New Orleans Museum of Art

Friday Nights at NOMA: Art in Bloom | Music by Semaj & The Mad Bad Band | Artist Perspective with Lorna Williams
2019-03-29 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Friday Nights at NOMA returns for 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 – 9 pm: Art in Bloom on display
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Semaj & The Mad Bad Band
6:30 pm: Artist Perspective with Lorna Williams on the exhibition Mildred Thompson: Against the Grain

ABOUT ART IN BLOOM
One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by over 100 exhibitors that remain on display at NOMA for four days, from March 28-31. Proceeds from Art in Bloom benefit education projects and exhibitions at NOMA and community projects of The Garden Study Club of New Orleans.
With a focus on light, transformation and discovery as New Orleans enters its fourth century, Art in Bloom’s 2019 theme is Illuminations: Looking Within and Beyond.
ABOUT LORNA WILLIAMS
Lorna Williams was born in 1986 in New Orleans. She received her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2010. She studied at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia. In 2009, she attended the Norfolk Program at Yale University. Her work has been exhibited at the Studio Museum Harlem in New York; Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts; and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Williams’s work has been reviewed in The Wall Street Journal, Art in America, The New York Times, FLATT, Boston Magazine, Concierge Magazine, and The Boston Globe, among others. She was the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including Presidential Scholars Program Semifinalist, ARTS Recognition Finalist, National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts Finalist, Art and Change Grantee of the Leeway Foundation, Ellen Battell Stockel Fellowship Recipient. Her work is included in the collection of 21C Museum, The Pizzuti Collection and Wellington Management. Williams will provide her perspective on works displayed in Mildred Thompson: Against the Grain.
ABOUT SEMAJ & THE MAD BAD BAND
The voice of Semaj with a blend of folk, hip-hop, soul, funk, pop and blues wrapped up in something new.
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.

Art in Bloom 2019 | Illuminations: Looking Within and Beyond in partnership with IBERIABANK
2019-03-29 10:00 - 21:00, 2019-03-28 10:00 - 18:00
One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by over 100 exhibitors that remain on display at NOMA for four days, from March 28-31. Proceeds from Art in Bloom benefit education projects and exhibitions at NOMA and community projects of The Garden Study Club of New Orleans.
With a focus on light, transformation and discovery as New Orleans enters its fourth century, Art in Bloom’s 2019 event theme is Illuminations: Looking Within and Beyond.

Art in Bloom 2019 | Illuminations: Looking Within and Beyond in partnership with IBERIABANK
2019-03-27 18:00 - 22:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by over 100 exhibitors that remain on display at NOMA for four days, from March 28-31. Proceeds from Art in Bloom benefit education projects and exhibitions at NOMA and community projects of The Garden Study Club of New Orleans.
With a focus on light, transformation and discovery as New Orleans enters its fourth century, Art in Bloom’s 2019 event theme is Illuminations: Looking Within and Beyond. After an extraordinary tricentennial year of reflection and celebration, 2019 affords us the opportunity to look ahead with limitless imagination and innovation. Echoing Until Today, NOMA’s survey of pioneering conceptual light and sculptural artist Keith Sonnier, Illuminations will feature the most creative minds of our city expressing the brilliant future of New Orleans and the radiance of the citizens that will inhabit it through botanicals, florals, ephemeral materials and an inventive use of light.

Patron and Preview Party | March 27, 2019
Patron Party 6 pm | Preview Party 7 – 10 pm
The Patron and Preview Party features cuisine and libations from top New Orleans restaurants, a silent auction featuring one-of-a-kind art, and live music.
Guests enjoy an exclusive preview of the floral displays.
Displays on View to the Public | March 28-31, 2019
Lectures and Luncheon | NOMA | March 28, 2018 (SOLD OUT)
Event Chairs | Sweet Dupuy and Catherine Makk

CLICK HERE to view photos from Art in Bloom 2018

Online sales have ended. TICKETS MAY BE PURCHASED AT THE DOOR, or call 504.658.4121 for more information.

CLICK HERE to view the online auction and place bids
Auction boards close sequentially at 8, 8:30 and 9 pm the night of March 27.

2019 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
MARCH 27 | PATRON & PREVIEW PARTY
Patron Party 6 pm | Preview Party 7 – 10 pm
The Patron and Preview Party features cuisine and libations from 30 top New Orleans restaurants, a silent auction featuring one-of-a-kind art, and live music. Guests enjoy an exclusive preview of the floral displays.

MARCH 28 | LECTURES & LUNCHEON
9:30 AM| Putnam and Putnam | NOMA

From lavish opulence to pared-down restraint, Putnam & Putnam’s highly customizable floral arrangements are uniquely tailored for every occasion. Founded in 2014 by Darroch, a photographer by trade, and Michael, a formally trained interior designer, the Putnams’ signature designs meld site-specific drama with gentle precision, which have garnered the attention of clients like Bergdorfs, Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, among other countless clients. Ranging from the darker, muted palettes in the Dutch tradition to blinding neons looking to the future, Putnam & Putnam’s neverending perspectives on color help pave a new narrative for every client. Most recently, they have authored “The Flower Color Guide”, the first reference book to organize flower types by color, with an emphasis on seasonality and creative color schemes – and the results are stunning in their sheer variety. What Pantone is to color, Flower Color Guide is to flowers.

10:45 AM | Nicky Haslam | NOMA

Nicky Haslam is an English interior designer and socialite, and founder of the London-based interior design firm, NH Studio Ltd. Nicky Haslam Studio is one of the worlds most distinguished and prolifically published interior design firms, renowned for opulent, original and timeless interiors as seen in Architectural Digest, World of Interiors, Vogue, House and Garden, Elle Décor, and Traditional Home. The Haslam aesthetic has been magnetising design cognoscenti around the world since 1972 when he first started practicing as interior designer. The firm is established as one of the most important luxury interior design offices in the United Kingdom, known for high-end design, bespoke furnishings and a style that is ever changing with the times, yet always distinguishable for its humour, charm and wit – much like Haslam himself. Under his guidance, his creative team combines a unique sense of history with a modern contemporary outlook and the firm works on projects all over the globe including the English countryside and London, New York, Morocco, New Orleans, Denmark, Montreal, Barbados, St Jean Cap Ferrat, Monaco and Moscow, Klosters, Grasse, Mallorca, Los Angeles and Paris.

12:30 PM | Luncheon and Fashion Show | Pavilion of the Two Sisters | City Park

MARCH 28-31 | DISPLAYS ON VIEW TO THE PUBLIC

Thank you to all of our 2019 Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor

Bouquet
Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation
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Exterior Designs
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The Plant Gallery
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New Orleans Botanical Garden
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Landscape Architect
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Ikebana
DeeDee Adams | Sogetsu
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Betty Butz | Sogetsu
Joan Butz | Sogetsu
Sally Cockerham | Ichyo
Richard Cranford | Sogetsu
Jackie Gamble | Sogetsu
Emilie Garoutte | Sogetsu
Maria Griffin | Ichyo
Esther Jordan | Sogetsu
Mitsuki Kennair | Ikenobo
Betty Lyons | Ichyo
Betty Rena | Ikenobo & Ichyo
Sumiko Roach | Ichyo
Diane Saye | Kodoruy
Carol Smith | Ichyo
Hiroko Tsuzuki | Ichyo
Susie Vanderkuy | Sogetsu
Marilyn Wolfe | Sogetsu
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Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
New Orleans Ballet Theater
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Woodward Design + Build
Professional Florists
Blucid Floral
Compass Point Events,
Erin Steen French, Designer
Crescent Flora
Dunn and Sonnier
IRIS floral + event design studio
Longue Vue House and Gardens
Mitch’s Flowers
Sophisticated Styles by Susan Marcotte
Tina Turner, Professional Floral Designer, The Plant Gallery
Villere’s Florist
Tablescapes
Altered States by Rachel Loehrer assisted by Breanne Zill
Brockschmidt & Coleman Decoration and Design
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The Scout Guide
Young Artists
Archbishop Chapelle
Chartwell
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Jefferson Parish Talent
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Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans
Lynn Oaks School Art Appreciation Class, Braithwaite, LA
Magnolia School
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NOCCA
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W. Smith Elementary
Special Thanks
Adam Franger Lippes
Pavilion of the Two Sisters
Saks Fifth Avenue
SoSuSu
The Soniat House Hotel
2019 Committee
Carla Adams
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Elizabeth Boh
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Brett Lapeyre
Marley LeBourgeois
Margaret LeCorgne
Cammie Mayer
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Shelby Mills
Anne Redd
Pixie Reiss
Macon Riddle
Kim Roddy
Anna Schaefer
Susu Stall
Kate Tucker
Kate Werner
Elizabeth Wooten
2019 NOMA Volunteer Committee Chair
Jennifer Heebe

Current as of 2/20/2019

Small Talk: Amedeo Modigliani's Portrait of a Young Woman
2019-03-27 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join a docent for a discussion about Amedeo Modigliani’s Portrait of a Young Woman.

Noontime Talk: Keith Sonnier: Until Today with Curator Katie Pfohl
2019-03-27 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Katie Pfohl for a discussion about the exhibition Keith Sonnier: Until Today.

NOMA Book Club Group Discussion
2019-03-26 12:00 - 13:00
Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2019 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact Sheila A. Cork at 504.658.4117 or scork@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
March 2019 Selection
Keith Sonnier Until Today by Jeffrey Grove and Terrie Sultan
Prestel, 2018, ISBN: 978-3791357324
One of the first artists to use light, specifically neon, as a form of sculpture, Keith Sonnier changed our ideas of what sculpture is and could be. From his early pieces, such as Rat Tail Exercise and the Ba-O-Ba series, to his most recent luminous neon-based series, this book explores the progression and influence of Sonnier’s oeuvre. This beautiful monograph celebrates an artist who has never ceased experimenting—and never stopped astonishing his audience. NOMA will host a Sonnier retrospective from March 15 – June 2, 2019. —Google Books
Friday, March 15, 12 – 1 p.m. | Curatorial Program with Katie Pfohl, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Tuesday, March 26, 12 – 1 p.m. | Book Discussion Group

Small Talk: Edgar Degas's Portrait of Estelle Musson Degas
2019-03-23 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join a docent for a discussion about Edgar Degas’s Portrait of Estelle Musson Degas.

Baby Artsplay!
2019-03-23 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.
March 23| Lesson 2 – Hello, Friend (Social)
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.

Under Three Things, a performance by artist Cristina Molina in Ear to the Ground exhibition
2019-03-22 18:00 - 20:00
At select intervals throughout the run of the exhibition Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art, New Orleans-based artist Cristina Molina will host a series of intimate guided tours of the exhibition in which she will assume the perspective of the earth, personified.
Drawing upon cultural mythologies of the underworld, Molina will guide museum visitors through a whispered exploration of the exhibition in which the different artworks in the exhibition constitute the topography of an imagined subterranean landscape. Inspired by the classical myth of Persephone, who was doomed to spend a third of the year in the underworld, Molina reimagines this mythological figure as an empowered goddess who harnesses the earth as a place of primordial cultural emergence. Spanning video installation, performance, photography, sculpture and textile design, Molina’s work privileges female protagonists to explore themes related to origins, heritage, and personal mythology, and how they work in concert with natural and urban landscapes.
Molina will perform on March 22 as part of Friday Nights at NOMA programming.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Community Conversation: Considering Cultural Exchange | Music by Kettle Black
2019-03-22 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA returns for 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 family activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Keith Burnstein’s Kettle Black
6-8 pm: Under Three Things interactive performance by Cristina Molina in Ear to the Ground exhibition
6:30 pm: Community Conversation: Considering Cultural Exchange with panelists Denise Augustine, Soraya Jean-Louis, Kristina Kay Robinson, Sallie Ann Glassman, and Ti-Rock Moore; moderated by Nic Briere Aziz, NOMA Community Engagement Curator

ABOUT KEITH BURNSTEIN’S KETTLE BLACK
Keith Burnstein’s Kettle Black describes itself as “a quiet dance, a tiny explosion expanding exponentially; it is funky, heartfelt, and unmistakably New Orleans.” The brainchild of Keith Bernstein, alum of the Mumbles, along with members of Toubab Krewe and Antibalas, the band is a double percussion discussion that fans out the African and Cuban influences found in New Orleans music to create a new American songbook.
ABOUT UNDER THREE THINGS BY CRISTINA MOLINA
At select intervals throughout the run of the exhibition Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art, New Orleans-based artist Cristina Molina will host a series of intimate guided tours of the exhibition in which she will assume the perspective of the earth, personified.
ABOUT CONSIDERING CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Join us for a dynamic panel discussion with New Orleans creatives who will discuss expansive forms of cultural exchange, as well as more potentially adverse aspects of cultural appropriation. Featured speakers include Denise Augustine, Soraya Jean-Louis, Kristina Kay Robinson, Ti-Rock Moore, and Sallie Ann Glassman.

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.

Small Talk: Joan Miró's Woman Strolling on the Rambla
2019-03-20 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join a docent for a discussion about Joan Miró’s Woman Strolling on the Rambla.

Noontime Talk: Keith Sonnier: Until Today with Curatorial Fellow Allison Young
2019-03-20 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curatorial Fellow Allison Young for a discussion about the exhibition Keith Sonnier: Until Today.

On Collecting: Photography
2019-03-19 18:00 - 20:00
The first of a new curator-led program series at NOMA, On Collecting workshops draw on specialist knowledge and practical expertise to develop practical tools and techniques that can enable the building of a successful private collection.
For one night only on Tuesday, March 19, from 6 to 8 pm, Russell Lord, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, and Brian Piper, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow for Photography, will discuss the collection of photography, presented in conjunction with Past Present Future: Building Photography at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
$75 for NOMA members | $100 nonmembers
Registration is required. Please contact education@noma.org or 504.658.4140 for more information.
ENROLL NOW

Small Talk: 17th-Century Dutch Art
2019-03-16 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join a docent for a discussion about NOMA’s collection of 17th-century Dutch art.

StoryQuest
2019-03-16 11:00 - 11:30, 2019-03-09 11:00 - 11:30
Spark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading. Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration.
Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission.
Find the full schedule here. Contact 504-658-4100 or education@noma.org with questions.
Major support for StoryQuest is provided by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.

Baby Artsplay!
2019-03-16 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.
March 16 | Lesson 1 – Oh, What a Feeling! (Emotional)
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.

Studio KIDS!
2019-03-16 10:00 - 12:00
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This winter/spring, Studio KIDS! classes explore art made by diverse cultures throughout time as inspiration for art projects. From sculpting to painting, each class features different media and techniques. Attend one class or the entire series. Classes are limited to 14 students. Register in advance to ensure your spot!
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Call 504-658-4140 or email education@noma.org for more information.
Ages 5 – 10 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Cost per class: $25 members / $30 nonmembers
March 16 | Acrylic Painting: Color Me Happy
Express your emotions through color in your painting inspired by Abstract Expressionist artists.

Mindfulness Class
2019-03-16 10:00 - 11:30, 2019-03-09 10:00 - 11:30
From January 19 through March 16, NOMA presents a series of eight mindfulness classes with Dr. Jayashree Rao. Mindfulness is defined as experiencing the present moment with open curiosity, without judgment, and with a willingness to be with what is.
Mindfulness training teaches skills to help individuals

Cope with the stress, pain, and challenges of everyday life
Deal with disturbing events with grace and composure
Be present and alive in the here and now

About mindfulness classes at NOMA
This eight-part mindfulness series will be held on Saturdays from 10–11:30 a.m. beginning January 19. Classes will take place January 19, 26, February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 9 and 16. There will be no class on March 2 of Mardi Gras weekend.
$70 nonmembers | $50 NOMA members
Maximum class size is 30. Participants sign up for the series not per class. Participants will meet in the second-floor Woldenberg Board Room.
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Participants will learn to develop mindfulness through guided meditation and brief exercises that will help them experience the present moment during everyday activities. Although no specific outcome is promised, participants typically report feeling more alive, more “in-tune” with themselves and others. In addition, research has shown significant beneficial effects in dealing with stress, anxiety, high blood pressure, depression, chronic pain, and diabetes.
About the instructor:
Dr. Jayashree Rao is a retired pediatric endocrinologist, who spent thirty years teaching, researching, and practicing medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center and Children’s Hospital. For the past several years, Dr. Rao has practiced and led others in practicing mindfulness, employing techniques learned in the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course offered by Dr. Dave Potter.

Create Late
2019-03-15 18:30 - 20:00
Exclusively for adults, kick off your weekend with a glass of wine and a hands-on art project! Unwind while enjoying Friday Nights at NOMA programming. Reserve your space now. Dates and details below.
Fridays | 6:30-8:00 pm
NOMA Members | $25 per class
Nonmembers | $30 per class
Price includes materials, wine, and access to Friday Nights at NOMA programming. Ages 21+ only, please! To reserve your spot, email education@noma.org. Reservations close at 4 pm the day prior to each workshop.

March 15
Mini Sculptures: Inspired by the exhibition Keith Sonnier: Until Today. Participants will explore color and form with materials to build vibrant creations inspired by neon artists.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Opening of Keith Sonnier: Until Today | Music by Bamboula 2000
2019-03-15 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA returns for 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 family activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Bamboula 2000
6 pm: Screening of the documentary Keith Sonnier: Sketches to Neon
6:30 pm: Create Late (Advance registration required)

5 – 9 pm: Opening of the exhibition Keith Sonnier: Until Today with a series of Small Talks on artists represented in Five from Louisiana:

6:30 pm: Keith Sonnier with Curatorial Fellow Allison Young
7 pm: Tina Girouard with Community Outreach Coordinator and Exhibition Curator Nic Aziz
7:30 pm: Lynda Benglis with Curator Katie Pfohl
8 pm: Robert Rauschenberg with Deputy Director of Learning and Engagement Gabrielle Wyrick
8: 30 pm: Dickie Landry with Curatorial Fellow Allison Young

ABOUT BAMBOULA 2000
Bamboula 2000 is deeply rooted in the soul of Congo Square in New Orleans. This exciting music and dance experience formed in 1994 has become beloved in its home city and beyond. Bamboula 2000’s music is influenced by New Orleans, the Caribbean and Africa. The group has won the prestigious Big Easy Award for Best World Music group three times and has been nominated eight times. In addition, Bamboula 2000 reaches thousands of children annually through their Imagination Tour dance-and-drum workshops.
ABOUT CREATE LATE
Exclusively for adults, kick off your weekend with a glass of wine and a hands-on art project! Unwind while enjoying Friday Nights at NOMA programming. Reserve your space for the opportunity to create mini sculptures inspired by the exhibition Keith Sonnier: Until Today.
NOMA Members | $25 per class
Nonmembers | $30 per class
Price includes materials, wine, and access to Friday Nights at NOMA programming. Ages 21+ only, please! To reserve your spot, email education@noma.org. Reservations close at 4 pm the day prior to each workshop.
ABOUT KEITH SONNIER: UNTIL TODAY
Keith Sonnier: Until Today is the first comprehensive museum survey for Keith Sonnier, a pioneering figure in conceptual, post-minimal, video and performance art of the late 1960s. Born in Grand Mamou, Louisiana in 1941, Sonnier was one of the first artists to incorporate light into sculpture: an innovation that forms the foundation of his subsequent work. Since the late 1960s, Sonnier has continued to forge a sculptural language that defies easy categorization. From his earliest investigations of fleeting and unstable materials like lint, latex and neon, to his later expressions of the way architecture, light and form come together to shape human experience, communication and interconnection, Sonnier’s art has radically reframed sculpture’s role and function.
The 15-minute documentary Keith Sonnier: Sketches to Neon by filmmaker Lana Jokel will be screened in Stern Auditorium. Filmed at two locations in the Hamptons, the documentary follows Sonnier and Jokel to a local auto-body shop where the artist is transforming a 1950s Oldsmobile into a mobile neon sculpture. The second location is Sonnier’s Bridgehampton studio, where he and Jokel discuss his process of transforming sketches and maquettes into neon works.
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.

NOMA Book Club Curatorial Program
2019-03-15 12:00 - 13:00

Small Talk: Bondye: Between and Beyond with Georges Valris
2019-03-13 15:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join sequin artist Georges Valris for a discussion about the exhibition of Vodou flags in Bondye: Between and Beyond. Valris collaborated with Tina Girouard on the Erzulie artwork on view in the exhibition.
About Georges Valris
Georges Valris, born in Cavaillon, Haiti, began creating Vodou flags in the late 1980s. Early in his career, Georges became the manager of Tina Girouard’s Port-au-Prince atelier, where he and other skilled artisans worked with Tina in executing her designs. In addition, Georges and Tina created collaborative works that have been exhibited widely in the United States. Valris is a featured artist at the annual Sante Fe International Folk Art Market.

Small Talk: Léopold Burthe's Angelique
2019-03-13 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join a discussion about Léopold Burthe’s Angelique.

Noontime Talk: Curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba on "For Spirits and For Kings: Prestigious Arts of Africa"
2019-03-13 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba for a discussion titled “For Spirits and For Kings: Prestigious Arts of Africa.”

Sculpture Garden Tour
2019-03-11 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Saturdays and Mondays, weather dependent, at noon. (Call 504.658.4153 to verify.) Sited on five acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than sixty works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

Small Talk: 17th-Century Dutch Art
2019-03-09 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions.
Join a docent for a discussion about NOMA’s permanent collection of 17th-century Dutch art.

Studio KIDS!
2019-03-09 10:00 - 12:00
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This winter/spring, Studio KIDS! classes explore art made by diverse cultures throughout time as inspiration for art projects. From sculpting to painting, each class features different media and techniques. Attend one class or the entire series. Classes are limited to 14 students. Register in advance to ensure your spot!
ENROLL NOW
Call 504-658-4140 or email education@noma.org for more information.
Ages 5 – 10 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Cost per class: $25 members / $30 nonmembers
March 9 | Pastel Drawing: Vibrant Blooms
Explore works of art featuring flowers and develop your own style in this pastel drawing class.
