New Orleans Museum of Art

Gallery Talk: Curator Russell Lord and Photographer Timothy Duffy discuss Blue Muse
2019-05-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Photography Curator Russell Lord and photographer Timothy Duffy as they discuss Duffy’s series of tintype portraits of contemporary roots musicians, on view in Blue Muse. After the talk, Duffy will sign his companion book in the Museum Shop.

Sculpture Garden Tour
2019-05-06 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays, weather dependent, at noon. (Call 504.658.4153 to verify.) Sited on eleven acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, George Rodrigue, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the main gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

Sculpture Garden Tour
2019-05-04 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays, weather dependent, at noon. (Call 504.658.4153 to verify.) Sited on ten acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, George Rodrigue, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

Sculpture Garden Tour
2019-05-03 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays, weather dependent, at noon. (Call 504.658.4153 to verify.) Sited on five acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than sixty works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, George Rodrigue, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

Dickie Landry SOLO Concert
2019-05-02 18:00 - 20:00
Due to the threat of inclement weather, the Dickie Landry SOLO Concert for April 18 has been rescheduled to Thursday, May 2. For those who purchased admission for the April 18 concert, tickets will remain valid for the new date, or contact the NOMA Learning and Engagement Department for a refund at 504.658.4128 | education@noma.org.
Louisiana-born saxophonist, artist, photographer, and composer Dickie Landry will perform one of his legendary site-specific SOLO concerts in tribute to the work of Keith Sonnier and Tina Girouard. In his 60-minute performance in NOMA’s Great Hall, Landry will play the tenor saxophone to explore the textures and abstract layers of sound within NOMA’s iconic architecture. There will be no seating, and the audience is encouraged to move around freely throughout all levels of the museum during the performance.
$15 nonmembers | $10 members
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ABOUT DICKIE LANDRY
Born in Cecilia, Louisiana, in 1938, Richard “Dickie” Landry began his musical training at the age of six when he joined the St. Joseph Catholic Church Choir singing Gregorian Chant for six years seven days a week. Landry picked up the saxophone at age ten and continued the journey that would take him places far removed from the small town in St. Martin Parish where he was raised. After attending what is presently known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he majored in music education, Landry taught for two years in the rural community of Chataignier in St. Landry parish. Restless and tired of playing in a blue-eyed soul band, The Swing Kings, in 1969 Landry moved to New York City to broaden his musical horizons. The avant-garde art scene in New York City was about to explode after a period of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Landry soon fell in with a crowd of artists, musicians, dancers, and theater people that included Keith Sonnier, Robert Rauschenberg, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Smithson, Michael Heizer, Walter de Maria, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Chuck Close, Robert Wilson, and others who are now considered visionaries in their respective fields. He became part of this circle and emerged as a renowned photographer, noted for his documentation of the New York art scene in the 1970s.
In addition to Landry’s solo career, he has collaborated with other composers, artists and choreographers. In 1969 he was a founding member of the original group that formed the Philip Glass Ensemble and performed with the ensemble till 1981. He was on all concerts, tours and recordings of that period including Einstein on the Beach, an opera by Robert Wilson and Glass, which is widely credited as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century. He has also worked with David Byrne of the Talking Heads on the Speaking in Tongues (Slippery People) album for which he received a Gold Record Award. In 1984 Landry began collaboration with Laurie Anderson at the Next Wave Festival in Set/Reset with choreographer Trisha Brown and artist Robert Rauschenberg. This collaboration continued with his inclusion in Anderson’s Mister Heartbreak tour of America and Japan. These efforts culminated in the feature film production of Home of the Brave and the CD of the same name. Landry has collaborated with artists Keith Sonnier, Lawrence Weiner, Chuck Close and Richard Serra and received commissioned works from choreographers Babs Case, Trisha Brown, Deborah Hay and Jane Comfort.

Museum Highlights Tour
2019-05-01 13:00 - 14:00
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in.
Special group tours can be arranged with two-weeks advance notice. Call Tracy Kennan, Curator of Education, at 504.658.4113.

NOMA Book Club Curatorial Program
2019-05-01 12:00 - 13:00
Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2019 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact Sheila A. Cork at 504.658.4117 or scork@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
May 2019 Selection
Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
Simon & Schuster, 2017, ISBN: 978-1501139154
To write this sweeping biography, Walter Isaacson immersed himself in 7,200 pages of notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci, which are now dispersed across the globe. Da Vinci’s interests were even more divergent than previously known, and Isaacson’s empathetic and deeply researched portrait illustrates how da Vinci willed himself to genius through endless curiosity and a creativity that sometimes crossed over into fantasy. Much like Isaacson’s previous subjects of Ben Franklin and Steve Jobs, da Vinci was a polymath—he was passionate about art, science, nature, and technology, and he never stopped questioning, practicing, or experimenting. Isaacson points out that this is a particular form of genius that can teach us how to live our own lives.
Wednesday, May 1, 12 – 1 p.m. | Curatorial Program with Tracy Kennan, Curator of Education, who will lead a lesson on color.
Thursday, May 16, 12 – 1 p.m. | Book Discussion Group

Arts & Letters Series: Zachary Lazar and Deborah Luster
2019-04-24 17:00 - 19:00
NOMA’s Arts & Letters series welcomes authors, poets, journalists, playwrights, and literary scholars to the museum for public conversations that reflect on literature at the intersection of arts and culture.
In partnership with One Book One New Orleans, this segment of the series features author Zachary Lazar, photographer Deborah Luster, and actor Bobby Wallace in conversation with essayist Garnette Cadogan. Accompanying music will be performed by Mario Abney.
About One Book One New Orleans
A campaign for literacy and community, One Book One New Orleans calls on New Orleans residents to share the experience of reading the same book at the same time, works to provide literacy resources to adults, and emphasizes the importance of dialogue between diverse groups of people. The organization’s selection for 2019 is Vengeance by Zachary Lazar.
About Vengeance
Vengeance chronicles the journey of a narrator who meets an incarcerated man, Kendrick, at Louisiana’s state penitentiary, Angola. As the narrator becomes increasingly determined to get to the bottom of Kendrick’s claim that he did not commit murder, the lines between seemingly clear-cut concepts such as guilt and innocence begin to blur. The book, a blend of fiction and nonfiction based on the murder of Zachary Lazar’s own father, encourages readers to see the humanity of people in prisons—a group that is often marginalized. Vengeance sparks conversations about the relationships between those of us walking free and those of us behind bars,suggesting that we are not as different as it would seem.
READ AN INTERVIEW with Zachary Lazar from NOMA Magazine.
The novel begins with the narrator’s visit to a real-life passion play, The Life of Jesus Christ, staged at Angola prison by inmates. Award-winning Louisiana-based photographer Deborah Luster will share her portrait series of inmate actors who have performed in this drama. Bobby Wallace played the role of Jesus in the play while incarcerated at the state penitentiary.

Gallery Talk: Bondye: Between and Beyond with Curator Nic Aziz
2019-04-24 12:00 - 13:00
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Community Outreach Curator Nic Aziz for a discussion about Vodou flags on view in Bondye: Between and Beyond.

NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
2019-04-23 12:00 - 13:00
Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2019 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact NOMA’s Learning and Engagement Department at education@noma.org or call 504.658.4128 for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
April 2019 Selection
Portrait of a Phantom: The Story of Robert Johnson’s Lost Photograph by Zeke Schein
Pelican Publishing Company, 2017, ISBN: 978-1455622450
Late one night in 2005, Zeke Schein made an amazing discovery while searching for a vintage guitar on eBay: a grainy, battered photograph captioned “Old Snapshot Blues Guitar BB King????” Neither man looked like King, but one seemed to resemble the twentieth-century’s most mysterious musician, Robert Johnson. Would others see what he saw? With only three or four known images of the legendary blues guitarist in existence, this single picture was certainly an exceptional link to the past.
Thursday, April 11, 12 – 1 p.m. | Curatorial Program with Brian Piper, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow for Photography
Tuesday, April 23, 12 – 1 p.m. | Book Discussion Group

Baby Artsplay!
2019-04-20 10:30 - 11:00
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 10:30 am
This free six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
April 20 | Lesson 6 – Tiny Household Helpers (Incorporated Development Areas)
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 0-3.
Contact education@noma.org or 504-658-4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

NOMA Highlights Tour
2019-04-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2019-04-02 13:00 - 14:00

Small Talk: Madonna and Child with Saints
2019-04-17 15:00 - 15:15
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about works of art in NOMA’s permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join docent Regina Shujaa for a discussion about Madonna and Child with Saints; Prophets (Pinnacles), circa 1340, by a follower of Bernardo Daddi.
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Noontime Talk: Ear to the Ground with Curator Katie Pfohl
2019-04-17 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Katie Pfohl for a discussion about works on view in Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art.

Baby Artsplay!
2019-04-13 10:30 - 11:00
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 10:30 am
This free six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
April 13 | Lesson 5 – Baby Balancing Acts (Bilateral Integration)
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 0-3.
Contact education@noma.org or 504-658-4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival 2019
2019-04-13 10:00 - 13:00
Join us on Saturday, April 13th for the NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Bring your family for a fun-filled day featuring egg hunts, a petting zoo, face painting, spacewalks, painting, crafts, activities and more!

Online ticket sales have ended. Tickets will be sold at the door of the Egg Hunt and Family Fest beginning at 10 am.
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Schedule of Events
ENTERTAINMENT
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. DJ Audio Jocks
10:30 – 11 a.m. Egg Hunt (5 and under)
10:30 – 11 a.m. Egg Hunt (6 and up)
PINE GROVE ACTIVITIES (Front Garden)
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Face Painting by Nurture Nannies
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. DJ Audio Jocks
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Juggler & Magician
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Petting Zoo
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. NOMA Art Activities
OAK GROVE ACTIVITIES (Back Garden)
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Bounce House for Toddlers (5 and under)
10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Bounce House for Kids (6 and up)
10:30 – 11 a.m. Egg Hunt (5 and under)
10:30 – 11 a.m. Egg Hunt (6 and up)
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Craft Station presented by Macaroni Kids
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Face Painting
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Game Station presented by Adventure Quest Laser Tag
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Hula Hoop Station
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Petting Zoo
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Tattoo Salon
11 a.m.– 1 p.m. Art Activity presented by Young Rembrandts of Southeast Louisiana
Baby Base Camp
The baby feeding and changing station at the
entrance gate presented by NOLA Family Magazine.
Special Guests
The Elmer Bunny
Curious George by WYES-TV
Alice and the Mad Hatter by When You Wish Entertainment
TICKET LEVELS
ADVANCE MEMBER TICKET** – $10
ADVANCE NON-MEMBER TICKET** – $15

**Tickets valid for adults and children. Children age 2 and under receive free admission.
All tickets are available at will-call the day of the event. Tickets will not be mailed.
Ticket price includes entertainment, activities, and refreshments, except for alcoholic beverages.
The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a NOMA fundraiser. Should a ticket holder be unable to attend, your purchase should be considered a donation. There is​ also​ no refund due to weather and other unforeseen conditions. The NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival is a rain or shine event.
Advance tickets are available through April 12, 2019. Ticket prices will increase to $18 for members and non-members at the door.

Become a Sponsor or Purchase Tickets

Thank you to all of our 2019 Sponsors
Lead Sponsors

Catherine Burns Tremaine
Fun & Games
Adventure Quest Laser Tag
Cammie and Charles Mayer

Sweets & Treats
When You Wish Entertainment
Bunnies & Baskets
Emily and Michael Arata
Rebecca Friedman and Aran Toshov
Boogie & Bounce
Beary Cherry Tree Child Development Center
Creamistry
Walton and Jeffrey Goldring
Jennifer and Fred Heebe
Hales Pediatrics
Mara Haseltine, MD
Michael and Alicia Johnson
Jones, Swanson, Huddell and Garrison, LLC
Lake Vista Pediatrics
Little Miss Muffin
Metairie Small Animal Hospital
Cynthia and Thomas Nicholson
Nurture Nannies
Perret’s Army and Outdoor Store
Tiffany and Loulan Pitre
Lydia and B.K. Sneed
State Farm by Susan Geoghegan
Uniforms by Logo Express
Young Rembrandts of Southeast Louisiana
Media Sponsors

Special Thanks
Belmont Enterprises
Commander’s Palace
Elmer Chocolate
Gas & Supply
Laser Tag of Metairie
Macaroni Kid
Orleans Coffee
Raising Cane’s
WYES-TV
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS AND BENEFITS
LEAD SPONSOR – $5,000

Recognition as a Lead Sponsor of the event
Fifty (50) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Four (4) invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2019/2020
Sponsor recognition on 2,000 invitations; on noma.org with over 30,000 monthly visitors; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 331,000; and an Instagram following of over 27,000; and e-blasts to over 30,000 subscribers.

FUN & GAMES – $2,500

Thirty (30) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Four (4) invitations to VIP museum member openings during 2019/2020
Sponsor recognition on 2,000 invitations; on noma.org with over 30,000 monthly visitors; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 331,000; and an Instagram following of over 27,000; and e-blasts to over 30,000 subscribers.

SWEETS & TREATS / ACTIVITY UNDERWRITER* – $1,000

Recognition as a “Sweets & Treats” Sponsor of the event OR underwriter of an Egg Hunt activity*
Twenty (20) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Sponsor recognition on 2,000 invitations; on noma.org with over 30,000 monthly visitors; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 331,000; and an Instagram following of over 27,000; and e-blasts to over 30,000 subscribers.

*NOMA EGG HUNT AND FAMILY FESTIVAL UNDERWRITING OPPORTUNITIES:
Your company can receive additional publicity by underwriting a specific NOMA Egg Hunt and Family Festival activity. There is LIMITED AVAILABILITY and the opportunities listed below will be assigned as pledges are confirmed.

Art activities
Bounce house for toddlers (5 & under)
Bounce house for kids (6 & up)
Musical entertainment
Face painting
Hula hoop station
Juggler / magician
Petting zoo

BUNNIES & BASKETS – $500

Eight (8) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Sponsor recognition on 2,000 invitations; on noma.org with over 30,000 monthly visitors; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 331,000; and an Instagram following of over 27,000; and e-blasts to over 30,000 subscribers.

BOOGIE & BOUNCE – $250

Six (6) tickets to the Egg Hunt and Family Festival
Sponsor recognition on 2,000 invitations; on noma.org with over 30,000 monthly visitors; postings to an average monthly Facebook reach of 331,000; and an Instagram following of over 27,000; and e-blasts to over 30,000 subscribers.

Looking Closely at Social Conditions in Nigeria Today
2019-04-12 18:00 - 20:00
Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, the Francoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art, will lead a roundtable discussion about contemporary social conditions in Nigeria following a screening of the 2014 film Invasion 1897. Panelists from the Association of Nigerians in New Orleans will include Reuben Amienoho, Alabor Derefaka, and Olu Ariwajoye, each representing a different regional group in Nigeria.
ABOUT INVASION 1897
Invasion 1897 is a Nigerian movie that portrays the historical events that culminated in the invasion, destruction, and looting of the ancient West African kingdom of Benin by British troops in February 1897. The resulting battle led to the deposition and exile of Benin’s once powerful king, Ovonramwen Nogbaisi. Many valuable artifacts from Benin were subsequently taken to museums in Europe. The movie, produced and directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, was released in 2014 and features several “Nollywood” actors, including Segun Arinze, Paul Obazele, and Charles Inojie. The story revolves around a modern-day Nigerian student who is arrested and brought to trial for stealing historical African artifacts from a British museum and his imagined journey back in time to 1897 to defend himself and his homeland.
The film screening and discussion is organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Center for African and African American Studies at Southern University in New Orleans, and the Association of Nigerians in New Orleans.
Watch the trailer below for Invasion 1897 (2014 | Rated PG-13 | 1 hour, 53 minutes)

NOMA Book Club Curatorial Program
2019-04-11 12:00 - 13:00

Art Primer: Five from Louisiana
2019-04-10 12:00 - 13:00
Interested in taking a closer look at NOMA’s collections? Want to take a deep dive into a focused art topic? Join NOMA curators, staff and other art professionals as they explore a variety of topics in our Art Primer series.
In conjunction with the exhibition Keith Sonnier: Until Today and Tina Giroaurd’s beaded Vodou flags, on view in Bondye: Between and Beyond, this Art Primer class will focus on the landmark 1977 NOMA exhibition Five from Louisiana, which featured work by five Louisiana artists who had gained international prominence: Robert Rauschenberg, Lynda Benglis, Tina Girouard, Richard “Dickie” Landry, and Keith Sonnier.
Led by Katie Pfohl, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Allison Young, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow for Modern and Contemporary Art, the discussion is free with museum admission. Admission is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.

StoryQuest
2019-04-06 11:00 - 11:30
Spark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading. Professional authors, actors, and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration. The theme for April 6 will be “Family.”
Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission.
Major support for StoryQuest is provided by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation.

Baby Artsplay!
2019-04-06 10:30 - 11:00
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of six workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Saturdays at 10:30 am
This free six-part workshop series provides engaging arts based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts at home to promote early learning.
April 6 | Lesson 4 – Tiny Motor Scooters (Motor Skills)
Space is limited. Register today: www.yabap.eventbrite.com
Ideal for ages 0-3.
Contact education@noma.org or 504-658-4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

Slow Art Day
2019-04-06 10:00 - 17:00
On Saturday, April 6, NOMA is participating in International Slow Art Day, which encourages visitors to slow down and explore one or several works of art for a minimum of five minutes each.
Directions:
Choose a work of art from NOMA’s galleries or the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Spend at least five minutes looking at the work of art. Refer to the questions below for suggestions for contemplation. Repeat with three to five different works of art. Share your Slow Art Day experience on social media. #SlowArtDayNOMA
Guide for Looking:
What is this?
Why is this art?
What was the first thing you noticed about this work?
What materials were used to make this?
How does it make you feel?
How would you describe it to someone who could not see it?

Poets for Art
2019-04-06 10:00 - 16:00
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the New Orleans Museum of Art is offering a free poetry workshop on Saturday, April 6, for students in grades 8–12, led by Louisiana Poet Laureate Jack B. Bedell. Workshop participants will tour the museum and select a work of art that inspires or engages them. Working with a professional writer, students will develop and write a poem. Students are invited to submit their completed poem to NOMA for publication in a soft-bound book that will be mailed to all participants. Experienced and novice poets are invited to apply by March 29.

Jack B. Bedell is the Louisiana Poet Laureate fro 2017–2019. He is Professor of English and Coordinator of Creative Writing at Southeastern Louisiana University where he also edits Louisiana Literature and directs the Louisiana Literature Press. His latest collections are Elliptic (Yellow Flag Press, 2016), Revenant (Blue Horse Press, 2016),and Bone-Hollow, True: New & Selected Poems (Texas Review Press, 2013).

Download Poets for Art Entry Form
SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 6
10 a.m. Meet at main entrance to the sculpture garden for an introduction and tour.
10: 45 a.m. Workshop participants tour NOMA galleries after discussing connections between poetry and art.
12:30 – 1 p.m. Lunch (provided)
1 – 1:45 p.m. Poetry lesson with workshop leaders.
1:45 – 2:45 p.m. Students write poems and revisit galleries and the sculpture garden.
2:45 – 3 p.m. Regroup with workshop leaders.
3 – 4 p.m. Poetry readings in front of selected art works by students and workshop leaders.
BRIEF GUIDELINES
NOTE: Students are encouraged to visit NOMA before April 6 to look at art works ahead of time. It is suggested that they take photos (without flash!) of the pieces in the permanent collection that inspire them.
Teen passes are available by clicking here, or at NOMA’s front desk. (Visitors ages 13-19 are granted free admission to NOMA through 2017 courtesy of the Helis Foundation.)
Only work in NOMA’s permanent collection should be used. These pieces can be identified by the following:

Artist name or manufacturer’s company, nationality and dates, such as “Antoine-Jean Gros, French, 1771–1835,” or “Johann Goetz-Witwe Glassworks, Bohemia, Active 1840–1940.
Title of work and date completed (sometimes a date range): Vase with Snake, circa 1895–1900.
An explanation of how NOMA acquired the piece, for example: Gift of John J. Cunningham
An accession number, for example: 1977.145 or 56.30

NOMA will provide paper, pencils, and a laptop computer to compose poetry during the hours of the workshop. Students will have one week after the workshop to complete their poem and submit it for publication.

Studio KIDS!
2019-04-06 10:00 - 12:00
Get Creative with Studio KIDS!
This winter/spring, Studio KIDS! classes explore art made by diverse cultures throughout time as inspiration for art projects. From sculpting to painting, each class features different media and techniques. Attend one class or the entire series. Classes are limited to 14 students. Register in advance to ensure your spot!
ENROLL NOW
Call 504-658-4140 or email education@noma.org for more information.
Ages 5 – 10 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Cost per class: $25 members / $30 nonmembers
April 6 | Personal Pendant
Learn how cultures communicate through jewelry and then create your own pendant that reflects your personality.

Friday Nights at NOMA: College Night | Interactive performance with Cristina Molina in Ear to the Ground exhibition
2019-04-05 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA features an exciting lineup of programs in 2019: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, the Museum Shop, and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm. On April 5 the museum will host College Night, allowing all students, faculty, and staff with ID from local colleges and universities free admission from 5 – 9 pm.

5 – 8 pm: Art on the Spot family activity table
5:30 – 8:30 pm: Music by Luna Loxx and DJ Legatron
5:30 – 7:15 pm: Xavier University performance lab student presentations and dance performances throughout the museum
6 – 8 pm: Under Three Things, an interactive performance by artist Cristina Molina in Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art

ABOUT UNDER THREE THINGS BY CRISTINA MOLINA
At select intervals throughout the run of the exhibition Ear to the Ground: Earth and Element in Contemporary Art, New Orleans-based artist Cristina Molina will host a series of intimate guided tours of the exhibition in which she will assume the perspective of the earth, personified. [Read more about Cristina Molina in an interview published in NOMA Magazine.]
Drawing upon cultural mythologies of the underworld, Molina will guide museum visitors through a whispered exploration of the exhibition in which the different artworks in the exhibition constitute the topography of an imagined subterranean landscape. Inspired by the classical myth of Persephone, who was doomed to spend a third of the year in the underworld, Molina reimagines this mythological figure as an empowered goddess who harnesses the earth as a place of primordial cultural emergence. Spanning video installation, performance, photography, sculpture and textile design, Molina’s work privileges female protagonists to explore themes related to origins, heritage, and personal mythology, and how they work in concert with natural and urban landscapes.
Friday Nights at NOMA is supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation; and the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.

Sculpture Garden Tour
2019-04-05 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays, weather dependent, at noon. (Call 504.658.4153 to verify.) Sited on five acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than sixty works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

Noontime Talk: Bondye: Between and Beyond with Curator Katie Pfohl
2019-04-03 12:00 - 13:00
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Admission to NOMA is free to all Louisiana residents on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Curator Katie Pfohl for a discussion about works on view in Bondye: Between and Beyond.

Art in Bloom 2019 | Illuminations: Looking Within and Beyond
2019-03-31 11:00 - 17:00
One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, Art in Bloom showcases spectacular floral designs created by over 100 exhibitors that remain on display at NOMA for four days, from March 28-31. Proceeds from Art in Bloom benefit education projects and exhibitions at NOMA and community projects of The Garden Study Club of New Orleans.
With a focus on light, transformation and discovery as New Orleans enters its fourth century, Art in Bloom’s 2019 event theme is Illuminations: Looking Within and Beyond.

Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival
2019-03-31 10:00 - 16:00
Horticulture lovers and gardening enthusiasts are invited to the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden for the annual Louisiana Rainbow Iris Festival, presented by NOMA and the Greater New Orleans Iris Society (GNOIS). Come view the newly-bloomed Louisiana irises in the lush sculpture garden. Visitors will have the opportunity to ask on-site iris experts any gardening-related question. Entry to the festival is free and open to the public. For more information, call 504.658.4100.
