Family Day and Educator Appreciation Day
2018-05-12 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Louisiana
Join us for a a special Family Day at NOMA that celebrates the academic achievements and excellence shown by Taylor Scholars throughout Louisiana, all of whom are eligible for free admission. All educators are also welcome to visit for free. A full day of activities for students of all ages, families, and educators is planned throughout the galleries and Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The Patrick F. Taylor Foundation established the Taylor/NOMA Scholars Program through a $360,000 endowment designed to guarantee the program in perpetuity. Parents or guardians may accompany students free of charge.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Screening of Underwater Dreams
10:30 a.m. | Stern Auditorium
Underwater Dreams, written and directed by Mary Mazzio, and narrated by Michael Peña, is an epic story of how the sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants learned how to build an underwater robot from Home Depot parts. And defeat engineering powerhouse MIT in the process as competitors in a sophisticated underwater robotics contest sponsored by NASA and the Office of Naval Research. (Not rated | 2014 | 1 hour, 26 minutes | Watch the trailer)
Dance Performance by Dancing Grounds Youth Programs
11 a.m.-12 noon | Great Hall
Docent-guided Tour
12 noon | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Art on the Spot with Katrina Andry
1 p.m.-3 p.m. | 1st Floor Creative Concept Studio
A family-activity table will be led by New Orleans artist Katrina Andry.
Docent-guided Tour
1 p.m. | Meet on 1st Floor
Screening of The Devil Wears Prada
2 p.m. | Stern Auditorium
The Devil Wears Prada is a comedy-drama based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel of the same name. Meryl Streep stars as Miranda Priestly, a powerful fashion magazine editor, and Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs, a college graduate who goes to New York City to become Priestley’s co-assistant. Most designers and other fashion notables avoided appearing as themselves for fear of displeasing Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who is widely believed to have been the inspiration for Priestly. Still, many allowed their clothes and accessories to be used in the film, making it one of the most expensively costumed movies in history. (PG-13 | 2006 | 1 hour, 49 minutes | Watch the trailer)

Small Talks: Cameroonian Palace House Posts
2018-05-12 11:00 - 11:30 | Louisiana
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 artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Pat Loughran as he discusses the Cameroonian Palace House Posts on view in the African art gallery. Meet in the third-floor elevator lobby.

Small Talks: Wassily Kandinsky's Sketch for Several Circles
2018-05-12 13:30 - 14:00 | Louisiana
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 artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Deb Houghton as she discusses Sketch for Several Circles by Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky, a pioneer of abstract modern art.

Free admission for all moms on Mother's Day
2018-05-13 11:00 - 17:00 | Louisiana
Moms receive free admission all day at NOMA on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13. Café NOMA will be serving free “mom-osas” along with a special brunch menu.

Noontime Talk: Women, Fashion, and Power
2018-05-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Louisiana
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.
In conjunction with A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, join Kelsey Brosnan, Curatorial Fellow for European Art, for a discussion about women’s fashion as depicted in NOMA’s eighteenth-century French art collection, with particular emphasis on a portrait of Marie Antoinette.

Small Talks: John Singer Sargent's Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer
2018-05-16 15:00 - 15:30 | Louisiana
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 artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Admission is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join docent Elizabeth Davis as she discusses the Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer by John Singer Sargent.

Free admission for Art Museum Day
2018-05-17 10:00 - 18:00 | Louisiana
Admission is FREE for all visitors on Thursday, May 17, in recognition of Art Museum Day. NOMA is the only museum in Louisiana participating in this annual recognition of the role art museums serve in their communities. Art Museum Day recognizes that museums are often important civic anchors, offering inspiring and educational experiences in ways that make towns, cities, and regions better places for everyone who lives and works there.

Small Talk: Fashion designer Serena Gili on A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes
2018-05-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Louisiana
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 artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.

Join fashion designer Serena Gili in the exhibition A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, where one of her ensembles is on display. Gili graduated from Central Saint Martins BA and MA fashion course, with a focus on knitwear design. Her BA collection earned her the second runner-up L’Oréal Professional Design Talent Award and a mentorship at the Sarabande foundation (Lee Alexander McQueen CBE). Gili’s design work is creative and precise, with great attention to fine details combined with a strong interest towards innovative and unconventional materials. Inspired by religion, uniformity, devotion and control, Gili creates pieces close to sacred art and religious objects. Her current collection is a sensory feast that you hear before seeing, with a rat-a-tat-tat of thousands of glass beads against molded acrylic. She currently works as a freelance designer in London.

Hot Couture Late Night
2018-05-18 18:00 - 2018-05-19 00:00 | Louisiana
In celebration of its first ever fashion exhibition, A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, the New Orleans Museum of Art opens its doors until midnight on Friday, May 18. The evening kicks off at 6 p.m. with live music, performances, guided tours, a film screening, and a public conversation with Vogue creative digital director Sally Singer and New Yorker contributor Thomas Beller.
Advance tickets are no longer for sale online. Please purchase at the door: $20 for nonmembers | Free to NOMA members

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

6 – 10 pm: Art on the Spot: Make Your Own Fascinator (1st Floor Elevator Lobby) Create a fabulous fascinator headpiece in your own unique style.
6 – 10:30 pm: Food by Café NOMA, Bonafried, Crêpes à la Cart, and Diva Dawg
6 –7:45 pm: Music by Joy Clark (Great Hall)

Joy Clark’s musical artistry feels like a warm, fresh twist on the fervently familiar. Her music embodies the bliss that comes with creating melodies and rhythms to celebrate peace and the undeniable power of love. Backed by an all-star cast of incredible performers, including Jazmine Butler (drums), phenomenal singer/songwriter Kelly Love Jones (vocals and percussion), and BassMonsterTiff (bass), Joy and her band create a unique blend of funk, soul, and folk.

6 – 11 pm: Tarot Readings with Valeria Ruelas (2nd Floor, Contemporary Galleries, at the Hustleman cart in the exhibition Carlos Rolón: Outside/In)
7 pm: Guided tour of A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes with Curator Mel Buchanan (Meet 1st Floor Elevator Lobby)

Join NOMA’s Decorative Arts Curator Mel Buchanan as she leads visitors through A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, NOMA’s first-ever exhibition devoted to fashion. Experimental gowns, headpieces, and jewelry by avant-garde fashion designers Alexander McQueen, Gucci, Gypsy Sport, and Iris van Herpen investigate symbols of womanhood and challenge conventional notions of beauty.

7:45 pm: Performance by the Lady Buckjumpers Social Aid & Pleasure Club (Great Hall)

Named for a traditional second line dance known as buckjumping, the Lady Buckjumpers are an all-female social aid and pleasure club. Famous not only for their dance moves, but also for their fabulous sense of style, the Lady Buckjumpers have been active since 1984.

8 pm: Music by Joy Clark (Great Hall)
8 pm: Vogue Creative Digital Director Sally J. Singer in conversation with writer Thomas Beller (Stern Auditorium)

Sally Singer is the creative digital director of Vogue, where she oversees the magazine’s website, video program, and social channels. Previously, she was the editor in chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, the fashion news/features director of Vogue, and the fashion director of New York Magazine. She has written for the Guardian, the Economist, the Atlantic Monthly, among other publications. Singer is a trustee of the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Thomas Beller is a writer and associate professor of English at Tulane University. He is a longtime contributor to the New Yorker and also writes for the New York Times, Vogue, and Town and Country, among other magazines. A founder and editor of Open City Magazine (1990–2010), his books include The Sleep-Over Artist (2000), How to Be a Man: Scenes from a Protracted Boyhood (2005), and J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist, which won the New York City Book Award for Biography/Memoir in 2015.

9:30 pm: Screening of The September Issue (Stern Auditorium)

Documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour’s preparation for the fall season’s most important fashion issue. (PG-13 | 2009 | 1 hour, 30 minutes | Watch the trailer) The screening is sponsored by Mignon Faget.

9:45 pm: Performance by the New Orleans Drag Workshop All Stars (Great Hall)

The New Orleans Drag Workshop, guided by drag legend Vinsantos, is a ten-week crash course that takes folks from all walks of life and turns them into original and memorable drag performers. The program goes well beyond just hair and makeup to teach students history, the ethics of working in the business, and how to be a diva without being a DIVA! At the end of the workshop, students take the stage to showcase the piece of performance they developed throughout the course. The Workshop has just completed its seventh cycle and has had over 70 members complete their journeys over the last four years. The Workshop is honored to present a collection of its finest performers from various cycles at NOMA’s Hot Couture Late Night. On the bill will be the Workshop’s Head Mister-ess and everybody’s favorite drag grandma, Vinsantos; Miss Pageant 2016 Neon Burgundy; Miss Runner Up 2016 Tarah Cards; Miss Pageant 2017 Franky; and one of the most recent draguates from cycle seven, Izzy Femme.

10 pm: Guided tour of A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes with Curator Mel Buchanan (Meet 1st Floor Elevator Lobby)
10:15 pm – Midnight: Music by DJ Ann Glaviano of HEATWAVE! Dance Party (Great Hall)

Ann Glaviano is a writer, dancer, DJ, and native New Orleanian. She runs the HEATWAVE! Dance Party bimonthly at a friendly neighborhood bar near you. She was featured in ELLE’s September issue in 2016, in their first “Style Across America” spread, where she shouted out Red, White, and Blue Thrift as her primary fashion resource.

All night: Roaming fashions by Tabitha Bethune with the Wildlife Reserve

St. Charles Avenue Magazine is the media sponsor for Hot Couture Late Night.

Vogue Creative Digital Director Sally Singer in Conversation with Writer Thomas Beller
2018-05-18 20:00 - 21:00 | Louisiana
In conjunction with the exhibition A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, Sally Singer, creative digital director of Vogue magazine will join writer and Tulane associate professor Thomas Beller in conversation about contemporary fashion media coverage.
ABOUT SALLY SINGER AND THOMAS BELLER
Sally Singer is the creative digital director of Vogue, where she oversees the magazine’s website, video program, and social channels. Previously, she was the editor in chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, the fashion news/features director of Vogue, and the fashion director of New York Magazine. She has written for the Guardian, the Economist, the Atlantic Monthly, among other publications. Singer is a trustee of the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Thomas Beller is a writer and associate professor of English at Tulane University. He is a longtime contributor to the New Yorker and also writes for the New York Times, Vogue, and Town and Country, among other magazines. A founder and editor of Open City Magazine (1990–2010), his books include The Sleep-Over Artist (2000), How to Be a Man: Scenes from a Protracted Boyhood (2005), and J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist, which won the New York City Book Award for Biography/Memoir in 2015.

Fashion on Film: The September Issue
2018-05-18 21:30 - 23:00 | Louisiana
This five-part film series, presented in conjunction with the exhibition A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, considers the role of fashion in modern society and takes an in-depth look at some of the industry’s most influential tastemakers.

Friday, March 2, 6:30 pm: The Legacy of Alexander McQueen
Saturday, March 3, 2 pm: Bangaologia: The Science of Style and Sapeurs: The Men Inside the Suits
Saturday, April 7, 2 pm: Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Friday, April 20, 7:30 pm: The First Monday in May
Friday, May 18, 9:30 pm: The September Issue

ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE
The September Issue is a 2009 documentary film about the behind-the-scenes drama that follows editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and her staff during the production of the September 2007 issue of Vogue magazine — traditionally the biggest and most important issue of the year. It depicts the effort that goes into making the magazine, and the passion that Grace Coddington, a former model turned creative director and the only person who dares to stand up to Wintour, has for the highly regarded fashion periodical. In the film, Coddington is often portrayed as the leading victim to Wintour’s aggressive personality. The film features appearances by many well-known and influential people in the fashion industry, including John Galliano, Oscar de la Renta, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, and Vera Wang. (Rated PG-13 | 2009 | 1 hour, 30 minutes)
The screening of The September Issue is sponsored by Mignon Faget, New Orleans premiere jeweler.

Watch the trailer:

Studio KIDS!
2018-05-19 10:00 - 12:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This spring, Studio KIDS! presents “Express Yourself” art classes for children. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art making techniques. In each class, Studio KIDS! explores art made by diverse cultures as inspiration for art projects. From sculpting to painting, each class features different media and techniques. Register for one class or the entire series. Make sure to sign up in advance to ensure your spot.
Call 504.658.4100 or email education@noma.org to register or for more information.
Ages 5 – 10 | 10 am – 12 pm
May 19
Crazy Sculpture
Go nuts and create crazy sculptures out of found objects.
Cost per class:
$25 | members
$30 | nonmembers
Full schedule can be found here.

Baby ArtsPlay! at NOMA
2018-05-19 10:30 - 11:00 | Louisiana
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 6 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 6-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
May 19 | Workshop 1 – Get Your Motor Running (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.

StoryQuest
2018-05-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Louisiana
Spark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading. Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration.
Saturday, May 19: Adventure
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.

NOMA CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION
2018-05-22 10:00 - 18:00 | Louisiana
The museum will be closed on Tuesday, May 22, due to construction. The Besthoff Sculpture Garden remains open.

Noontime Talk: A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes with Curator Mel Buchanan
2018-05-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Louisiana
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Every Wednesday Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Decorative Arts Curator Mel Buchanan as she leads visitors through A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, NOMA’s first-ever exhibition devoted to fashion. Experimental gowns, headpieces, and jewelry by avant-garde fashion designers Alexander McQueen, Gucci, Gypsy Sport, and Iris van Herpen investigate symbols of womanhood and challenge conventional notions of beauty. More than 100 articles of daring fashion are presented in a dramatic gallery design that explores eight archetypal personality types.

NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
2018-05-23 13:30 - 15:00 | Louisiana
Join NOMA staff and 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 2018 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 2018 Selection
Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse by Stanley Meisler
St. Martin’s Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-1137278807
For a couple of decades before World War II, a group of immigrant painters and sculptors, including Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, and Jules Pascin dominated the new art scene of Montparnasse in Paris. Art critics gave them the name “the School of Paris” to set them apart from the French-born (and less talented) young artists of the period. Soutine arrived in Paris while many painters were experimenting with cubism, but he had no time for trends and fashions; like his art, Soutine was intense, demonic, and fierce. After the defeat of France by Hitler’s Germany, the Eastern European Jewish immigrants who had made their way to France for sanctuary were no longer safe. In constant fear of the French police and the German Gestapo, plagued by poor health and bouts of depression, Soutine was the epitome of the tortured artist. Rich in period detail, Stanley Meisler’s Shocking Paris explores the short, dramatic life of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. (Amazon.com)
Wednesday, May 23, 1:30 – 3 pm | Book Discussion Group

Small Talks: Self-Taught Artist Manierre Dawson
2018-05-23 15:00 - 15:30 | Louisiana
Small Talks are 10–15 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 artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Harvey Orth as he discusses the work of self-taught artist Manierre Dawson (1887–1969), an American painter and sculptor who independently developed stylistic and material innovations that rivaled his most progressive contemporaries.

NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
2018-05-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Louisiana
Join NOMA staff and 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 2018 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 2018 Selection
Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse by Stanley Meisler
St. Martin’s Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-1137278807
For a couple of decades before World War II, a group of immigrant painters and sculptors, including Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, and Jules Pascin dominated the new art scene of Montparnasse in Paris. Art critics gave them the name “the School of Paris” to set them apart from the French-born (and less talented) young artists of the period. Soutine arrived in Paris while many painters were experimenting with cubism, but he had no time for trends and fashions; like his art, Soutine was intense, demonic, and fierce. After the defeat of France by Hitler’s Germany, the Eastern European Jewish immigrants who had made their way to France for sanctuary were no longer safe. In constant fear of the French police and the German Gestapo, plagued by poor health and bouts of depression, Soutine was the epitome of the tortured artist. Rich in period detail, Stanley Meisler’s Shocking Paris explores the short, dramatic life of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. (Amazon.com)
Friday, May 25, 12 – 1 pm | Book Discussion Group

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Extended | Arts & Letters: Author Yuri Herrera in Conversation with Rosana Cruz
2018-05-25 17:00 - 21:00 | Louisiana
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: 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 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 Extended
7 pm: Arts & Letters: Author Yuri Herrara in Conversation with Rosana Cruz

ABOUT EXTENDED
Extended—Oscar Rossignoli on piano, Matt Booth on bass, and Brad Webb on drums—have all the attributes of a clever New Orleans piano-bass-drums trio. The three have been part of the New Orleans scene for years in various configurations. Their debut LP from the spring of 2017, released on Breakfast 4 Dinner records, has received praise for its distinctive compositions and dynamic group interplay.
ABOUT YURI HERRERA AND ROSANA CRUZ
Born in Actopan, Mexico, in 1970, Yuri Herrera studied politics in Mexico, creative writing in El Paso and took his PhD in literature at Berkeley. His first novel to appear in English, Signs Preceding the End of the World, was published to great critical acclaim in 2015 and included in many Best-of-Year lists, including The Guardian‘s Best Fiction and NBC News’s Ten Great Latino Books, going on to win the 2016 Best Translated Book Award. He is currently teaching at Tulane University.
Rosana Cruz is a writer, parent, social justice movement leader and intersectional feminist. They (Cruz’s singular pronoun) have lived in New Orleans for over 20 years and in that time, worked closely with numerous organizations in the struggle for racial justice, LGBTQ liberation and immigrant rights. They currently serve as the Vice President of Movement and Capacity Building at Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation. Born in the US to Cuban parents, Cruz identifies as a pre-natal exile, remaining close to the grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who stayed behind in Cuba. They were raised by a single mother in a multi-racial community in North Miami in the 1970s and 80s. Cruz draws deeply from this experience, as well as their close ties to the Caribbean, in their writing. They hold an MA in Latin American Studies from the Stone Center at Tulane University. Essays by Cruz have been published in hipMama, Bridge the Gulf Project, Colorlines.com and the anthology Mamaphonic. Cruz is a 2018 VONA Voices Fellow. Their writing practice is now centered on speculative fiction and Afro-Futurist influenced magical realism.
This program, part of NOMA’s Arts and Letters Series, is free with museum admission thanks to support from the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival.

Baby ArtsPlay! at NOMA
2018-05-26 10:30 - 11:00 | Louisiana
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 6 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 6-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
May 26 | Workshop 2 – Baby Says…(language development)
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.

Small Talks: Alberto Giacometti
2018-05-26 15:00 - 15:30 | Louisiana
Small Talks are 10–15 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 artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join docent Cynthia Kolb as she discusses the work of Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966), a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman, and printmaker.

NOMA open for Memorial Day
2018-05-28 12:00 - 17:00 | Louisiana
The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open on Memorial Day, May 28, from noon to 5 pm.

Noontime Talk: Lee Friedlander in Louisiana with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper
2018-05-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Louisiana
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Wednesdays are FREE to Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper for a discussion about renowned photographer Lee Friedlander and his documentation of Louisiana in a retrospective exhibition.

Small Talks: Giovanni Martinelli’s Death Comes to the Banquet Table
2018-05-30 15:00 - 15:30 | Louisiana
Small Talks are 10 to 15 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 artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. All Louisiana residents receive free admission on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join docent Dianne Chesson as she discusses the painting Death Comes to the Banquet Table by Giovanni Martinelli.

Museum Highlights Tour
2018-06-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Louisiana
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 Talks: Ganesh, the Elephant-Headed God
2018-06-01 15:00 - 15:30 | Louisiana
Small Talks are 10 to 15 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 artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. All Louisiana residents receive free admission on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Curator of Asian Art, as she discusses depictions of Ganesh, the Elephant-Headed Hindu God, in the third-floor Indian Art Gallery.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by the Dirty Rain Revelers | Artist Perspective with Cristina Molina and Jonathan Traviesa
2018-06-01 17:00 - 21:00 | Louisiana
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: 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 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 the Dirty Rain Revelers
6:30 pm: Artist Perspective with Cristina Molina and Jonathan Traviesa in conjunction with the exhibition Carlos Rolón: Outside/In

ABOUT DIRTY RAIN REVELERS
Based in New Orleans, the Dirty Rain Revelers are the unified, musical expression of husband-and-wife team, Matthew and Melissa DeOrazio. Their music is a blend of Roots-Rock, Americana, and Blues. To date, they’ve recorded three albums, performed at regional festivals, toured annually from the Southwest to the East Coast to the Midwest, built a home recording studio, established their own music publishing company, and performed 3 times on CBS’s NCIS: New Orleans.
Melissa and Matthew are regular volunteers and members at the local community-based/supported radio station, WWOZ, believing in being a part of the grassroots process of supporting music that they and their peers make in Louisiana. They also have their own radio show on local community-based/supported radio station WHIV, (We Honor Independent Voices). Their show, Surya Revelers Medicine Music, airs Wednesday nights, 10pm-midnight.
ABOUT CRISTINA MOLINA AND JONATHAN TRAVIESA
Cristina Molina is a visual artist who creates video installations that include still imagery and sculptural forms. Molina’s nonlinear, hypnotic works centralize female protagonists within historical, mythical, and autobiographical narratives. Her work has won national awards for its immersive quality and inventive use of technology including the National Association for Latino Arts and Culture project grant funded in part by the Ford Foundation and Surdna Foundation. She is employed as an assistant professor of new media and animation at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Jonathan Traviesa is a photographer and artist who has been living in New Orleans since the late 1990s. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in New Orleans, Chicago, New York, Madrid, and Tokyo. Traviesa is a founding member of The Front gallery and released his first book, Portraits, with a concurrent exhibition at The Front during October and November of 2009. Traviesa received the New Orleans Photo Alliance’s inaugural Michael P. Smith Grant Award, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art exhibited a selection of his portraits from the book.

2018-06-02 10:30 - 11:00 | Louisiana
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 6 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 6-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
June 2 | Workshop 3 – My Body (learning body parts)
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.

Small Talks: Georgia O'Keeffe's My Backyard
2018-06-06 11:00 - 11:30 | Louisiana
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 artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join Curator of Education Tracy Kennan as she discusses My Backyard (1937) by Georgia O’Keeffe, an oil painting of the desert scenery surrounding the artist’s home and studio in Abiquiu, New Mexico.
Wednesdays are FREE to Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
