New Orleans Museum of Art

Book Club Discussion Group
2019-10-29 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
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 Education Department at 504.658.4128 or education@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
October 2019 Selection
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos: A Novel by Dominic Smith
Picador, 2017, ISBN: 978-1250118325
Amsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the city’s Guild of St. Luke. Though women do not paint landscapes (they are generally restricted to indoor subjects), a wintry outdoor scene haunts Sara: She cannot shake the image of a young girl from a nearby village, standing alone beside a silver birch at dusk, staring out at a group of skaters on the frozen river below. Defying the expectations of her time, she decides to paint it.
Tuesday, October 29, 12 – 1 p.m. | Book Discussion Group

Donna Perret Rosen Lecture featuring Fred Wilson with Ron Bechet
2019-10-24 18:00 - 20:00
Fred Wilson, an artist best known for his role in refiguring the representation of race in museums, will join New Orleans-based artist Ron Bechet in conversation at the 2019 Donna Perret Rosen Lecture in Stern Auditorium.
The talk is free with museum admission and limited to 180 seats.
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ABOUT FRED WILSON
▶ READ AN INTERVIEW WITH FRED WILSON IN NOMA MAGAZINE
Fred Wilson was born in the Bronx in 1954, and lives and works in New York. He received a BFA from Purchase College, State University of New York. Commenting on his unorthodox artistic practice, Wilson has said that, although he studied art, he no longer has a strong desire to make things with his hands: “I get everything that satisfies my soul from bringing together objects that are in the world, manipulating them, working with spatial arrangements, and having things presented in the way I want to see them.” Thus, Wilson creates new exhibition contexts for the display of art and artifacts found in museum collections—including wall labels, sound, lighting, and non-traditional pairings of objects.

His installations lead viewers to recognize that changes in context create changes in meaning. While appropriating curatorial methods and strategies, Wilson maintains his subjective view of the museum environment and the works he presents. He questions (and forces the viewer to question) how curators shape interpretations of historical truth, artistic value, and the language of display—and what kinds of biases our cultural institutions express. In his groundbreaking intervention, Mining the Museum (1992), Wilson transformed the Maryland Historical Society’s collection to highlight the history of slavery in America. For the 2003 Venice Biennale, Wilson created a mixed-media installation of many parts—focusing on Africans in Venice and issues and representations of blacks and whites—which included a suite of black glass sculptures; a black-and-white tiled room, with wall graffiti culled from texts of African-American slave narratives; and a video installation of “Othello,” screened backwards.
Wilson received a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Achievement Award (1999) and the Larry Aldrich Foundation Award (2003). He is the Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Object, Exhibition, and Knowledge at Skidmore College. Fred Wilson represented the United States at the Cairo Bienniale (1992) and Venice Biennale.
ABOUT RON BECHET
Ron Bechet, a native New Orleanian, is a professional artist and serves as a professor of art at Xavier University of Louisiana. Bechet served as chair of the department for nine years. He holds a B.A. degree in Fine Arts from the University of New Orleans, and an M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from the Yale School of Art, Yale University. He has served on the board of the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans and served as a member of New Orleans Arts Council percent for art committee Public Art Commission Program, NOCCA Institute Board and many other commissions and boards.
Bechet’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, culminating in a solo show in the summer of 2015 at the Acadiana Art Center in Lafayette called “Sense of Place” in which he examined the visual culture of the African Diaspora. He has collaborated in pieces and exhibitions with John Scott, with whom he shared studio space for many years. Bechet’s work can be found in the collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Museum, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

Gallery Talk: Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord on Inspired by Nature
2019-10-23 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 Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord for a discussion about the exhibition Inspired by Nature | Japanese Art from the Permanent Collection.

Opéra Nouvelle performance in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
2019-10-20 15:00 - 17:00
Singers from the Opéra Nouvelle will perform a variety of works in the setting of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Please bring lawn chairs or blankets for this roving three-part concert that will move from sculpture to sculpture throughout the garden. Seating is bring-your-own. Admission is FREE for this joint production between NOMA and the New Orleans Opera Association.
The first selection of works, themed as “The Classics: Statues and Stories,” will be performed in the pine grove near the main entrance of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
The second selection of works will be performed in the new expansion of the garden near the sculpture Acute Unequal Angles (2016) by Bernar Venet. Themed as “Trauma, Loss and Reflections,” these musical selections will be aligned with the New Orleans Opera Association’s production The Falling and the Rising, which will address the ramifications of PTSD among war veterans.
The final selection of works will be presented in the new amphitheater of the garden expansion, under the title “Magic and Wonder.”
Poetry readings will also take place between the musical performances.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Lee Ledbetter lecture and book signing | Music by Eileina Davis
2019-10-18 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA features 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 drop-in activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm | Music by Eileina Dennis
6 – 8 pm | Lee Ledbetter lecture and book signing
ABOUT EILEINA DENNIS
Vocalist Eileina Dennis was raised in Birmingham, England and grew up singing gospel. She had a notable career as an R&B and pop singer performer before falling in love with jazz. Dennis points to Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald as all having influenced her career. She will perform hits from the American Songbook, accompanied by pianist Larry Sieberth.
ABOUT LEE LEDBETTER
Lee Ledbetter & Associates served as consultants for the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Pavilion, which opened at NOMA in May 2019. The renowned New Orleans-based design firm has issued a book showcasing the work of its lead designer and architect known for creating spaces that balance historic detail and modern elegance.
▶ READ AN INTERVIEW WITH LEDBETTER IN NOMA MAGAZINE
The work of architect and interior designer Lee Ledbetter represents a one-of-a-kind combination of traditional details and chic Modernism. Ledbetter established his practice in New Orleans in 1996 and has developed a body of work that emerges from his ability to incorporate historical precedent as well as regional and environmental context, and his firm has received recognition for its expertise well beyond its Deep South roots. Ledbetter’s interiors and architecture combine a cleanly tailored and bright modernity with the unapologetic embellishments of refined and luxurious decoration. Ledbetter strongly believes design to be a fine art along with painting and sculpture, and he considers placement and scale of furniture, artwork, and lighting as carefully as he does the creation of walls and the spaces they contain. As Mayer Rus, who provides the text for this title, once wrote in House & Garden, “Lee Ledbetter rejects the idea that a serious architect cannot be a dedicated decorator as well.”

A book signing in the Museum Shop will follow the lecture.

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.

The NOLA Project presents The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
2019-10-16 19:00 - 21:00
Back for their tenth collaboration with NOMA, the NOLA Project theater company returns to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden with a new twist on Washington Irving’s Halloween classic The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by ensemble member Pete McElligott.
This outdoor, spooky, immersive production features Ichabod Crane and the infamous Headless Horseman. Sounds great, huh? We at the NOLA Project thought so, too—and that’s what we intended for the audience. That is, until the cast started to be mysteriously killed off…and the crew…and the entire Louisiana Philharmonic that was supposed to take part in the festivities. But the show must go on! By any means necessary…
Come enjoy this horrifically hilarious Halloween-season production that is part American classic, part the play that goes wrong, and all kinds of absurd fun. Written by NOLA Project favorite Pete McElligott, this new telling is bound to leave you laughing your head off. Perhaps literally.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow runs Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 7 pm from October 16 to November 13. 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.
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 $30 | NOMA Members $25 | Youth (under 21) $15
For tickets, visit The NOLA Project website.

Artist's Perspective: Dawn DeDeaux discusses Tina Freeman: Lamentations
2019-10-16 12:00 - 13:00
Throughout the exhibition of photographs in Tina Freeman: Lamentations, a seven-year photo-documentation of Louisiana’s wetlands and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic by Tina Freeman, fellow artists, including Dawn DeDeaux, will offer their perspective on the subject matter. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
ABOUT DAWN DEDEAUX
New Orleans-based artist Dawn DeDeaux has merged art with new technologies for decades to broaden art and audience engagement. Early works from the 1970s such as CB Radio Booths were works of mobility that travelled the communication systems and streets of underserved communities. Mid-career works were large-scale installations and pioneering immersive, synchronized media environments including Soul Shadows, Women Eating, and The Face of God that premiered at the 1996 Olympics. Latter works, including Project Mutants, The Goddess Fortuna and The MotherShip Series, are inspired by environmental challenges. DeDeaux will be the subject of a retrospective exhibition at NOMA in 2020.
Image: 20140225_Jökulsárólon_069 Glacial lagoon in southern Iceland | 20140418_Avoca_Island_377 A healthy freshwater marsh near Morgan City by Tina Freeman.

Closing concert of the Safar music series with Mahmoud Chouki and special musical guests
2019-10-13 18:00 - 20:00
As Bodies of Knowledge comes to a close, Mahmoud Chouki will conclude his concert series of site-specific performances for the exhibition, collectively titled Safar, that explore how music can speak across cultural divides to envision new forms of dialogue between East and West. The following performers will join Chouki in a collaborative concert: Steve Lands, arranger, on trumpet; Brad Walker, saxophone; Peter Gabriel Gustavson, trombone; Amber Rene Mouton, French horn; Oscar Rossignoli, piano; Noah Young, bass; Michelle Welchon, percussions; Simon Mouchabek, accordion, percussions; and Gerald T. Watkins Jr., drums.
Admission: $15 NOMA Members | $20 Nonmembers
Purchase tickets in advance or at the door.
PURCHASE SAFAR CONCERT TICKETS
ABOUT MAHMOUD CHOUKI
Mahmoud Chouki is a master guitarist and multi-instrumentalist and composer living and working in New Orleans. His art draws together music from many different international contexts to consider how music can speak across cultural divides. His own compositions incorporate musical influences from across the globe, ranging from European classical, Andalusian from Southern Spain, Levantine music from the Middle East, Maghrebian music from North Africa, Latin American music, and jazz from the Southern United States. Integrating sounds and rhythms from many different cultures, Chouki combines classical guitar with instruments such as the loutar, a traditional instrument of the Middle Atlas region of Morocco; the sintir, a Sub-Saharan instrument from the Sahel region (Mali); the oud, an oriental lute; the Algerian mandole, a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin; the Bağlama saz, a Turkish long necked bowl-lute; the banjo, and a variety of percussion instruments. As artistic director of Rencontre Orient-Occident at Chateau Mercier in Sierre, Switzerland, Chouki has brought together a wide range of international musicians to envision new forms of dialogue between East and West, with music often the only common language between performers.

Edward Spots in performance for Bodies of Knowledge
2019-10-13 15:00
As the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge comes to a close, performance artist Edward Spots will present a short solo dance in the Great Hall.
ABOUT EDWARD SPOTS
New Orleans native Edward Spots is an internationally renowned dancer, choreographer, and actor. Spots began his dance training with Baderinwa “Mama” Rolland at the very first charter middle school in New Orleans. He has trained extensively, from NOCCA and New Orleans NORD Centers as a young dancer, to the Walnut Hill School for the Fine Arts, The Joffrey Ballet School in New York, and the Washington School for Ballet in Washington, DC. In 2010, he enrolled at the Ailey School, ultimately becoming part of the Ailey II Company where he performed and taught in the US and abroad in more than 8 countries. He has danced with Urban Ballet Theatre, New Orleans Ballet Theatre, Civic Scranton Ballet, Delaware Dance Company, and Marigny Opera Ballet, and has been featured in numerous commercials and television shows. Spots played a lead role in the film America by Garrett Bradley.

Japan Fest 2019
2019-10-12 10:00 - 16:00
Organized by NOMA, the Consulate General of Japan in Nashville and the Japan Club in New Orleans, Japan Fest is the largest celebration of Japanese culture in the Gulf South. It’s a day to sample Japanese cuisine and enjoy traditional dance groups, martial arts demonstrations, tours of NOMA’s Japanese art collection, fashion shows, and much more.
Admission: $5 | FREE for NOMA members and visitors age 19 and younger
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
10 am

Kaminari Taiko drumming demonstration (NOMA front steps)

10:45 am

Welcoming remarks (NOMA front steps)

11 am

Eishen-Ryu Iaido sword drawing (NOMA front steps)
The Hearn Society presentation “Seeking an Open Life: Contemporary Collodion Photographs of Japan Inspired by the Writings of Lafcadio Hearn” (Stern Auditorium)
Japanese Garden Foundation Tour (Meet at the Japanese Foundation table in the Italian Galleries on the ground floor)| Tea Demonstration on 3rd Floor
Candy 5 demonstration (Café courtyard)

11:30 am

Greater New Orleans Suzuki Forum concert (Great Hall)
Kimono dressing demonstration (Second-floor elevator lobby)

12 pm

Guided tour of Japanese Art Gallery (Third floor)
Guided tour of Besthoff Sculpture Garden (Meet at the Main Gate)
Candy 5 demonstration (Café courtyard)

12:30 pm

Kaminari Taiko drumming demonstration (NOMA front steps)
New Orleans Kendo Club (Stern Auditorium)

1 pm

Minyo Dance (NOMA front steps)
Jujitsu Club of Southeastern Louisiana University (Stern Auditorium)
Tea demonstration (Third floor)
Candy 5 demonstration (Café courtyard)

1:30 pm

Miyabi Kai Japanese Dance Group of Pensacola, Florida (Stern Auditorium)
Guided tour of Japanese Art Galleries (Third floor)
Candy 5 demonstration (Café courtyard)

2 pm

Lolita Fashion Show (NOMA front steps)
Louisiana Karate Association (Stern Auditorium)
Japanese Garden Foundation Tour (Meet at the Japanese Foundation table in the Italian Galleries on the ground floor)
Candy 5 demonstration (Café courtyard)

2:30 pm

Mechamaid Clubhouse (NOMA front steps)
Hakkoryu Shindokai Dojo (Stern Auditorium)
New Orleans Zen Temple Ceremony (Great Hall)
Kimono dressing ceremony (Second-floor elevator lobby)
Candy 5 demonstration (Café courtyard)

3 pm

Japanese Weekend School’s Kids Dance
Aikido of New Orleans (Stern Auditorium)
Candy 5 demonstration (Café courtyard)

3:30 pm

Shogun martial arts (Stern Auditorium)
All Nippon Airways raffle (Great Hall)

4 pm

Kaminari Taiko drumming demonstration (NOMA front steps)

Food vendors: Ajun Cajun (Sculpture Garden) • Linda Green “Yakamein Lady” (Sculpture Garden) • Café NOMA, serving Japanese specialties
Participating sponsors, businesses, and organizations: Aikido of New Orleans, ANA Airways, Amai Nightmare Anime Cover Band, Baton Rouge Iaido, Candy 5, Crane’s Nest Go Club, Eva Vanrell Kimono Demo, Greater New Orleans Suzuki Forum, GACHI, Hakkoryu Shindokai Dojo and Shiatsu Massage, Hearn Society, Japan Club of New Orleans, Japan Society of New Orleans, Japanese Antiques and Textiles, Japanese Garden Foundation, Japanese Weekend School of New Orleans, JET Alumni Association, Jujitsu Club of SLU, Kaminari Taiko of Houston, Kawaii NOLA, Louisiana Karate Association, LSU Libraries, Mechamaid Clubhouse, Minyo Folk Dancing Group, Miyabi Kai Japanese Dance Group of Pensacola, Florida, New Orleans Zen Temple, New Orleans Chapter 97 Ikebana International, New Orleans Haiku Society, New Orleans Kendo Club, New Orleans Zen Temple, NOLA Aikido, NOLA Kimekomi, NOLA Lolitas, Shogun Martial Arts, Showtime Sweetie, Twootie Tarte, and UNO Japan — Study Abroad at Doshisa University, Way of Tea Chado demonstration
COSTUME GUIDELINES:
For the safety and comfort of all guests, as well as the artwork at NOMA:

No masks are permitted.
Accessories or weapons (ex: swords) greater than 2 feet in length will not be permitted.
No sharp objects.
Costume components cannot exceed or extend 2 feet in length from body.
Please keep all costumes family friendly.
Guests participating in the costume contest are still required to pay the $5 admission fee.

Other restrictions may apply at NOMA’s discretion. A check in room will be available for any items not in compliance. For questions regarding costumes please call 504.658.4143.

Gallery Talk: An Ideal Unity with Curatorial Associate Anne Roberts
2019-10-09 15:30 - 16:30
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 Associate Anne Roberts for a discussion about the exhibition An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus & Beyond.
Image: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (American, b. Hungary, 1894–1946), Advertisement for Schocken Department Store, 1927, Gelatin silver print with applied pigment, 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in., Museum purchase, Women’s Volunteer Committee Fund, 74.64

Safar musical performance by Mahmoud Chouki and Dan Oestreicher
2019-10-09 15:00 - 16:00
Throughout the run of Bodies of Knowledge, Mahmoud Chouki will create a new musical composition and series of site-specific performances for the exhibition, collectively titled Safar, that explore how music can speak across cultural divides to envision new forms of dialogue between East and West. Chouki will be joined by New Orleans-based bassist and saxophonist Dan Oestreicher.
Admission is free for all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
ABOUT MAHMOUD CHOUKI
Mahmoud Chouki is a master guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer living and working in New Orleans. His art draws together music from many different international contexts to consider how music can speak across cultural divides. His own compositions incorporate musical influences from across the globe, ranging from European classical, Andalusian from Southern Spain, Levantine music from the Middle East, Maghrebian music from North Africa, Latin American music, and jazz from the Southern United States. Integrating sounds and rhythms from many different cultures, Chouki combines classical guitar with instruments such as the loutar, a traditional instrument of the Middle Atlas region of Morocco; the sintir, a Sub-Saharan instrument from the Sahel region (Mali); the oud, an oriental lute; the Algerian mandole, a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin; the Bağlama saz, a Turkish long necked bowl-lute; the banjo, and a variety of percussion instruments. As artistic director of Rencontre Orient-Occident at Chateau Mercier in Sierre, Switzerland, Chouki has brought together a wide range of international musicians to envision new forms of dialogue between East and West, with music often the only common language between performers.
Chouki will conclude the Safar series with a final ensemble concert on Sunday, October 13 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm.

Artist's Choice Film Series: Fame
2019-10-05 14:00 - 16:00
Bodies of Knowledge brings together ten international contemporary artists to reflect on the role that language plays in archiving and asserting our cultural identities. In conjunction with this exhibition, NOMA will be screening movies selected by these artists that reflect their inspirations, interests, and ideals.
Artist’s Choice Film Series

Saturday, June 29, 2 pm | Adriana Corral selects The Constant Gardener (2005 | Rated R | 2 hours, 8 minutes)
Saturday, August 17, 2 pm | Manon Bellet selects La Jetée (1962 | Not rated | 28 minutes)
Saturday, August 24, 3 pm | Garrett Bradley selects Sidewalk Stories (1989 | Rated R | 1 hour, 37 minutes)
Saturday, September 14, 2 pm | Mahmoud Chouki selects Whatever Lola Wants (2007 | Not rated | 1 hour, 55 minutes)
Saturday, October 5, 2 pm | Edward Spots selects Fame (1980 | Rated R | 2 hours, 14 minutes)

ABOUT FAME
Fame is an American teen musical drama that chronicles of the lives of several aspiring adolescents who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts. The film follows the students from their auditions on through senior year with the hard knocks and victories of lives dedicated to their craft. Fame garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories, with particular praise for its title song performed by Irene Cara. It received four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture, Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Cara), and Best Original Score (Michael Gore). The film only won one award for Best Original Song (“Fame”). Fame was the last musical film to be produced by MGM, before the studio merged with United Artists in 1981. The film has been credited with revitalizing the teen musical subgenre by adding dramatic elements into its story, echoing 1950s melodramas. Its presentation of musical numbers in the style of a music video was a major influence on other 1980s films in the dance film genre

Studio KIDS! Grayscale Collage workshop
2019-10-05 10:00 - 12:00
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This fall, Studio KIDS presents “Text and Textures” art classes for kids on select Saturday mornings from 10 am to noon. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art-making techniques. Studio KIDS explore art in NOMA’s galleries or the Besthoff Sculpture Garden as inspiration for an art project they complete in each session.
Each class features different media and techniques. Register for one class or the entire series. Please register in advance to ensure your spot.
Call 504-658-4128 or email education@noma.org for more information.
Cost per class: $25 members | $30 nonmembers
October 5 |Grayscale Collage: Create a collage using found words and images in black, white, and shades of gray.
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Friday Nights at NOMA: Wilmer Wilson lecture | Activation of Brève braises with artist Manon Bellet and Justin Peake
2019-10-04 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA features 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 drop-in activity table
5:30 pm | Gallery Talk with Curator Katie Pfohl on Bodies of Knowledge
6:30 pm | Artist lecture with Wilmer Wilson
7:30 pm | Activation of Brève braises with artist Manon Bellet and musician Justin Peake

ABOUT WILMER WILSON
Wilmer Wilson IV is among the eleven international artists represented in Bodies of Knowledge. In his 2012 film Black Mask, shown on continuous loop in the exhibition, Wilson slowly obscures his face with black Post-it notes, asking us to consider the paradoxical ways in which black bodies are both hyper-visible and at the same time erased from dominant histories and narratives. At the end of the video, the artist peels off all of the sticky notes, save one, envisioning how we might make more visible bodies that are often marked by absence. The video is placed into conversation with book publications that document the artist’s self-designed Running Tour performances. Created as a subtle parody of a tourist guidebook, Wilson snaps photographs without halting his stride along routes that include well-known sightseeing spots as well as indistinct, ostensibly unremarkable locations. Filled with blurred, disorienting images, these books make tangible the tension between traditional forms of historic preservation and the lived experience of contemporary cities. Taken together, Black Maskand Wilson’s running tours present the body not as a vehicle for self-portraiture, but rather as a social site able to adapt to and shape the environment it inhabits, imagining how we might reconfigure the collective spaces, histories, and experiences of places such as New Orleans.
ABOUT BRÉVE BRAISES
In the installation Brève braises, artist Manon Bellet affixes the charred remains of burned paper on the walls of the gallery in the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge. From these tattered remains, she creates a script or musical score that runs across an entire length of a long white wall. Created in collaboration with musicians that Bellet invites to compose an accompanying musical score, these burned fragments of paper have a graphic dynamism and rhythm that resembles that of improvisational music or impromptu speech. Over the course of her installation, she allows these papers gradually drop to the floor, encouraged by movement of air generated by the improvisational energy of bodies and instruments as their movement and vibrations activate the installation.
Musician Justin Peake will participate in this activation. He is a New Orleans-based drummer, composer, technologist, visual artist, researcher, and educator.
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.

Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour
2019-10-04 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weather dependent, at noon. (Call 504.658.4153 to verify.) Sited on twelve 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.

Gallery activation of Wafaa Bilal's 168:01
2019-10-02 13:00 - 15:00, 2019-09-25 13:00 - 15:00
NOMA curators will be present to discuss artist Wafaa Bilal’s interactive installation 168:01 in the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge. The work is comprised of a large bookshelf filled with blank, white books which symbolizes the burning and looting of libraries in Baghdad during the 2003 American invasion of Iraq. Museum visitors are invited to transform the shelves from austere white to color by donating a book that will be shipped to the College of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad at the close of the exhibition. In exchange for a new book (for sale in the Museum Shop) visitors may take home one of the white volumes, which are meant to serve as a reminder that across the globe many people are denied equal access to knowledge.
Writer, curator, and visual artist Kristina Kay Robinson will discuss the connectivity between Iraq and New Orleans and also read from an original piece of nonfiction about Iraq and events of 9-11.
Wednesday admission is free to all Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
ABOUT KRISTINA KAY ROBINSON
Kristina Kay Robinson is a writer, curator, and visual artist born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Robinson is the is the co-editor of Mixed Company, a collection of short fiction and visual narratives by women of color. Her writing in various genres has appeared in Guernica, The Baffler, The Nation, and Elle among other publications. She is a 2019 recipient of the Rabkin Prize for Visual Arts Journalism and the current editor of Room 220, an online multidisciplinary arts journal and program of Antenna Gallery in New Orleans.

Gallery Talk: The Quilts of Gee's Bend with Curator Mel Buchanan
2019-10-02 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 Mel Buchanan, RosaMary Curator of Decortive Arts and Design, for a discussion about the exhibition The Quilts of Gee’s Bend.

Museum Highlights Tour
2019-10-01 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.

LOVE in the Garden 2019 presented by Hancock Whitney
2019-09-27 18:30 - 23:59 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
Friday, September 27, 2019
NOMA’s annual fall soiree in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be held on Friday, September 27, 2019. Join us for a night of dining and dancing under the stars and oaks in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden!

Patron Party | 6:30 pm
Garden Party | 8 pm

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

2019 LOVE Co-Chairs
Julie & Ted George
Cammie & Charles Mayer
Aimée Farnet Siegel & Mike Siegel

NVC Chair | Jennifer Heebe

2019 LOVE Honorees
Sydney and Walda Besthoff

ENTERTAINMENT
NOCCA Trio

610 Stompers

Randi and the Nola Dukes band

Thank you to our sponsors!

Presenting Sponsor

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors
Sydney and Walda Besthoff
The Booth-Bricker Fund
J. Edgar Monroe Foundation

Robert and Mary Lupo
Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack
Rodney and Jane Steiner

Bronze Sponsors

Julie and Ted George
Cammie and Charles Mayer

Mimi and Claude Schlesinger
Aimée Farnet Siegel and Mike Siegel

Media Sponsors

Benefactors
Gail and Nick Asprodites
Bagert Law Firm, Ben Bagert
Cathy and Morris Bart
Bayou Tree Service
Valerie Besthoff
Elizabeth A. Boh
Hon. Steven R Bordner
Virginia Boulet and Alvin R. Albe Jr.
Louisette Brown and George Dunbar
Rick Caballero
James Carisella Family
Hugh and Sheila Collins
Crescent Sound & Light
Bernice and Don Daigle
Judy and Tom David
Domino’s – Stephanie Mueller
Margo and Clancy DuBos
Sally Duplantier
Catherine and David Edwards
Vivian Fonseca and Owen Grossman, MD/Chronos BHW
Joanna Giorlando
Becky and Warren Gottsegen
Juli Miller Hart
Adrea Heebe and Dominick Russo, Jr.
Jennifer and Fred Heebe
Claudio Hemb
IntheNola.com
Sharon Jacobs and Leonard A. Davis
Dr. Jarrett Johnson
Anne Kock
Linda and Gordon Kolb
Krewe of Goddesses and Krewe of Spank
Ray Lagasse
Ray J. Lousteau, MD
The Lupin Foundation
Kay McArdle
Laura and Chase Mullin
Palmisano, LLC
Ray Pecot
Pixie and Jimmy Reiss
Resource Bank
Sally E Richards
Donna and Ben Rosen
Julia and Bo Sanders
Lisa and David Schlakman
Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, LLC
Susu and Andrew Stall
Pamela and Rob Steeg
Rian and Teri Tanenbaum
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Janis van Meerveld and Charles Cerise
Kimberly and Keith Zibilich

Contributors
Carla and Jay Adams
Natasha Alveshire – Fluer de Lis Event Designs
Wayne Amedee
American Aquatic Gardens
Anne and Luis Baños
Lisa Brooking and Bennett Davis
Jeremy Scott Brumbelow
Vivian and Richard Cahn
Joni and Tommy Diaz
Cherise and Bart Farris
Glendy and Larry Forster
René J.L. Fransen and Edward C. Bonin
Elizabeth and David Grimes
Karen and Mark Gundlach
Dana and Steve Hansel
Marshall Hevron
Jeffrey and Andrea Huseman
Barbara and Harris Hyman
Mikell K. Johnson
Kathleen and John Kazour
David and Sara Kelso
Dr. Don Kern and Dr. Lynne Neitzschman
Mr. and Mrs. E. James Kock III
Sally and Jay Lapeyre
Beth and Austin Lavin
Conor T. Lutkewitte
Mac-Gryder Gallery
Diana and Chip Mann
Sharon Marchand
Jonathan C. McCall
Carol and Al Merlin
Dr. Tyra Ceasar-Mitchell, Tyler and Nathan Mitchell
Kathleen Mix
Brenda and Michael Moffitt
Elizabeth and Willy Monaghan
Kenneth E. Newburger
Robin O’Bannon and Richard Bertram
Rise Delmar Ochsner, MD
Terry and John T. Olivier
Gary and Linda Raphael
Anne and Edmund Redd
Emillie Rhys
River Parish Disposal
Jacki and Brian Schneider
Robyn and Andrew Schwarz
Carol Short
Frank and Paulette Stewart
Jackie Sullivan
Melanee and Steve Usdin
Diane and Hughes Walmsley
Lynda and Irving Warshauer
Vanessa Whipple
Ann and David Williams
Lele and Brent Wood
Carlos and Elizabeth Zervigon

CUISINE AND LIBATIONS
Sixth Annual LOVE Cocktail Challenge
featuring New Orleans’ top bartenders
presented by

Challengers
Jessie Carr | La Petite Grocery
Henry Chamberlain | Company Burger
Anna Giordano | Longway Tavern
Chris Hannah | Jewel of the South
Konrad Kantor | Manolito
Chris McMillian | Revel
Shae Minnillo | Justine
Sarah Town | Twelve Mile Limit
Steve Yamada | Latitude 29
Luis Zepeda | The Domino

Judges Panel
John Cruse, GM | WGNO
T. Cole Newton | Twelve Mile Limit / The Domino
Daniel Victory | Victory

LOVE Cocktail Challenge Chair
Bryant York

Patron Party Cuisine
in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Expansion presented by

with support from

Patron and Garden Party Cuisine
Acme Oyster House
Ancora Pizzeria
Angelo Brocato’s Italian Ice Cream & Pastry
Antoine’s Restaurant
Apolline
Atchafalaya
Aunt Sally’s Pralines
The Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar
Blue Oak BBQ
Bon Ton Café
Boucherie
Boulevard American Bistro
Café Degas
Café NOMA
Canal Street Bistro
Couvant
Crescent City Brewhouse
Crescent City Steak House
Dickie Brennan & Co. Catering
Felix’s Restaurant and Oyster Bar
Flamingo A- Go-Go
Fogo de Chao
Galatoire’s Restaurant
Highly Seasoned Catering, LLC
Ice Cream 504
Jewel of the South
Joel Catering
Legacy Kitchen
Lula Restaurant Distillery
Mandina’s
Martin Wine Cellar Deli & Catering
Mona’s Cafe
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Oak Oven
Otra Vez
Patti Constantin, Designs in Catering Inc.
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro
Porter and Luke’s Restaurant
Ruby Slipper Cafe
Santa Fe
Sarita’s Grill Latin Fusion
Satsuma
Silk Road
Southern Candymakers
Southern Hospitality Catering
The Station Coffee Shop and Bakery
Superior Seafood & Oyster Bar
Swiss Confectionery
Three B’s
Venezia
Vessel
The Vintage
Wayfare
Zea Rotisserie and Bar

Late Night Cuisine
Diva Dawg
Oh La Vache
Petite Rouge Cafe Camionette
Tanjariné Kitchen

Special Thanks
Café Amelie
Café Du Monde
Doris Metropolitan
La Cocinita
Le Meridien
Maple Street Pilates
Two Tony’s

LOVE Event Committee
Carla Adams
Natasha Alveshire
John Cable and Andrea Andersson
Margaret Archila
Buddy Boe
Lisa Brooking and Bennett Davis
Sally Brower
Olivia Carisella
Judy David
Eleanor Davis
Joni and Tommy Diaz
Ann Duffy and John Skinner
Gian Durand
Catherine and David F. Edwards
Pia and Malcolm Ehrhardt
Sarah Forman and Ron Rona
Glendy Forster
Ellie George
Joanna Giorlando
Chad Graci
Elizabeth Grimes
Garlyn Gryder
Karen Gundlach
Dana and Stephen Hansel
Juli Miller Hart
Caroline Hayes
Elizabeth and Henry Hefler
Mary Hoffman
Andrea and Jeffrey Huseman
Barbara and Harris Hyman
Margaret Jones
Anne Kock
Kelsie Korn and Andrew Marcus
Beth and Austin Lavin
Christine LeBlanc
Elizabeth LeBlanc
Mary and Robert Lupo
Kay McArdle
MaryCole McCants
Tyra Mitchell
Kathleen Mix
Brenda Moffitt
Kriss and Kenny Morrison
Laura and Chase Mullin
Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack
Mary Peters
Kristin Petry
Doug Plymale
Jennifer Rareshide
Anne Redd
Justine Retnam
Jennifer Rowland
Elise and Matt Ryan
Elizabeth Ryan
Shelby Sanderford
Mimi Schlesinger
Robyn and Andrew Schwarz
Carol Short
Teri and Rian Tanenbaum
Miriam Taylor
Margaret and Pierre Villere
Diane Walmsley
Lynda Warshauer
Jennie Cannon West and Jason Richards
Elizabeth Weston and Will George
Grant Melius Worrell
Bryant York
Kimberly Zibilich

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS AND BENEFITS
GOLD SPONSORSHIP $10,000

Recognition as Gold Sponsor of the event
Reserved tables with thirty (30) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Single use of NOMA Woldenberg Foundation Board Room for a private event within one year
Invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2019/2020 season
Sponsor recognition on 6,000 invitations; NOMA.org with over 65,000 monthly hits; e-blasts to over 31,000+ NOMA subscribers; social media feeds including 31,000 Instagram followers, and a monthly reach of 400,000 on Facebook
Sponsor recognition and logo placement at the event entrance
Sponsor recognition on NOMA website with link to corporate site
Sponsor mention in all post-event communications with attendees

SILVER SPONSORSHIP $5,000

Recognition as Silver Sponsor of the event
Reserved tables with twenty (20) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2019/2020
Sponsor recognition on 6,000 invitations; NOMA.org with over 65,000 monthly hits; e-blasts to over 31,000+ NOMA subscribers; social media feeds including 31,000 Instagram followers, and a monthly reach of 400,000 on Facebook
Sponsor recognition and logo placement at the event entrance
Sponsor recognition on NOMA website with link to corporate site

BRONZE SPONSORSHIP $2,500

Recognition as Bronze Sponsor of the event
Reserved tables with twelve (12) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Sponsor recognition on 6,000 invitations; NOMA.org with over 65,000 monthly hits; e-blasts to over 31,000+ NOMA subscribers; social media feeds including 31,000 Instagram followers, and a monthly reach of 400,000 on Facebook
Sponsor recognition and logo placement at the event entrance
Sponsor recognition on NOMA website with link to corporate site
Sponsor mention in all post-event communications with attendees

BENEFACTOR – Table Sponsor $1,000

Recognition as Benefactor of the event
Reserved table with six (6) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party
Sponsor recognition on table signage, printed invitation and on NOMA website

CONTRIBUTOR – Reserved Seating $175 | One Seat $350 | Two Seats

Recognition as Contributor of the event
Reserved seating with one (1) or two (2) tickets to the Patron Party and Garden Party

Sponsor recognition on NOMA website with link to corporate site

Sponsor mention in all post-event communications with attendees

TICKETS
Patron Party | 6:30 pm
Members $125
Non-Members $150
Garden Party | 8 pm
Members $75
Non-Members $100

Click Here to View Photos from LOVE 2018

LOVE 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. LOVE is a rain or shine event.
Current as of 10/1/19

Gallery Talk: African Art with Curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba
2019-09-25 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 Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, the Francoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art, for a discussion about NOMA’s African Art Collection.

Gallery Talk: Portrait Miniatures with Decorative Arts Curator Mel Buchanan
2019-09-25 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 Mel Buchanan, RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, for a discussion about the newly installed collection of European portrait miniatures from the Latter-Schlesinger Collection.
Image: Nicholas Hilliard (English, 1547–1619), Portrait of an Elizabethan Court Lady, c. 1590, Watercolor on parchment, Gift of Shirley Latter Kaufmann in memory of Harry and Anna Latter, 74.337

Book Club Discussion Group
2019-09-24 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 Education Department at 504.658.4128 or education@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
September 2019 Selection
de Kooning: An American Master by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, ISBN: 978-0375711169
Willem de Kooning is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, a true “painter’s painter” whose protean work continues to inspire many artists. In the thirties and forties, along with Arshile Gorky and Jackson Pollock, he became a key figure in the revolutionary American movement of abstract expressionism. Of all the painters in that group, he worked the longest and was the most prolific, creating powerful, startling images well into the 1980s.
Friday, September 13, 12 – 1 p.m. | Curatorial Program with Allison Young, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow for Modern and Contemporary Art
Tuesday, September 24, 12 – 1 p.m. | Book Discussion Group

Mindfulness Workshop
2019-09-21 11:30 - 13:00
Join a Mindfulness course under the instruction of Dr. Jayashree Rao. Four individual sessions are scheduled for Fall 2019 from 11:30 am to 1 pm on the following Saturdays: September 21, October 19, November 23, and December 14. Mindfulness is defined as a method of experiencing the present moment with open curiosity, without judgment, and with a willingness to be with what is. This course in intended as a refresher course for past participants of the Mindfulness eight-week sessions.
About the instructor
Dr. 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.
All sessions are $10 each. Advance registration is required.
ENROLL NOW

Museum Day
2019-09-21 10:00 - 17:00
NOMA will open its doors free of charge to all Museum Day ticket holders on Saturday September 21, 2019 as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 15th annual Museum Day, a national celebration of boundless curiosity in which participating museums emulate the free admission policy at the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington D.C.-based museums.
Claim and download your ticket at Smithsonian.com/museumday. Visitors who present a Museum Day ticket will gain free entrance for two on September 21, 2019. One ticket is permitted per email address.
Where will your curiosity lead you this Museum Day?
Let us know @MuseumDay #MuseumDay #SmithsonianMusic

Studio KIDS! Text Base workshop
2019-09-21 10:00 - 12:00
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This fall, Studio KIDS presents “Text and Textures” art classes for kids on select Saturday mornings from 10 am to noon. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art-making techniques. Studio KIDS explore art in NOMA’s galleries or the Besthoff Sculpture Garden as inspiration for an art project they complete in each session.
Each class features different media and techniques. Register for one class or the entire series. Please register in advance to ensure your spot.
Call 504-658-4128 or email education@noma.org for more information.
Cost per class: $25 members | $30 nonmembers
September 21 |Text Base: Recycle pages from a book as a base for ink drawings of wrought iron designs that explore line and shape.
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Friday Nights at NOMA | Public Panel: Water in Two Physical States
2019-09-20 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA features 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 drop-in activity table
6 pm: Public Panel: Water in Two Physical States, in conjunction with the exhibition Tina Freeman: Lamentations

ABOUT THE PANELISTS IN WATER IN TWO PHYSICAL STATES
In conjunction with Tina Freeman: Lamentations, Curator Russell Lord will moderate a discussion about the impact of climate change with the artist and two environmental experts who have contributed to the exhibition catalog.
Lamentations features pairings of photographs from the Louisiana wetlands and glacial landscapes in the Arctic and Antarctica by Tina Freeman. She will be joined by David Muth, director of the Gulf Restoration Program of the National Wildlife Federation, and Brent Goehring, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Tulane University.
ABOUT TINA FREEMAN
Tina Freeman is a photographer of architecture, portraits, and interiors. Her photographs have appeared in national and international magazines including House & Garden, Connoisseur, Southern Accents, Art & Antiques and The New York Times Magazine. Her fine art photographs have been exhibited in one-person and group shows at Octavia Gallery, New Orleans Academy of Art Gallery, Newcomb College Art Gallery, all in New Orleans, the National Arts Club in New York, the Los Angeles Art Association Gallery, the Photographers Gallery in London, the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans and the New Orleans Museum of Art. She was also curator of Photography at the New Orleans Museum of Art from 1977 to 1983. Since 1982 Freeman has been the president of The Decatur Studio, Inc., in New Orleans, LA, where she resides.
ABOUT BRENT GOEHRING
Brent Goehring is an assistant professor at Tulane University in New Orleans. His research interests include cosmogenic nulcides and surface exposure dating, glacial geology and geomorphology, paleoclimatology, and neotectonics. Goehring is a lead Principal Investigator on the GHC project. By sampling bedrock beneath the ice sheet, he and his team will identify if and when the Thwaites Glacier retreated in the past, how it recovered, and how it is currently responding to environmental conditions.
ABOUT DAVID MUTH
David Muth is a New Orleans native who has spent a lifetime in the Mississippi River delta and on the Louisiana coast, studying its geology, ecology, plants, wildlife, history and culture. He took his degree in history at University of New Orleans and became professionally interested in the connection between culture and environment in the context of the delta. He worked for 30 years with the National Park Service at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in south Louisiana, eventually managing its natural and cultural resource programs. At the beginning of 2011, he joined the Louisiana Coastal Campaign as the Louisiana State Director of the National Wildlife Federation.
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.

The Helis Foundation Artist Talk: Adriana Corral with Héctor Domínguez-Ruvalcaba
2019-09-18 18:00 - 19:00
Adriana Corral, among the eleven artists represented in Bodies of Knowledge, will join Héctor Domínguez-Ruvalcaba, associate professor at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Texas Austin, in conversation about Corral’s work. Admission is free courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All free day.
Adriana Corral’s work draws attention to the widespread disappearances and murders of women and girls in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Through her site-specific installation at NOMA, Memento, Corral transfers the women’s names onto the museum’s wall. Honoring the women killed in these acts of violence, Corral reduces to ashes the transferred name documents, creating an ash burial plot sifted onto the museum floor. Given the instability and fragility of her material, the names become illegible, yet the process of inscribing them honors the lost histories of these unknown victims. Memento memorializes the victims of human rights violations while also speaking to the politics of silence, disappearance, and absence that mark contemporary geopolitics.

Gallery Talk: An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus & Beyond with Curatorial Associate Anne Roberts
2019-09-18 15:30 - 16:30
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 Associate Anne C.B Roberts for a discussion about the exhibition An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus & Beyond.
Image: Gertrud Arndt (German, 1903–2000), Self Portrait, 1931, Gelatin silver print, 7 3/4 x 5 11/16 in. (image); 12 15/16 x 9 13/16 in. (mount), Museum purchase, General Acquisitions Fund, 81.154
