New Orleans Museum of Art

NOMA Book Club Discussion Program – CANCELED
2020-03-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2020 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact NOMA’s Education Department at 504.658.4128 or education@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
March 2020
Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline Tobin and Raymond Dobard
Anchor, 2000, ISBN: 0385497679
In 1993, historian Jacqueline Tobin met African American quilter Ozella Williams amid piles of beautiful handmade quilts in the Old Market Building of Charleston, South Carolina. With the admonition to “write this down,” Williams began to describe how slaves made coded quilts and used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad. During the three years it took for Williams’s narrative to unfold—and as the friendship and trust between the two women grew—Tobin enlisted New Orleans native Raymond Dobard, Ph.D., an art history professor and well-known African American quilter, to help unravel the mystery.
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 12 – 1 pm | BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Studio KIDS! – CANCELED
2020-03-21 10:00 - 12:00
Friday Nights at NOMA has been canceled for March 20 due to public safety concerns over coronavirus.
For more information, please contact the Learning and Engagement Department at (504) 658-4128 | education@noma.org

Friday Nights at NOMA – CANCELED
2020-03-20 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA has been canceled for March 20 due to public safety concerns over coronavirus. Please visit this web page to read more about actions we are taking.

Brushes Without Boundaries: A Sensory-Friendly Art Workshop with Cypher – CANCELED
2020-03-15 10:00 - 12:00
Due to concerns over coronavirus (COVID-19), the Sensory-Friendly Art Workshop will be rescheduled for a future date, to be determined. Please contact education@noma.org if you need additional information.

Friday Nights at NOMA — CANCELED
2020-03-13 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA has been canceled for March 13 due to public safety concerns over coronavirus. Please visit this web page to read more about actions we are taking.

Lecture: Herbert Bayer and the Bauhaus Legacy in America with Benjamin Benus
2020-03-11 12:00
NOMA invites artists, curators, and other special guests to speak throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Benjamin Benus, an associate professor of art and design history at Loyola University in New Orleans, specializes in the history of twentieth-century art and design, with a focus on Central Europe in the years between the world wars. His research examines connections between avant-garde art, scientific illustration, and data visualization during this period. This talk will be held in NOMA’s boardroom on the second floor.
As director of the Bauhaus printing and advertising workshop from 1925 to 1928, the Austrian-born artist Herbert Bayer helped to shape the school’s distinctive approach to graphic design. This talk, presented in conjunction with the exhibition An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus and Beyond, considers how Bayer, following his immigration to the United States in 1938, continued to explore and develop Bauhaus design principles within a variety of media, including book illustration, advertising, and exhibition design.

Studio KIDS!
2020-03-07 10:00 - 12:00
Get Creative with Studio KIDS
In 2020, Studio KIDS presents a dynamic series of children’s art classes exploring our southern Louisianan environments and homes: both real and imagined. Each week, participants will engage with different sources of inspiration in NOMA’s galleries or the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, starting with explorations of the landscape and its creatures, then shifting focus indoors to explore exquisite constructions in the interior.
Each class features different media and techniques. Register for one class or the entire series. Please register in advance to ensure your spot.
Call 504-658-4128 or email education@noma.org for more information.
Cost per class: $25 members | $30 nonmembers
March 7 | Imprints in the Interior | Look closely at decorative objects in the museum, ranging from ornate ceramic vases to metal plates and cups fit for the fanciest of tea parties. Practice making your own designs and create unique imprints in clay.
ENROLL NOW

Teen Night: VIBRANT DIMENSIONS
2020-03-06 18:00 - 21:00
NOMA’s Teen Squad presents Teen Night: VIBRANT DIMENSIONS, a Friday night takeover inspired by the work of artists Alia Alia and Odili Donald Odita. Wear your boldest and brightest and enjoy FREE food, screen-printed T-shirts, art activities, youth performances, music by DJ Legatron Prime and more! Planned by teens, Teen Nights at NOMA are free and open to high school students.
Admission to NOMA is always free for visitors age 19 and under.
Standard admission applies to all visitors over age 19, and NOMA members are admitted free of charge.
Café NOMA will be closed after 6 pm on March 6, but a food truck from Tacos by Heidi will be parked in front of the museum.
Read more about NOMA’s Teen Squad in this feature from NOMA Magazine.

Gallery Talk: An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus & Beyond with Assistant Curator Anne C. B. Roberts
2020-03-04 12:00
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Assistant Curator Anne C. B. Roberts for a discussion about the exhibition An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus & Beyond.

Sculpture Garden Tour – CANCELED
2020-03-02 13:00 - 14:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weather dependent, at noon. (Call 504.658.4153 to verify.) Sited on twelve acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by renowned sculptors placed among a mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees surrounding a picturesque 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.

Museum Highlights Tour – CANCELED
2020-03-01 13:00 - 14:00
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in.
Special group tours can be arranged with two-weeks advance notice. Call Tracy Kennan, Curator of Education, at 504.658.4113.

Gallery Talk: Allison Young on Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene
2020-02-29 12:00
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year.
Allison Young, assistant professor of contemporary art history at Louisiana State University, will discuss the exhibition Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene.

NOMA Book Club Discussion Program
2020-02-28 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 2020 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact NOMA’s Education Department at 504.658.4128 or education@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
February 2020
The Glass Room: A Novel by Simon Mawer
Other Press, 2009, ISBN: 1590513967
Honeymooners Viktor and Liesel Landauer are filled with the optimism and cultural vibrancy of central Europe of the 1920s when they meet modernist architect Rainer von Abt. He builds for them a home to embody their exuberant faith in the future, and the Landauer House becomes an instant masterpiece. The honesty and idealism of 1930 quickly evaporate with the onset of World War II, and the marriage also shows signs of strain. This family must leave their old life behind, but the house’s story is far from over. As it passes from hand to hand, from Czech to Russian, both the best and the worst of the history of Eastern Europe becomes embodied and perhaps emboldened within the beautiful and austere surfaces and planes of the carefully designed house.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 12 – 1 pm | BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Closed for Mardi Gras
2020-02-25 10:00 - 18:00
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Tuesday, February 25, in observance of Mardi Gras.

Closed for Lundi Gras
2020-02-24 10:00 - 18:00
The museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Monday, February 24, for Lundi Gras. Join us on Wednesday, February 26, after Mardi Gras, as we resume normal hours.

Closed for Endymion Saturday
2020-02-22 10:00 - 18:00
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Saturday, February 22, as City Park and the surrounding Mid-City neighborhood host the Endymion parade as part of Mardi Gras celebrations.

Gallery Talk: Curator Nic Aziz on Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | Fifteen Paintings for the Plantationocene
2020-02-19 12:00
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.
Community Engagement Curator Nic Aziz will discuss the exhibition Torkwase Dyson: Black Compositional Thought | 15 Paintings for the Plantationocene.

Friday Nights at NOMA: Valentine's Day concert with Meghan Stewart
2020-02-14 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA features an exciting lineup of programs in 2020: live music, movies, activities for kids and families, 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 until 9 pm.
5–8 pm | Art on the Spot drop-in activity table
5:30–8:30 pm | Music by Meghan Stewart
ABOUT MEGHAN STEWART
Meghan Stewart is a refreshing voice in the New Orleans music scene with a powerful femininity reminiscent of Blossom Dearie. Hailing from the small town of Montevallo, Alabama, Stewart moved to New Orleans in 2011 to immerse herself in a place saturated with jazz and talented musicians. She performs at various local venues and regional festivals with the likes of such award-winning musicians as Cindy Scott, Jamison Ross, and Ellis Marsalis. Her upcoming debut album, Yesterdays, will be released on March 6, 2020, under the Bubble Bath Records label. Her first single and music video, “On The Street Where You Live,” was released in January 2020 and is available on all platforms. Her second single, “Say You’ll Go,” will be available on February 14 during this special release concert for Friday Nights at NOMA. To learn more about this vocalist, visit her website at MeghanStewartJazz.com.
▶ WATCH A MUSIC VIDEO OF MEGHAN STEWART SINGING “ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE”
Friday Nights at NOMA is presented by The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate and supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation; and the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.

Gallery Talk: Lamentations with artist Tina Freeman
2020-02-12 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.
Photographer Tina Freeman will discuss her exhibition Tina Freeman: Lamentations, a seven-year photo-documentation of Louisiana’s wetlands and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Image: 20180401_Svalbard_804 Loose pancake ice forming | 20140417_Avoca_Island_179 Wild iris blooming

Studio KIDS!
2020-02-08 10:00 - 12:00
Get Creative with Studio KIDS
In 2020, Studio KIDS presents a dynamic series of children’s art classes exploring our southern Louisianan environments and homes: both real and imagined. Each week, participants will engage with different sources of inspiration in NOMA’s galleries or the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, starting with explorations of the landscape and its creatures, then shifting focus indoors to explore exquisite constructions in the interior.
Each class features different media and techniques. Register for one class or the entire series. Please register in advance to ensure your spot.
Call 504-658-4128 or email education@noma.org for more information.
Cost per class: $25 members | $30 nonmembers
February 8 |Winged Beings | Discover the process of printmaking using winged beings of all kinds as inspiration! Scour the museum to spot flying creatures like birds, cherubs, and griffins in Italian Renaissance artworks.
ENROLL NOW

Friday Nights at NOMA: African Art panel discussion and performances | Music by Bamboula 2000
2020-02-07 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA features an exciting lineup of programs in 2020: live music, movies, activities for kids and families, 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 until 9 pm.
5–8 pm | Art on the Spot drop-in activity table
5:15 pm | Performance by Akirash
5:30–8:30 pm | Music by Bamboula 2000
6 pm | Panel discussion moderated by Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art with artists Daniel Callahan, Akirash, and Jessica Strahan. This discussion will feature multiple artists whose work is inspired by traditional African Art practices.
7 pm | Live MassQing performance by Daniel Callahan
▶ READ AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTIST
ABOUT BAMBOULA 2000
Bamboula 2000 is deeply rooted in the soul of Congo Square in New Orleans. This exciting music and dance experience formed in 1994 has become beloved in its home city and beyond. Bamboula 2000’s music is influenced by New Orleans, the Caribbean and Africa. The group has won the prestigious Big Easy Award for Best World Music group three times and has been nominated eight times. In addition, Bamboula 2000 reaches thousands of children annually through their Imagination Tour dance-and-drum workshops.
ABOUT AKIRASH
Akirash
Olaniyi Rasheed Akindiya aka AKIRASH, was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He moved to the U.S. in 2011 and now lives in both Lagos and Texas. Reflecting on rural versus urban life, the accelerated pace of development, and social infrastructure, his work explores the personal and the universal, investigating the invisible systems of power that govern everyday existence. He utilizes a multitude of techniques and materials, including repurposed objects—which may result in mixed media painting— sculpture, installation, video, photography, sound, and performance.
AKIRASH’s work has been exhibited at the twelfth edition of Dak’Art Biennale in Dakar, Senegal, 2016. He also participated in Chale Wote Street Festival in Accra, Ghana, in 2013; the International Multimedia Festival in Yagon, Myanmar, in 2012; Infecting the City Street Festival, in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2012; and the East Africa Biennale (ESTAFAB) in Dar Sallam, Tanzania, in both 2005 and 2007. Visit his website for more information.
ABOUT DANIEL CALLAHAN
Daniel Callahan
Daniel Callahan is a Boston-based multimedia artist, designer, and filmmaker. Merging a legion of disciplines including painting, digital photography, film, music, writing and performance, Callahan works to craft immersive experiences incorporating story, ritual, and the human form to explore aspects of resilience and mysticism. Best known for his painterly technique of MassQing—a ritual painting of the face used to reveal rather than conceal one’s inner essence—Callahan’s performance will take place in a semi-enclosed structure with a transparent viewing wall. Audio and video will be used to create a soundscape lasting the duration of the MassQing ritual.
Callahan’s work hasbeen featured at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and the Queens Museum. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Design where he received a Bachelors of Applied Science in Fine Arts and Africana Studies, and Emerson College where he received a Masters in Fine Arts in Film and Video. Daniel is a recipient of the Donor Circle for the Arts Grant and the New England Foundation for the Arts Creative City Grant.
ABOUT JESSICA STRAHAN
Jessica Strahan
Jessica Strahan is a native of New Orleans who is inspired by the vibrancy of the Crescent City as well as the African diaspora. Her artwork consistently depicts the city’s rich culture, distinctive landmarks, and colorful people juxtaposed with tribes of the motherland. With works already on the walls of homes in London, New York, and Athens, Strahan is set on sharing her art throughout the world. Recent group exhibitions include Face to Face at LeMieux Galleries, Soul II Soul, and Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandelry in New Orleans and Mirrored Migrations at Rush Corridor Gallery in New York. She is the 2019 Art Prize winner for the Louisiana Contemporary and a regional winner of the 2016 Bombay Sapphire Artisan series and displayed during Art Basel | Miami Beach.
Friday Nights at NOMA is presented by The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate and 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.

Artist's Perspective: Photographer Ben Depp discusses Tina Freeman: Lamentations
2020-02-05 12:00 - 13:00
Throughout the exhibition of photographs in Tina Freeman: Lamentations, a seven-year photo-documentation of Louisiana’s wetlands and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic by Tina Freeman, fellow artists, including Ben Depp, will offer their perspective on the subject matter. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
ABOUT BEN DEPP
Ben Depp is an independent documentary photographer and National Geographic Society Explorer. He has worked as a freelance photographer since 2005 covering general news, producing feature stories, and doing investigative journalism all over the world. Much of Depp’s work has centered around environmental issues and his environmental reporting has been funded by the National Geographic Society, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, and Ford Foundation.
Image: 20140222_Dritvik_016 Ice along a stream, western Iceland | 20130911_Louisiana_Deltas_270 Healthy marsh along the lower Mississippi River, just west of South Pass, by Tina Freeman.

Sculpture Garden Tour
2020-02-03 13:00
NOTE: The Besthoff Sculpture Garden tour on Monday, February 3, has been rescheduled for 1 pm.
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weather dependent. (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 gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

Museum Highlights Tour
2020-02-01 13:00 - 14:00

Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour
2020-02-01 12:00 - 13:00
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weather dependent, at noon. (Call 504.658.4153 to verify.) Sited on twelve acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, George Rodrigue, and Robert Indiana, among others. Meet at the gates to the garden, which offers free admission year-round.

Studio KIDS!
2020-02-01 10:00 - 12:00
Get Creative with Studio KIDS
In 2020, Studio KIDS presents a dynamic series of children’s art classes exploring our southern Louisianan environments and homes: both real and imagined. Each week, participants will engage with different sources of inspiration in NOMA’s galleries or the Besthoff Sculpture Garden, starting with explorations of the landscape and its creatures, then shifting focus indoors to explore exquisite constructions in the interior.
Each class features different media and techniques. Register for one class or the entire series. Please register in advance to ensure your spot. Call 504-658-4128 or email education@noma.org for more information.
Cost per class: $25 members | $30 nonmembers
February 1 |Swamp Stories | Bottle caps become flowers and yarn becomes Spanish moss in this imaginative workshop. Craft a Louisiana-inspired landscape on cardboard and explore the endless possibilities of creative reuse and recyclable materials.
ENROLL NOW

Friday Nights at NOMA: Robert Burns Night
2020-01-31 17:00 - 21:00
Friday Nights at NOMA features an exciting lineup of programs in 2020: live music, movies, activities for kids and families, 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 until 9 pm.
In partnership with The NOLA Project theater company, NOMA will present a fun and nontraditional Scottish celebration of poetry, music, food, and drink for the entire New Orleans community. Pull out your kilt and tartan and come be a Scotsman for the night we celebrate the life, times, and poetry of one of the world’s greatest wordsmiths, Robert Burns.
The evening will feature bagpipes and Scottish country dancers from the Caledonian Society of New Orleans, a parade and Ode to the Haggis, live music, singing, and a host of spoken poetry delivered by members of the theater company and special guests from the community. Come join the fun, learn about the legend of Robert Burns, sign up to read a poem, sing a song, and celebrate the Scottish way! Food and drink will be available for purchase from Café NOMA, including a special cock-a-leekie soup.
5 – 8 pm | Art on the Spot drop-in activity table
5:30 pm | Reading of “Immortal Memory,” a tribute to Robert Burns
6:30 to 7 pm | Folk dancing performance and visitor participation with the Caledonia Society of New Orleans
7 pm | Ceremonial entry of the Haggis in the Great Hall
The event will conclude with a singalong of Burns’s most famous song, “Auld Lang Syne.” Throughout the evening, actors from The NOLA Company will be reading Burns’s poems and visitors are encouraged to select from print handouts to read poems at the microphone.
Friday Nights at NOMA is presented by The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate and supported in part by grant funds from the Azby Fund; Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation; and the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.

NOMA Book Club Discussion Program
2020-01-30 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 2020 schedule and reading list has been announced.
Organized by NOMA’s Felix J. Dreyfous Library, the Book Club is an informal group. You do not have to attend every meeting and we understand if you have to leave a discussion or program early. The book club offers several types of programs: a book discussion group that meets once a month (no reading in December), curatorial programs, field trips, and Meet the Author receptions. Most book club programs start promptly at noon, but please arrive at 11:30 a.m. if you wish to bring a sack lunch or meet beforehand. NOMA will provide water and soft drinks.
RSVP for the meetings you wish to attend so we can prepare the meeting space.
Please contact NOMA’s Education Department at 504.658.4128 or education@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
January 2020
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert Picador
Henry Holt & Comany, 2015, ISBN: 1250062187
Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. In prose that is frank, entertaining, and deeply informed, Elizabeth Kolbert tells us why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before. Providing a moving and comprehensive account of the disappearances occurring before our very eyes, Kolbert shows how the sixth extinction is likely to be mankind’s most lasting legacy, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 12 – 1 pm | CURATORIAL PROGRAM with Russell Lord, Freeman Family Curator of Photography
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 12 – 1 pm | BOOK DISCUSSION

Gallery Talk: Curator Mel Buchanan on the Greenwood Plantation parlor
2020-01-29 12:00 - 13:00
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Join Mel Buchanan, RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, for a discussion about the recent installation of mid-nineteenth-century parlor furniture and furnishings from Greenwood Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, and the lives of the property owners and the enslaved.

Les Cenelles presents Nèj Nwa, a closing concert for Inventing Acadia
2020-01-26 18:00 - 20:00
As the exhibition Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana comes to a close, Les Cenelles will perform a concert titled Nèj Nwa in the Great Hall. Les Cenelles is a contemporary string ensemble who explore the Creole diaspora through melody and memory to honor cultural ancestors and preserve the plurality of their experiences through a prismatic and contemporary lens.
Ensemble members include the following: free feral, Sultana Isham, mun, Joseph Darensbourg, Peter J Bowling, and Denise Frazier.
General admission $20 | NOMA members $15
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