New Orleans Museum of Art

Ancient Egypt in New Orleans: A Community Conversation
2022-07-12 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
In conjunction with the exhibition Queen Nefertari’s Egypt, museologist Erika Witt leads a community conversation to explore how ancient Egypt is recognized in different aspects of New Orleans’s culture. Featured panelists are experts in history, spiritualism, and iconography, and the group will discuss how resonances of ancient Egypt can be found in the daily life, work, and cultural activities of New Orleanians.
Panelists include:

Moderator: Erika Witt, Museologist and Doctor of Design in Cultural Preservation Candidate, College of Art and Design, Louisiana State University
Shaka Zulu, Big Chief of the Golden Feather Hunters
Haitham Eid, Director, Museum Studies Program, Southern University of New Orleans
Zenia “Aten” Smith, Captain, Krewe of Nefertiti
Khaled Hegazzi, Owner, Pharaoh’s Cave and Sittoo’s Kitchen
Melinda Nelson-Hurst, Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Tulane University

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This program is free to the public. Guests interested in visiting the museum and Queen Nefertari’s Egypt should purchase separate tickets for entry to the galleries.

About Queen Nefertari’s Egypt
Queen Nefertari’s Egypt brings to life the role of Nefertari and other powerful women in ancient Egypt through 230 exceptional objects, including statues, jewelry, vases, papyrus, steles, wooden coffins, and stone sarcophagi, as well as tools and various items of daily life from the artisan village of Deir-el-Medina, home to those who created the royal tombs.
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Summer Camp Session 4: If/Then (Ages 8–10)
2022-07-11 - 2022-07-15
This year, we’re excited to launch a reimagined Summer Camp at NOMA! Weeklong camp sessions offer small-group experiences devoted to a single age group at a time.
Session 4: If/Then (Ages 8–10) | July 11–15
Curious minds and busy hands are encouraged to reason and experiment through art and art-making in this awe-inspiring session. Record and document the world around you and test the cause and effects of different art-making techniques and processes.
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Our Big Idea of the Summer…Ways of Knowing
This summer—after a year requiring incredible flexibility, strength, and resilience—we are slowing down to consider the various ways in which we take in and understand our world—to not only survive and adapt, but to thrive!
Our big idea of the summer, Ways of Knowing, celebrates what and how we come to know what we know. Weekly sub-themes help campers dig deeper into some of the ways we build our personal truths through observation and the five senses; emotion; memory; reason; and imagination.
All Summer Camp Sessions
Session 1: June 13-17 | Ages 5-7 | Sensing is Knowing Sensory Perception
Session 2: June 20-24 | Ages 8-10 | Remember When? Memory
Session 3: June 27-July 1 | Ages 5-7 | Think Beyond Imagination
Session 4: July 11-15 | Ages 8-10 | If/Then Reason and Experimentation
Session 5: July 18-22 | Ages 8-10 | Only I Know Personal Truths and Identity
Session 6: July 25-29 | Ages 11-13 | Pre-Teen Intensive: Ways of Knowing

An Evening with Nefertari at Café NOMA
2022-07-07 17:30 - 20:30 | Café NOMA, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, City Park, New Orleans, LA, 70124, United States
Join us for a one-of-a-kind experience of Queen Nefertari’s Egypt.
Take a private tour of the exhibition and then enjoy a multi-course dinner at Café NOMA created by Egyptian-born chef Khaled Hegazzi of Sittoo’s Kitchen.
6 pm: Exclusive access to Queen Nefertari’s Egypt with a private docent-led tour.
7 pm: Seated four-course dinner at Café NOMA including specialty non-alcoholic drink
Wine and beer available for purchase
Tickets are $80 (tax and gratuity included)
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Menu
Welcome Drink
Qamar El Din – Apricot with rose and orange blossom water
Appetizer
Arugula Salad with Fatir – Sliced phyllo dough stuffed with feta, garlic, cilantro, dill
First Course
Moussaka (Egyptian eggplant) – Served with zataar bread
Second Course
Buttered Lamb Chops – Served with grape leaves stuffed with freekeh, served with mint yogurt sauce
Third Course
Baklava – pecan and shredded coconut (served with hot mint tea)

About Queen Nefertari’s Egypt
Queen Nefertari’s Egypt brings to life the role of Nefertari and other powerful women in ancient Egypt through 230 exceptional objects, including statues, jewelry, vases, papyrus, steles, wooden coffins, and stone sarcophagi, as well as tools and various items of daily life from the artisan village of Deir-el-Medina, home to those who created the royal tombs.
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Gallery Talk with Casey Delmont
2022-07-06 12:00 - 13:00
Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.
The fleur-de-lis is undoubtedly one of New Orleans’s most prominent symbols, and today it can be found on everything from football helmets to gates and garbage cans. Beyond the New Orleans Saints and even the French monarchy, the fleur-de-lis has even deeper roots that stretch to the continent of Africa. In his book Fleur Of The Nile: Remaking The Fleur-De-Lis, Casey Delmont traces the origins of the fleur-de-lis and illuminates its relationship to the ancient Egyptian lotus. During this special Wednesday gallery talk in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts, Delmont will be in conversation with NOMA’s Community Engagement Curator Nic Brierre Aziz regarding the book, the history of this popular symbol, and the layers of complexity that the fleur-de-lis still holds.
Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
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To book your ticket in advance, click the link above and select the day for the gallery talk you’d like to attend.

About Casey Delmont
Casey Delmont is Chief Creative at Roux Brands, a Louisiana design firm that focuses on the promotion of cultural products inspired by everything “Cajun Creole.” He graduated from LSU with a degree in art history with specific coursework in ornament and pattern analysis. His early creative involvement with the fleur-de-lis and his interest in symmetry analysis of the symbol led him to pen an engaging story based on substantiative evidence presupposing the Egyptian origins of the fleur-de-lis. His book Fleur of the Nile claims that the fleur-de-lis is an ancient iteration of an archetypical double-flower motif which emanated from prehistoric human ornamentation that began in Africa as far back in time as 35,000 BCE. Casey has produced over 8 books through Roux Publishing and has written or contributed to two other books including La Fleur De Lis: Histories, Mysteries, Recipes and Mixologies of the World’s Oldest Symbol. He is a native and resident of Louisiana and has been recognized as a creative force in the Capital City helping to bring new life to the rich cultural heritage of Louisiana and the Greater South. For more information about his work on the fleur visit fleur-de-lis.com.

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.

First Fridays at NOMA: Friday Night Fiyah!
2022-07-01 18:00 - 22:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
#ExploreNOMA after hours.
The museum is open late night for an evening packed with musical performances, gallery tours, and special pop-ups.
Each month, the museum presents First Fridays at NOMA, an after-hours inclusive programmatic mix of live DJs and bands; local creatives speaking about their favorite works of art; a range of performance and dance; and unique experiences of all kinds in response to art from across time and place.
Participants will meet artists, get creative, and immerse themselves in New Orleans’s creative community.

Friday Night Fiyah! with Kelly Love Jones and Friends | July 1
This special program features live music and performances from Kelly Love Jones and friends—including Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley, Jesse Armerding, Empress Iyahdae, Jamal Batiste, DJ Chinua, and Alan Grimes.
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Music from Kelly Love Jones and Friends
7:30 pm in Lapis Center for the Arts
Kelly Love Jones and friends perform selections from Jones’s latest album, TRUST. Collaborators include the Jamal Batiste Band, Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley, Empress Iyahdae, Jesse Armerding, and Lakeba Angelle.
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.

Sets from DJ Chinua
6:00–7:15 and 8:30–10:00 pm in the Coleman Courtyard
DJ Chinua is a New Orleans–based DJ and event curator interested in facilitating community and connection through live events and global sounds. His projects include a two-year collaboration with Solange Knowles as resident DJ for Saint Heron’s Proclamation dance party series as well as ongoing collaborations with Arcade Fire for their Krewe du Kanaval celebrations and DOPEciety for Couches. He is also the founder and co-sound selector for Ascendance, a monthly zodiac-themed dance party.

Still Life with Alan Grimes
6:15–7:15 pm in the Coleman Courtyard
Alan Grimes’s still life sessions started five years ago at Gallery 992 in Atlanta for the vanguard of artists and photographers. Combining academic figure drawing and set design with a community collection of work, the program has evolved into a diverse artistic/photographic think tank that flushes out amazing conceptual pieces in a live setting with 15- to 20-minute poses by models.
For this event, materials will be provided to produce your own drawings.

Performance by Jesse Armerding
7:15 pm in the Coleman Courtyard
Jesse Armerding is a drummer originally from New England. He enjoys mixing drumming with other mediums, such as playing for dancers, creating characters, and foraging found-object percussion. He has performed with the New York and international cast of STOMP and has taught body percussion workshops at Harvard University.

Ticketing and Admission
$30 General Admission | $15 for Members
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Because admission to Queen Nefertari’s Egypt is included with your ticket, you must select a timed ticket your visit. You’ll have access to the entire night’s events from 6 to 10 pm, but that selected time will be when you’re able to view this special exhibition. Even if you don’t plan to visit Queen Nefertari’s Egypt, you still need to select a time when checking out.
Please note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors.

Additional Bios and Credits

About Lakeba Angelle
Respected in the community as a captivating entrepreneur, Lakeba Angelle is a gifted creative, mastering the arts as a chef, dancer, writer, poet, and motivational speaker. She is a goal-oriented thinker who creates excellence in anything she touches.

About Jamal Batiste
New Orleans’s Jamal Batiste Band is a renowned crew of music masters, playing percussion-charged rock, funk, soul, gospel, hip-hop, and R&B around the world. They have performed in nearly every corner of North America, as well as in the Caribbean, South Africa, Morocco, Japan, Ireland, Scotland, France, and England. The band writes, records, and performs on the Jam-All Pro. Music Group independent record label.

About Empress Iyahdae
Empress Iyahdae is a creator and artist, who has traveled through many mediums including tattooing, jewelry, graphite portraiture, and ceramics. Photography, however, is their love and allows their heart to fly free. For Iyahdae, every picture is as unique as the individual behind the camera, and their work understands the power of perspective and how art can be used to inspire and invoke feelings of healing, peace, awareness, and truth. Iyahdae uses photography intentionally to help others see the value in themselves.

About Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley
Born by the Red River waters of Central Louisiana and the only child of her parents to survive outside the womb, Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley is an intentional, evolving, faith-spirited, multi-inspired artist based in New Orleans. Working in many mediums, her work spans across page, stage, canvas, theater, music, talk radio, and short film. Sha’Condria earned her Bachelor of Science in biology from Xavier University of Louisiana and further studied community health sciences with a focus in maternal and child health at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She is a multiple-time national poetry slam champion and viral spoken word artist who shares her work nationally and internationally, appearing in the third season of TV One’s Verses and Flow, as well as on British television and BBC World Radio. She uses her words and work in collaboration with community-based organizations, schools, universities, and detention centers. She also brings her gifts to stages at major music festivals, on music projects alongside Grammy Award-winning artists and an orchestra, in art museums, at film festivals, in anthologies and documentaries, as well as on many notable platforms including For Harriet, Huffington Post, and Teen Vogue. Sha’Condria is the author of My Name Is Pronounced Holy: A Collection of Poems, Prayers, Rememberings, and Reclamations.
Thank You to Our Supporters
First Fridays at NOMA is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; 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. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Gallery Talk: Beauford Delaney
2022-06-29 12:00 - 12:30
Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.
This week, NOMA Museum Educator Bea Mandel discusses a work by Beauford Delaney on view on the museum’s second floor.
Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
Get Tickets
To book your ticket in advance, click the link above and select the day for the gallery talk you’d like to attend.

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.

Summer Camp Session 3: Think Beyond (Ages 5–7)
2022-06-27 - 2022-07-01
This year, we’re excited to launch a reimagined Summer Camp at NOMA! Weeklong camp sessions offer small-group experiences devoted to a single age group at a time.
Session 3: Think Beyond (Ages 5–7) | June 27–July 1
Artists have a way of opening up doors to different worlds and possibilities. Take inspiration from art works as varied as glimmering Fairyland Lusterware bowls and vases and the larger-than-life snail of Hank Willis Thomas’ History of the Conquest in the Sculpture Garden to imagine mind-expanding creations of your own.
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Our Big Idea of the Summer…Ways of Knowing
This summer—after a year requiring incredible flexibility, strength, and resilience—we are slowing down to consider the various ways in which we take in and understand our world—to not only survive and adapt, but to thrive!
Our big idea of the summer, Ways of Knowing, celebrates what and how we come to know what we know. Weekly sub-themes help campers dig deeper into some of the ways we build our personal truths through observation and the five senses; emotion; memory; reason; and imagination.
All Summer Camp Sessions
Session 1: June 13-17 | Ages 5-7 | Sensing is Knowing Sensory Perception
Session 2: June 20-24 | Ages 8-10 | Remember When? Memory
Session 3: June 27-July 1 | Ages 5-7 | Think Beyond Imagination
Session 4: July 11-15 | Ages 8-10 | If/Then Reason and Experimentation
Session 5: July 18-22 | Ages 8-10 | Only I Know Personal Truths and Identity
Session 6: July 25-29 | Ages 11-13 | Pre-Teen Intensive: Ways of Knowing

Lecture with Kara Cooney: Women and Power in Ancient Egypt
2022-06-24 18:00 | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
In this lecture, Kara Cooney, author of When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt, addresses questions of ancient social inequalities and how women negotiated their limited leadership roles. How was their power expressed when regularly cloaked by a man’s dominance? Were they able to rule “behind the throne”? How much of this ancient reality still touches us today?
Following the lecture, there will be a book signing with the author and attendees will have access to explore the special exhibition Queen Nefertari’s Egypt.
Tickets are $20 | $10 for NOMA members
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About Kara Cooney
Kara Cooney is a professor of Egyptology at UCLA and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Specializing in social history, gender studies, and economies in the ancient world, she received her Ph.D. in Egyptology from Johns Hopkins University. In 2005, she was co-curator of Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Cooney produced a comparative archaeology television series, titled Out of Egypt, which aired in 2009 on the Discovery Channel and is available online. Her popular books include The Women Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt, and The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World. Her books Recycling for Death from American University in Cairo Press and Ancient Egyptian Society: Challenging Assumptions, Exploring Approaches from Routledge are forthcoming.
[Photo by Mikel Healey]

Virtual Book Club Discussion: Optic Nerve
2022-06-24 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 virtual book discussions, the Book Club meets periodically in person 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. Most of the titles are available for purchase in store at the NOMA Museum Shop.
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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June 2022
Virtual Book Discussion Group | Friday, June 24, 12 PM

Optic Nerve by Maria Gainza
Catapult, 2020, ISBN: 978-1646220021
The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life is the story of the paintings, and painters, who matter to her. Her intimate, digressive voice guides us through a gallery of moments that have touched her. Fascinating episodes in art history interact with the narrator’s life in Buenos Aires— her family and work; her loves and losses; her infatuations and disappointments.
In these pages, El Greco visits the Sistine Chapel and is appalled by Michelangelo’s bodies. The mystery of Rothko’s refusal to finish murals for the Seagram Building
in New York is blended with the story of a hospital in which a prostitute walks the halls while the narrator’s husband receives chemotherapy. Alfred de Dreux visits Géricault’s workshop. Seductive and capricious, Optic Nerve marks the English– language debut of a major Argentinian writer. It is a book that captures, like no other, the mysterious connections between a work of art and the person who perceives it.

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.

Gallery Talk: Pedro Reyes and Carol Bove
2022-06-22 12:00 - 12:30
Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.
This week, NOMA’s Learning and Engagement Assistant Connor Kilian discusses works by Pedro Reyes and Carol Bove in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
The Besthoff Sculpture Garden is free and open to the public seven days a week. This gallery talk will take place in the garden’s outdoor amphitheater.

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.

Summer Camp Session 2: Remember When? (Ages 8–10)
2022-06-20 - 2022-06-24
This year, we’re excited to launch a reimagined Summer Camp at NOMA! Weeklong camp sessions offer small-group experiences devoted to a single age group at a time.
Session 2: Remember When? (Ages 8–10) | June 20–24
Walking through the galleries at NOMA is like a walk through time. In this session, explore the depths of your memory and make parallels between the past and present through some of NOMA’s oldest artworks and artifacts.
Learn more and register

Our Big Idea of the Summer…Ways of Knowing
This summer—after a year requiring incredible flexibility, strength, and resilience—we are slowing down to consider the various ways in which we take in and understand our world—to not only survive and adapt, but to thrive!
Our big idea of the summer, Ways of Knowing, celebrates what and how we come to know what we know. Weekly sub-themes help campers dig deeper into some of the ways we build our personal truths through observation and the five senses; emotion; memory; reason; and imagination.
All Summer Camp Sessions
Session 1: June 13-17 | Ages 5-7 | Sensing is Knowing Sensory Perception
Session 2: June 20-24 | Ages 8-10 | Remember When? Memory
Session 3: June 27-July 1 | Ages 5-7 | Think Beyond Imagination
Session 4: July 11-15 | Ages 8-10 | If/Then Reason and Experimentation
Session 5: July 18-22 | Ages 8-10 | Only I Know Personal Truths and Identity
Session 6: July 25-29 | Ages 11-13 | Pre-Teen Intensive: Ways of Knowing

Celebrating Juneteenth at NOMA
2022-06-19 10:00 - 17:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us at NOMA for a day of activities to celebrate Juneteenth—the annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States—and support the ongoing movement for justice, equity, and liberation. Come together for special programs, performances, guided tours, and art-making activities for all ages. Stop by throughout the day to share what celebrating Juneteenth means to you.
Programs and admission are free to the public.
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Please note that reservations with a timed ticket are required to view Queen Nefertari’s Egypt during this day.

Faith, Emancipation, and Hope!
Presented by the New Orleans Opera and OperaCréole
2 pm
This 50-minute program centers on the contributions of classical and operatic composers of the African Diaspora, highlighting those from New Orleans. The program includes the music of Edmond Dédé, Ernesto Lecuona, and more!

Detroit Brooks Sr. Trio
11:00 am
Detroit Brooks, famed session and touring guitarist of the New Orleans music scene, has the most recognizable face in the city. Often admired by guitarists world-wide, Brooks’ laid-back demeanor masks one of the most heralded and sought-after performer, songwriter, and session men of our time.
He began his career at an early age, touring with his famous family which includes his world-famous sister Juanita Brooks, of “Juanita’s Gospel Express,” as well as his acclaimed father, George A. Brooks, Sr., of the famous “Masonic Kings.” Like many accomplished guitarists, Detroit mastered his craft on the road where the performances were “long, free and continuous.” His skill, technique and experience brought him quick recognition and the opportunity to play with gospel greats like Clarence Fountain & the Five Blind Boys, Dorothy Norwood, Reverend Ernest Franklin, Albertina Walker, Raymond Myles and The Rams and the famed Zion Harmonizers.

Guided Tours of Queen Nefertari’s Egypt
10:30 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:30 pm
Join a tour of Queen Nefertari’s Egypt designed for all ages. There is limited capacity for each time slot. Please sign up at the admissions desk when you arrive.

Art-Making Activity: Freedom News
10 am–4 pm
On the first floor of the museum, participate in an art-making activity led by NOMA museum educators inspired by the history of Juneteenth.

Free Admission to the Museum and Queen Nefertari’s Egypt
10 am–5 pm
On Sunday, June 19, enjoy free admission to NOMA, the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, and the special exhibition Queen Nefertari’s Egypt. #ExploreNOMA with our complimentary mobile guide, which explores the theme of freedom throughout the museum.

About Juneteenth
Juneteenth refers to June 19, 1865, when Union general Gordon Granger read out federal orders declaring that all people previously enslaved in Texas were free, nearly two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Through grassroots efforts, Black people in Texas reclaimed June 19 from a day of unheeded military orders as the first celebration of “Juneteenth” a year later in 1866, and it continues as a celebration for Black liberation across the country. To learn more, see “What Is Juneteenth?” by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Gallery Talk with Melinda Nelson-Hurst
2022-06-15 12:00 - 12:30
Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.
This week, Egyptologist Melinda Nelson-Hurst discusses hieroglyphs in the context of the special exhibition Queen Nefertari’s Egypt.
Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
Get Tickets
To book your ticket in advance, click the link above and select the day for the gallery talk you’d like to attend.

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.

CANCELED | Artful Palate with Café NOMA
2022-06-14 18:00 - 19:00
Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group and Café NOMA present a special series of Artful Palate cooking demonstrations at the museum! Taking inspiration from Queen Nefertari’s Egypt, these editions of Artful Palate bring Egyptian-born chefs from near and far to bring the flavors and culinary history of the country to you.
Unfortunately, we will not be hosting Artful Palate on June 14. We look forward to bringing the series back soon.

Summer Camp Session 1: Sensing Is Knowing (Ages 5–7)
2022-06-13 - 2022-06-17
This year, we’re excited to launch a reimagined Summer Camp at NOMA! Weeklong camp sessions offer small-group experiences devoted to a single age group at a time.
Session 1: Sensing is Knowing (Ages 5–7) | June 13–17
What can our five senses tell us about our world? Explore how sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing can be a part of experiencing and making art.
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Our Big Idea of the Summer…Ways of Knowing
This summer—after a year requiring incredible flexibility, strength, and resilience—we are slowing down to consider the various ways in which we take in and understand our world—to not only survive and adapt, but to thrive!
Our big idea of the summer, Ways of Knowing, celebrates what and how we come to know what we know. Weekly sub-themes help campers dig deeper into some of the ways we build our personal truths through observation and the five senses; emotion; memory; reason; and imagination.
All Summer Camp Sessions
Session 1: June 13-17 | Ages 5-7 | Sensing is Knowing Sensory Perception
Session 2: June 20-24 | Ages 8-10 | Remember When? Memory
Session 3: June 27-July 1 | Ages 5-7 | Think Beyond Imagination
Session 4: July 11-15 | Ages 8-10 | If/Then Reason and Experimentation
Session 5: July 18-22 | Ages 8-10 | Only I Know Personal Truths and Identity
Session 6: July 25-29 | Ages 11-13 | Pre-Teen Intensive: Ways of Knowing

Akhnaten
2022-06-11 13:00 - 16:30 | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
In conjunction with the current exhibition Queen Nefertari’s Egypt, the New Orleans Museum of Art and the New Orleans Opera present a screening of Akhnaten in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. This recording is from the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning Live in HD series.
Director Phelim McDermott interprets one of composer Philip Glass’s modern masterpieces, Akhnaten—presented during the Met’s 2019–20 season. In this version, star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo plays the revolutionary ruler who transformed ancient Egypt. To match the opera’s hypnotic, ritualistic music, McDermott offers an arresting vision that includes a virtuosic company of acrobats and jugglers. Karen Kamensek conducts.
Click here to learn more about this special presentation.
Admission is free, but registration is required. This event is currently at capacity. Please add your name to the waitlist below to be notified if additional tickets become available.
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Please note: Tickets for this screening do not include admission to the museum or the exhibition Queen Nefertari’s Egypt. If you’d like to book tickets to see the museum, we recommend reserving tickets the morning before the event, as the galleries close at 5 pm. Food and beverages are available to purchase from Café NOMA.
[Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera]

About Queen Nefertari’s Egypt
Queen Nefertari’s Egypt brings to life the role of Nefertari and other powerful women in ancient Egypt through 230 exceptional objects, including statues, jewelry, vases, papyrus, steles, wooden coffins, and stone sarcophagi, as well as tools and various items of daily life from the artisan village of Deir-el-Medina, home to those who created the royal tombs.
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Food as Medicine: New Orleans Cuisine with Healthy Alternatives
2022-06-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
As one of the culinary capitals of the world, New Orleans’s cuisine is one of the city’s most notable attributes. While many of these dishes are world renowned, their nutrition and healthiness is sometimes compromised during their creation. Lower 9th Ward native Courtney Clark has dedicated much of her multidisciplinary creative practice to community food justice organizing in an attempt to combat many of the diet-related diseases that exist within many of New Orleans’s communities.
Clark is a member of NOMA’s Creative Assembly Cohort and will lead a food demonstration in the amphitheater of NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden on June 8 from 5 to 7 pm. During this workshop, attendees will learn how to make healthy alternatives to well-known New Orleans dishes and also experience a performance from Big Chief Romeo Bougere of the 9th Ward Hunters.
This event is free and open to the public. The first 50 registrants will be guaranteed a tasting of the food made by Clark during the demonstration.
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Please note that this is an outdoor event with seating on the grass in the amphitheater. We welcome bringing your own folding chair or blanket to sit on.
About Courtney Clark
Courtney Clark is a native of the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans and has worked as an artist, school teacher, community food justice organizer, and mental health advocate, throughout her eclectic career. Between 2015 and 2020, Clark served as Programming Coordinator for Backyard Gardeners Network (BGN), spearheading its Food As Medicine program—a 10-week health and nutrition workshop series for adults which focused on food as a primary source of healing. In 2016, Clark was selected to serve as a U.S. delegate by Slow Food USA for the Terra Madre del Gusto Food conference in Turin, Italy. NOLA.com recognized her as an Everyday Hero in 2017 and JJill and Food Network as an Inspired Woman for her work in 2020. Clark was chosen by The Greater New Orleans Foundation as an Emerging Leader in 2017.
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About Creative Assembly
Creative Assembly is a community engagement initiative by the New Orleans Museum of Art that uses neighborhood-based participatory art experiences as a vehicle for personal exploration, community collaboration, and social change.
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NOMA’s Creative Assembly community engagement initiative is supported by the Wagner Foundation.

Gallery Talk
2022-06-08 12:00 - 12:30
Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.
Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
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To book your ticket in advance, click the link above and select the day for the gallery talk you’d like to attend.

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.

Tai Chi in the Sculpture Garden
2022-06-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
NOMA, in collaboration with the East Jefferson General Hospital Wellness Center, presents tai chi classes on Monday evenings.
Join 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 and EJGH 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.

Mini Masters at the Library
2022-06-06 10:30 - 11:30 | Norman Mayer Library, 3001 Gentilly Boulevard, New Orleans, LA, 70122, United States
NOMA and the New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) have partnered to bring together art and early literacy activities for this community program designed for children ages 2–5 and their caregivers. Inspired by NOMA’s Mini Masters, an arts-integration program that provides visual arts experiences and museum interaction for preschool students, participants of Mini Masters at the Library will engage in hands-on art making activities and develop the early literacy skills needed to become ready to read. Picture books will be provided by NOPL.
Monday, June 6 — Communities and Culture: Exploring our world creatively with people, places, and things (Register now)
Monday, June 13 — Our Environment: A focus on seasons, weather, plants, water, astronomy, and recycling (Register now)
Monday, July 11 — Elements of Art: Awareness of shape, color, line, space, texture, form and value (Register now)
Monday, July 18 — Living Creatures: An artistic look at animals, insects, and their habitats (Register now)
This program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please note: Each session takes place at the Norman Mayer Library (3001 Gentilly Boulevard).

Sponsored by The City of New Orleans, First Horizon, Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack, Sara and David Kelso, and The Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.

Pass It On Open Mic & Showcase: Queens Carved in Time
2022-06-05 17:00 - 19:00
In conjunction with Queen Nefertari’s Egypt, Pass It On hosts its monthly open mic and showcase at NOMA in the courtyard featuring artist John T. Scott’s Spirit Gates.
In collaboration with the All About Love Education Studio and the Queens of the Washitaw Nation, this program is the culmination of a Creative Assembly Connector Residency led by Brit Lindsey and Pass It On that featured weekly workshops for youth led by a range of New Orleans artists including poets, fashion designers, visual artists, and Black Masking Indian Queens. These workshops included artist-led design prompts which utilized the medium of sewing as a community responsibility and cathartic artistic ritual.
Join us in shining light on and basking in the light of these young artists, alongside live performances from other artists. We celebrate the connection between sewing and connection to culture with Big Queen Ausettua along with the visual design brilliance of Lana Meyon and students from Lawerence D. Crocker. We also have a very special lineup featuring Sha’Condria “iCon” Sibley, Chasity Hunter, Naomi Daugherty, Akilah Toney, and Preach; and music from Charm Taylor, Bobbi Rae, and The Vibe. The program will also feature a special activation of Spirit Gates by percussionist Nita Bailey.
Free and open to the public. When you arrive, please check in at the event entrance located in the outdoor courtyard on the left hand side of the building.
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About Brit Lindsey
Brit Lindsey is an educator, equitable education advocate, social worker, creative entrepreneur, and art director. Hurricane Katrina and a full scholarship to play basketball at Tulane University drew her to New Orleans from Atlanta, Georgia in 2006, and she’s held permanent residence ever since.
She is the owner of Master Minds Private Tutoring, a New Orleans-based tutoring service that caters to Children of HUE and members of the LGBTQIA+ Community. She recently founded the HUEMan Development Project. This work and the inspiration for the creation of this nonprofit is rooted in community responsibility, self-actualization, and entrepreneurial equity in New Orleans. Brit is particularly interested in assisting children of HUE along their journey of identity exploration, through intergenerational mentorship and community service.

About Pass It On
Pass It On is an art and performance series dedicated to the advancement and preservation of New Orleans’s multicultural artisan community, through the integration of visual art, music, and spoken word.
Created in 2008, the series sought to reestablish New Orleans’s cultural footprint post-Katrina. Pass It On, a name derived from John T. Scott’s philosophy, that if ever he was to do a good deed or kindness for someone, that instead of being thanked, he would ask that person to “pass it on.” Here, “it” represents the idea of caring for each other, the energy of service to one another, and the responsibility of love when paying kindness forward.
Pass It On now enjoys an expansive network of celebrated poets, visual artists, musicians, educators, activists, youth, and cultural institutions—all who pass on the tradition of community narration through spoken word, indigenous jazz and progressive music culture and visual arts.

About Creative Assembly
Creative Assembly is a community engagement initiative by the New Orleans Museum of Art that uses neighborhood-based participatory art experiences as a vehicle for personal exploration, community collaboration, and social change.
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NOMA’s Creative Assembly community engagement initiative is supported by the Wagner Foundation.

Young Audiences of Louisiana Baby Artsplay! at NOMA
2022-06-04 10:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) presents a free six-part workshop series for children ages 12–24 months and their caregivers—inspired by works on view at NOMA!
In person at the museum, YALA’s workshops provide engaging arts-based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning. Lessons are conducted by certified Louisiana Wolf Trap Teaching Artists, who have expertly crafted multi-sensory experiences that foster children’s natural curiosity for learning.
Baby Artsplay!: Little Helpers
June 4 | Oh, What a Feeling! (Emotional Development) — Register Now
June 11 | Hello, Friend… (Social Skills) — Register Now
June 18 | Express Yourself (Early Language) — Register Now
June 25 | Tiny Motor Scooters (Fine Motor Skills) — Register Now
July 2 | Baby Balancing Acts (Bilateral Integration) — Register Now
July 9 | Tiny Household Helpers (Multiple Development Areas — Register Now
Each workshop is free with advanced registration, thanks to support from The Helis Foundation.

About Young Audiences of Louisiana
Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) is the leading provider of arts education and integration programs in the state of Louisiana. Founded in 1962 to bring chamber musicians into local classrooms, YALA has adapted and evolved to meet the ever-changing needs of youth throughout the state through its mission of “inspiring, empowering, and uniting children and communities through education, arts, and culture.” YALA offers a comprehensive and creative approach to educating young minds. Fortified with years of experience, YALA draws upon New Orleans’s strong arts culture to provide young people with tools to impact their worlds using art. Through school performances, arts-integrated residencies, extended learning programs and community workshops YALA not only impacts the children of New Orleans, but makes intentional contact with the influential adults in their lives.
About Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts is a recognized leader in early childhood arts-integrated learning and instruction. Wolf Trap Institute is scaled nationally, with 17 affiliated organizations and numerous partners in 30 states that deliver arts-integrated education experiences to 60,000 teachers, parents/caregivers, and students annually. Young Audiences of Louisiana is the Louisiana Affiliate of Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts.
About The Helis Foundation
The Helis Foundation is a Louisiana private foundation, established and funded by the William Helis Family. The Art Funds of The Helis Foundation advance access to the arts for the community through contributions that sustain operations for, provide free admission to, acquire works of art, and underwrite major exhibitions and projects of institutions within the Greater New Orleans area.

First Fridays at NOMA: Garden of Earthly Delights
2022-06-03 18:00 - 22:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
#ExploreNOMA after hours
The museum is open late night for an evening packed with musical performances, tours, and special pop-ups.
Each month, the museum presents First Fridays at NOMA, an after-hours inclusive programmatic mix of live DJs and bands; local creatives speaking about their favorite works of art; a range of performance and dance; and unique experiences of all kinds in response to art from across time and place.
Participants will meet artists, get creative, and immerse themselves in New Orleans’s creative community. For this month’s First Fridays program, we’re heading outside for a night inspired by all that the Besthoff Sculpture Garden has to offer.

Garden of Earthly Delights | June 3
Join us in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden for a night inspired by the joys of New Orleans and its landscape.
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Check out this month’s line-up below:

Performance by Kumasi Afrobeat Orchestra
8:30–9:45 pm in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Amphitheater
Kumasi is New Orleans’ own full Afrobeat orchestra. They fell in love with a style of music created over 50 years ago by Fela Kuti and Tony Allen, and now they are bringing it to the people of New Orleans. You can expect lots of Fela tunes and some Afrofunk from ’70s Ghana and Benin, but the majority of Kumasi’s live show features original music stemming from West African concepts, composed to make any crowd move and groove.

Performance by Susanne Ortner Trio
7–8 pm in the Amphitheater
Driven by an “addictive yearning” for deep connection, this stellar trio led by German-born reed player Susanne Ortner explores often overlooked 20th-century repertoire tunes from disparate traditions—with great sensitivity, communication, and fire. The German newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine states that Ortmer is “a musician par excellence, capable of moving you deeply.”

Photo by Keyone Glover
Pop-Up Performances by Mélange Dance Company
6:45, 7:45, and 8:45 pm Throughout the Sculpture Garden
Mélange Dance Company was founded in 2014 by Founding Artistic Director Monica Ordoñez and Executive Director Alexa Erck Lambert. Inspired by the beauty and strength in the diversity of its dancers’ various cultures, backgrounds, identities, abilities, and techniques, Mélange is a New Orleans-based nonprofit presenting unique productions that are rich, diverse, and thought-provoking.

DJ sets from Delores Galore
6:00–7:00 pm and 8:00–8:30 pm by the Sculpture Garden Pavilion
Based out of New Orleans, Delores Galore is creating synth sounds inspired from all decades. Her new album, Don’t Get It Twisted, reflects Galore’s battle with everyday obstacles and how to push forward with resilience, and strength.

Photo by Justen Williams for New Orleans & Co.
Exclusive Late Night Access to Queen Nefertari’s Egypt
6–10 pm Inside the Museum
Experience the wonders of Queen Nefertari’s Egypt during extended museum hours. Admission to this special exhibition is included with your ticket to First Fridays at NOMA. You’ll have access to the entire night’s events from 6 to 10 pm, but you will need to select a timed ticket for when you’re able to view this special exhibition. Even if you don’t plan on visiting Queen Nefertari’s Egypt, you still need to select a time when checking out.

Triptychs in the Trees Art-Making Activity
6–10 pm on the North Lawn of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Get creative with a hands-on art-making activity inspired by all the earthly delights of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.

A Full Bar and a Special Food Menu
6–9 pm at Café NOMA
A limited-time-only menu of Queen Nefertari’s Egypt–inspired snacks and beverages are available for purchase inside the museum at Café NOMA.

Ticketing and Admission
$30 General Admission | $15 for Members
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Because admission to Queen Nefertari’s Egypt is included with your ticket, you must select a timed ticket your visit. You’ll have access to the entire night’s events from 6 to 10 pm, but that selected time will be when you’re able to view this special exhibition. Even if you don’t plan to visit Queen Nefertari’s Egypt, you still need to select a time when checking out.
Please note that food and drinks are not included in the ticket price. They are available for purchase directly from our partner vendors.

Additional Credits
Mahmoud Chouki
NOMA is pleased to work with internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki, who is organizing musical performances for each First Fridays program in collaboration with museum staff.
Thank You to Our Supporters
First Fridays at NOMA is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; 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. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Gallery Talk with Joseph Darensbourg
2022-06-01 12:00 - 12:30
Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.
This week, Creative Assembly Cohort member Joseph Darensbourg gives a talk titled “Loot, Lute, L’Oud: How the World Went Crazy over Egypt” and shares a special musical performance.
Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
Get Tickets
To book your ticket in advance, click the link above and select the day for the gallery talk you’d like to attend.

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 Book Club Discussion: Enrique Alférez
2022-05-31 12:00
Please note: This program has been rescheduled to Tuesday, May 31, at 12 pm.
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 virtual book discussions, the Book Club meets periodically in person 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. Most of the titles are available for purchase in store at the NOMA Museum Shop.
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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May 2022
Virtual Book Discussion Group | Tuesday, May 31, 12 PM

Enrique Alférez: Sculptor by Katie Bowler Young
The Historic New Orleans Collection, 020, ISBN: 978-0-917860-85-0
Enrique Alférez, born in Zacatecas, Mexico, lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas; studied in Chicago; and, in 1929, first made his way to Louisiana. For almost 70 years, he worked in New Orleans. His lasting imprint is seen among figurative sculptures, monuments, fountains, and architectural details in prominent locations from the Central Business District to the shore of Lake Pontchartrain and beyond.
Author Katie Bowler Young has gained unprecedented access to Alférez’s personal and family holdings and has crafted a poetic evocation of the life and work of this preeminent artist.

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.

CreativeMornings New Orleans with Hannah Chalew
2022-05-27 08:30 - 10:00 | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CreativeMornings New Orleans is back at NOMA on Friday, May 27, for a presentation by artist Hannah Chalew in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. Doors open at 8:30 am, and the event begins at 9 am.
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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. The theme for May 2022 is “Now.”
About Hannah Chalew
Hannah Chalew is an artist, educator, and environmental activist raised and currently working in New Orleans. She received her BA from Brandeis University in 2009 and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2016. Chalew has exhibited widely around New Orleans and has shown around the country at Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO; Dieu Donné, New York, NY; Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC; Minnesota Center for the Book Arts; and other venues. Her work is held in the collections of the City of New Orleans and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Her work is included in two creative atlases by writer and activist Rebecca Solnit, Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas, co-authored with Rebecca Snedeker, and Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas, co-authored with Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. In 2021, she received the Monroe Fellowship Research Grant to create ink from fossil fuel pollution in collaboration with fence-line communities in Southern Louisiana.

Gallery Talk with Mel Buchanan
2022-05-25 12:00 - 12:30
Join us in the galleries each Wednesday for weekly talks with artists, curators, and other special guests. During these casual conversations, we’ll take a close look at different works currently on view at NOMA.
This week, curator Mel Buchanan discusses works in Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans.
Free with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the front desk for directions to the appropriate gallery.
Get Tickets
To book your ticket in advance, click the link above and select the day for the gallery talk you’d like to attend.

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.

Family Festival: The Mighty Mississippi
2022-05-22 10:00 - 15:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
Update, May 21: Due to the weather forecast on Sunday, the Family Festival will be moved indoors to accommodate the planned activities. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
Kids and grown-ups are invited to enjoy a day of family-friendly activities and art-making inspired by the Mississippi River and its ties to New Orleans.

Eco-Futurisms art-making activity with Alaina Comeaux | Coleman Courtyard
Mapping Together art-making activity | Elevator Lobby by Café
Pop-up History of the Land Workshop with Grow Dat Youth Farm | Lapis Center
11:30 am and 1:30 pm: Garden Walk with the Water Collaborative | begins in the Great Hall
1 pm: Performance by the Youth Empowerment Project Drumline | Lapis Center
Food available for purchase at Café NOMA

Admission and programming are free for families. Pre-registration is encouraged.
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About Our Programming & Partners
Pop-Up Workshops: History of the Land with Grow Dat Youth Farm
10 am–3 pm | Lapis Center
Grow Dat’s History of the Land outdoor museum asks the question “What’s happened right here?”. We explore what City Park’s land has looked like in the past—tracing Indigenous histories, stories of enslavement and emancipation, segregation and Civil Rights, all the way to the present day. By looking thoughtfully and critically at these histories, we set the stage for an interactive art project that envisions what City Park should look like in the future. Come join the conversation!
Grow Dat Youth Farm, located in City Park, is dedicated to nurturing a diverse group of young leaders through the meaningful work of growing food. Learn more about Grow Dat at growdatyouthfarm.org.
Family Garden Walk with the Water Collaborative
11:30 am–12:00 pm and 1:30–2:00 pm | Meet in the Great Hall
How does water show up in our lives here in New Orleans? Sculptures in the garden help tell the story of New Orleans’ relationship with water through this interactive walk for families. At each stop, you’ll look closely at artworks to think and learn about all things water—from the river’s formation to flood management, green infrastructure, and more!
The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans seeks to build a diverse network for all impacted by flood risk by focusing on equitable practices to sustainably live and thrive with water. Learn more about the Water Collaborative at nolawater.org.
Art-Making: Eco-Futurisms with Alaina Comeaux
10 am–3 pm | Coleman Courtyard
What do you dream of for our ecosystem’s future? Capture your dreams for a greener city, country, and planet in this flower-pressing and watercolor art-making activity.
Alaina Comeaux (they/them) is an artist and educator who grew up along the banks of the Bayou Teche on the Louisiana Gulf Coast and now resides and works between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. They use art as a means of processing personal and communal grief and joy around the environment and climate change.
Performance by the Youth Empowerment Project Drumline
1 pm | Lapis Center
Founded in 2004, Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) engages young people through community-based education, mentoring, employment readiness, and enrichment programming to help them develop skills and strengthen ties to family and community. YEP’s core purpose is to empower young people to improve their lives and the lives of others. YEP Enriches, an after-school and summer enrichment program for youth, ages 7 to 18, boasts the talented youth Drumline who showcases New Orleans’ distinct musical heritage and culture at events throughout the city. Learn more about YEP at youthempowermentproject.org.

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by The Gayle and Tom Benson 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; Karen and Henry Coaxum; Harvey and Marie Orth; and The Bruce J. Heim Foundation.

The NOLA Project’s Treasure Island
2022-05-11 19:30 - 20:00
The NOLA Project returns to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden with all-new production Treasure Island. Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, this interpretation is directed by A.J. Allegra and written by A.J. Allegra, James Bartelle, and Alex Martinez Wallace.
The Story
Jim Hawkins and his mother Ruth are simple innkeepers in a quiet seaside English village. All that changes following the surprise visit of a mysterious sailor on the run from a one-legged pirate named Silver. Soon, they find themselves headed straight for adventure on a ship bound for the West Indies and the infamous Skull Island.
Ticketing and Performance Information
Seating is bring-your-own. Food trucks and a bar will be on site nightly. Doors open at 6:30 pm and performances begin at 7:30 pm each evening.
General admission for adults is $35 | $25 for NOMA members | $20 for guests under 21
Performances take place on the following dates: Wednesday, May 11; Thursday, May 12; Friday, May 13; Wednesday, May 18; Thursday, May 19; Friday, May 20; Sunday, May 22; Tuesday, May 24; Wednesday, May 25; Thursday, May 26; Friday, May 27.
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Presentation of Treasure Island is supported by a grant from the New Orleans Theatre Association.

Public Tour of Queen Nefertari’s Egypt
2022-05-11 13:00
Join a docent-led tour of Queen Nefertari’s Egypt every Wednesday and Saturday at 1 pm. These tours are free with your admission to this special exhibition, but do have capacity restrictions.
How to Sign Up

Purchase a ticket to Queen Nefertari’s Egypt for 1 pm on the Wednesday or Saturday you’re planning to visit. A timed ticket is required to view the exhibition.
Sign up for the complimentary tour at the front desk when you arrive at the museum. Tours are first-come, first-served.
Meet outside of the exhibition at 1 pm.

About Queen Nefertari’s Egypt
Queen Nefertari’s Egypt brings to life the role of Nefertari and other powerful women in ancient Egypt through 230 exceptional objects, including statues, jewelry, vases, papyrus, steles, wooden coffins, and stone sarcophagi, as well as tools and various items of daily life from the artisan village of Deir-el-Medina, home to those who created the royal tombs.
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