New Orleans Museum of Art

Pride Summer Soirée
2025-06-06 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us on the first Friday of June for a vibrant evening of art, music, and celebration in honor of LGBTQ+ Pride month.
NOMA’s after-hours Pride Summer Soirée invites everyone to celebrate art and Pride in the heart of NOMA’s galleries. With live music and DJ sets, Pride-inspired art making activities, and more, this celebration is designed to be inclusive and welcoming for all.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Tickets are $15 for Members, $30 for General Admission, and free for attendees under 19.
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Event Details
Live DJ Set from ZEUS
Dance all night to live mixes from local artist, DJ, and producer ZEUS in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts.
Art-Making Activities for All
Craft the night away at our interactive art-making station. Our featured art activity, an “identity Collage” inspired by Robert Rauschenberg’s Melic Meeting (Spread), on view in the second floor’s Entergy Corporation Gallery, is designed for creatives of all experience levels.
Glam Photo Booth, Courtesy of MIPB & Co.
Strike a pose, channel the energy of your favorite LGBTQ+ icons, and capture unforgettable memories of the night with complementary photos from a Glam Photo Booth courtesy of MIPB & Co., an LGBTQ+ owned business.
Gallery Talk with Dr. Orlando Hernández Ying, Curator of Arts of the Americas
Enjoy after-hours access to our galleries and exhibitions, and gain deeper insight into our collection with a gallery talk led by NOMA’s Curator of Arts of the Americas, Dr. Orlando Hernández Ying. His gallery talk, titled Three Male Nudes at NOMA, will focus on the appreciation of the male nude through the lens of Mannerism, a period of experimentation and innovation that pushed the boundaries of art and challenged the idealized norms of the High Renaissance.
This gallery talk will take place from 7:00-7:20 pm. The talk will begin in the Renaissance Art Gallery and move into the Dutch Art Gallery, both found on the first floor.
Food and Drinks from Café NOMA
Sip and snack on a small bites and beverage menu from Café NOMA. The menu will include a rainbow doberge cake, Pride-themed cocktails, and more.

Bios
About ZEUS
ZEUS is a New Orleans-based artist, DJ, and producer. He supported Grammy Award-winning Tank and the Bangas on their The Heart, The Mind, The Soul tour across the US, performed at Gameday at The Bayou Classic, and recently held a residency at Emeril Lagasse’s 34 Restaurant and Bar in New Orleans. You can find him on Instagram, Soundcloud, TikTok, YouTube, and on his official website.

About MIPB & Co. (Photo Booth Experience Makers)
MIPB & Co. is a premier destination for exceptional photo booth experiences. They are passionate about creating unforgettable moments and capturing the essence of joy, laughter and celebration.
“As a LGBTQ+ owned business, it’s important to us to show up for our community not just in celebration, but by giving our time, talent, and resources where it counts,” remarks co-owner Orlando Whigham. “We’re excited to support Pride in a way that feels authentic to who we are.”
Connect with MIPB & Co. on their Instagram (@mipb.activations) and their official website.

Gallery Talk with Erika Witt
2025-06-11 12:30 - 13:00, 2025-06-11 18:00 - 18:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.
This week, join Erika Witt, Director and Chief Curator of Southern University at New Orleans Museum of Art, for a gallery talk on works in the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations.
Witt will lead two iterations of this gallery talk: the first from 12:30-1:00 PM, and the second from 6:00-6:30 pm the same evening.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

About Erika Witt
Erika Witt is the Director and Chief Curator of the Southern University at New Orleans Museum of Art (SUNOMA) and serves as an adjunct professor in SUNO’s Master of Arts in Museum Studies program. She specializes in traditional African art and Egyptology, with a focus on preserving and interpreting African material culture within museums and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Erika’s work emphasizes the importance of accessibility, representation, and cultural continuity across academic and museum settings. Her mission is to make museums and global heritage inclusive and accessible—particularly for communities historically excluded from institutional narratives. Through exhibitions, public programming, and academic engagement, her curatorial practice foregrounds representation, cultural stewardship, and diasporic storytelling.

Producer's Choice: Chocolat and Conversation with Robert Nelson Jacobs and Producer Meryl Poster
2025-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
Films build community through shared experiences.
NOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures.
Discussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form.
NOMA will screen Chocolat (2000) for this program, followed by a conversation with screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs and Poster. Doors open at 5:30 pm, and the film screening starts at 6:00 pm.
Tickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission.
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Ticket Waitlist Policy
If tickets are sold out for a screening, there will be a first come, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats:

At 5:30 pm, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.
At 6:15 pm, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.
NOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.
The museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.

About the Film
Chocolat (2000, 2h 1m)
A mysterious woman opens a sweets shop in a 1950s French village and immediately causes a romantic and societal stir among the uptight townsfolk.
About Meryl Poster
Meryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking, critically acclaimed films, including the Oscar-winning Chicago, Chocolat, Cider House Rules, Cop Land, Beautiful Girls, Bounce, Kate and Leopold, and An Unfinished Life.

Book Club: Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X
2025-06-12 12:00 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’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 to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.
Books are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop, where museum members receive a 10% discount.
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Meetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions, please email programs@noma.org.

About the Book
Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X
by Deborah Davis

The subject of John Singer Sargent’s most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old New Orleans Creole Virginie Gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the “it girl” of her day. A relative unknown at the time, Sargent won the commission to paint her; the two must have recognized in each other a like-minded hunger for fame.
Unveiled at the 1884 Paris Salon, Gautreau’s portrait generated the attention she craved-but it led to infamy rather than stardom. Sargent had painted one strap of Gautreau’s dress dangling from her shoulder, suggesting either the prelude to or the aftermath of sex. Her reputation irreparably damaged, Gautreau retired from public life, destroying all the mirrors in her home.
Drawing on documents from private collections and other previously unexamined materials, and featuring a cast of characters including Oscar Wilde and Richard Wagner, Strapless is a tale of art and celebrity, obsession and betrayal.

Summer Art Camp Session 1 (Ages 5–12)
2025-06-16 - 2025-06-19 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Campers will embark on an exciting summer adventure at NOMA, exploring 5,000 years of art through our permanent collection, special exhibitions, and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. With an interdisciplinary approach to creative thinking and art-making, campers will engage in a variety of artistic mediums and activities, including drawing, painting, movement, sculpture, and more. Each camp session is unique, yet all are centered on the joy of art exploration, creation, and fun—all located conveniently within New Orleans City Park.
Registration is $320 ($240 for members). Please note that session 1 does not meet on Friday, June 20, in observance of Juneteenth.
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Juneteenth: Nu Nation Choir at NOMA
2025-06-18 18:00 - 19:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us in NOMA’s Great Hall for a live performance by New Orleans’ own Nu Nation Choir in honor of Juneteenth.
This event takes place on Wednesday, June 18, from 6-7 pm. Before the program, visit Café NOMA, offering happy hour specials and a menu of shareable small plates every Wednesday, 3–6 pm.
Attendance is included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative.

About Nu Nation Choir
Under the direction of John Walker Jr., Nu Nation Choir was established in 2024 in New Orleans, LA. God gave Mr. Walker a vision of the youth and young adults of the city of New Orleans together. With all the calamities occurring daily in our world, nation, state, and city we need healing. Healing of the mind, body, and soul indefinitely amongst our youth and young adults. NuNation was birthed out of a need being met. Mr. Walker then put the word out and on a Thursday night in January 2024 a group of young people met at Union Bethel AME Church, and the group was formed. A group of youth and young adults who desire to grow closer to God and spread the gospel through praise and song make up Nu Nation Choir.
The choir rehearses weekly to produce skillful vocals, energetic performances, and a captivating style. As a direct result of making music as a team, Nu Nation has created the opportunity to build and cultivate lasting friendships. Above all, it’s the goal of Nu Nation to execute ministry at a high level of excellence and satisfaction.
To learn more about Nu Nation Choir, visit their Facebook and Instagram (@nunationchoir) profiles.

About Juneteenth National Independence Day
Juneteenth refers to June 19, 1865, when Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth National Independence Day, known as Juneteenth, became the 12th legal federal holiday on June 17, 2021.
To learn more about this pivotal moment in American history, visit Juneteenth: Sun, Sounds, and the Spirit of Freedom on the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s (NMAAHC’s) website.

Summer Art Camp Session 2 (Ages 5–12)
2025-06-23 - 2025-06-27 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Campers will embark on an exciting summer adventure at NOMA, exploring 5,000 years of art through our permanent collection, special exhibitions, and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. With an interdisciplinary approach to creative thinking and art-making, campers will engage in a variety of artistic mediums and activities, including drawing, painting, movement, sculpture, and more. Each camp session is unique, yet all are centered on the joy of art exploration, creation, and fun—all located conveniently within New Orleans City Park.
Registration is $400 ($300 for members).
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Musical Encounters
2025-06-25 18:00 - 18:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
On select Wednesdays, NOMA presents a new series of gallery talks featuring conversations with musicians about their creative processes, followed by a short, intimate performance inspired by a work on view at the museum. This iteration of Musical Encounters will feature music by Sam Dickey.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

Kolaj Fest at NOMA
2025-06-26 10:15 - 17:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Kolaj Fest New Orleans—a multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society—heads to the museum for a day full of conversations, tours, and more.
The event brings together collage artists and art professionals to elevate the status of collage through panel discussions, exhibitions, and activities. Attendees will meet, network, and share community, camaraderie, and fellowship, all while developing new ideas for artmaking, writing, and curatorial projects.
Get inspired to champion collage in the year to come.
LEARN MORE ABOUT KOLAJ FEST
This event is free with museum admission. Museum visitors are invited to join in on the day’s programs.

Schedule
Daily Collage Congress: Welcome to Kolaj Fest
Lapis Center for the Arts
10:15 am
Hear from a number of artists about projects and exhibitions taking place during the festival. Andrea Lewicki from the Special Agent Collage Collective will introduce the Locative Collage Project taking place during the festival. Nikola Janevski will present their collaboration with Andrea Burgay that looks to bring collage into the fashion world.
Sacred Mother Space Gallery Walk with Creative Assembly member LaVonna Varnado-Brown
First Floor, Ella West Freeman Galleries
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
LaVonna Varnado-Brown will lead a gallery walk of the museum that “honors the Divine Mothers through visual spellcasting. The tour will include some works in the New African Masquerades exhibition as well as works in the Afropolitan: Contemporary African Arts at NOMA exhibition. Varnado-Brown is a 2024-2025 Creative Assembly artist-in-residence. “NOMA’s Creative Assembly residency promotes community engagement by welcoming artists to collaborate throughout the year with the museum’s permanent collection, special exhibitions, and programs.” During the Sacred Mother Space Gallery Walk, Varnado-Brown will share her experience as a resident artist.
Preserving Family History workshop with Nayla Maaruf
Second Floor, Frederick R. Weisman Galleries
11:30 am –12:15 pm
Nayla Maaruf, NOMA’s Conservator of Photographs and Works of Art on Paper, will share her knowledge on disaster preparation at home for family photos and documents, which also applies to artists with a paper-based practice. Maaruf will also entertain questions from artists who have material concerns about their artwork.
Victorian Scrapbook House for Paper Dolls with Beverly Gordon
Lapis Center for the Arts
1:00 pm –1:30 pm
During her thirty-year career in academia, Englewood, Florida artist, writer, and educator Beverly Gordon focused a global lens on art identified as domestic and “women’s work”. In this session, Gordon will present on collages found in late Victorian scrapbook houses. She writes: “These were collage book albums, ostensibly made as paper doll houses, which featured double-page spreads representing different rooms in a house. The cover of a given album served as the front door, the next pages represented the front hall, and so on into the inner rooms of the home and garden. The furnishings of the rooms consisted of images cut out from trade catalogs, newspapers and other visual material, which was ubiquitous in the late 19th century. Scrapbook houses are related to Victorian photocollage, but the genre stands alone as a particularized tradition.”
Gallery Tour of Nicolas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan, Mississippi Watershed with Curator Brian Piper
Second Floor, Zita and Luther Templemann Galleries
1:oo pm
Brian Piper, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings, will lead a gallery tour of the exhibition Nicolas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan, Mississippi Watershed. French artist Nicolas Floc’h’s Fleuves-Océan project traces the movement of water across our planet, exploring its flow through varied habitats and representing the ways we are all connected by water cycles and systems. On display are vibrant monochromatic photographs of the color of water made under the surface paired with dramatic black-and-white landscape photographs made along the banks of the Mississippi and its tributaries—from Louisiana and across the country. Floc’h documented the entire span of the Mississippi during a 2022 Villa Albertine artist residency in the United States in collaboration with the Camargo Foundation and Artconnexion. This exhibition, organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art, illustrates the importance of a network of water that links people across the entire continent. Floc’h’s photography translates important scientific concerns—such as climate change and the looming water crisis—into an overwhelming aesthetic experience, without sacrificing any urgency or insistence.
Learn more about the exhibition here.
Symbols on a Cave Wall: Storytelling & Collage with Andrea Lewicki, Carolyn E. Oliver, Jordan Cerminara, Kirk Read, and Erica Trabold
Lapis Center for the Arts
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm
Storytelling is a fundamental part of the human experience. Every culture does it, sometimes in wildly different ways. From painted symbols on a cave wall to role playing video games, people are telling stories but also sharing vital information, conveying ethics and morality, or building a cosmology that explains the world in which we live. In this panel, we will hear from artists whose practice is deeply involved with storytelling and collage.
Docent guided Tour of New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations
First Floor, Ella West Freeman Galleries
2:00 pm
New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations is a major exhibition presenting the works of four contemporary artists working in cities across West Africa: Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa, Sheku “Goldenfinger” Fofanah, David Sanou, and Hervé Youmbi. Learn more about the exhibition here.
For collage artists and enthusiasts, New African Masquerades is an opportunity to see artwork by contemporary African artists whose practice is rooted in ancestral traditions, embedded in communities, performed live for people in performances, processions, and other ceremonies. “Looking at these artworks through the lens of collage, we can see how the artists are creating a bridge between the past and the present, mixing contemporary media with a traditional visual language, and creating dynamic experiences for the viewers they encounter. What does it mean to think of art objects as living entities?” said Kolaj Institute Director Ric Kasini Kadour. “The exhibition also invites us to reflect on how we think about historical and contemporary art from Africa and how these objects make their way into European and North American institutions.”
Where are we?: Collage Artists & a Sense of Place
Lapis Center for the Arts
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
In Lure of the Local, Lucy Lippart wrote, “When we know where we are, we’re in a far better position to understand what other cultural groups are experiencing within a time and place we all share.” Where are we? Modern life is fundamentally diasporic in nature. Understanding place is critical to survival and resilience in the 21st century where hostile factors of climate change, late-stage capitalism, and rising authoritarianism threaten community cohesion already stressed by Modernity.
Each of the four artists in the New African Masquerades exhibition contribute to a sense of place in their communities. They draw on traditions, folklore, and religious practices. They use symbols and imagery familiar to their communities. Their performances bring people together and offer the opportunity to connect with ancestral traditions and create shared memories for the future. All of these things foster a sense of place. And each of these artists operate from the now, putting that sense of place in conversation with the Modern lives in which their communities exist.
In this session, we will hear from four artists whose work also speaks to a sense of place.

About Kolaj Institute
Kolaj Institute is a 501c3 Louisiana-based, non-profit organization whose mission is to support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, & disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. The institute also publishes Kolaj Magazine, a quarterly, printed, art magazine reviewing and surveying contemporary collage with an international perspective.

Public Tours in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Sunday
2025-06-28 10:30 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
NOMA provides guided tours of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden every Saturday. During these tours, you’ll learn about a selection of the 100 large-scale works installed in the garden.
No registration is required. NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden is free and open to all, seven days a week. Tours start at the main entrance gate to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive.

Summer Art Camp Session 3 (Ages 5–12)
2025-07-07 - 2025-07-11 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119

Gallery Talk with Tony Yeboah: "West African Ontology of Space and the Architecture of Community"
2025-07-09 12:30 - 13:00, 2025-07-09 18:00 - 18:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.
This week, join Tony Yeboah, Tulane University Faculty Fellow of African Art History, for a gallery talk on works in the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations. The title of his talk is “West African Ontology of Space and the Architecture of Community”
Yeboah will lead two iterations of this gallery talk: the first from 12:30-1:00 pm, and the second from 6:00-6:30 pm the same evening.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

About Tony Yeboah
Tony Yeboah is Assistant Professor of African Art History at Tulane University. His current research supported by the Mellon Foundation and the Betty and Whitney MacMillan Center of Yale University, utilizes local-centered methodologies to reclaim African ontologies of space. Tony’s research examines the entangled themes of colonial power, the built environment, and community-making in one of the greatest West African capitals, Kumase. Tony is a contributor for the OER, (Open Educational Resources), a project of the Gates Ventures. His works have appeared in edited volumes and in numerous peer-reviewed journals and popular avenues including History in Africa, Journal of West African History, History Education Research Journal, the Conversation, and Nursing Clio.

Book Club: Luncheon of the Boating Party
2025-07-10 12:00 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’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 to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.
Books are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop, where museum members receive a 10% discount.
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Meetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions, please email programs@noma.org.

About the Book
Luncheon of the Boating Party
by Susan Vreeland

Luncheon of the Boating Party, the novel and the painting, depicts the summer of 1880, an exuberant postwar time when social constraints were loosening, Paris was healing, and Parisians were bursting with a desire for pleasure. The fourteen people on the terrace overlooking the Seine enjoying this moment of la vie moderne are Renoir’s very real friends, my characters, whose lives unfold and connect during the course of the making of the painting.

Summer Art Camp Session 4 (Ages 5–12)
2025-07-14 - 2025-07-18 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119

Gallery Talk with Lavonna Varnado-Brown
2025-07-16 12:30 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.
This week, join Creative Assembly member Lavonna Varnado-Brown on the Second Floor Mezzanine to discuss the Black Madonnas in the exhibition Carlo Saraceni’s “Our Lady of Loreto” and Peruvian Viceregal Statue Paintings. Varrnado-Brown will highlight Saraceni’s work “Our Lady of Loreto/Nuestra Señora de Loreto,” exploring themes of the divine feminine, Syncretism, and the artist’s influences. We will reflect on the gradual process of adoption and adaptation of this iconography by Indigenous and Mestizo artists in Viceregal Peru in the creation of Marian images. In the past, “Our Lady of Loreto” has been exhibited as a Peruvian work created during the Viceregal Period (1542-1824), and NOMA has played a crucial role in exhibiting the work more accurately as Italian Baroque painting dated to 1600, created while the Venetian artist was active in Rome.
This talk will be held at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

About Lavonna Varnado-Brown
Lavonna Varnado-Brown, Creative Assembly 2025
LaVonna Varnado Brown is a multidisciplinary artist and community worker.She earned a BA from Southeastern University Louisiana with a focus on Theatre and Liberal Arts. After studying abroad in London and Paris in the summer of 2009, LaVonna has worked as an installation artist, artist advocate, teaching artist, and tutor in and around New Orleans. LaVonna creates mixed media visual art that is AfroFutiristic in aesthetic with odes to history, the Divine Feminine, and floral daydreams abounding. AfroFuturism is a cultural aesthetic that explores the intersection of art and history with intention to inspire action in the now by healing beyond trauma. In addition to creating multimedia works, LaVonna curates intentional workshops and expos with a focus on healing and raising spatial awareness. Through her work she hopes to uplift the narrative of rest, joy, resistance, and abundance.

Salon Supper Club Presented by First Horizon Bank
2025-07-17 18:00 - 21:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
This year, the New Orleans Museum of Art introduces a new food- and art-focused series of events inspired by works on view: the Salon Supper Club Presented by First Horizon Bank.
During this lively cocktail event with progressive food stations throughout the museum, guests will explore featured exhibitions and installations at the museum while celebrating the ability of art to connect us with friends, family, and new acquaintances.
Salon Supper Club Presented by First Horizon Bank
Celebrating “A Taste of West Africa and New Orleans”
Event Chairs | Terrah and Willie Green, Jenny and Robb Vorhoff, Elizabeth and James Williams, Ariel Wilson-Harris and L. Kasimu Harris
NOMA Volunteer Committee Chair | Taylor Pospisil
Your support of the Salon Supper Club events provides critical resources to exhibitions, educational initiatives, and programming at NOMA.
For sponsorship inquiries and questions about the Salon Supper Club, please email salonsupperclub@noma.org or call 504.658.4121.

Event Tickets
Get your tickets now for the next installation of the Salon Supper Club on Thursday, July 17.
$250 | Patron Supper Club Tickets
Grants ticket holders access to the event from 6-9 PM
TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE DOOR
$150 | General Admission Tickets
Grants ticket holders access to the event from 7-9 PM
TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE DOOR
Summer Cocktail Attire

Event Details
Guest Chef Serigne Mbaye, Co-owner and Chef of Dakar NOLA, honored with the prestigious 2024 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant.
Serigne Mbaye, Head Chef and Co-Owner of Dakar NOLA
A Collaborative Exhibition-Inspired Menu Crafted by Dakar NOLA and Ralph Brennan Catering and Events

Cocktails Crafted by Guest Mixologist Deniseea Head (“Chicken and Champagne”) and Host of BET’s “Cheers to That!”

Better known as Chicken and Champagne, Deniseea Head, born & raised in Los Angeles, pairs innovative cocktails with her love for African American history. She specializes in well-curated, intimate and large-scale events with compelling storytelling. Currently residing in New Orleans, Deniseea hosts BET’s “Cheers To That” series, highlighting Black owned spirits, artists, and pop culture.
Through creative cocktails & history Deniseea serves as a griot to engage, inform, and bring visibility to current issues, events, and how they affect the community. She has been featured in Imbibe Magazine, Marie Claire, Food & Wine, Beverage Master BWIF 2025, Vinepair Educator of the Year 2023, Travel & Leisure, BBC, and other outlets. You can find her on Instagram: @chickenandchampagne
Live Music from AllStar Band and DJ Sets from DJ Ojay

Live Poetry Writing From Internationally-Acclaimed Poet Sunni Patterson

And More!

About the Exhibition
New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations spotlights the work of four contemporary artists working in cities across West Africa: Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa, Sheku “Goldenfinger” Fofanah, David Sanou, and Hervé Youmbi.
The first presentation of its kind, New African Masquerades offers a rare look into contemporary West African masquerade by contextualizing the works of individual artists within a range of social, economic, and religious practices and examining their networks of viewership and exchange. Made from materials including wood, cloth and fabrics, sequins, feathers, gourds, raffia, and cowry shells, the ensembles on view represent a wide variety of masquerade practices and societies.
Organized in partnership with the Musée des Civilisations noires (MCN) in Dakar, Senegal, the exhibition will be also be presented in a parallel form for African audiences—marking the first time an exhibition will be presented in such a way in North America and Africa.

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Sponsorship Levels and Benefits
Take advantage of the opportunity to join as a sponsor for all three Salon Supper Club events in 2025 on Thursday, May 22; Thursday, July 17; and Friday, October 3.
$25,000 | Platinum Sponsor

12 tickets to each Salon Supper Club event (If purchased after May 22nd, you will receive 24 tickets to Summer Salon and 12 to the Fall Salon.)
Recognition as a sponsor with name or logo in all press materials
Recognition as a sponsor at all NOMA Salon Supper Club events
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on printed invitations, evites, and on noma.org
Mention on an Instagram post + story before the event and mention in an Instagram story at the event; 2 mentions on Facebook
Listed in paid advertisements
NOMA Fellows membership
Exhibition catalogues

Become a Platinum Sponsor
$15,000 | Gold Sponsor

10 tickets to each Salon Supper Club event (If purchased after May 22nd, you will receive 20 tickets to Summer Salon and 10 to the Fall Salon.)
Recognition as a sponsor with name or logo in all press materials
Recognition as a sponsor at all NOMA Salon Supper Club events
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on printed invitations, evites, and on noma.org
Listed in paid advertisements
NOMA Fellows membership
Exhibition catalogues

Become a Gold Sponsor
$8,000 | Silver Sponsor

6 tickets to each Salon Supper Club event (If purchased after May 22nd, you will receive 12 tickets to Summer Salon and 6 to the Fall Salon.)
Recognition as a sponsor at all NOMA Salon Supper Club events
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on printed invitations, evites, and on noma.org
NOMA Fellows membership
Exhibition catalogues

Become a Silver Sponsor
$5,500 | Benefactor

4 tickets to each Salon Supper Club event (If purchased after May 22nd, you will receive 8 tickets to Summer Salon and 4 to the Fall Salon.)
Recognition as a sponsor at all NOMA Salon Supper Club events
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on printed invitations, evites, and on noma.org
NOMA Fellows membership

Become a Benefactor
$2,750 | Supporter Couple

2 tickets to each Salon Supper Club event (If purchased after May 22nd, you will receive 4 tickets to Summer Salon and 2 to the Fall Salon.)
Recognition as a sponsor at all NOMA Salon Supper Club events
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on printed invitations, evites, and on noma.org
NOMA Fellows membership

Become a Supporter
$1,375 | Supporter Single

1 ticket to each Salon Supper Club event (If purchased after May 22nd, you will receive 2 tickets to Summer Salon and 1 to the Fall Salon.)
Recognition as a sponsor at all NOMA Salon Supper Club events
Invitations to exhibition patron preview openings during 2025–26
Sponsor recognition on printed invitations, evites, and on noma.org
NOMA Fellows membership

Become a Supporter
For sponsorship inquiries and questions about the Salon Supper Club, please email salonsupperclub@noma.org or call 504.658.4121.

Thank You to Our Current Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor

Gold Sponsors
Anonymous
Walda Besthoff
Silver Sponsors
Elizabeth Boh
Feil Family Foundation
Peggy and Timber Floyd
Benefactors
Mrs. Robert H. Boh
Eileen and Joey Devall
Shaun and Foster Duncan
The Helis Foundation
Kim and Thomas Henley
Phyllis M. Taylor
Elizabeth and James Williams
Supporters
R. P. Bartee
Broadmoor, LLC
Caroline and Murray Calhoun
Luz and Salvador Caputto
Red River Bank
Ann Duffy and John Skinner
Pam Davis Friedler
Julie and Ted George
Dr. Kelly E. Haynie
Millie and Robert Kohn
Kristen and Paul Leonard
Blanca Rosa Maldonado. M.D.
Ellen Manshel
Renee and Paul Masinter
Cammie and Charles Mayer
Eduardo E. Rodriguez
Claude and Mimi Schlesinger
Susu and Andrew Stall
Suzanne and Robert Thomas
Lele and Brent Wood
Media Sponsors

Libations
Sazerac Co.
Special Thanks
Urban Earth
Café NOMA

Event Committee to be Announced Soon

Gallery Talk with Laura Moreno
2025-07-23 12:30 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.
This week, join Museum Educator Laura Moreno for a conversation about Carlos Rolón’s “Losa Criolla” located in the NOMA 2nd Floor elevator lobby. This talk will be held at 12:30 pm.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

Gallery Talk with Owen Canter
2025-07-23 18:00 - 18:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.
This week, join Owen Canter for a conversation about the history of Palissy ware. This talk will be held at 6:00 pm in the Decorative Arts galleries.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

Gallery Talk with Jer'Lisa Devezin
2025-07-30 12:30 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.
This week, join Creative Assembly member Jer’Lisa Devezin for a conversation about Leonardo Drew’s piece Number 59S. This talk will be held at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

About Jer’Lisa Devezin
Jer’Lisa Devezin, Creative Assembly 2025
Jer’Lisa J. Devezin is an artist and educator born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, LA. She earned her BA from Dillard University and MFA from Southern Methodist University. Heavily influenced by her upbringing in the city, Jer’Lisa’s work engages research through a black feminist lens centering identity, sexuality, Black studies, and Southern culture, specifically focusing on New Orleans and socioeconomics. Devezin’s practice integrates ceramic and sculptural processes such as welded steel, woven forms, cast slip, plaster, and metal. Her research on materials like clay, metal, and fibers engages with the function of materiality and is intentionally used to coexist and initiate conversations between the viewer and the work. Devezin is based in New Orleans and works as an Assistant Professor of Art at Tulane University.

Gallery Talk with Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
2025-08-06 12:30 - 13:00, 2025-08-06 18:00 - 18:30 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.
This week, join us for a gallery talk led by local artist and designer Elenora “Rukiya” Brown on works in the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations.
Rukiya will lead two iterations of this gallery talk: the first will take place from 12:30-1:00 pm, and the second from 6:00-6:30 pm the same evening.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

About Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
Rukiya is an artist and designer, recognized among her peers and protégés for fusing both historical influence from People of Color traditions with contemporary times. She is internationally known for making beautiful “soft sculptures” Mardi Gras InJun suits. Featured with her is one of her personal dolls from the Unclaimed Memories Hurricane Katrina collection.
Rukiya calls her art a type of therapy—that healing begins with herself and goes out to others. All of her artwork is an offering to the community of Color, to inform and inspire based on her research, weaving in the majesty of life. Rukiya treats none of her creations as a “job” in the traditional sense; it’s more the joy of the experience while doing. She is perhaps then a mixed media artist in the truest form.
Gifted as a quilter and storyteller of quilts, art and fashion designer, and master beader as well, her talents are sought by novices, major art enthusiasts, and wealthy collectors. Rukiya has participated in New Orleans JazzFest for many years, winning numerous awards. She is acknowledging her Chahta American Indian bloodline ancestry. She masks with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux’s Golden Eagles tribe, and she fully represents the New Orleans culture of masking Mardi Gras InJun.
Rukiya’s Mardi Gras InJun suit When People Could Fly (2014) was acquired by the New Orleans Museum of Art. The White Buffalo Calf Woman (2017) suit is a part of the permanent exhibit at the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, in Paris, France. The Metamorphosis (2013) was featured in Tina Freeman’s award-winning book, Artist Spaces:NEW Orleans (Louisiana Artists).

NOMA at Night: New African Masquerades Closing Celebration
2025-08-08 18:00 - 21:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Get creative and explore the museum after hours during NOMA at Night.
This NOMA at Night celebrates the closing of the exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations at NOMA. Join us as we celebrate this special look into the world of contemporary West African masquerade before it travels to its next location, the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.
Featuring live music from Kumasi Afrobeat and DJing from NOMA Creative Assembly member Jer’Lisa Devezin; gallery talks by exhibition curator Dr. Amanda M. Maples, NOMA’s Françoise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art; a raffle from the NOMA Museum Shop, which will be open during the event; specialty cocktails, mocktails, and a light bites menu from Café NOMA; a printmaking art activity; and more.
$15 for members
$30 general admission
Free admission for attendees ages 19 and under
Purchase Tickets

Program Details
Live Music from Kumasi Afrobeat

Live DJ Set from Creative Assembly Resident Artist Jer’Lisa Devezin
Jer’Lisa Devezin, Creative Assembly 2025
NOMA Museum Shop and New African Masquerades Merchandise Raffle

The NOMA Museum Shop will raffle a gift bag of exclusive NOMA and NAM merchandise, including:

A NAM-branded tote bag, postcard set, magnet set, mug, and catalog
A NOMA-branded water bottle and hat
NOMA X Bonfolk Griffin socks
A Marie Antoinette hardback notebook

Raffle tickets will be given at entry when guests purchase or scan their attendance ticket. An additional raffle ticket will be given when guests make a purchase in the NOMA Museum Shop
Small Bites, Cocktails, and Mocktails from Café NOMA
Small bites and drinks will be available for purchase during the evening.
Hands-on Printmaking Activity
Get inspired, get creative! Try your hand at printmaking with designs, colors, and concepts inspired by the exhibition.
More details about this event to be announced soon. Please check this page for updates.

About New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations
The exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations spotlights the work of four contemporary artists working in cities across West Africa: Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa, Sheku “Goldenfinger” Fofanah, David Sanou, and Hervé Youmbi. The first presentation of its kind, New African Masquerades offers a rare look into contemporary West African masquerade by contextualizing the works of individual artists within a range of social, economic, and religious practices and examining their networks of viewership and exchange.
Learn More
About Kumasi
Kumasi is New Orleans’ own full Afrobeat orchestra. We fell in love with a style of music created over 50 years ago by Fela Kuti and Tony Allen, and we bring it to the people of New Orleans with live shows, as well as three recorded albums. You can expect lots of Fela Kuti tunes and some Afrofunk from ’70s Ghana and Benin in our live shows, and we play and record our original music inspired by those styles. Our original songs are primarily of protest, as well as vigilance toward change and collective growth, but composed to make people move, groove, and be inspired.
About Jer’Lisa Devezin
Jer’Lisa J. Devezin is an artist and educator born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, LA. She earned her BA from Dillard University and MFA from Southern Methodist University. Heavily influenced by her upbringing in the city, Jer’Lisa’s work engages research through a black feminist lens centering identity, sexuality, Black studies, and Southern culture, specifically focusing on New Orleans and socioeconomics.
Thank You to Our Supporters
NOMA at Night is supported in part by grant funds from 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.

Studio KIDS!: Tinker Hatfield (Ages 11–14)
2025-08-09 12:30 - 14:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Join us at the museum on select Saturday mornings for Studio KIDS! youth art-making workshops. We’ll take inspiration from artwork in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden and make our own creations with a teaching artist.
About Studio KIDS!: Tinker Hatfield
In this upcoming Studio KIDS! workshop, students will be introduced to the art and design work of Tinker Hatfield, a designer known for his numerous Air Jordan designs. Students will explore artwork across NOMA’s galleries to find inspiration for their own designs. After discussing the elements and principles of art and design, students will incorporate the artwork at NOMA into their Hatfield-inspired shoe designs. This art education experience is designed for children ages 11-14.
Registration is $30; $25 for members. Advance registration is required and includes all art-making materials.
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Gallery Talk with Thameur Mejri
2025-08-13 12:30 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.
This week, join artist Thameur Mejri for a conversation about works in the exhibition Afropolitan: Contemporary African Arts at NOMA, which features Mejri’s 2018 work titled “Untitled (Eroded Grounds).” This talk will be offered at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.

About Thameur Mejri

Thameur Mejri investigates complexities of human existence by identifying parallels between paradoxical ideas of violence, innocence, guilt and shame. He blurs the boundaries between public and private in an effort to confront individual and collective values, particularly in contemporary Tunisian society. Mejri examines what happens in the painting and through the painting, where indifference bids farewell, and affect becomes activated; it strikes back with force.
He has exhibited widely, including the 13th Cairo Biennial, Cairo, Egypt / Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal / The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, USA / The Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, France / N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, USA / New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, New York, USA / Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) L.I., New York, USA. He also has had solo exhibitions at Jack Bell Gallery, London, UK / Gallery 1957, Accra, Ghana / Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia / B7L9 Art Station. The Kamel Lazaar Foundation, Tunis, Tunisia / Montague Contemporary, New York, USA / Uitstalling Art Gallery, Genk, Belgium.
Mejri’s graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis, and he is currently teaching at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Nabeul.

Soul-Sip at NOMA
2025-08-13 18:00 - 20:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Wine is among humankind’s oldest beverages. Deeply rooted in human history and culture, affirmed by ancient brewing and distilling pottery, depicted in paintings by great masters, and is a staple in museum social settings.
NOMA presents Soul-Sip, a one-of-a-kind art and wine series that offers a unique blend of relaxation, art appreciation, and wine tasting.
The evening includes gallery tours featuring select wine-related artifacts from NOMA’s permanent collection, guided meditation, a three-wine flight, and small bites from Cafe NOMA.
Food, wine, and meditation kit included.
General Admission $65 | NOMA Members $55
Register Now for August 13 or August 20

Book Club: Rolland Golden: Life, Love, and Art in the French Quarter
2025-08-14 12:00 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
NOMA’s book club meets monthly to discuss fiction and non-fiction books related to art in the museum’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 to participate. In addition to monthly book discussions, the book club meets periodically for curatorial programs related to the book selections.
Books are selected in advance and planned according to the museum’s exhibition schedule. Participants are expected to procure their own copy of the titles. Selections are also available at the NOMA Museum Shop, where museum members receive a 10% discount.
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Meetings are held in person or via Zoom. All meetings begin at 12 pm. For more information or questions, please email programs@noma.org.

About the Book
Rolland Golden: Life, Love, and Art in the French Quarter
by Rolland Golden

In the early twentieth century, the French Quarter had become home to a vibrant community of working artists attracted to the atmosphere, architecture, and colorful individuals who populated the scene (and who also became some of its first preservationists). Louisiana native Rolland Golden was one of these artists to live, work, and raise a family in this most storied corner of New Orleans. With 94 black-and-white and 54 color photographs and illustrations, his memoir of that life focuses on the period of 1955 to 1976. Golden, a painter, discusses the particular challenges of making a living from art, and his story becomes a family affair involving his daughters and his beloved wife, Stella.
Golden’s studio sat in a patio on Royal Street, around the corner from Preservation Hall where old-time musicians played Dixieland Jazz. Golden sketched and painted many of them in a visual style that encompassed realism and gradually developed into abstract realism. Golden recalls work that he did in historic preservation, sketching architecture for publications such as the Vieux Carré Courier, and he discusses his studies with renowned regionalist painter John McCrady. The artist frankly discusses his experiences with the display, representation, and sale of his work, presenting a little-explored and yet crucial part of a working artist’s life. The memoir concludes with Golden and his wife traveling to the premiere of his exhibition in Moscow, having been selected by a Russian envoy as the only American artist to have a one-man touring exhibition in the former Soviet Union. Among the nearly 150 black-and-white and color illustrations are never-before-seen photos and sketches by the artist.

Taylor Scholars Day 2025
2025-08-16 10:00 - 14:00
In partnership with the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation, NOMA presents an annual family day for Taylor Scholars. Students in the Taylor Scholars program and educators across Louisiana are invited to explore the museum and participate in art-making activities throughout the day.
The NOMA Museum Shop will also be offering a free gift with purchase to Taylor Scholars and educators this day.
No registration is required to attend Taylor Scholars Day. Taylor Scholars will receive free admission for themselves and up to four guests for this event.
About Taylor Scholars Day 2025
Activities and Benefits
Scholars will be able to work on a collaborative art piece based on work in the current Nicolas Floc’h exhibition.
Taylor Scholars will receive:

A unique sticker and free admission for themselves and up to 4 guests with Taylor Scholars certificate
A free gift with purchase in the NOMA Museum Shop
A free beverage in Cafe NOMA
A take-home collage kits

Educators will receive:

A rainbow sticker and free admission for themselves and one guest with school ID/proof of educator status
A free gift with purchase in the NOMA Museum Shop

About the Taylor Scholars Awards Program
The Taylor Scholars Awards Program is a statewide program that rewards students in grades 6 through 12 with a GPA of 2.5 or higher with free access to Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Audubon Zoo, and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
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Gallery Talk with Dapper Bruce Lafitte
2025-08-20 12:30 - 13:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
Every week, NOMA hosts gallery talks in the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden led by curators, artists, and other special guests. These lively, participatory conversations provide a moment to take a close look at one work—or a selection of works—currently on view.
This week, join New Orleans artist Dapper Bruce Lafitte for two gallery talks on works in the exhibition Dapper Bruce Lafitte: A Time Before Katrina, currently on view in the Great Hall. These talks will take place at 12:30 pm and 6:00 pm.
Included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location.
