Drink and Draw
2021-07-15 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Join us for Drink and Draw, a new art-making series at NOMA. Seeing is an active process of focusing, negotiating, and making meaning at once. Attune your eyes, mind, and body through an exploratory approach to observational drawing—with a drink in hand!
Warm up with sketching and looking in the galleries, participate in a drawing session facilitated by a teaching artist, and enjoy sounds by local DJs.
All levels of experience are welcome. Registration includes art-making materials, drawing boards, and two drinks.
Tickets are $30 | $25 for NOMA members
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Please note that only dry media are permitted in the event space. Pencils and paper are permitted in the galleries.

Book Club Group Discussion
2021-07-22 12:00
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book! In addition to monthly book discussions, the Book Club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections. Books are selected in advance and planned for the entire year according to the exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the selected titles. Meetings are held in person or via Zoom, determined at the beginning of each month. All meetings begin at 12 pm.
For more information on the NOMA Book Club please contact NOMA’s Curator of Education, Tracy Kennan, at tkennan@noma.org or (504) 658-4113.
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JULY
Estelle: A Novel by Linda Stewart Henley
She Writes Press, 2021, ISBN: 1631527916
Estelle, named for Edgar Degas’s cousin and sister-in-law, tells the story of the French Impressionist’s five-month visit with his Creole relatives in New Orleans in 1872-73. The artist arrives without paints or ambition and Estelle is worried. Despite problems of her own, she encourages him and he eventually paints several family portraits, one of which assures his fame. A century later, Anne Gautier struggles to start a career as an artist in New Orleans while restoring an old house she inherited. From an old journal she learns about Estelle, Edgar, and her Creole ancestors. A portrait of Estelle causes trouble, and Anne is forced to confront truths about people she knows as she establishes her life in the 1970s. This historical fiction novel includes history, romance, family saga, mystery, art, and a touch of humor as events unfold.
MEET THE AUTHOR | THURSDAY, JULY 8, 12 pm with Linda Stewart Henley

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP | THURSDAY, JULY 22, 12 pm

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by the Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK; The Wagner Foundation; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; the Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative, funded by the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; Dr. Scott S. Cowen; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; Harvey and Marie Orth; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter, Jr. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Opening Reception: What Is Harmony?
2021-07-25 15:00 - 18:00
NOMA, the New Orleans Photo Alliance, and New Harmony High School celebrate the opening of What Is Harmony? with a public reception.
Building on an ongoing collaboration between New Harmony and the New Orleans Photo Alliance, NOMA collaborated with local students this past spring to explore the fundamentals of photography and curating with some of the city’s foremost artists. The culmination of this project, What Is Harmony?, is on view to the public on an exterior fence to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Read more about the development of the project here.
This event is free and open to the public.
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NOMA’s Creative Assembly community engagement initiative is supported by the Wagner Foundation.

CreativeMornings: Craig Klein
2021-07-30 09:00 - 10:00
Join CreativeMornings on Friday, July 30, for a virtual talk by musician Craig Klein, streamed from NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts.
You may register for this virtual event beginning Monday, July 26.
Registration
About CreativeMornings
CreativeMornings is a free monthly speaker series for the creative community. Started in 2008, CreativeMornings now serves over 200 cities. Chapters around the world host events based on a common theme. July’s theme is “Home.”
About Craig Klein
Born and raised in New Orleans, Craig Klein grew up exposed to a diverse mixture of music cultures. His musical journey has led him to recording and touring with Harry Connick Jr. and becoming a founding member of bands including The Storyville Stompers, Bonerama, and the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, which won a Grammy in April 2020 for their album Atmosphere.

Family Festival: Word Play
2021-08-07 10:00 - 15:00
Youth and their grown-ups are invited to enjoy a day of activities and art-making inspired by language, storytelling, and communication for Word Play, a family festival at NOMA!
Admission and programming is free for families. Pre-registration is encouraged.
PRE-REGISTER NOW
Family Festival Programming
Art-Making Activities
Join us for guided art-making activities inspired by Enrique Alférez’s panels on view in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts.
Performances by Kelly Love Jones
Performances will take place 11:00–11:30 am and 2:00–2:30 pm.
Storytime and Story Trail with the New Orleans Public Library
Sit in a story circle with a librarian from the New Orleans Public Library or go on a self-guided adventure with a story trail.
Food Vendors
Vendors are offering food and drink for sale in front of the museum.
About Our Programming Partners
Kelly Love Jones
Jones’s artistic, creative, and cultural work is centered around healing, empowerment, and forgiveness. She likes to call her music “New Orleans Swag” because it is influenced by and mixes in the traditional rhythms of the Second Line, R&B, funk, and Mardi Gras. Jones’s music also celebrates legendary artists, such as Deacon John and Allen Toussaint, who made available to people worldwide New Orleans’s soulful and spirit-filled culture, the bayou landscape, and a colorful and diverse heritage. Jones mixes in all these traditions to produce songs that honor love, well-being, ancestry, family, and good times.
New Orleans Public Library

With origins dating back to 1843, the New Orleans Public Library has grown from a single French Quarter house with a few volumes into a city-wide system serving all of the Orleans Parish with locations spread across the city. The Library has a long and rich history of serving the public by providing access to a wide range of educational, informational, and recreational materials, programs, and activities for all ages.

Drink and Draw
2021-08-19 18:00 - 20:00
Update (August 12): Tickets to this event are sold out. Sign up for email updates to learn about upcoming programs, events, and art-making classes.
Join us for Drink and Draw, an art-making series at NOMA. Seeing is an active process of focusing, negotiating, and making meaning at once. Attune your eyes, mind, and body through an exploratory approach to observational drawing—with a drink in hand!
Warm up with sketching and looking in the galleries, participate in a drawing session facilitated by a teaching artist, and enjoy sounds by local DJs.
All levels of experience are welcome. Registration includes art-making materials, drawing boards, and two drinks.
Tickets are $30 | $25 for NOMA members
Register Now
Please note that only dry media are permitted in the event space. Pencils and paper are permitted in the galleries.

Member Appreciation Morning
2021-08-21 08:30 - 10:00
Rise and Shine at NOMA!
Join us for a members-only morning at the museum before it opens for the day. Members are invited to join us 8:30–10:00 am for coffee, pastries, and exclusive access to the NOMA galleries.
We kindly ask that all members enter through the doors to the Coleman Courtyard, closest to Café NOMA.
Not a Member Yet?
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NOMA members enjoy benefits including free museum admission, exhibition previews, free wellness classes, and discounts on select programs. Support your museum by becoming a member today. Contact us at (504) 658-4130 or membership@noma.org, if you have any questions about joining.

Virtual Premiere: Motion to Move
2021-08-25 19:00 - 19:30
Join NOMA for a free virtual one-time-only screening of Motion to Move, a performance event by renowned dancer and choreographer Edward Spots with Magnolia Dance & Company.
Originally presented in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts on Juneteenth, Motion to Move honors the history of the holiday, while considering the legacies of enslavement and brutality that still exist within our current prison system and elsewhere.
The performance will be available to watch in full exclusively during this virtual premiere on the museum’s YouTube channel. Click “Set a Reminder” to make sure you’re signed up to watch.
Set a Reminder to Watch
[Photo: Edward Spots with Magnolia and Company’s Motion to Move, 2021, at NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. Photo by Sam Birdsong.]

Book Club Group Discussion
2021-08-27 12:00
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book! In addition to monthly book discussions, the Book Club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections. Books are selected in advance and planned for the entire year according to the exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the selected titles. Meetings are held in person or via Zoom, determined at the beginning of each month. All meetings begin at 12 pm.
For more information on the NOMA Book Club please contact NOMA’s Curator of Education, Tracy Kennan, at tkennan@noma.org or (504) 658-4113.
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AUGUST
There There by Tommy Orange
Vingate, 2019, ISBN: 0525436146

Tommy Orange’s wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle’s death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. Together, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American—grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism. Hailed as an instant classic, There There is at once poignant and unflinching, utterly contemporary and truly unforgettable.
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP | FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 12 pm

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by the Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK; The Wagner Foundation; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; the Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative, funded by the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; Dr. Scott S. Cowen; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; Harvey and Marie Orth; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter, Jr. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

POSTPONED — TRUST by Kelly Love Jones
2021-09-11 19:00 - 20:30
Due to Hurricane Ida, these performances have been postponed and will be rescheduled for a future date.
The New Orleans Museum of Art in collaboration with PowerHouse Productions is excited to present TRUST, a concept and performance by singer/songwriter Kelly Love Jones.
Join us in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden amphitheater for an evening of music, visual art, dance, and theater. Jones brings to the stage a star-studded cast: Lakeba Angelle, Tiffany Morris, Jamal Baptiste, Xavier Molina, and Cameron Watson.
TRUST invites us to let our guard down and believe in our own power. It asks us to tune into our inner guidance system, our growth process and our ability to change a circumstance through positive, collective work. If you missed PITCH DARK presented by New Orleans Airlift at the Music Box Village in 2019, then TRUST is part two of the series. Like PITCH DARK, this performance is designed to illuminate the senses.
Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the performance begins at 7:00 pm.
Tickets are $30 | $25 for NOMA Members
Each outdoor performance of TRUST will be limited to 150 attendees, and masks are encouraged regardless of vaccination status. The museum continues to follow the City of New Orleans’s public health guidelines. Please check our visitor information page for any updates.
[Photo by Johnathan B. Vasquez]

The Team
PowerHouse Productions is a collaboration between two tenacious producers, Kelly Love Jones and Lakeba Angelle, that aims to influence and transform the way we view, experience, and practice social justice and social relations as a human family. Jones and Angelle use art as a tool to influence positive action and impartial respect for all life. They indulge the art(s) of music, spoken word, visual art, dance, culinary art, leadership, altruism, and reciprocation to spread their message of egality and civility.

Kelly Love Jones
Jones’s artistic, creative, and cultural work is centered at the heart of healing, empowerment, and forgiveness. She likes to call her music “New Orleans Swag” because it is influenced by and mixes in the traditional rhythms of the Second Line, R&B, hip-hop, and folk. Jones’s music also celebrates legendary artists and their traditions, like Deacon John and Allen Toussaint, who through their musicality and songwriting made available New Orleans’ soulful and spirit-filled culture, the bayou landscape, and its colorful heritage to people around the world. Jones’s music is a good bowl of gumbo, mixing in all these traditions to produce songs that honor love, well-being, ancestry, family, tradition, and good times.

Lakeba Angelle
Co-producer Lakeba Angelle is a chef, dancer, traveler, educator, speaker, consultant, writer, and poet. She’s a well-respected liaison in the artist community in many rights, and her heart is sincere. Described as an “aggregator of resources, regarding financial matters in particular, Lakeba’s knowledge and agility in that arena has more often than not made the difference between success or failure of a venture. Lakeba brings a degree of poise and integrity to every project she’s connected with, that it automatically helps improve the business posture of the artist moving forward” (Lilli Lewis Project). Angelle is a cum laude graduate of Tulane University and a NOWFE bronze medalist.

Tiffany Morris
BassMonsterTiff, guru of the bass guitar, has been mastering for more than two decades. She is a graduate of Xavier University and was born in Slidell, Louisiana. Tiffany has shared many stages with acclaimed artists such as Ellis Marsalis, Kelly Love Jones, Joy Clark, and Cyril Neville’s Swamp Funk Band. BassMonsterTiff is also the resident bassist at Beacon Light Church of Laplace, Louisiana. BassMonsterTiff appreciates live collaboration with other musicians, but she also has a strong passion for creating original pieces of her own in her home studio.

Jamal Baptiste
New Orleans’s own Jamal Baptiste is a master percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has traveled extensively throughout the world. He has captivated audiences in the USA, the Caribbean, South Africa, Morocco, Japan, Ireland, Scotland, France, and England with his star-studded performances in rock, funk, soul, gospel, hip-hop, and R&B. Baptiste is also a songwriter and recording engineer and holds an independent record label, Jam-All Pro Music Group.

Xavier Molina
Xavier Molina is a dynamic and prolific musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. As a multi-instrumentalist, Molina plays all of the core instruments (acoustic, electric, and bass guitar, drums, piano, and trumpet) with proficiency and skill, bringing excellence, depth and heartfelt energy to every song he touches.

Cameron Watson
A dedicated NOCCA student, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist, Cameron Watson is a young artist and entrepreneur committed to excellence. Already at the age of 16, he has engaged in study with Berklee Music School and Loyola University. Cameron manages his own band called 4 of a Kind and is also a member of Kaleb and the Menz, Caren Green, and Cornbread.

Contributing Sponsors
Foundation For Louisiana
NOMA’s Learning and Engagement Department
Artist Journey Allen & The Living School NOLA
Jebney Lewis of The CAC
Brennon Jones of LED ATL
Tulane University Department of Theater
Tulane University Department of Dance
Jazz & Heritage Foundation
T H R I V E
Vegan Chef NOLA
LC Consulting LLC
AFM 174-496 New Orleans
Shacondria “iCon” Sibley
Kesha Mckey
Dorise Blackmon
Marjorie Wheeler
Patricia Shelby
Barry Thomas

CANCELED — LOVE in the Garden 2021 Presented by Hancock Whitney
2021-09-24 19:00 - 23:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
We look forward to seeing you at LOVE in the Garden on Friday, September 23, 2022.
In light of Hurricane Ida and the effects on our community, The New Orleans Museum of Art regrets to announce the cancellation of LOVE in the Garden presented by Hancock Whitney scheduled for September 24 in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
NOMA, along with presenting sponsor Hancock Whitney, agree that our primary focus is the well-being and safety of staff, vendors, and the community at large. Our hearts are with all of those affected by Hurricane Ida as we navigate this difficult time.
NOMA thanks presenting sponsor Hancock Whitney as well as all of our loyal sponsors, patrons, donors, and committee members. We are especially thankful for the strong leadership of LOVE Chairs Meaghan Ryan Bonavita, Martine Linares Chaisson, and Chad Graci.
Funds raised by LOVE in the Garden provide crucial operating support to NOMA, paying staff salaries and allowing NOMA to create innovative education and exhibition programs that serve the New Orleans Community at large. NOMA depends on these funds, even more so this year in light of the effects of COVID-19 and Hurricane Ida. We ask that all tickets and sponsorships be considered a 100% tax-deductible donation.

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Friday, September 24, 2021
2021 LOVE Co-Chairs
Meaghan Ryan Bonavita | Chad Graci | Martine Chaisson Linares
NVC Chair: Robyn Dunn Schwarz
Taking place in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, LOVE in the Garden celebrates the visual and culinary artists of New Orleans with a festive evening offering the best of New Orleans cuisine, spirits, and entertainment. Funds raised at LOVE in the Garden provide crucial general operating support to NOMA, allowing the museum to keep staff employed, create innovative virtual content and serve the New Orleans community with educational initiatives.
“NOMA thanks our presenting sponsor, Hancock Whitney as well as all of our loyal sponsors, patrons, donors and volunteers who have made LOVE the success that it is,” said Susan Taylor, Montine McDaniel Freeman Director. “We look forward to celebrating with all of you on Friday, September 24, 2021 for a spectacular LOVE in the Garden presented by Hancock Whitney.
“At Hancock Whitney, we are thrilled to support organizations that are leading the way in the arts here in New Orleans,” said Elizabeth Hefler, Hancock Whitney senior vice president and NOMA board member. “This year’s LOVE in the Garden presented by Hancock Whitney will feature the best of our artistic and cultural communities and we are excited to strengthen our long-standing partnership with NOMA.”
LOVE is a NOMA fundraiser presented by Hancock Whitney. In the event of inclement weather or any unforeseen reason that NOMA is unable to hold LOVE, your ticket purchase or sponsorship will be considered a 100% tax-deductible donation to NOMA. LOVE is a rain or shine event. Tickets are non-refundable.
For any questions regarding table and sponsorship information, please email LOVE@noma.org or call 504-658-4121.

Support NOMA
Each year, LOVE in the Garden provides crucial financial support to the museum’s operations. Consider making a tax-deductible donation to NOMA today.
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Thank You to Our Current Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor

Gold Sponsors
Eileen & Joseph Devall

Silver Sponsors

Sydney and Walda Besthoff

Jane and Rodney Steiner

Bronze Sponsors

The Goings Group/Gina Goings

J. Edgar Monroe Foundation

Raymond Lagasse

Robert & Pamela Steeg

Media Sponsor

Benefactors

Carla and Jay Adams
Dr. Jarrett Ann Johnson
Pamela and William Ryan

Sanja Alickovic
Anne S. Kock
Robyn and Andrew Schwarz

Ellen and Mac Ball
James Kock
Laura Scriba

Valerie Besthoff
Krewe of Goddesses
Dr. Pulin Shah

Meaghan and Joe Bonavita
Kay McArdle
Gayle and Ed Shearer

Martine Chaisson Gallery
Janis van Meerveld and Charles Cerise
Solomon Group

Deutsch Kerrigan LLP
Elizabeth and Willy Monaghan
Sam and Jaclyn Stubblefield

Duplantier Family
Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack
Stone Pigman Walther & Wittmann L.L.C.

Rene J.L. Fransen and Edward C. Bonin
Mark Preston
Brent and Lele Wood

Julie and Ted George
Pixie and Jimmy Reiss
Zemurray Foundation

Chad Graci
Rêve Realtors

Claudio Hemb
Donna and Benjamin Rosen

Contributors

Laura Avery
Cherise and Bart Farris
JP Morgan

Bebe and Walter Babst
Laura Finn
Laura and Chase Mullin

Anne and Luis Banos
Rebecca Friedman and Aran Toshav
Robin O’Bannon and Richard Bertram

Cathy and Morris Bart
Sonia Gupta
Marie and Harvey Orth

Dr. Hannah Bauer
Cecelia and Ted Hoyt
David and Susanne Purvis

Mac Bauer
Sara and David Kelso
Madelyn Rudd and Robert Butcher

Mardi Goldberg Black
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Krane
Julia and Bo Sanders

Elizabeth A. Boh
Beth and Austin Lavin
Mimi Moyse Schlesinger and Claude Schlesinger

Vivian and Richard Cahn
Cynthia and Robert LeBreton Fund
Brian and Jacki Schneider

Sheila and Hugh Collins
Dreda and Conor Lutkewitte
Heather and Philip Sherman

Allison Shapiro Dandry and Bobby Dandry
Diana and Chip Mann
Mrs. Dawn and Dr. Mike Smith

Joel M Daste
Carol and Al Merlin
Suzanne and Bob Thomas

Deborah and Friends
Kathleen Mix
Leigh Morgan Thorpe

Ann Duffy and John Skinner
Brenda and Michael Moffitt
Vanessa G. Whipple

LOVE Event Committee

Carla Adams
Lucas and Eleanor Hohnstein
Stephanie Rogers

Sanja Alickovic
Anita Hymel
Pamela Ryan

Natasha Alveshire
Jeannine and Chris Jacob
Elizabeth Ryan

Laura Avery
Veronica and Andrew Jacques
Mimi Schlesinger

Kim Barnett
Rupa Jolly
Kimberly Schley

Seth Bloom
Brooke Laizer
Corbett Scott

Joe Bonavita
Lauren Moran
Philip and Heather Sherman

CeCe Colhoun
Beth and Austin Lavin
David Shulman

Melissa Fanning
Juan Linares
Gary Solomon

Lorey Flick
Sarah Martzolf
Sam Mickal and Ashley Solomon

Rebecca Friedman
Cammie Mayer
Amanda Stone Talley

Gina Goings
Kay McArdle
Leigh Thorpe

Ashley Merlin Gold
Susan Garic Mitchell
Karen Villavaso

Elizabeth Grimes
Tyra Mitchell
Diane Walmsley

Jessie Schott Haynes
Kathleen Mix
Susan Wormser

Caroline Hayes
Mark Preston

John Hines
Jennie Cannon West

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 2021/2022 season
Sponsor recognition on 5,000 invitations; NOMA.org with over 65,000 monthly hits; e-blasts to over 31,000+ NOMA subscribers; social media feeds including 41,000 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

Become a Gold Sponsor

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 2021/2022
Sponsor recognition on 5,000 invitations; NOMA.org with over 65,000 monthly hits; e-blasts to over 31,000+ NOMA subscribers; social media feeds including 41,000 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

Become a Silver Sponsor

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 5,000 invitations; NOMA.org with over 65,000 monthly hits; e-blasts to over 31,000+ NOMA subscribers; social media feeds including 41,000 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

Become a Bronze Sponsor

Book Club Group Discussion
2021-09-28 12:00
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book! In addition to monthly book discussions, the Book Club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections. Books are selected in advance and planned for the entire year according to the exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the selected titles. Meetings are held in person or via Zoom, determined at the beginning of each month. All meetings begin at 12 pm.
For more information on the NOMA Book Club please contact NOMA’s Curator of Education, Tracy Kennan, at tkennan@noma.org or (504) 658-4113.
REGISTER NOW
SEPTEMBER
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes
Knopf, 2021, ISBN: 0525658777

In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days’ intellectual shopping: a prince, a count, and a commoner with an Italian name. In time, each of these men would achieve a certain level of renown, but who were they then and what was the significance of their sojourn to England? Answering these questions, Julian Barnes unfurls the stories of their lives which play out against the backdrop of the Belle Époque in Paris.
Our guide through this world is Samuel Pozzi, the society doctor, free-thinker and man of science with a famously complicated private life who was the subject of one of John Singer Sargent’s greatest portraits. In this vivid tapestry of people (Henry James, Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, Proust, James Whistler, among many others), place, and time, we see not merely an epoch of glamour and pleasure, but, surprisingly, one of violence, prejudice, and nativism—with more parallels to our own age than we might imagine.
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 12 pm

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by the Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK; The Wagner Foundation; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; the Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative, funded by the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; Dr. Scott S. Cowen; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; Harvey and Marie Orth; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter, Jr. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Virtual Way of Tea Demonstration
2021-10-15 18:30
NOMA is excited to present a virtual Way of Tea demonstration led by Naomi Yoder (they/them), Japanese Way of Tea Practitioner, Urasenke Lineage. This program will occur on Friday, October 15, at 6:30 pm. Advance registration is required, and registration is free for all!
The demonstration will be filmed in NOMA’s Japanese art gallery, where visitors can currently see Rural Occupations: Images of Work in Edo-Period Art.
Videography and streaming services for this program are provided by MAPL.
REGISTER TODAY!
About Naomi Yoder
Naomi has been a student of the Urasenke Way of Tea since 2009. After attending a demonstration at the Japanese teahouse in the Japanese Garden at the Seattle Arboretum, Naomi became drawn to the ritual and the incredible complexity of the “simple” act of making a delicious bowl of tea. Naomi studied with Bonnie Mitchell Sensei in Seattle, and then Meiya Wender Sensei in Marin County, California, before moving to the Gulf South. Now Naomi is a member of the Birmingham, Alabama, Tankokai (chapter of the Urasenke school), and studies with Ritsuko Asano Sensei. Naomi currently holds a Shikaden level license to study.
Naomi has given Way of Tea demonstrations at various events, including twice at Japan Fest in the New Orleans Museum of Art. They also serve on the Board of Directors of the Japan Society of New Orleans, and are active in Mid-City Zen, a Soto Buddhist practice center. Naomi has lived in the Gulf Coast and New Orleans region since 2013, and is employed as Staff Scientist at the regional non-profit Healthy Gulf.

Members Sale at the NOMA Museum Shop
2021-10-18 09:00 - 18:00
Start your holiday shopping early!
NOMA members save 20% off all regular-priced items and get first access to 70% markdowns in the NOMA Museum Shop. [There are no additional discounts on already marked-down items, as well as consignment merchandise.]
Not yet a member? Join today at any level to get access to the NOMA Museum Shop’s annual sale.
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NOMA COVID-19 Safety Guidelines
NOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors, staff, and community, and we will continue to follow the City of New Orleans’s public health guidance. For all programs and private events, guests aged 12 years and older are required to provide proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or a negative PCR test within the past 72 hours to access. Rapid antigen tests will not be accepted. We will accept original vaccine cards, the LA Wallet app, or a high-resolution photo of both sides of your vaccine card as proof of vaccination. Masks are required for all indoor events.

Public Opening for Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds
2021-10-22 17:30 - 21:00
Join us for an evening of music, activities, and exploration to celebrate the opening of the new exhibition Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds, on view October 22, 2021–January 23, 2022. This is the first comprehensive museum exhibition for the New Orleans–based multimedia artist whose work often investigates past and present to imagine possible futures.
This evening, we invite you to explore the new exhibition, enjoy an art-making activity, and participate in an interpretive video-booth project.
Public tours of the exhibition will be led by Katie Pfohl, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, at 6:00 pm and 6:30 pm. Tour group sizes will be limited to 15 participants available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Music by Michelle Welchons featuring Steve Lands, Brad Walker, Sean Weber, Shea Pierre, Wil Thompson, Gerald T. Watkins Jr., and Gabrielle Cavassa begins at 7:30 pm in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts.
All programming is free with museum admission. Drinks will be available for purchase from Café NOMA.
Purchase Tickets
Admission Information
Free for members (Become a member)
Adults | $15
Seniors (65+) & Active Military with ID | $10
University Students with ID | $8
Free admission for Louisiana educators through December 31, 2021
Free admission for visitors ages 19 and younger courtesy of The Helis Foundation

COVID-19 Safety Information
NOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors, staff, and community, and we will continue to follow the City of New Orleans’s public health guidance. For all programs and private events, guests aged 12 years and older are required to provide proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or a negative PCR test within the past 72 hours to access. We will accept original vaccine cards, the LA Wallet app, or a high-resolution photo of both sides of your vaccine card as proof of vaccination. Masks are required for all indoor events.
Any Questions?
Contact us at education@noma.org or call (504) 658-4100.

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by the The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK|First Horizon; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; Harvey and Marie Orth; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter, Jr. This project is supported in part by the Louisiana Culture Care Fund. Funding for Louisiana Culture Care Fund grants has been administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) and provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative.

Book Club Group Discussion
2021-10-28 12:00
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book! In addition to monthly book discussions, the Book Club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections. Books are selected in advance and planned for the entire year according to the exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the selected titles. Meetings are held in person or via Zoom, determined at the beginning of each month. All meetings begin at 12 pm.
For more information on the NOMA Book Club please contact NOMA’s Curator of Education, Tracy Kennan, at tkennan@noma.org or (504) 658-4113.
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OCTOBER
Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser
Ecco, 2021, ISBN: 0062896407

No writer is as emblematic of the American twentieth century as Susan Sontag. Mythologized and misunderstood, lauded and loathed, a girl from the suburbs who became a proud symbol of cosmopolitanism, Sontag left a legacy of writing on art and politics, feminism and homosexuality, celebrity and style, medicine and drugs, radicalism and Fascism and Freudianism and Communism and Americanism, that forms an indispensable key to modern culture. She was there when the Cuban Revolution began, and when the Berlin Wall came down; in Vietnam under American bombardment, in wartime Israel, in besieged Sarajevo. She was in New York when artists tried to resist the tug of money—and when many gave in. No writer negotiated as many worlds; no serious writer had as many glamorous lovers. Sontag tells these stories and examines the work upon which her reputation was based. It explores the agonizing insecurity behind the formidable public face: the broken relationships, the struggles with her sexuality, that animated—and undermined—her writing.
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 12 pm

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by the Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK; The Wagner Foundation; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; the Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative, funded by the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; Dr. Scott S. Cowen; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; Harvey and Marie Orth; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter, Jr. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The NOLA Project presents Tell It to Me Sweet
2021-10-29 18:30 - 20:00
Wander through tales from creepy to strange in this brand-new look at some very old fables written by NOLA Project ensemble member Brittany N. Williams. Meet magical aunties, too-clever wolves, wicked stepmothers, foolish devils, and determined ghosts on a winding tour of five stories pulled from European and African American fairy tales and folklore.
This outdoor play is the perfect way to explore the Besthoff Sculpture Garden while experiencing live theatre that is bold, fun, family-friendly, and safe. Come and wind the trail of tales with us this fall!
PURCHASE TICKETS
Performance Information
Tickets are $35 for adults, $25 for NOMA members, and $20 for those under the age of 21.
Gates will open at 6:15 pm pm and each show will begin at 7:00 pm, unless otherwise specified. Performances will take place on the following days: Friday, October 29; Saturday, October 30 (shows at 6:30 and 8:30 pm); Sunday, October 31; Tuesday, November 2; Friday, November 5; Sunday, November 7; Tuesday, November 9; Sunday, November 14. (For the shows on October 30, gates will open at 5:45 pm and 8:00 pm for their respective showtimes.)
The NOLA Project’s Tell It to Me Sweet will take place entirely outdoors in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. In the event of a cancellation due to weather, the performance may be rescheduled for a later date.
What to Expect at Performances
As you walk through the garden from tale to tale in small groups:

Ushers and box office staff will be masked
Actors will be safely distanced from audience
Audience members will have plenty of room to spread out
Production is fully outdoors
Masks are required
Costumes are encouraged

NOMA’s COVID-19 Safety Guidelines
NOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors, staff, and community, and we will continue to follow the City of New Orleans’s public health guidance. For all programs and private events, guests aged 12 years and older are required to provide proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or a negative PCR test within the past 72 hours to access. We will accept original vaccine cards, the LA Wallet app, or a high-resolution photo of both sides of your vaccine card as proof of vaccination.

Presentation of Tell It to Me Sweet is supported by a grant from the New Orleans Theatre Association.

SOLD OUT — Artist Lecture with Dawn DeDeaux: “Between Time”
2021-11-09 18:00 - 20:00
Update, Nov. 4: This event is sold out.
In conjunction with her comprehensive museum exhibition Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds, the artist gives a public lecture addressing the artwork currently on view at NOMA, as well as her larger body of work.
Doors open at 5:30 pm, and the talk begins at 6 pm. Following the lecture, visitors are able to explore the exhibition.
General admission is $10 | Free for NOMA members, Louisiana teachers with ID, and visitors 19 and younger, courtesy of The Helis Foundation
SOLD OUT

COVID-19 Safety Guidelines
NOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors, staff, and community, and we will continue to follow the City of New Orleans’s public health guidance. For all programs and private events, guests aged 12 years and older are required to provide proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or a negative PCR test within the past 72 hours to access. We will accept original vaccine cards, the LA Wallet app, or a high-resolution photo of both sides of your vaccine card as proof of vaccination. Masks are required for all indoor events.

Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds is organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art and is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Besthoff; Ralph and Susan Brennan; Dathel and Tommy Coleman; Dr. and Mrs. Byron Crawford; Catherine Burns Tremaine; Sarah and Harvey Wier, in memory of Nan Wier; David B. Workman; and The Robert E. Zetzmann Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by Tina Freeman and Philip Woollam; The Arthur Roger Fund for NOMA; John C. Abajian and Scott R. Simmons; Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Davis; Melissa and John D. Gray; Yorke Lawson; Renee and Stewart Peck; Hugh and Beth Lambert; Robyn and Andrew Schwarz; Shaun and Foster Duncan; Charles L. Whited; and Friends of Bill Bertrand, in honor of his retirement. Special thanks to collaborators Transart Foundation for Art and Anthropology, John Fischbach, Misha Kachkachishvili and Esplanade Recording Studio, and Pedro Segundo.

Odyssey 2021 Presented by IBERIABANK | First Horizon
2021-11-12 19:00 - 23:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Odyssey is a NOMA fundraiser presented by IBERIABANK | First Horizon.
New Orleans Museum of Art
Friday, November 12
Patron Party | 7–8 pm
Gala | 8–11 pm

2021 Odyssey Co-Chairs
Katherine and Tony Gelderman
Jennifer and Dennis Lauscha
NVC Chair: Robyn Dunn Schwarz

Odyssey celebrates and enhances the New Orleans Museum of Art in an evening of unparalleled elegance. Critically important to the museum and the wide community it serves, Odyssey raises the funds necessary to support NOMA’s internationally recognized exhibitions and educational programs.
Sponsors at the $2500 level and above will be invited to the Odyssey Sponsor Party on Wednesday, November 10, 6–8 pm.

Entertainment by Blue Rhythm

Cuisine by Ralph Brennan Catering and Events

NOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors, staff, and community, and we will continue to follow the City of New Orleans’s public health guidance. For all programs and private events, guests aged 12 years and older are required to provide proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or a negative test within the past 72 hours.
PROOF OF VACCINE
*LA Wallet App SMART Health vaccination status
*An original, digital photo, or photocopy of vaccination card (both sides)
OR
NEGATIVE TEST
*Physical or electronic test results from a COVID-19 test or antigen test indicating negative results within the past 72 hours
COVID-19 compliance staff will check vaccine/test status upon arrival at the event. To help expedite check-in, NOMA will offer vaccine verification in advance of the event. Please email vaxstatus@noma.org with a digital copy of your vaccination documentation (front and back), and event staff will update your registration accordingly before the event. Proof of vaccination is required for every individual of the party in attendance.

TICKET AND SPONSORSHIP LEVELS AND BENEFITS
Online sales have closed. Please call NOMA at 504-658-4121 to purchase Odyssey tickets. Ticket sales close at 3 pm on Friday, November 12, 2021.
ODYSSEAN SPONSORSHIP ($10,000)

8 Odyssey Sponsor Party tickets
8 Odyssey Patron tickets
Recognition as a Sponsor with company name or logo in all press materials
Recognition as a Sponsor at all Odyssey events
Invitation to exhibition patron preview openings during 2020/2021
Sponsor recognition on 2,500 invitations; on www.noma.org with over 70,000 monthly hits; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 400,000; and an Instagram following of over 42,000; and e-blasts to over 31,000 subscribers.

BENEFACTOR SPONSORSHIP ($5,000)

4 Odyssey Sponsor Party tickets
4 Odyssey Patron tickets
Recognition as a Sponsor at all Odyssey events
Invitation to exhibition patron preview openings during 2020/2021
Sponsor recognition on 2,500 invitations; NOMA.org with over 37,000 monthly visitors; e-blasts to over 37,000+ NOMA subscribers

SUPPORTER ($2,500)

2 Odyssey Sponsor Party tickets
2 Odyssey Patron tickets
Recognition as a Sponsor at all Odyssey events
Sponsor recognition on 2,500 invitations; NOMA.org with over 37,000 monthly visitors; e-blasts to over 37,000+ NOMA subscribers

One Premium Patron Ticket ($1,000) | 7 pm – 11 pm

1 Odyssey Patron ticket
Printed invitation, website and program listing
Exhibition Catalog

Two Premium Patron Tickets ($2,000) | 7 pm – 11 pm

2 Odyssey Patron tickets
Printed invitation, website and program listing
Exhibition Catalog

One Patron Tickets ($500) | 7 pm – 11 pm

1 Odyssey Patron ticket
Printed invitation, website and program listing

Two Patron Tickets ($1,000) | 7 pm – 11 pm

2 Odyssey Patron tickets
Printed invitation, website and program listing

One Gala Ticket ($300) | 8 pm – 11 pm

1 Odyssey ticket

Two Gala Tickets ($600) | 8 pm – 11 pm

2 Odyssey tickets

Odyssey Young Fellows Patron Tickets | Ages 21–40, 7 pm – 11 pm

Odyssey Patron ticket with printed invitation, website and program listing.
$150 – 1 Member Price – NOMA Young Fellows
$300 – 2 Member Price – NOMA Young Fellows
$200 –1 Non-member price
$400 –2 Non-member price
$300 –1 YF Odyssey patron ticket and Individual NOMA Young Fellows Membership (value: $175)
$550 – 2 YF Odyssey patron ticket and Dual NOMA Young Fellows Membership (Value: $275)

Online sales have closed. Please call NOMA at 504-658-4121 to purchase Odyssey tickets. Ticket sales close at 3 pm on Friday, November 12, 2021.
Odyssey is a NOMA fundraiser presented by IBERIABANK | First Horizon. In the event of any unforeseen reason that NOMA is unable to hold Odyssey, your ticket purchase or sponsorship will be considered a 100% tax-deductible donation to NOMA. Tickets are non-refundable.

Thank You to Our Current Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor

Gold Sponsor

The Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Foundation

Jennifer and Dennis Lauscha

Katherine and Tony Gelderman

Odyssean Sponsors

The Feil Family Foundation

The Goldring Family Foundation

Tim L. Fields

Benefactors

Elizabeth A. Boh
Elizabeth and Willy Monaghan
Pamela and Robert Steeg

Lucy Burnett and Gregory Holt
Carol and Thomas Reese
Patrick F. Taylor Foundation

Crescent Capital Consulting, LLC
Permele and Garner Robinson
Fern and Kevin Watters

Haynie Family Foundation
Donna and Benjamin Rosen
The Zemurray Foundation

Kim and Thomas Henley
Aimée and Mike Siegel

Drs. Agnes and Michael Kotler, Remote MD
Liz and Poco Sloss

Supporters

Carla and Jay Adams
Megan Evans Interiors
Liberty Bank

Ellen and Mac Ball
Sarah and Richard Freeman
Diana and Chip Mann

Helaine and Ned Benjamin
Frischhertz Electric Co., Inc.
Cammie and Charles Mayer

Sydney and Walda Besthoff
Monica Ann Frois and Eve Barrie Masinter
Denise and Paul Morse

Deana Blackburn
Julie and Ted George
Howard and Joy Osofsky

Edel Blanks
Alexa Georges and Jerry Armatis
Judith Young Oudt

Mr. Henry M. Lambert and Mr. R. Carey Bond
Dathel and John Georges
Linda and Gary Raphael

Virginia Boulet & Alvin R. Albe, Jr.
Susan and Jimmy Gundlach
Debbie and Rick Rees

Bonnie and John Boyd
Hales Family Fund
Pixie and Jimmy Reiss

Susan and Ralph Brennan
Dana and Steve Hansel
Sally E. Richards

Broadmoor LLC
Harrah’s New Orleans Casino and Hotel
Tia and Jimmy Roddy

Louisette Brown and George Dunbar
Jennifer and Fred Heebe
Roth Law Firm

Sandra and Elwood Cahill
Claudio Hemb
Pamela and William Ryan

Caroline and Murray Calhoun
Karen and Steve Herman
Robyn and Andrew Schwarz

Gretchen and Edgar Chase IV
Sarah Landrum and Marshall Hevron
Sandy and Cecil Shilstone

Carolyn and Michael Christovich
Janet and Scott Howard
Susan Talley and Jay Gulotta

John W. Deming and Bertie Murphy Deming Foundation
Rebecca and Joseph A. Jaeger, Jr.
Susan M. Taylor and Paolo G. Meozzi

Dr. and Mrs. Diem and Trinh Do
Kathy and Robert Klausner
Suzanne and Bob Thomas

Shaun and Foster Duncan
Marguerite and Jimmy Kock
Kathleen and Charlie Van Horn

Catherine and David Edwards
Sally and Jay Lapeyre
Dawn Adams Wheelahan

Eskew Dumez Ripple
Cynthia and Robert LeBreton Fund
Lele and Brent Wood

Premium Patrons

Anne and Luis Baños
Kia and Christian Brown
Roger Ogden and Kenneth Barnes

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Brown III
Robin and Bruce Crutcher
Katie and Shaun Rafferty

Lee Ledbetter and Douglas Meffert
Susu and Andrew Stall

Patrons

Argent Trust Company
Melissa Gibbs and Vaughan Fitzpatrick
Lori and Lock Ochsner

Dr. Sid Bhansali and Gia Rabito
Dr. Louis and Janie Glade
Kathy and Randy Opotowsky

Jeanne and Gerry Barousse, Jr.
Sandra and Russ Herman
Renee and Stewart Peck

Mr. Emanuel V. Benjamin III
Joan and Steven Jacob
David G. Perlis and Debra J. Almeida

Valerie Besthoff
J.P. Morgan
Anthony Recasner, Ph.D.

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Charpentier
Kathleen and John Kazour
Anne and Edmund Redd

Cary J. Deaton
Mimi and John Koch
Mary and Justin Schmidt

Ann R. Duffy and John R. Skinner
Rita and Edward Lang
Kenya and Tod Smith

Carmen and Kelly Duncan
Diane Sustendal Labouisse
Allison and Ben Tiller

Terri and Ian Dreyer
LCMC Health
Amy and Turgay Yildizli

Nan and Britt Galloway
Mickey and Melanie Loomis

Young Fellows Patrons

Katherine Crawford Andrews
Samantha Jacob
Henry Opotowsky

Dr. Hannah Bauer
Mia and Minor Jahncke
Taylor and Martin Pospisil

Mary Beth Benjamin
Chelsea V. James
Cara Peterson and Jay Howard

Adrian Carson and Adam Pearson
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Keckler
Caroline Roth

Rebecca Cooley
Julian Kiernan
Laura Rutledge

Mrs. Courtney Daniels
Leah Klausner and David Rosenfield
Ellie Sanders

Amanda and Kevin Dietz
Anne Kock
Kimberley and Andrew Sheppard

Will DuBos
Ms. Charlotte Lemoine
Samantha and Gregory Stokes

Katherine Duncan
Martine Chaisson Linares
Jaclyn and Sam Stubblefield

Mervatt Eljaouhari
Carson Lucas
Bridget Sullivan

Lauren A. Favret-Jones
Dreda and Conor Lutkewitte
Anna Swigert and Chris Riess

Brad Feichter
Ann-Grace Martin
Shelley Tompkins

Laura Finn
Sarah Martzolf
Christopher Wheelahan

Natalie and Conar Fitton
Bailey McBee
Katherine Womac and Julian Urrego

Carroll Gelderman
Kathryn Mitchell
David Young

Caroline Hayes
Nathaniel A. Novak and M. Rebecca Cooper

Odyssey Committee

Carla Adams
Laurie and Shelby Friedrichs
Cammie and Charles Mayer

Gerry Barousse, Jr.
Monica Frois and Eve Masinter
Lori and Lock Ochsner

Barbara and Edwin Beckman
Nan and Britt Galloway
Judith Young Oudt

Ned and Helaine Benjamin
Julie and Ted George
Katie and Shaun Rafferty

Yamila and Jason Bertoniere
Alexa Georges and Jerry Armatis
Anne and Edmund Redd

Catherine and Barrett Blaum
Melissa Gibbs and Vaughan Fitzpatrick
Mary Martin and Richard Roth

Elizabeth A. Boh
Anne and William Goliwas
Mary and Justin Schmidt

Bonnie and John Boyd
Kendall and Ben Hales
Robyn Schwarz

Susan and Ralph Brennan
Jennifer and Frederick Heebe
Sandy and Cecil Shilstone

Lauren and George Brower
Sarah Landrum and Marshall Hevron
Aimée and Mike Siegel

Johannah and Alfred Brown
Philip and Jane Scott Hodges
Liz and Poco Sloss

Kia and Christian Brown
Karl and Lisa Hoefer
Susan and Andrew Stall

Kathryn Bullock and Ted Joyner
Christian and Deirdre Hooper
Samantha and Gregory Stokes

Caroline and Murray Calhoun
Marguerite and Jimmy Kock
Mr. and Mrs. David Tidmore

Carolyn and Michael Christovich
Amelia and John Koch
Trey Trahan

Diem and Trinh Do
Agnes Kotler
Kara Van De Carr and Daryl Byrd

Carmen and Kelly Duncan
Diane Sustendal Labouisse
Kathleen and Charles Van Horn

Shaun and Foster Duncan
Henry Lambert and Carey Bond
Fern Watters

Megan and Justin Evans
Elizabeth and Clifton LeBlanc
Dawn Wheelahan

Carolyn and Brian Fitzpatrick
Julia LeBlanc
Drs. Leslie and Whit Wise

Odyssey Young Fellows Committee

Carroll Gelderman, Young Fellows Committee Co-Chair
Taylor and Martin Pospisil, Young Fellow Committee Co-Chairs

Michaela and Ryan Acomb
Mia and Minor Jahncke
Cara Peterson and Jay Howard

Katherine and Will Andrews
Elizabeth and Adam Keckler
Geoffrey Philabaum

Mary Beth Benjamin
Anne Kock
Laura Rutledge

Doctors Miranda and Paul Celestre
Courtney Kotler
Ellie Sanders

Jack De Normandie
Martine Chaisson Linares
Kim and Andrew Shepherd

Amanda and Kevin Dietz
Carson Lucas
Merrill Steeg

Will DuBos
Dreda and Conor Lutkewitte
Anna Swigert and Chris Riess

Katherine Duncan
Sarah Martzolf
Shelley Tompkins

Brad Feichter
Bailey and Malcolm McBee
Tyra Mitchell-Williams

Doctors Natalie and Conor Fitton
Mamta Melwani

Dakota Isaacs and Will Bryan
Henry Opotowsky

ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP ($25,000)

18 Odyssey Sponsor Party tickets
18 Odyssey Patron tickets
Opportunity to host a private dinner at NOMA
Recognition as a Sponsor with company name or logo in all press materials
Recognition as a Sponsor at all Odyssey events
Invitation to exhibition patron preview openings during 2020/2021
Sponsor recognition on 2,500 invitations; on www.noma.org with over 70,000 monthly hits; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 400,000; and an Instagram following of over 42,000; and e-blasts to over 31,000 subscribers. Mention on an Instagram post + story before the event and mention in an Instagram story at the event; 2 mentions on Facebook.

Become a Platinum Sponsor

GOLD SPONSORSHIP ($15,000)

12 Odyssey Sponsor Party tickets
12 Odyssey Patron tickets
Recognition as a Sponsor with company name or logo in all press materials
Recognition as a Sponsor at all Odyssey events
Invitation to exhibition patron preview openings during 2020/2021
Sponsor recognition on 2,500 invitations; on www.noma.org with over 70,000 monthly hits; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 400,000; and an Instagram following of over 42,000; and e-blasts to over 31,000 subscribers.

Become a Gold Sponsor
For any questions regarding table and sponsorship information, please email odyssey@noma.org or call 504-658-4121.

Virtual Baby Artsplay!
2021-11-13 10:30 - 11:00
Young Audiences of Louisiana’s Baby Artsplay! is offered as a series of six free 30-minute workshops held weekly to engage young children ages 12-24 months and their caregivers in research-based experiences that support their cognitive, physical, and social development.
Take inspiration from a different NOMA artwork each week as you and your child enjoy creative skill-building and play. Sessions take place on Saturdays, 10:30–11:00 am, on Zoom.
REGISTER NOW

Session Descriptions
Saturday, November 13: “Oh, What a Feeling!” (Emotional Development)
Did you know caregivers have a great impact on emotional development of their little ones? .Learn how you can positively impact the emotional understanding of your child this week during our YALA Baby Artsplay!™ workshop, “Oh, What a Feeling!”
Saturday, November 20: “Hello, Friend…” (Social Skills)
Toddlers tend to garner attention wherever they go, but even our little celebrities need friends. Relationships are the building blocks of healthy development. Learn how to nurture your child’s innate desire for social connection this week during our YALA Baby Artsplay!™ workshop, “Hello, Friend…”
Saturday, November 27: “Express Yourself” (Early Language)
To the untrained ear, it’s just babbling, but we know that your little one is carefully crafting the foundations of a lifetime of language. Learn how to encourage confidence in language and put your child on the starting line to literacy. Join us this week in our YALA Baby Artsplay!™ workshop, “Express Yourself.”
Saturday, December 4: “Tiny Motor Scooters” (Fine Motor Skills)
Like the little engine that drives the train, fine motor skills drive the everyday lives of us all. How do you practice for everyday life? Let us show you how to get their tiny muscles moving during this week’s YALA Baby Artsplay!™ workshop, “Tiny Motor Scooters.”
Saturday, December 11: “Baby Balancing Acts” (Bilateral Integration)
One of your child’s first executions of bilateral coordination is crawling, but they’ve only just begun! Learn how you can support your little one and promote healthy brain maturation through joyful learning. Join us this week during our YALA Baby Artsplay!™ workshop, “Baby Balancing Acts.”
Saturday, December 18: “Tiny Household Helpers,” (Multiple Development Areas)
Does anyone need a toddler’s kind of help? Well, maybe caregivers don’t, but you won’t believe the benefits for the helper! Learn how to promote your child’s development by simply including them in your everyday duties during this week’s YALA Baby Artsplay!™ workshop, “Tiny Household Helpers.”

TRUST by Kelly Love Jones
2021-11-18 19:00 - 20:30
The New Orleans Museum of Art in collaboration with PowerHouse Productions is excited to present TRUST, a concept and performance by singer/songwriter Kelly Love Jones.
Join us in the Lapis Center for the Arts for an evening of music, visual art, dance, and theater. Jones brings to the stage a star-studded cast: Lakeba Angelle, Tiffany Morris, Jamal Batiste, and Drew Mosby, Nana Sula Janet Evans, and Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley.
TRUST invites us to let our guard down and believe in our own power. It asks us to tune into our inner guidance system, our growth process and our ability to change a circumstance through positive, collective work. If you missed PITCH DARK presented by New Orleans Airlift at the Music Box Village in 2019, then TRUST is part two of the series. Like PITCH DARK, this performance is designed to illuminate the senses.
Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the performance begins at 7:00 pm. The performance will be limited to 100 attendees.
Tickets are $30 | $25 for NOMA Members
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[Photo by Johnathan B. Vasquez]

COVID-19 Safety Guidelines
NOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors, staff, and community, and we will continue to follow the City of New Orleans’s public health guidance. For all programs and private events, guests aged 12 years and older are required to provide proof of at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or a negative PCR test within the past 72 hours to access. We will accept original vaccine cards, the LA Wallet app, or a high-resolution photo of both sides of your vaccine card as proof of vaccination. Masks are required for all indoor events.

The Team
PowerHouse Productions is a collaboration between two tenacious producers, Kelly Love Jones and Lakeba Angelle, that aims to influence and transform the way we view, experience, and practice social justice and social relations as a human family. Jones and Angelle use art as a tool to influence positive action and impartial respect for all life. They indulge the art(s) of music, spoken word, visual art, dance, culinary art, leadership, altruism, and reciprocation to spread their message of egality and civility.

Kelly Love Jones
Jones’s artistic, creative, and cultural work is centered at the heart of healing, empowerment, and forgiveness. She likes to call her music “New Orleans Swag” because it is influenced by and mixes in the traditional rhythms of the Second Line, R&B, hip-hop, and folk. Jones’s music also celebrates legendary artists and their traditions, like Deacon John and Allen Toussaint, who through their musicality and songwriting made available New Orleans’ soulful and spirit-filled culture, the bayou landscape, and its colorful heritage to people around the world. Jones’s music is a good bowl of gumbo, mixing in all these traditions to produce songs that honor love, well-being, ancestry, family, tradition, and good times.

Lakeba Angelle
Co-producer Lakeba Angelle is a chef, dancer, traveler, educator, speaker, consultant, writer, and poet. She’s a well-respected liaison in the artist community in many rights, and her heart is sincere. Described as an “aggregator of resources, regarding financial matters in particular, Lakeba’s knowledge and agility in that arena has more often than not made the difference between success or failure of a venture. Lakeba brings a degree of poise and integrity to every project she’s connected with, that it automatically helps improve the business posture of the artist moving forward” (Lilli Lewis Project). Angelle is a cum laude graduate of Tulane University and a NOWFE bronze medalist.

Tiffany Morris
BassMonsterTiff, guru of the bass guitar, has been mastering for more than two decades. She is a graduate of Xavier University and was born in Slidell, Louisiana. Tiffany has shared many stages with acclaimed artists such as Ellis Marsalis, Kelly Love Jones, Joy Clark, and Cyril Neville’s Swamp Funk Band. BassMonsterTiff is also the resident bassist at Beacon Light Church of Laplace, Louisiana. BassMonsterTiff appreciates live collaboration with other musicians, but she also has a strong passion for creating original pieces of her own in her home studio.

Jamal Batiste
New Orleans’s own Jamal Batiste is a master percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has traveled extensively throughout the world. He has captivated audiences in the USA, the Caribbean, South Africa, Morocco, Japan, Ireland, Scotland, France, and England with his star-studded performances in rock, funk, soul, gospel, hip-hop, and R&B. Batiste is also a songwriter and recording engineer and holds an independent record label, Jam-All Pro Music Group.

Drew Mosby
Drew Mosby is a dedicated guitarist, vocalist, and harmonicist composing original music and playing with local bands like Coin Coin, Tetrad, and Kelly Love Jones. Drew also spends much of his time sound engineering at live shows, a skill he brought to New Orleans 14 years ago when he moved from his hometown in Iowa. Private guitar instruction is also a mastered skill of his, as he continues to fine tune the artistry of many young musicians.

Nana Sula Janet Evans
Nana Sula Janet Evans is a priestess, artist, author, singer and performer. She is founding priestess of the Temple of Light – Ile de Coin-Coin in the Musicians Village which is a temple for the elevation of all souls. She is also author and producer of the book and CD project entitled Spirit of the Orisha.

Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley
Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley is an Alexandria, Louisiana, native and long-time New Orleans–based poet, writer, and artist of many mediums. Her work spans across visual art, theater, music, radio, and film. She is a multiple-time national poetry slam champion, and her work has been featured on national and British television; at Essence Music Festival; on music projects with Grammy artists; in exhibits, documentaries, and anthologies; as well as on many notable platforms including For Harriet, Huffington Post, Teen Vogue, and BBC World Radio. Sha’Condria is the author of My Name Is Pronounced Holy: A Collection of Poems, Prayers, Rememberings, and Reclamations.

Special Thanks from the Musicians
Foundation For Louisiana, NOMA’s Learning and Engagement Department, Artist Journey Allen & The Living School NOLA, Jebney Lewis of The CAC, Brennon Jones of LED ATL, Tulane University Department of Theater, Tulane University Department of Dance, Jazz & Heritage Foundation, T H R I V E, Vegan Chef NOLA, LC Consulting LLC, AFM 174-496 New Orleans, Shacondria “iCon” Sibley, Kesha Mckey, Dorise Blackmon, Marjorie Wheeler, Patricia Shelby, Barry Thomas

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK|First Horizon; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; Harvey and Marie Orth; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter, Jr. This project is supported in part by the Louisiana Culture Care Fund. Funding for Louisiana Culture Care Fund grants has been administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) and provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative.

Studio KIDS!: Ironwork Doorways
2021-11-20 10:30 - 11:30
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings to take a look at artworks in the galleries and practice your own art-making skills with a NOMA teaching artist. Registration includes all art-making materials. Masks are required.
On Saturday, November 20, take inspiration from the work of New Orleans–based artist Dawn DeDeaux and the unique ironwork found all around us in our city’s architecture to create your own doorway-inspired drawing using light and shadow.
Youth ages 6–10 | Limited Capacity
$30 per Workshop | $25 for Members
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COVID-19 Safety Guidelines
NOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors, staff, and community. All guests are required to wear masks and practice social distancing while inside the museum. Studio KIDS! workshops are capped at 10 participants to enable adequate social distancing. If you or your child are not feeling well, please stay home and return to the museum at a later date. If your child shows signs of illness or discomfort, NOMA staff may request early pickup from the workshop.

Book Club Group Discussion
2021-11-30 12:00
The NOMA Book Club meets monthly to discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art in NOMA’s collection and exhibitions. It is an informal group open to anyone on a month-to-month basis. You do not have to attend every meeting or read every book! In addition to monthly book discussions, the Book Club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections. Books are selected in advance and planned for the entire year according to the exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the selected titles. Meetings are held in person or via Zoom, determined at the beginning of each month. All meetings begin at 12 pm.
For more information on the NOMA Book Club please contact NOMA’s Curator of Education, Tracy Kennan, at tkennan@noma.org or (504) 658-4113.
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NOVEMBER
The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting by Ben Lewis
Ballantine Books, 2019, ISBN: 1984819259

In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci’s small oil painting the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction. In the words of its discoverer, the image of Christ as savior of the world is “the rarest thing on the planet.” Its $450 million sale price also makes it the world’s most expensive painting.
For two centuries, art dealers had searched in vain for the Holy Grail of art history: a portrait of Christ as the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci. Many similar paintings of greatly varying quality had been executed by Leonardo’s assistants in the early 16th century. But where was the original by the master himself? In November 2017, Christie’s auction house announced they had it. But did they?
The Last Leonardo tells a thrilling tale of a spellbinding icon invested with the power to make or break the reputations of scholars, billionaires, kings, and sheikhs. Ben Lewis takes us to Leonardo’s studio in Renaissance Italy; to the court of Charles I and the English Civil War; to Amsterdam, Moscow, and New Orleans; to the galleries, salerooms, and restorer’s workshop as the painting slowly, painstakingly emerged from obscurity. The vicissitudes of the highly secretive art market are charted across six centuries. It is a twisting tale of geniuses and oligarchs, double-crossings and disappearances, in which we’re never quite certain what to believe. Above all, it is an adventure story about the search for lost treasure, and a quest for the truth.
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 12 pm

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by the Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK; The Wagner Foundation; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; the Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative, funded by the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; Dr. Scott S. Cowen; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; Harvey and Marie Orth; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter, Jr. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Day With(out) Art 2021: Enduring Care
2021-12-01 10:00 - 17:00
The New Orleans Museum of Art is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2021 by presenting ENDURING CARE, a video program highlighting strategies of community care within the ongoing HIV epidemic. The program features newly commissioned work by Katherine Cheairs, Cristóbal Guerra, Danny Kilbride, Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad and Uriah Bussey, Beto Pérez, Steed Taylor, and J Triangular and the Women’s Video Support Project.
From histories of harm reduction and prison activism to the long-term effects of HIV medication, ENDURING CARE centers stories of collective care, mutual aid, and solidarity while pointing to the negligence of governments and nonprofits. The program’s title suggests a dual meaning, honoring the perseverance and commitment of care workers yet also addressing the potential for harm from medications and healthcare providers. ENDURING CARE disrupts the assumption that an epidemic can be solved with pharmaceuticals alone, recasting community work as a lasting form of medicine.
Drop by NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts anytime between 10 am and 5 pm on Wednesday, December 1, to view the video program. This program is included with museum admission, and on Wednesdays, Louisiana residents receive free admission, courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
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Dive into the following discussion guide to further investigate the topics, themes, and ideas explored in ENDURING CARE.
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About the Films
Katherine Cheairs, Voices at the Gate
Voices at the Gate juxtaposes the bucolic landscapes inhabited by women’s prisons with archival and contemporary audio recordings of poems, essays, and interviews produced by women of color in the early 19990s at the intersection of incarceration and HIV & AIDS activism.
Katherine “Kat” Cheairs is a filmmaker, educator, curator, activist and community artist. Kat’s areas of interest and research include: HIV & AIDS; visual culture; media arts therapy; community arts; and, critical race theory in art education. She is a co-curator of Metanoia: Transformation Through AIDS Archives and Activism, an archival exhibition focusing on the contributions of Black cis women, transwomen of color, and women of color actvists on HIV/AIDS activism from the early 1990s to the present. Kat is a member of the What Would An HIV Doula Do? Collective and the producer and director of the documentary, Ending Silence, Shame & Stigma: HIV/AIDS in the African American Family. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production from the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University. Kat’s new project, In This House, currently in development, is a video installation exploring HIV/AIDS narratives through the Black body.
Cristóbal Guerra, Nobleza(s) de Sangre
Two fragmented interviews with artists living with HIV in Puerto Rico mediate an audiovisual invocation of the late Boricua poet Manuel Ramos Otero who passed away from complications of the virus in 1990. Guerra sets out to translate work Manuel deemed untranslatable, investigating the ongoing passions that informed his work.
Cristóbal Guerra is an interdisciplinary artist from Puerto Rico. Their work currently combines experimental video, documentary film, language justice and text to explore ideas of home, el caribe, queerness and belonging.
Danny Kilbride, The Mersey Model
Danny Kilbride interviews Professor John Ashton, a public health official who helped institute the Mersey Model of Harm Reduction in Liverpool in the mid-80s, the first government-funded needle exchange program in the UK.
Danny Kilbride is a community filmmaker based in Liverpool UK. He is the founding Director at Thinking Film, a not-for-profit organization that exists to provide marginalized communities with a voice and tell stories that challenge the way people see the world.
Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad and Uriah Bussey, #Medstrike: Confronting the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
A chronicle of Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad’s 2017 medication strike against the Mazzoni Center, a LGBT health clinic in Philadelphia, and the direct action campaign by the Black and Brown Workers Cooperative that preceded it
Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad is a Philadelphia born writer, organizer, and co-founder of the Black and Brown Workers Co-op. In their work, they often trouble ideas of medical surveillance, bodily autonomy, and Blackness.
Beto Pérez, In the Future
In the Future tells the stories of people living with HIV in Mexico who have been unable to access treatment because of government corruption and widespread theft and looting of medication.
Beto Pérez is a documentary filmmaker and television producer working in Tlaxcala, Mexico. He is the co-founder and president of the cultural organization Coarco (Colectivo Arte Contemporáneo). In 2018, his docu-series “Tlaxcala Indigena” received an honorable mention from the National Journalism Prize.
Steed Taylor, I Am a Long-Term AIDS Survivor
Through a chorus of voices, Steed Taylor will explore the difficulties of being a long-term AIDS survivor and the unexpected health problems facing many senior survivors.
Steed Taylor‘s art includes public works as well as art for gallery settings. Shown nationally and internationally, solo shows include University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Ambrosino Gallery in Miami and Il Ponte Contemporanea in Rome, Italy. Recent commissions for his public art include Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Arlington VA, New York City, New Orleans and West Palm Beach as well as the North Carolina Museum of Art, Duke University, York College/CUNY, Florida State University and Columbus College of Art & Design. His art has been discussed in publications as varied as Art In America to Playboy Magazine.
J Triangular and the Women’s Video Support Project, 滴水希望 (Hope Drops)
A collaborative video project made with women living in Taiwan who use their cameras to process stress and stigma, and to share their experiences living with HIV.
J Triangular is an independent curator, experimental filmmaker, and multimedia poet. Colombia born, Taiwan based. Graduated in film studies and screenwriting at TAI University School of Arts, Madrid, Spain. She received her master’s degree in experimental documentary at the Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia, Spain. Her work consistently addresses themes such as community identity, self-empowerment, care practices, and promoting communication and solidarity. In 2019, J was the international curator in residence at Visual AIDS with her project The Whole World is Watching which has been exhibited internationally in Taipei, Tokyo, Kyoto, Mexico City, Lima, and Colombia.
About Visual AIDS
Visual AIDS is a New York-based nonprofit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue, supporting HIV+ artists, and preserving a legacy, because AIDS is not over.

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by the The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK|First Horizon; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; Harvey and Marie Orth; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter, Jr. This project is supported in part by the Louisiana Culture Care Fund. Funding for Louisiana Culture Care Fund grants has been administered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) and provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative.

The Brooklyn Rail Presents The New Social Environment #448: The Space Between Worlds
2021-12-10 12:00 - 13:00
Artist Dawn DeDeaux joins Brooklyn Rail Editor-at-Large Dan Cameron and artist and arts administrator Joseph S. Lewis III for a virtual conversation over Zoom. The program concludes with a poetry reading by Cliff Fyman.
This event is produced by the Brooklyn Rail and is free to all. Read more and register on the Brooklyn Rail’s website.
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Pop-Up Performance: The Nutcracker in New Orleans
2021-12-15 12:00
Enjoy a special preview of everyone’s favorite holiday classic with a New Orleans twist. In this special pop-up performance at NOMA, students from New Orleans School of Ballet will perform excerpts of the original production The Nutcracker in New Orleans. Set to Tchaikovsky’s iconic score, the localized production includes a Flight of the Pelicans, a Mardi Gras Strut, pom-pom-shaking Who Dats donned in black and gold, and more!
Attending the pop-up performance at NOMA is included with the purchase of museum admissions. Wednesdays are FREE admission days for Louisiana residents, courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
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The full production of The Nutcracker in New Orleans by the New Orleans School of Ballet will be presented on December 18 & 19 at the Marquette Theatre of Loyola University, and all performances are sold out.

Opera on Tap
2021-12-15 17:00 - 20:00
The New Orleans Opera presents a special holiday edition of Opera on Tap. Visit the museum after hours for a musical treat in the Lapis Center for the Arts. The Opera on Tap holiday concert will include both sacred and secular music of the season, with familiar carols and songs from many lands. Performances begin at 5 and 7 pm.
Tickets are $15 | $10 for Students
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SOLD OUT — Studio KIDS!: Confetti Postcards
2021-12-18 10:30 - 11:30
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings to take a look at artworks in the galleries and practice your own art-making skills with a NOMA teaching artist. Registration includes all art-making materials. Masks are required.
On Saturday, December 18, explore works from the exhibition A Brief History of Photography and Transmission to think about the ways people shared photos with loved ones in the past, then make your own photographic confetti postcard to send in the mail!
Youth ages 6–10 | Limited Capacity
$30 per Workshop | $25 for Members
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COVID-19 Safety Guidelines
NOMA’s primary concern is the health of our visitors, staff, and community. All guests are required to wear masks and practice social distancing while inside the museum. Studio KIDS! workshops are capped at 10 participants to enable adequate social distancing. If you or your child are not feeling well, please stay home and return to the museum at a later date. If your child shows signs of illness or discomfort, NOMA staff may request early pickup from the workshop.

Tai Chi in the Sculpture Garden
2022-01-08 09:00 - 10:00
NOMA, in collaboration with the East Jefferson Wellness Center, presents tai chi classes on Saturday monrning.
Join East Jefferson Wellness Center instructor Terry Rappold, as he leads participants through relaxing tai chi exercises in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Please meet at the main entrance to the Sculpture Garden located on Dueling Oaks Drive.
Classes are $5 | FREE for NOMA members and East Jefferson Wellness Center members.
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For more information, call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org.
Registration will remain open until 3 pm the evening prior to class. Currently, these classes are outside only, and will be cancelled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5pm the evening prior to each class.
Registration is limited to 60 people.

Virtual Artist Talk with Dawn DeDeaux
2022-01-13 19:00
Don’t miss a virtual talk with artist Dawn DeDeaux, who discusses her comprehensive museum exhibition The Space Between Worlds at NOMA. The lecture, titled “Between Time” addresses the artwork currently on view at the museum, as well as her larger body of work.
This talk was recorded during a sold-out program at NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts in November 2021.
The program will be available to watch in full on the museum’s YouTube channel beginning at 7 pm. Set a reminder on YouTube to watch the virtual premiere.
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Dawn DeDeaux: The Space Between Worlds is organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art and is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Besthoff; Ralph and Susan Brennan; Dathel and Tommy Coleman; Dr. and Mrs. Byron Crawford; Catherine Burns Tremaine; Sarah and Harvey Wier, in memory of Nan Wier; David B. Workman; and The Robert E. Zetzmann Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by Tina Freeman and Philip Woollam; The Arthur Roger Fund for NOMA; John C. Abajian and Scott R. Simmons; Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Davis; Melissa and John D. Gray; Yorke Lawson; Renee and Stewart Peck; Hugh and Beth Lambert; Robyn and Andrew Schwarz; Shaun and Foster Duncan; Charles L. Whited; and Friends of Bill Bertrand, in honor of his retirement. Special thanks to collaborators Transart Foundation for Art and Anthropology, John Fischbach, Misha Kachkachishvili and Esplanade Recording Studio, and Pedro Segundo.
