New Orleans Museum of Art

Book Club Meet the Author Program
2019-09-13 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.
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. | Meet the Author: New Orleans writer C. F. Hampton will read from his short story, Paris: City of Culture, December 1982, and answer questions from the group.
Tuesday, September 24, 12 – 1 p.m. | Book Discussion Group

Safar musical performance with Mahmoud Chouki and Jesse Autumn
2019-09-11 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 surrealist chamber folk singer/songwriter and harpist Jesse Autumn.
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.
Future performances on Wednesdays at 3 pm by Chouki and guest musicians include:

October 9: Dan Oestreicher

Friday Nights at NOMA performances (5:30 – 8:30 pm):

September 13: Georgi Petrov and Sam Dickie
October 13: Final Ensemble Concert

Activation of Wafaa Bilal's 168:01 with guest speaker Kristina Kay Robinson
2019-09-11 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 outlets. 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.

The NOLA Project presents Measure for Measure
2019-09-10 19:30 - 21:30
The NOLA Project presents its ninth collaborative play at the New Orleans Museum of Art with a new take on William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.
Standard admission $33 | NOMA members: $25 | Youth (under 21): $15
PURCHASE TICKETS FOR ALL DATES
ABOUT MEASURE FOR MEASURE BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
When depravity and debauchery threaten to corrode the whole of Vienna, a strong, willful, religious purist is handed the reigns of power in order to set things straight again. But is all as it seems? And will new power lead to moral purity, or to ultimate corruption? Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure is a brilliant play almost absurdly well-fashioned for our modern American age of divisive politics and legal retribution.
And even more exciting, The NOLA Project is proud to partner with PlayOn Shakespeare to present this production with a world-premiere new modern-verse translation by playwright AdidiBrennan Kapil with support from the Hitz Foundation.
As a part of PlayOn Shakespeare, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival commissioned 36 playwrights—more than half are women and more than half are playwrights of color, each paired with a dramaturg—to translate Shakespeare’s works into contemporary modern English to celebrate the enduring impact of the Bard’s plays. These commissions challenge the playwrights to bring the same level of dramatic pressure and rigor of language to their work as is present in the originals, deepening our understanding and engagement with Shakespeare. The NOLA Project is excited to present this classic story and fresh modern translation, directed by Mark Routhier, in NOMA’s opulent Great Hall.

Studio KIDS! Quilt Design workshop
2019-09-07 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 7 | Quilt Design: Explore The Quilts of Gee’s Bend exhibition and discover pattern while designing a “quilted” square in mixed media.
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Friday Nights at NOMA: Opera Nouvelle presents a preview of Carmen
2019-09-06 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
6:30 – 8:30 pm: Opera Nouvelle presents selections from Carmen

ABOUT OPERA NOUVELLE AND CARMEN
In advance of a full-scale production of Carmen in October by the New Orleans Opera Association, singers from the company will visit NOMA to present selections from this famous opera by Georges Bizet. Carmen was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on March 3, 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalized audiences. The opera is written in the genre of opéra comique with musical numbers separated by dialogue. It is set in southern Spain and tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen.
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
2019-09-06 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-08-02 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 Talk: Ancestors in Stone with Curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba
2019-09-04 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 Ndubuisi Ezeluomba for a discussion about the exhibition Ancestors in Stone.
Image: Akwanshi, c. 16th century, Stone, Ejagham artist, Nigeria, Museum purchase, Francoise Billion Richardson and Robert P. Gordy Funds, 2019.11

Labor Day – Special Holiday Hours
2019-09-02 12:00 - 17:00
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open on Labor Day for special holiday hours from noon to 5 pm.

Museum Highlights Tour
2019-09-01 13:00 - 14:00, 2019-08-01 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.

Gallery Talk about Wafaa Bilal's 168:01
2019-08-28 13:00 - 15:00, 2019-08-14 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 closing 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.
Wednesday admission is free to all Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.

Artist's Choice Film Series: Sidewalk Stories
2019-08-24 15:00 - 17:00
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, 5 pm | Edward Spots selects Fame (1980 | Rated R | 2 hours, 14 minutes)

ABOUT SIDEWALK STORIES
In this almost entirely silent film, a homeless artist (Charles Lane) is forced to play surrogate parent when the father of a young girl (Nicole Alysia) is murdered. Taking the child into the depths of the slums that he calls home, the artist keeps the little girl healthy and happy while doing his best to search for her living relatives. As the artist and the child venture through the streets together, they meet a strange assortment of characters while slowly developing an intimate friendship. Ultimately the artist winds up in a horse-drawn chase of the murderers. The film was inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s The Little Tramp, filmed in 1915. Watch the trailer.

Family Festival – "Play it Cool"
2019-08-24 10:00 - 15:00
Take a break from the summer heat and bring the whole family to NOMA for a special festival with indoor activities for all ages. Admission will be free from 10 am to 3 pm for all visitors and the day will be filled with family-oriented activities, including special tours, hands-on workshops, story time sessions, and music, along with a snoballs stand.
EVENTS
10 am – 3 pm |

Gallery Games Station in (2nd-floor Elevator Lobby)
Art Making Activity: Fans! (1st-floor Elevator Lobby near the Museum Shop)
Art About You, photo-booth activity (1st-floor Elevator Lobby)
Wheel of Time, an intergenerational art-making activity (Great Hall)
Breathing Wands: Mindful-making activity with Project Peaceful Warriors (2nd-floor Elevator Lobby)
Snoballs by Ice Cream 504 (NOMA entry drive circle)

10:30 am | Yoga with Project Peaceful Warriors, first session (Great Hall)
11 am | Family Tour (Meet in 2nd-floor Elevator Lobby)
11:30 am | Yoga with Project Peaceful Warriors, second session (Great Hall)
11:30 am | Story Time, first session (Contemporary Gallery)
12 pm | Public Tour (Sculpture Garden)
12 – 2 pm | Music by Carl LeBlanc (Great Hall)
1 pm | Public Tour (Meet in Great Hall)
1:30 pm | Story Time, second session (Contemporary Art Gallery)
2 pm | Family Tour (Meet in 2nd-floor Elevator Lobby)
3 pm | Festival and free admission end
* Times are tentative and may change. The schedule will be updated closer to the event date.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Safar musical performance with Mahmoud Chouki, Cyrille Aimee, and Ricardo Pascal | Artful Palate cooking demonstration
2019-08-23 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: Artful Palate cooking demonstration with Chef Jonah Nissenbaum
5:30-8:30 pm: Safar musical performance with Mahmoud Chouki, Cyrille Aimee, and Ricardo Pascal
6 pm: Gallery Talk with Curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba on Ancestors in Stone
6:30 pm: Gallery Talk with Curatorial Associate Anne Roberts on An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus & Beyond

ABOUT ARTFUL PALATE AND CHEF CHRIS NISSENBAUM
Café NOMA presents their eighth annual summertime Artful Palate series of cooking demonstrations at 6 pm with Jonah Nissenbaum, executive sous chef at the Red Fish Grill. He will prepare shrimp and corn bisque as part of a series inspired by culinary mentors, in tribute to the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge.
ABOUT SAFAR WITH MAHMOUD CHOUKI, CYRILLE AIMEE, AND RICARDO PASCAL
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 French vocalist Cyrille Aimee and jazz saxophonist Ricardo Pascal.
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.
Future performances on Wednesdays at 3 pm by Chouki and guest musicians include:

September 11: Jesse Autumn
October 9: Martin Masakowski

Friday Nights at NOMA performances (5:30 – 8:30 pm):

September 13: Georgi Petrov and Sam Dickie
October 13: Final Ensemble Concert

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.

Book Club Discussion Group
2019-08-22 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.
August 2019 Selection
The Brilliant History of Color in Art by Victoria Finlay
J. Paul Getty Museum, 2014, ISBN: 978-1606064290
The Brilliant History of Color in Art by Victoria Finlay covers the development of art and color through the ages. Packed with fascinating detail and beautiful illustrations, this book combines colorful imagery with smartly-written text. Most of the publication’s 166 color illustrations represent works from the J. Paul Getty Museum collections. They exemplify the power of pictures to convey meaning, and Finlay’s informative text blends seamlessly with these high-quality reproductions. The matte-finished pages show them to good advantage. —Foreword Review
Thursday, August 8, 12 – 1 p.m. | Curatorial Program
Thursday, August 22, 12 – 1 p.m. | Book Discussion Group

Gallery Talk: An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus and Beyond with Curatorial Associate Anne Roberts
2019-08-21 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 Curatorial Associate Anne Roberts for a discussion about the exhibition An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus and 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

Artist's Choice Film Series: La Jetée
2019-08-17 14:00 - 15:00
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, 5 pm | Edward Spots selects Fame (1980 | Rated R | 2 hours, 14 minutes)

ABOUT LA JETÉE
La Jetée is a 1962 French Left Bank, black-and-white science-fiction featurette by Chris Marker. Constructed almost entirely from still photos, it tells the story of a post-nuclear war experiment in time travel.
A man (Davos Hanich) is a prisoner in the aftermath of World War III in post-apocalyptic Paris, where survivors live underground in the Palais de Chaillot galleries. Scientists research time travel hoping to send test subjects to different time periods “to call past and future to the rescue of the present”. They have difficulty finding subjects who can mentally withstand the shock of time travel. The scientists eventually settle upon the prisoner; his key to the past is a vague but obsessive memory from his pre-war childhood of a woman he had seen on the observation platform (“the jetty”) at Orly Airport shortly before witnessing a startling incident there. He did not understand exactly what happened, but knew he had seen a man die.
After several attempts, he reaches the pre-war period. He meets the woman from his memory, and they develop a romantic relationship. After his successful passages to the past, the experimenters attempt to send him into the far future. In a brief meeting with the technologically advanced people of the future, he is given a power unit sufficient to regenerate his own destroyed society, but the movie takes an unexpected turn that prevents this rebuilding of the future.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Screening of Shirin Neshat's Women Without Men | Music by Lucho | Artful Palate cooking demonstration
2019-08-16 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 Lucho
6 pm: Artful Palate cooking demonstration with Chef Chris Vazquez
6:30 pm: Screening of Women Without Men

ABOUT ARTFUL PALATE AND CHEF CHRIS VAZQUEZ
Café NOMA presents their eighth annual summertime Artful Palate series of cooking demonstrations at 6 pm with Chris Vazquez of Ralph Brennan Catering and Events. He will prepare beef goulash. Chefs from other restaurants in the Ralph Brennan Group will continue the cooking classes on Friday nights through August 23 with dishes inspired by their culinary mentors, in tribute to the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge.
ABOUT WOMEN WITHOUT MEN
In conjunction with the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge, NOMA will screen movies by Iranian filmmaker Shirin Neshat as part of Friday Nights at NOMA programming. Women Without Men profiles the lives of four women living in Tehran in 1953, during the American-backed coup that returned the Shah of Iran to power. The film was called “visually transfixing” by a New York Times reviewer. Two of the film’s recurrent images are of a long dirt road extending to the horizon on which the characters walk, and a river that suggests, “a deep current of feminine resilience below an impassive exterior.” Women Without Men is set in the streets of Iranian capital, which are teeming with protesters objecting to the overthrow of the prime minister, but four disparate women have more immediate concerns. Farrokhlagha’s (Arita Shahrzad) husband thinks he’s entitled to be married to multiple women. Munis (Shabnam Toloui) is a virtual slave to her brother. Faezeh (Pegah Ferydoni) has physical and emotional troubles. And Zarin (Orsolya Tóth) is an unwilling prostitute. Boldly, the women pursue solutions to the problems foisted upon them. (2009 | Not rated | 1 hour, 39 minutes | Watch the trailer)
ABOUT LUCHO
Louisiana-born songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist Lucho is trying to redefine the role of a producer. Hailing from New Orleans, Lucho began writing songs at an early age. Spending a majority of his teen years playing, experimenting, and refining his songwriting/production in various bands, he focused his energy into creating unique sounds for other artists. In the summer of 2010 together with his siblings and guitarist Adrian Frye, he independently released The Bit Parts EP with the indie-pop outfit Youth Sounds. The band achieved some success off the strength of its lead single “What is it like?” following it up with the Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow EP. In 2012 he connected with DRC rapper Alec Lomami, producing three out of four songs on his debut Mélancolie Joyeuse EP. This established a unique artistic relationship with Lomami, it also lead to Lucho becoming the creative director of Lomami’s and rapper Well$ independent label Immaculate Taste. His latest project, a mix of Andean folkloric and electronic dance music, has challenged him to dig into his South American roots and explore lush sonic territories, allowing him the freedom to redefine his cultural and artistic self-expression.
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.

Safar musical performance with Mahmoud Chouki and Helen Gillet
2019-08-14 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 Belgian cellist, composer, and singer Helen Gillet.
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.
Future performances on Wednesdays at 3 pm by Chouki and guest musicians include:

September 11: Jesse Autumn
October 9: Martin Masakowski

Friday Nights at NOMA performances (5:30 – 8:30 pm):

July 26: Oscar Rossignoli
August 23: Cyrille Aimee and Ricardo Pascal
September 13: Georgi Petrov and Sam Dickie
October 13: Final Ensemble Concert

Gallery Talk: Bodies of Knowledge with Curator Katie Pfohl
2019-08-14 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 Katie Pfohl for a discussion about the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge.

Friday Nights at NOMA: French Fête | Photographer's Perspective with Jonathan Traviesa | Artful Palate cooking demonstration
2019-08-09 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. After a weather-related cancelation, NOMA’s popular tribute to French art, cuisine and culture has been returns for August 9.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot à la française (First floor elevator lobby)
5 – 9 pm: Café NOMA open for dinner service and two cash bars with French 75 specialty cocktails (Elevator Lobby & Great Hall)
5 – 9 pm: Food trucks from Crêpes à la Cart, Bonafried and Frencheez (NOMA front circle)
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Susanne Ortner’s Ambiance Française (Great Hall)
6 – 7 pm: Artful Palate Summer Cooking Series with Kris Padalino, Brennan’s Pastry Chef (Café NOMA)
6 pm: Gallery Talk on Edgar Degas (Second floor European art galleries)
6:30 pm: Gallery Talk on You Are Here with Artist Jonathan Traviesa (Templeman Galleries)
7:15 – 8:45 pm: Screening of Haute Cuisine (Stern Auditorium)

ABOUT SUSANNE ORTNER’S AMBIANCE FRANÇAISE
Drawing mostly from the repertoire of Sidney Bechet, Edith Piaf, and Josephine Baker, German-born reed player Susanne Ortner, now a resident of New Orleans, formed a musical trio together with pianist Jeff Lashway and French chanteuse Corinne Saunders. Their music evokes the era of Paris in the 1920s and ’30s.
ABOUT ARTFUL PALATE AND CHEF KRIS PADALINO
Café NOMA presents their eighth annual summertime Artful Palate series of cooking demonstrations at 6 pm with Kate Schwarloze, pastry chef from Brennan’s, who will prepare a browned butter and peach tart. Chefs from other restaurants in the Ralph Brennan Group will continue the cooking classes in weeks to come through August 23 with dishes inspired by their culinary mentors, in tribute to the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge.
ABOUT JONATHAN TRAVIESA
Jonathan Traviesa will discuss his work on view in You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place and the broader themes of the photography exhibition.
Traviesa is a photographer and artist living in New Orleans since the late 1990s. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in New Orleans, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York. In 2005, The Times-Picayune voted his Katrina photo-sign installation best art show the year. He taught Photoshop at NOAFA from 2005-2010. Traviesa is a founding member of The Front gallery and released his first book, Portraits, with a concurrent exhibition at The Front during October and November of 2009. As part of the annual PhotoNola series of exhibitions across New Orleans, Traviesa received the New Orleans Photo Alliance’s inaugural Michael P. Smith Grant Award. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art also exhibited a selection of his portraits from the book. His most recent solo shows, “Beacons Abound” and “Kinda~Deathy,” opened in April 2011 and January 2012 at The Front, respectively. In 2012,he was commissioned by the Contemporary Arts Center to make a site-specific mural installation of one of his photographs, and, while currently pursuing an MFA at Tulane, he is making more site-specific photo installations that incorporate additional framed elements. His work is collected privately around the United States and publicly in New Orleans by the Ogden and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
ABOUT HAUTE CUISINE
Haute Cuisine is a 2012 French comedy-drama film based on the true story of Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for French President François Mitterand. Hortense Laborie (Catherine Frot), a renowned chef from the culinary region of Périgord, is astonished when the President of the Republic (Jean d’Ormesson) appoints her his personal cook, responsible for creating all his meals at the Élysee Palace. Despite jealous resentment from the other kitchen staff, Hortense quickly establishes herself, thanks to her indomitable spirit. The authenticity of her cooking soon seduces the President, but the corridors of power are littered with traps. (2012 | Rated PG-13 | 95 minutes | French with subtitles)
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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.

Gallery Talk: You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper
2019-08-07 15:00 - 16:00
As the photography exhibition You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place concludes, Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper will discuss the themes evident in the selection of images from NOMA’s permanent collection. The exhibition explores photography’s complicated relationship to the places it represents, the places in which it is created, and the places in which we experience it.
Image credit: Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Man and Mirror) from Kitchen Table Series, 1990, Gelatin silver print, Promised and partial gift of H. Russell Albright, M.D., 93.558

Friday Nights at NOMA: Screening of Shirin Neshat's Looking for Oum Kulthum | Music by Joy Clark | Artful Palate cooking demonstration
2019-08-02 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 pm: “This is My America” screening of films created by high school students in partnership with NOVAC
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Joy Clark
6 pm: Artful Palate cooking demonstration with Chef Chris Fite
6:30 pm: Screening of Looking for Oum Kulthum

ABOUT “THIS IS MY AMERICA” AND NOVAC
During a two-week intensive study program, ten high school students from metro New Orleans worked in partnership with Sundance Film Festival award-winning filmmaker Garrett Bradley, NOMA, and the New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC) to create films in conjunction with the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge. These short films will debut in Stern Auditorium. Garrett’s silent films, collectively titled America, are shown on continuous loop in the exhibition gallery.
As the longest-running media arts non-profit in the South, NOVAC provides education, training and resources for Louisiana’s independent filmmakers and storytelling communities. NOVAC also offers video production and digitizing services for the general public.
ABOUT JOY CLARK
Joy Clark’s musical artistry feels like a warm, fresh twist on the fervently familiar. Her tranquil yet ardent original creations are a heady mix of her major influences. Think Tracy Chapman, Lizz Wright, Maxwell, Anita Baker, Stevie Nicks and Chris Eaton. Now add a bluesy bayou vibe with a splash of folk sensibility and a dash of alternative appeal, and you’ll understand why this homegrown New Orleans singer/ songwriter/guitarist transcends both age and the ordinary.
Having studied her self-taught craft since the age of 12, Joy truly embodies the bliss that comes with creating melodies and rhythms to celebrate peace and the undeniable power of love. Her music is often described as the essence of ease, upliftment, self-affirmation and sensitivity. It’s no wonder that she quickly rose to critical acclaim as a founding member of the disbanded Soulkestra. Joy has also performed with Water Seed, and living-legend Cyril Neville, and continues to enchant audiences throughout the Southern United States and around the world.
ABOUT ARTFUL PALATE AND CHEF CHRIS FITE
Café NOMA presents their eighth annual summertime Artful Palate series of cooking demonstrations at 6 pm with Café NOMA chef Chris Fite. He will prepare crepes de Norton. Chefs from other restaurants in the Ralph Brennan Group will continue the cooking classes in weeks to come through August 23 with dishes inspired by their culinary mentors, in tribute to the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge.
ABOUT LOOKING FOR OUM KULTHUM
In conjunction with the exhibition Bodies of Knowledge, NOMA will screen movies by Iranian filmmaker Shirin Neshat as part of Friday Nights at NOMA programming. A film within a film, Neshat’s 2017 drama Looking for Oum Kulthum follows the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker named Mitra living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Through her difficult journey, not unlike her heroine’s, she has to face the struggles, sacrifices and the price that a woman has to pay if she dares to cross the lines of a conservative male dominated society. (2017 | Not rated | 1 hour, 30 minutes | Watch the trailer)
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.

Gallery Talk: Decorative arts with Curator Mel Buchanan
2019-07-31 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 Mel Buchanan for a discussion about NOMA’s decorative arts collection.

Costume workshop for 1811 Slave Rebellion reenactment with Antenna and ricRack Inc.
2019-07-27 12:00 - 16:00
Slave Rebellion Reenactment (SRR) is a community-based performance that will restage and reinterpret the largest armed rebellion of enslaved people in North American history which took place upriver from New Orleans in 1811. The SRR performance will happen on November 9-10, 2019, along River Road and Congo Square.
SRR is hosting a series of sewing circles and costume workshops as a way to spark conversation and community engagement around this historic commemoration. This free workshop hosted by Antenna and ricRack Inc. will focus on hand-sewing and repurposing thrifted clothing to make costumes for the reenactment. The workshop is open to all skill levels and all materials will be provided — just bring yourself.
Please RSVP as seating is limited and workshops fill up fast. For further info contact Raven Crane, Slave Rebellion Reenactment Project Coordinator, at raven@antenna.works or call Antenna Gallery at (504) 298-3161. You can learn more by visiting slave-revolt.com.

Baby Artsplay – Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)
2019-07-27 11:00 - 11:30
NOTE: This session is rescheduled date after the July 13 workshop was canceled due to Hurricane Barry.
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 3-4. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 11 am
This free six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
June 22 | Lesson 6 – “Wild at Art!” (Imaginative play)
Get your “paint brushes” ready. Imaginative play helps your child to process the world around them. Explore colors through drama, with a pretend painting activity that is mess-free! Learn how to engage your child’s creative side through imaginary play.
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 3-4.
Contact education@noma.org or 504.658.4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0-3)
2019-07-27 10:30 - 11:00
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 10:30 am
This free six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
July 27 | Lesson 6 – Tiny Household Helpers (Incorporated development areas)
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 0-3.
Contact education@noma.org or 504.658.4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.
