New Orleans Museum of Art

Louise Bourgeois Lecture by Clare Davies
2022-10-18 18:00 (America/Chicago) | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
In conjunction with the exhibition Louise Bourgeois: Paintings, NOMA presents a special lecture with Clare Davies, Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Free with museum admission.
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Doors open at 5:30 pm. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Following the lecture, attendees can explore the exhibition in the museum’s second-floor Templeman Galleries and purchase a catalogue from the NOMA Museum Shop until 8 pm.
About Clare Davies
Clare Davies joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 2015 as the museum’s first curator of Modern and Contemporary Art with a specialization in art from the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey. Since then, she has built the foundations of The Met’s collection holdings in this area, acquiring major works from across the region.
She curated the first US retrospective of Iranian-American artist Siah Armajani, titled Siah Armajani: Follow This Line at the Met Breuer and the Walker Art Center in 2018 and 2019, as well as an exhibition in 2021 of works by Massoud Arabshahi, Faramarz Pilaram, and Ardeshir Mohassess, all of which have been gifted to The Met in recent years. She was a co-curator alongside Kim Benzel of the exhibition Rayyane Tabet: Alien Property (2019–21), an exhibition which dealt with questions of provenance and the history of museum collecting in the Middle East. Most recently, she curated the first comprehensive exhibition of paintings by Louise Bourgeois (titled Louise Bourgeois: Paintings), which opened at The Met in April 2022 and is currently on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Davies holds a PhD in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and devoted her dissertation to thinking through the methodological demands of the colonial and postcolonial site on art history, with a study of 19th and 20th century art in Egypt.

Louise Bourgeois: Paintings is organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation, Tim L. Fields, Harvey and Marie Orth, and Aimee and Michael Siegel.

Member Sale at the NOMA Museum Shop
2022-10-17 09:00 - 18:00
Start your holiday shopping early!
NOMA members save 20% on all regularly priced items and get first access to 70% markdowns in the NOMA Museum Shop. [There are no additional discounts on already marked-down items, as well as consignment merchandise.]
Not yet a member? Join today at any level to get access to the NOMA Museum Shop’s annual sale.
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Studio KIDS! (Ages 6–10)
2022-10-15 10:30 - 12:00
Join us this fall for Studio KIDS! art-making workshops for youth ages 6–10. Meet at the museum on select Saturday mornings to take a look at artworks in the galleries and practice your own art-making skills with a NOMA teaching artist. Registration includes all art-making materials.
$30 per Workshop | $25 for Members

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Fall 2022 Schedule

Saturday, October 15 | Behind the Camera: Young artists are invited to explore themes of identity and representation through self-portraiture and photography in this art-making workshop. Participants will engage with different sources of inspiration in the special exhibition Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers, and capture their own self portraits.
Saturday, November 19 | Eye-Spy Stories Large-scale photographic works found in the exhibition Robert Polidori: Recollections are a feast for the eyes! Search these dynamic works up close to find small details and explore the power of storytelling through drawing in this art-making workshop. Come for the workshop and stay for Family Day: Say Cheese!, taking place from 10 am – 2 pm.
Saturday, December 17 | TBA

Concert by Majid Bekkas
2022-10-14 18:00
NOMA is excited to present a concert by Majid Bekkas in the Lapis Center for the Arts on Friday, October 14, at 6 pm. A master of Gnawa music in Morocco, Bekkas has performed worldwide with different jazz fusion bands and played with Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, and Joachim Kuhn, among many other musicians.
Bekkas has released more than 20 albums, including Makemba, which was released in 2010 and selected by Songlines magazine as the best Gnawa fusion album of the year.
Doors open at 5:30 pm. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis. Cash bar available from Café NOMA.
General admission is $25 | $15 for NOMA members
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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; 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; the Howard Foundation; Karen and Henry Coaxum; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Laitram.

This performance is supported by Hart Productions and Royal Air Maroc.

The Seagull; or, How to Eat It
2022-10-12 19:30
The NOLA Project presents an all-new adaptation of a classic play by Anton Chekov in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The Seagull; or, How to Eat It is directed by A.J. Allegra and written by Gab Reisman.
Performances take place on October 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, and 30.
The Story
Simon loves Mandi, but Mandi loves Connie. Connie loves Nina, but Nina loves Barry. And Barry just loves himself. All anyone wants to do is get through the weekend and get across the Causeway! This world-premiere dark family comedy by NOLA Project ensemble member Gab Reisman takes a Russian classic and transports it to our day and age in hilarious and touching ways. Please note that this production contains adult content, coarse language, mentions of suicide, and multiple gunshots offstage.
Ticketing and Performance Information
Seating is bring-your-own. Food trucks and a bar will be on site nightly. All performances begin at 7:30 pm each evening.
General admission for adults is $38 | $30 for NOMA members | $20 for guests under 21
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Online ticket sales end two hours prior to performances. If you wish to purchase tickets less than two hours prior to a show, you will need to do so in person at the venue. Louisiana residents are eligible to purchase $10 rush tickets at all performances that are not sold out. Rush tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis 20 minutes prior to show time at the box office.

Gallery Talk with Polo Silk
2022-10-12 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, join artist Selwhyn Sthaddeus “Polo Silk” Terrell for a conversation about his solo exhibition Picture Man: Portraits by Polo Silk, 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.

Book Club: Curatorial Program with Brian Piper
2022-10-11 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 discussions, the Book Club meets periodically for in-person 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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October 2022
In-Person Curatorial Program | Tuesday, October 11, 12 pm
with Brian Piper, Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator of Photography
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
2010, Random House, ISBN: 978-0679444329
From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Isabel Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. With stunning historical detail, she tells this story through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago, where she achieved quiet blue-collar success; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, where he endangered his job fighting for civil rights; and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana in 1953 to pursue a medical career, and became the personal physician to Ray Charles.
Wilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous and exhausting cross-country trips by car and train, and how they changed the cities with southern food, faith, and culture. Both a riveting microcosm and a major assessment, The Warmth of Other Suns is a superb account of an “unrecognized immigration” within our own land.

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.

Japan Fest
2022-10-08 10:00 - 17:00
Celebrate Japanese culture through art, performances, food, and more at Japan Fest, organized by NOMA, the Consulate General of Japan in Nashville, and the Japan Club in New Orleans.
Sample Japanese cuisine and enjoy traditional dance groups, martial arts demonstrations, tours of the museum’s Japanese art collections, and much more.
Tickets available for purchase at the admissions tables in front of the museum and in front of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.

Festival Schedule
10:00 am: Kaminari Taiko on the front steps
10:45 am: Welcome and remarks on the front steps
11–11:30 am: Baton Rouge Iaido on the front steps
11 am–4 pm: Film screenings in the Lapis Center for the Arts
11 am–12 pm: PuriKura Panic in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
11:30 am–12:00 pm: Japanese Garden Foundation tour in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
11:30 am–12:00 pm: Guided tour of NOMA’s Japanese art galleries on the museum’s third floor
12:30–1:00 pm: Kaminari Taiko on the front steps
1:00–1:30 pm: Miyabi Ki Japanese Dance Group in the Great Hall
1:00–1:30 pm: NOLA Aikido and Aikido of New Orleans in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
1:30–2:00 pm: Japanese Garden Foundation tour in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
1:30–2:00 pm: Guided tour of NOMA’s Japanese art galleries on the museum’s third floor
1:30–2:00 pm: Shogun Martial Arts in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
2:00–2:30 pm: Zen temple ceremony in the Great Hall
2:00–2:30 pm: Louisiana Karate Association in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
2:30–3:00 pm: Streetcar Suzuki Violin School on the front steps
2:30–3:00 pm: New Orleans Kendo Club in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
3:00–3:30 pm: Japanese Weekend School on the front steps
3:00–3:30 pm: Candy Mix Maids in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
3:30–4:00 pm: NOLA Lolitas fashion show in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
4 pm: Kaminari Taiko on the front steps

Participants

Ajun Cajun
Japanese Weekend School of New Orleans
NOLA Kimekomi

ANA Airways
JET Alumni Association Mid-South
NOLA Lolitas

APASS
Jujitsu Club of SLU
PuriKura Panic

Bambi DeVille Vintage
Kaminari Taiko
Shogun Martial Arts

Baton Rouge Iaido
Kawaii NOLA
Showtime Sweetie

Café NOMA
Louisiana Karate Association
Southerns Food Truck

Consulate General of Japan
Mechamaid Clubhouse
Streetcar Suzuki Violin School

Crane’s Nest Go Club
Miyabi Ki Japanese Dance Group, Pensacola
Violet Sprinkles

Japan Club of New Orleans
New Orleans Chapter 97 Ikebana International
Yakamein Lady

Japan Society of New Orleans
New Orleans Zen Temple

Japanese Garden Foundation
NOLA Aikido

Costume Guidelines
For the safety and comfort of all guests, as well as the artwork at NOMA:

Face masks covering the nose and mouth for health reasons are welcomed but not required. Costume masks that partially or entirely obstruct the wearer’s vision are prohibited.
Accessories or toy weapons, such as swords, greater than 2 feet in length are not permitted.
No sharp objects are allowed.
Costume components cannot extend more than 2 feet in length from the body.
Please keep all costumes family friendly.

Other restrictions may apply at NOMA’s discretion. A check room will be available for any items not in compliance. For questions regarding costumes, please call 504.658.4100. Please note that admission is required for fashion show participants.

Sponsors

Japan Club of New Orleans
Donna D. Fraiche, Honorary Consul of Japan
Denka Performace Elastomer

Japan Society of New Orleans
Zen-Noh Grain Corporation
CMP Chugoku Marine Paints, LTD

The Consulate General of Japan in Nashville
CGB Enterprises, Inc.
Japan Foundation New York

First Fridays at NOMA: Picture This
2022-10-07 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.

Picture This | Friday, October 7, 6–10 pm
Join us for an evening inspired by photography’s past, present, and future. And don’t miss special extended hours to see Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers.
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Music from Big Sam’s Funky Nation
7:30–9:00 pm in the Lapis Center for the Arts
Known for a boisterous blend of funk, jazz, rock, and hip-hop; nothing short of seismic live experiences; and a whole lot of Southern charm—Big Sam’s Funky Nation might very well be the Big Easy’s best kept secret. No other place could birth such an undeniable, unpredictable, and downright unique collective.

DJ sets from Delores Galore
6:00–7:30 pm and 9 pm–close in the Great Hall
Based out of New Orleans, Delores Galore creates synth sounds inspired by all decades. Her new album Don’t Get It Twisted reflects her battle with everyday obstacles and how they push forward with resilience, and strength.

Hooks Brothers Studio, Untitled [Hooks’ School of Photography Students Reviewing Photographs], c. 1950. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Andrea and Rodney Herenton. (The Hooks Brothers Photograph Collection, consisting of original photographs, negatives, equipment, and ephemera was acquired by the RWS Company, LLC in 2018.)
Conversations with a Curator
6:30 and 9:00 pm in the Ella West Freeman Galleries
Brian Piper, NOMA’s Assistant Curator of Photography discusses the exhibition Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers. Meet at the exhibition entrance on the museum’s first floor.

Art-Making Activity: Collage
6:00–9:30 pm in the Great Hall

Bar from Café NOMA
6:00–9:45 pm in the Coleman Courtyard

Ticketing and Admission
$25 General Admission | $15 for Members
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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 Curator Russell Lord
2022-10-05 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, join Russell Lord, NOMA’s Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings, for a conversation about works in Louise Bourgeois: Paintings on the museum’s sceond 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.

Virtual Book Club Discussion: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
2022-09-29 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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September 2022
Virtual Book Discussion Group | Thursday, September 29, 12 PM

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
Penguin Press, 2020
Considered one of the richest and most irreverent biographies in history, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was written by Gertrude Stein in the style and voice of her life partner, Alice B. Toklas. Published in 1933 and narrated by Alice, this autobiography begins with her initial move to France in 1907, the day after which she meets Gertrude, sparking a relationship that lasts for nearly four decades. Recounting the vibrant and literary life the two make for themselves among the Parisian avant-garde, Alice opens the doors to the prominent salons they held in their home at rue de Fleurus, hosting fellow expatriate American writers such as Ernest Hemingway, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound as well as artists Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Man Ray, and speaks of the twilight of the Paris belle epoque.

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 with Polo Silk and Girard Mouton III
2022-09-28 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, join photographers Selwhyn Sthaddeus “Polo Silk” Terrell and Girard Mouton III, who will discuss Polo Silk’s works in Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers on the museum’s first 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.

LOVE in the Garden Presented by Hancock Whitney
2022-09-23 19:00 - 23:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
You’re Invited to
Love in the Garden
In Honor of Sydney J. Besthoff III
Presented by Hancock Whitney
Friday, September 23
Patron Party | 7 pm
Garden Party | 8–11 pm
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
2022 LOVE Co-Chairs
Sarah and Marshall Hevron | Taylor and Martin Pospisil
NVC Chair
Rebecca Friedman
For the first time since 2019, LOVE guests were able to gather in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden and celebrate NOMA with the city’s most exciting outdoor party. This year’s event featured the best of New Orleans art, culture, music, and cuisine. Funds raised during LOVE in the Garden provide critical support to NOMA’s exhibitions, programs, and educational initiatives all year round.

For more information about LOVE in the Garden, please email love@noma.org or call 504.658.4121.

Thank You to Our Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor

Gold

Walda Besthoff

Silver

J. Edgar Monroe Foundation

Preservation Hall and The Jaffe Family

Permele and Garner Robinson

Jane and Rodney Steiner

Bronze

Eileen and Joseph Devall

Katherine and Tony Gelderman

Katie and Gray Stream

Lele and Brent Wood

Benefactors

Gail and Nick Asprodites
Krewe of Goddesses & Krewe of Spank
Rose Wellness

Ellen and Mac Ball
Ray Lagasse
Donna and Benjamin Rosen

Cathy and Morris Bart
Martha and John Landrum
Pam and Bill Ryan and Family

Bayou Tree Service
Sally and Jay Lapeyre
Julia and Bo Sanders

Valerie A. Besthoff
Beth and Austin Lavin
Lisa and David Schlakman

Pamela Buckman
Lee Ledbetter and Associates
Mimi Moyse Schlesinger and Claude Schlesinger

Dr. Laura Finn and Nigel Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Lupo
Robyn and Andrew Schwarz

Crescent Sound & Light
Sheldon Lykes
Tod and Kenya Smith

Sally Duplantier Family
Diana and Chip Mann
Susu and Andrew Stall

Julie and Ted George
Jennifer and Todd Marshall
Pamela and Robert Steeg

Jennifer and Fred Heebe
Dr. Robert and Beverly Matheney
Stone Pigman Walther Wittman LLC

The Helis Foundation
Kay McArdle
Janis van Meerveld and Charles Cerise

Sarah and Marshall Hevron
Elizabeth and Willy Monaghan
VGP Project Management

Miriam Hollar and Thomas Schulingkamp
Mullin
Lynda and Irving Warshauer

Anne Kock
Geoffrey Philabaum and Jacob Anderson
Zemurray Foundation

James Kock
Susanne and David Purvis

Contributors

Sara Arguello
Caroline and Jeff Good
Kathleen Mix

Laura M. Avery
Melissa and Bruce Gordon
Monarch Technology

Damicenda Behlar
Becky and Warren Gottsegen
Barbara and Biff Motley

Mary Beth Benjamin
Neely and Steve Griffith
Robin O’Bannon and Richard Bertram

Dr. and Mrs. Ted Bloch
Sonia Gupta
Terry and John Olivier

Elizabeth A. Boh
Claudio Hemb
Monique Owumi and Nicole Saulny

Dina and Micah Bradley
Ray Hotstream and Sylvia Savoie
Katie Paternostro Realtor, RE/MAX LIVING

Vivian and Richard Cahn
Luis Infante & Marjorie Cordero
Marilyn Pelias, MD and Will Kirchheimer

Jean F. Caillouet, CPA
Dr. Chelsea V. James
Dr.’s Richard and Lisa Robbins

Christine Carlomagno
Sara and David Kelso
Natalie Robinson

Pennie and Earl Carr
Lana Konrad and Belle Chasse Marine Transportation
Steven Rogers and Brigitte DeSpanie-Rogers

Gretchen and Edgar Chase
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Krane
Melanie Sheen and David Tucker

Sheila and Hugh Collins
Labyrinthe Design Group
Liz and Poco Sloss

Marcia Davila
Lagniappe Counseling
Bruce Smith and Kathie Waters

Melissa H. Dovie
Sarah and Adam Laurie
Christopher Speer and Olivia Pritchard

Dr. Amanda Singleton Eymard
Steve and Katy Lim
Carol Short

Bart and Cherise Farris
Luminous Events of New Orleans, LLC
Suzanne and Bob Thomas

Donna D. Flowers
Dreda and Conor Lutkewitte
Diane and Hughes Walmsley

Rene J.L. Fransen and Edward C. Bonin
Match Made in NOLA
Vanessa G. Whipple

Rebecca Friedman and Aran Toshav
Dr. Robert and Beverly Matheney
David and Ann Williams

Ana Ester Gershanik
Aylett and Matt Mazzarell
Jonathan and Laura Wilt

Dr. Michael & Erin Wolfe

Patrons

Alaina and J.G. Albertine
Erin Anderson and Abu Thomas
Chelsey Antonio
Mary and Don Baird
Ms. Barbara A. Ballard
Mary Becnel
Mr. E. Benjamin
Ms. Terese Bennett
Joseph and Donna Bonney
Mr. Calvin Boyer
Allie and Duncan Brown
Jerry and Florence Brown
Mary Ann Brown
James and Tanya Busenlener
Steven and Borislava Callan
Mr. Thomas Campbell
Donald Canavier
Michael Carey
Jerry and Darleen Carlisle
Joseph and Dianne Caverly
Hugh and Sheila Collins
Joel M. Daste
Marcia Davila and Louis Cucinotta
Michelle Delery
Mr. Irvin T. Diemer II
John Dixon and Alice St. Germain-Jefferson
Margo and Clancy DuBos
Colson Eileen
Ms. Sheila R. Fenton
Bethany and Steven Friedman
Mrs. Joni A. Friedmann
Helen Glancy and Peter Meisner
Michele and Jeffrey Goldfarb
Mrs. Nicole Sistrunk Greagoff
Elizabeth and David Grimes
Daniel and Klara Hammer
Ms. Anna Hart
Phoebe Hathorn
Redell Hearn and Charri Schairer
John and Donna Howland
Ms. Samantha Jacob
Steven and Joan Jacob
Ms. Cheryl Jarrell
Jon Jelenko and Dawn Sokol
Jane Johnson and David Marcello
Ms. Beverly Katz
Neal and Suzanne Kling
Ms. Kathy Kornman
Gene and Mary Koss
Susan Lawrenz and Dennis Potts
Jim and Lee Leming
Ms. Celeste Marshall
Rayne Martin and Ed Diaz
Thomas May
Eileen Minahan and Matt Petersen
Miss Mary Kathryn Mitchell
Nancy Moragas
Michael Moreman and Josh Gurvitz
Denise and Paul Morse
Janel Mumme and Phil Gioia
Sarah Neal
Mallory and Marcos Noriega
Nathaniel Novak and Rebecca Cooper
Elizabeth Penn
Ms. Lisa Maria Pickering
Ms. Mischa Claire Pickering
Nga and Patrick Quinlan
Jason Richards and Jennie Cannon West
Cynthia Rittenberg
Leon Rittenberg
Richard G Robbins
Ms. Blanca G Saenz
Ms. Kathryn Schneider
Mrs. Constance King Tiel
Jane and Chris Schramel
Joseph and Thelma Schwertz
Sheila Schwertz
Designs by Natasha
Stephen and Katherine Sherrill
Ashley St.Martin
Tish Steib and Mary Weiland
Julie and Lorraine Steigner
Dr. David L Toups
Trip and Josephine Trepagnier
Dr. Jason Turner
Mrs. Germaine Vorhoff
Christina and Tom Wallbillich
Luke West
Scott and Gretchen Wheaton
Mrs. Danielle Winfield
Ellen and Marc Yellin

LOVE Committee

Kimberly Allen
Carroll Gelderman and Emory Zimmer
Kay McArdle

Kim Barnett
Elizabeth Grimes
Kathleen Mix

Julian and Charlene Baudier
Karen Gundlach
Geoffrey Philabaum

Mary Beth Benjamin
Jessie Scott Haynes
Douglas Plymale, J.D., Ph.D.

Miranda and Paul Celestre
Liz Hefler
Elizabeth Ryan

Laura and Jeff Clayman
Ann Heslin
Mimi Schlesinger

Kathy Cooke
Anne Kock
Melanie Sheen

Blaire and Hartley Crunk
Beth and Austin Lavin
Carol Short

Jack Normandie
Holly and Landon Loomis
Ashleigh Tuozzolo

Melissa Dovie
Dreda and Conor Lutkewitte
Karen Villavaso

Ann Duffy and John Skinner
Celeste Marshall
Diane Walmsley

Katherine Duncan
Cammie Mayer
Melissa and Bryant York

Rebecca Friedman
Aylett and Matt Mazzarell

Media Sponsors

Special Thanks

The Court of Two Sisters

Galatoire’s Restaurant

Jennifer O’Blenis, U.S. Bartenders’ Guild

The Steak Knife

Entertainment by the Bucktown All-Stars
Established in 1992, The Bucktown All-Stars are a brass-driven New Orleans party band specializing in 1960s classic R&B and soul, ’70s funk and New Orleans jams. Multi-year winner of Gambit’s Readers Poll in “Best Band That Doesn’t Fit Any Of These Categories” and ten-time winner of the prestigious Offbeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, the horn-powered All-Stars’ New Orleans shows are legendary in the Crescent City. Raspy vocals, rollicking piano, and a corrupt horn section fuel an unorthodox mix of second line funk and Motown soul.

Participating Restaurants

Arnaud’s Restaurant

Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

Southern Candymakers

Aunt Sally’s Pralines

Frey Smoked Meat Co.

The Station Coffee Shop and Bakery

The Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar

Larder Gourmet Market + Eatery

St. James Cheese Company

Café Degas

Lula Restaurant Distillery

Swiss Confectionery

Café NOMA and Ralph Brennan
Catering at NOMA

Mandina’s

The Vintage

Crescent City Brewhouse

Nothing Bundt Cakes – Metairie

Chef Bryon Peck, Elizabeth’s Restaurant

Silk Road

Seventh Annual LOVE Cocktail Challenge Sponsored By

Featuring 5 craft cocktails from the city’s most creative bartending talents.
Each bartender will create a unique drink inspired by a variation of LOVE.
FORBIDDEN LOVE – LOVE/HATE – LUST – UNCONDITIONAL LOVE – UNREQUITED LOVE
Erika Flowers | Turning Tables – WINNER OF BEST IN SHOW & FAN FAVORITE
Jeri Guilford | Turning Tables
Jeremiah Simmons | U.S. Bartenders’ Guild
Nate Usrey | Barman’s Fund
Desi Villarreal | U.S. Bartenders’ Guild

Gallery Talk with Curator Brian Piper
2022-09-21 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, join Assistant Curator of Photographs Brian Piper, who will discuss works in Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers on the museum’s first 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.

Mini Masters at the Library
2022-09-19 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, September 19 — Communities and Culture: Exploring our world creatively with people, places, and things (Register now)
Monday, October 17 — Our Environment: A focus on seasons, weather, plants, water, astronomy, and recycling (Register now)
Monday, November 21 — Elements of Art: Awareness of shape, color, line, space, texture, form and value (Register now)
Monday, December 19 — 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).

NOMA is grateful to the following donors for their support of the Mini Masters program: The City of New Orleans, First Horizon, Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack, Sara and David Kelso, Karen and Henry Coaxum, and The Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.

Hispanic Heritage Celebration with Ecos Latinos
2022-09-16 19:00 - 20:30 | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
In partnership with Ecos Latinos, NOMA hosts a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration featuring a night of music in the Lapis Center for the Arts. Performers include violinist Ángel Ríos, Bodoma Garifuna drummers and dancers, Patrice Fisher and Arpa, Mariachi Jalisco, and Mexico Y Sus Raíces dance group.
Doors open at 6:00 pm, and performances begin at 7:00 pm.
$10 general admission | $5 for NOMA members
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About the Performers
Ángel Ríos
Honduran violinist and composer Ángel Ríos mixes elements of traditional Garifuna Afro-Caribbean music from his country with jazz. Born in San Pedro Sula, Ríos began to study violin at the age of seven, and he continued his musical studies at the Victor Lopez School of Music and Tiradientes College. He is a graduate of Francisco Morazon University in music. He has recorded three albums and performed as a soloist and with an orchestra around the world. Ríos currently lives in Miami, where he directs his own Camay Orchestra and uses his classical training to arrange and compose music that expresses the culture of Honduras.
Bodoma Garifuna Group
Carlos “Bodoma” Norales is a Garifuna singer, drummer, and composer who, through his music, connects youth with ancestral traditions. Bodoma was born in La Ceiba, and at the age of thirteen, he traveled to San Pedro Sula to study. He became interested in Garifuna cultural activities and began composing in the rhythms and style of Garifuna cultural traditions. In 2007, he met Latin jazz composer Patrice Fisher, and they started an ongoing collaboration involving Honduran, Garifuna, and New Orleans-based musicians.
Patrice Fisher and Arpa
Latin jazz harpist Patrice Fisher favors the music of Brazil and Cuba, saying that, not only is the harp “comfortable” harmonically with the music, but that she herself is drawn to the rhythmic complexities and syncopations: “that’s what makes you want to dance.” Fisher is a graduate of Tulane University and the University of New Orleans. She lives in New Orleans, where she has been composing and performing since the 1980s. She has also appeared at local and international jazz festivals with her group Arpa, in locations such as Germany, Brazil, Mexico, and Guatemala.
Mariachi Jalisco
El Mariachi Jalisco was started in Baton Rouge in 2010 as the first mariachi group in the state of Louisiana. Eider Martinez and other group members decided to revive the Mariachi Jalisco Havana Cuba, a musical group that they had in their native Cuba. All the members have over ten years of experience in this genre of traditional Mexican music and are graduates of various musical conservatories. They have performed ten times at the International Mariachi Festival in Guadalajara, and made various television appearances which have been broadcast throughout Latin America and the United States.
Mexico Y Sus Raíces
Mexico Y Sus Raíces is a Mexican folkloric dance group that shows the beauty of local dances in Jalisco, Mexico, through music and colorful mariachi costumes.

About Ecos Latinos
Ecos Latinos is a monthly performance series featuring Hispanic musicians, poets, dancers, and visual artists—both local and international—at schools, hospitals, libraries, and festivals in Louisiana. Additionally, Ecos Latinos produces professionally edited documentary videos showcasing the music of Louisiana composers.
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Additional Credits
The Ecos Latinos Hispanic Heritage Celebration is supported by grants from Arts Council of New Orleans, City of New Orleans, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy, Louisiana Division of the Arts, South Arts, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund.

Gallery Talk with Curator Mel Buchanan
2022-09-14 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, join RosaMary Curator for Decorative Arts and Design Mel Buchanan, who will discuss works in Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans 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.

Steve Lands: Rearranging the Planets
2022-09-09 20:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Creative Assembly Cohort member Steve Lands presents Rearranging the Planets, a musical performance reinterpreting composer Gustav Holst’s influential orchestral suite The Planets.
With his original composition, which premiered at NOMA in February, Lands uses Holst’s work as a jumping off point to explore the varied relationships civilizations have had to the heavens over time. While Holst structured his suite—which premiered at the Queen’s Hall in London in 1918—around the Solar System and its Greco-Roman mythological namesakes, Rearranging the Planets casts a broader net to consider how societies around the world have looked to the stars. In the words of planetary scientist Carl Sagan, “We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
Featuring Shea Pierre; Alfred Jordan, Jr.; Xavier Molina; Max Moran; John Maestas; Amari Ansari; Rex Gregory; and Amber Matthews. With additional credits to Francis Wong, Camille Lenain, Meghan Stewart, and Amina Scott.
Performances take place in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts on Friday, September 9, and Saturday, September 10, at 8 pm.
Tickets are $30 | $25 for members
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Performance Credits and Performer Bios

Steve Lands
Hailing from the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Steve Lands has been swaying stages, clubs, bars, museums, houses-of-worship, and studios the world over for more than a decade now. He’s got the kind of skill that can only be gained from working with great artists from all walks of life. His experience ranges from shows with R&B/gospel Grammy winner PJ Morton; doing festivals with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band; and tours through Europe with Swiss pianist and composer Florian Favre to studio sessions with the Black Keys; jamming in DC with Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters; playing in big bands with Ellis, Jason, Branford, and Delfeayo Marsalis; and doing a tribute to David Bowie with Arcade Fire. Courage and care are his motivations for music and he’s got more than enough of both to give you a sonic fantasy.

Shea Pierre
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Shea Pierre started his musical journey at the age of 4. He joined his family’s gospel group, the Williams Sisters, and began playing for various churches in the New Orleans area. He later attended the prestigious New Orleans Center of Creative Arts, where he studied with Michael Pellera, Chris Severin, Ellis Marsalis, and Jason Marsalis. While in high school, he toured parts of South Africa with the Batiste Brothers Band from New Orleans. Shea is a 2014 graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he studied jazz piano with Dan Wall. He continues to travel and engage in different projects throughout the Midwest.

Alfred Jordan Jr.
Born in New Orleans in 1993, Alfred Jordan Jr.’s parents noticed the gift that was on their son. Growing up in church, gospel music played a huge part in molding him as a drummer. Alfred’s skill sprouted, awarding him a full scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music graduating with a B.A. Alfred’s love for music turned into his profession, landing his gig as the current drummer for Big Sam’s Funky Nation and has also been fortunate to work with Donald Harrison, Christian Scott, Nicholas Payton, Kent Jordan as well as his collective projects NwaSoul Project and Bignatiouss. Alfred is forever grateful knowing this is “for the love of music.”

Xavier Molina
We have watched Xavier Molina grow as an artist since 2006 when he first picked up the trumpet. Xavier has blossomed into a singer/songwriter, drummer and trumpeter with a heart dedicated to making great music. Xavier has played with several independent bands in the New Orleans, Atlanta and Alabama areas, and never ceases to amaze the audiences anywhere.

Max Moran
Max Moran is a Louisiana born musician and composer who has become a first-call bassist across several genres in New Orleans’ thriving music scene. Known for his versatility on electric bass, upright bass, and synthesizer, Moran provides a solid, soulful foundation to a number of classic and progressive bands. Performing since the age of thirteen, Max Moran spent over ten years as the bassist of jazz master Donald Harrison and has also shared the stage with artists such as Davell Crawford, Leo Nocentelli (The Meters), Bernie Worrell (Parliament/ Funkadelic), and Grammy nominees Christian Scott and Jamison Ross.

John Maestas
Guitarist John Maestas was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is now based in New Orleans. He started his career first as a sideman to many inspiring contemporary young artists performing original music, while also accompanying and learning from New Orleans legacy artists who keep the traditions of their city’s music alive and thriving. He has become known as a versatile music producer working in studios writing, recording & performing songs for world-class artists including Christian Scott, Nicholas Payton, Jamison Ross, Wendell Brunious, MonoNeon, John “Papa” Gros, Elzhi, Nesby Phips, Fiend and many others. In 2016 he co founded the independent record label Bubble Bath Records with 3 other friends that helps to educate, elevate & empower over twenty young artists who need support in navigating the music industry. “The Dream Catcher”, the debut album from Maestas’ alt-rock band Juan Tigre, is music inspired by the iconic high desert imagery of New Mexico and imbued with the expansive folklore of the Southwest.

Amari Ansari
Amari Ansari brings a fresh voice to the saxophone. The son of a gospel pianist, the Alabama native credits his earliest interest in music to southern gospel and the late Alabama jazz educator Dr. Frank Adams Sr. Upon moving to New Orleans in 2009, he was the recipient of the University of New Orleans’ Ellis Marsalis Jazz Scholarship where he would go on to graduate with a Master’s Degree in Music. This introduction to the Marsalis family led him to meet NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis, eventually becoming a long time member of the Marsalis led band the Uptown Jazz Orchestra. With his feature on Marsalis’ 2019 release, Jazz Party , Downbeat Magazine called Amari’s style, “Hank Crawford meets Maceo Parker.”

Francis Wong
Francis Wong grew up in the New Orleans area and escaped into art from a young age. He attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and attended the University of New Orleans studying fine art and film. Hurricane Katrina interrupted his college education but educated him on so much more in life. His work is influenced by the magical realness of life in New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana. Through mixed media paintings, music and video,he uses art to help heal ancestral trauma and PTSD. His work is a unique hybrid of his Chinese heritage and his Southern and American upbringing. Francis has Exhibited all over Louisiana, NYC, and Oakland, California.

Camille Lenain
Camille Farrah Lenain is a French-Algerian documentary and portrait photographer who grew up in Paris, studied Photography at l’ESA in Brussels and at ICP in New York City (virtual). She relocated to New Orleans in 2013, where she teaches photography at Tulane University and works on long-term projects with a focus on empathetic portraiture, exploring the notions of representation, collective memory and plural identities. Her clients include : Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Washington Post Magazine, T Magazine, The Bitter Southerner and Libération. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally, including at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Festival In Cadaques, Les Boutographies, PhotoVogue Festival. She was previously an Artist in Residence at the Joan Mitchell Center and Nunu’s Arts Collective.

Meghan Stewart
Meghan Stewart is a musician, designer, and instructor currently residing in New Orleans, LA. She designs exclusively for musicians, understanding the connection between visuals and sounds. She’s designed for musicians such as Steve Lands, multi instrumentalist Mahmoud Chouki, singer and Berklee resident Cindy Scott, and others.

Amina Scott
Amina Scott, born and raised in Oakland, CA, is an upright and electric bassist, composer, and arranger. Her interest in music began at an early age when her grandmother began giving her piano lessons. From then, her love and passion for music has yet to cease, playing electric bass at the age of twelve and was soon playing gigs with local bands in Oakland. In 2017, Amina joined the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra led by Adonis Rose. Now based in New Orleans, Amina leads her own band and she has performed with various artists including Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steve Turre, Wessell “Warm Daddy” Anderson, Nicholas Payton, David Murray, Jamison Ross, Joanne Brackeen, Herlin Riley, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, and more.

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 with Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord
2022-09-07 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, join Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Lisa Rotondo-McCord, who will discuss works in The Pursuit of Salvation: Jain Art from India on the museum’s third 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.

First Fridays at NOMA: Lost in Landscapes
2022-09-02 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.

Lost in Landscapes | September 2
Stay cool during the heat of summer at NOMA.
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Check out this month’s line-up below:

Music from Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
7:30–9:00 pm in the Lapis Center for the Arts
Grammy Award-winning Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band have been touring or over 30 years. Carrier is a third-generation Zydeco artist, who played his first gig on the drums with his daddy’s band at the age of ten years old. At fourteen years old he played his first gig on the accordion. In 1987 he joined the Terrance Simien Zydeco band and toured all over the world, including Europe and North Africa. In 1989 , Chubby decided to start his on band, which performs 275 days a year at festivals, fairs, private parties and music venues all over the world. In 2010, Chubby won a Grammy or Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album for Zydeco Junkie, and in 2011, he was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

The Encroaching Sea: Excerpts from RISE for Mother Earth by Mélange Dance Company
7:00–7:30 pm in the Great Hall
In collaboration with Louisiana Sea Grant’s Grand Isle Diaries, Mélange Dance Company presents excerpts from their performance RISE for Mother Earth. Presented in full at NOMA in April, RISE takes audiences on a surreal journey through the wonders of the sea—a boundless body that inextricably connects us all—as her currents regulate our global climate and her floor holds our planet’s record of change.

DJ Sets with GAC
6:00–7:00 and 9:00–9:45 pm in the Great Hall
GAC is a French-Algerian photographer and DJ based in New Orleans, where she spins her large collection of vinyls around town. Taking inspiration from her own heritage, her musical sets travel from France to North Africa to create eclectic dance floors from Sheila to Fadoul and Les Rita Mistouko.

Art-Making: Lost in Landscapes
6–10 pm in the Great Hall
Use found materials to create a new landscape that represents you and your vision.

Ticketing and Admission
$25 General Admission | $15 for Members
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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 Objects Conservator Ingrid Seyb
2022-08-31 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, join Objects Conservator Ingrid Seyb on the museum’s second floor. She will discuss how museums balance their responsibilities for preservation and access to works of art.
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: Craft
2022-08-25 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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August 2022
Virtual Book Discussion Group | Thursday, August 25, 12 PM
Craft: An American History by Glenn Adamson
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021, ISBN: 978-1635574586
At the center of the United States’ economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry and technology-while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned historian Glenn Adamson turns that narrative on its head in this innovative account, revealing makers’ central role in shaping America’s identity. Examine any phase of the nation’s struggle to define itself, and artisans are there-from the silversmith Paul Revere and the revolutionary carpenters and blacksmiths who hurled tea into Boston Harbor, to today’s “maker movement.”
Adamson shows that craft has long been implicated in debates around equality, education, and class. Artisanship has often been a site of resistance for oppressed people, such as enslaved African-Americans whose skilled labor might confer hard-won agency under bondage, or the Native American makers who adapted traditional arts into statements of modernity.

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 with Polo Silk and Curator Brian Piper
2022-08-24 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, join artist Polo Silk and Associate Curator of Photographs Brian Piper, as they discuss works on view in the artist’s current solo exhibition Picture Man: Portraits by Polo Silk.
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.

Oud Concerto for New Orleans
2022-08-20 19:00 | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
Join us in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for a special presentation of Oud Concerto for New Orleans. Originally commissioned by the Marigny Opera House in 2021, Oud Concerto for New Orleans is composed by Mahmoud Chouki and arranged by Hannah Yim.
Doors open at 6 pm and the performance will start at 7 pm.
$30 general admission | $20 for NOMA members
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Performance Credits
Oud/Guitar
Mahmoud Chouki
Conductor
Francis Scully
Violin
Hannah Yim
Kurt Munstedt
Byron Tauchi
Yuki Tanaka
Viola
Catherine Matushek
Bruce Owen
Cello
Rachel Hsieh
Karen Ray
Bass
Martin Masakowski
Flute
Sarah Schettler
Clarinet
John Reeks
French Horn
Mollie Pate
Tuba
William Hess
Accordion/Percussion
Simon Mouchabeck

About Mahmoud Chouki
Mahmoud Chouki is a master guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer living and working in New Orleans. His art draws together music from many different international contexts to consider how music can speak across cultural divides. His own compositions incorporate musical influences from across the globe, ranging from European classical, Andalusian from Southern Spain, Levantine music from the Middle East, Maghrebian music from North Africa, Latin American music, and jazz from the Southern United States. Integrating sounds and rhythms from many different cultures, Chouki combines classical guitar with instruments such as the loutar, a traditional instrument of the Middle Atlas region of Morocco; the sintir, a Sub-Saharan instrument from the Sahel region (Mali); the oud, an oriental lute; the Algerian mandole, a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin; the Bağlama saz, a Turkish long necked bowl-lute; the banjo, and a variety of percussion instruments. As artistic director of Rencontre Orient-Occident at Chateau Mercier in Sierre, Switzerland, Chouki has brought together a wide range of international musicians to envision new forms of dialogue between East and West, with music often the only common language between performers.

About Francis Scully
Francis Scully is the founder and music director of New Orleans-based chamber orchestra New Resonance Orchestra. The ensemble collaborates with theater, dance, literary, and visual artists to create interdisciplinary performances which relate the emotions of classical music directly to the lives of the audience. Praised by the Times-Picayune as a “forward-looking chamber orchestra,” this award-winning ensemble invigorates the classical music community in New Orleans and demonstrates the relevance of classical music in today’s world.
Scully also shares his passion for music in a variety of educational roles. He has conducted the Louisiana Philharmonic on numerous occasions, included their Band Together educational series. As Assistant Professor of Music at University of Holy Cross, Scully inspires new listeners in courses on music appreciation, twentieth-century music, and the history of Rock.
He holds an M.M. in Conducting from Peabody Conservatory where he studied with Gustav Meier and Markand Thakar.

About Hannah Yim
Hannah Yim is the Assistant Concertmaster of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, which she joined in 2007, Instructor of Violin at Tulane University, and founder/arranger/violinist with the Radio Bird Quartet and Harlequin Chamber Music.
She has over 250 original rock and pop quartet cover arrangements with the Radio Bird Quartet and Harlequin Chamber Music. She views this as her most enjoyable and important musical work to date. Her work with Radio Bird Quartet have led to collaborations and shows with Kristin Diable, Maggie Koerner, Michael Mantese, and Mahmoud Chouki, amongst others.
Hannah has been a featured soloist and chamber musician with the Louisiana Philharmonic, as well as a chamber musician in the Trinity Artist Series, Bach Around the Clock, and the Marigny Opera House. Past chamber collaborations have included Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Pablo Ziegler, and Anat Cohen. She has performed at Jazz Fest, Voodoo Fest, and the French Quarter Festival. In 2010 and 2012, she shared the New Orleans Tribute to the Classical Arts Award for Best Chamber Music Performance.
Other symphonic engagements have included the Pacific Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, New World Symphony, Colorado Symphony, and the Lakes Area, Mendocino, Colorado, and Breckenridge Music Festivals. She attended UC Berkeley and the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, where she studied with Alexander Kerr and Henryk Kowalski.

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; 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; the Howard Foundation; Karen and Henry Coaxum; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Laitram.

Member Appreciation Morning
2022-08-20 08:30 - 10:00
Rise and Shine at NOMA!
Join us for a members-only morning at the museum before it opens for the day. Members are invited to join us 8:30–10:00 am for coffee, pastries, and exclusive access to the NOMA galleries.
We kindly ask that all members enter through the doors to the Coleman Courtyard, closest to Café NOMA.
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NOMA members enjoy benefits including free museum admission, exhibition previews, free wellness classes, and discounts on select programs. Support your museum by becoming a member today. Contact us at (504) 658-4130 or membership@noma.org, if you have any questions about joining.

Book Club: Curatorial Program with Mel Buchanan
2022-08-18 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 discussions, the Book Club meets periodically for in-person 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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August 2022
In-Person Curatorial Program | Tuesday, August 9, 12 pm
with Mel Buchanan, RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design

Craft: An American History by Glenn Adamson
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021, ISBN: 978-1635574586
At the center of the United States’ economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry and technology-while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned historian Glenn Adamson turns that narrative on its head in this innovative account, revealing makers’ central role in shaping America’s identity. Examine any phase of the nation’s struggle to define itself, and artisans are there-from the silversmith Paul Revere and the revolutionary carpenters and blacksmiths who hurled tea into Boston Harbor, to today’s “maker movement.”
Adamson shows that craft has long been implicated in debates around equality, education, and class. Artisanship has often been a site of resistance for oppressed people, such as enslaved African-Americans whose skilled labor might confer hard-won agency under bondage, or the Native American makers who adapted traditional arts into statements of modernity.

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 with Curatorial Intern Rebecca Villalpando
2022-08-17 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, join Curatorial Intern Rebecca Villalpando, who will discuss Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun’s portrait of Marie Antoinette.
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.

Art & A/C Presented by The Helis Foundation
2022-08-06 10:00 - 17:00
Every Saturday in August, Louisiana residents enjoy free admission to NOMA, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and the Contemporary Arts Center courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
As an extension of foundation’s Art for All program, Art & A/C enables Louisiana residents to #ExploreNOMA for free while also staying cool!
To reserve your tickets in advance, select “Free Day for LA Residents” on the date you’d like to visit.
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First Fridays at NOMA: Dog Days of Summer
2022-08-05 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.

Dog Days of Summer | August 5
Stay cool during the heat of summer at NOMA.
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Check out this month’s line-up below:

Music from Amigos do Samba
7:30–9:00 pm in the Lapis Center for the Arts
Amigos do Samba specializes in samba traditionally played around a table with a variety of Brazilian percussion and string instruments. Their mission is to bring the “Roda de Samba,” which is well-known in Brazil, to New Orleans. The group is formed by a mix of US natives, Brazilians, and beyond, including Victoria Doutón, Felipe Leite, Fernando Lima, Scott Myers, Leo Oliveira, Tedo Oliveira, and Ezra Spira-Cohen.

Sets from DJ Kuti
6:00–7:30 and 9:00–9:45 pm in the Coleman Courtyard
Kuti is a DJ, radio show host, and graphic designer from New Orleans. She is also one half of the production duo Khromethesia. Take a stroll with her through all-time funk faves, classic boogie, and global ear candy.

Gallery Talk on Paul Poincy’s Dogs in the French Market
6:30 pm on the 2nd Floor Mezzanine

Gallery Talk on a Drum from an Akan Popular Band
7 pm in the 3rd Floor African Art Galleries
Art-Making Activity Inspired by the Drum
6:00–9:30 pm in the Great Hall

Bar by Café NOMA
6:00–9:45 pm

Treats from Meyer’s Frozen Lemonade
6:00–9:30 pm in front of the museum

Ticketing and Admission
$25 General Admission | $15 for Members
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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 Curator Mel Buchanan
2022-08-03 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, join Mel Buchanan, RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, in conversation around the Little Sun Solar Lamp by artist Olafur Eliasson.
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.
