New Orleans Museum of Art

Gallery Talk with Owen Canter
2025-07-23 18:00 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | 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
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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.
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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, 2025-08-20 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
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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, 2025-08-20 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 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.

Elders Sacred Talk Series: Chief Howard Miller and Kamau Wesley Phillips
2025-09-03 17:30 - 18:45
NOMA and the Congo Square Preservation Society present the Elders Sacred Talk Series with prolific elder New Orleanians, celebrating the lives they lead while providing the opportunity for visitors to learn firsthand about the impact they’ve had on our city. This conversation between Chief Howard Miller and Kamau Wesley Phillips will be moderated by Malik Bartholemew.

This program is included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative.

About the Speakers
Chief Howard Miller is chief of the Creole Wild West which is the oldest Mardi Gras Indian tribe in New Orleans whose origins date back to the late 1700s. Chief Miller has been masking as a Mardi Gras Indian since 1969 and first became Chief of the tribe in 1976. He currently serves as president of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Council which was formed in 1983 in order to unify tribes across the city and to support the culture. As a culture bearer of this sacred tradition, Chief Miller is the leader of The Creole Wild West Youth Program teaching children the art of sewing, chanting, dancing, suit preparation and the meaning of the culture in general. Chief Miller has spoken as a guest lecturer at universities around the nation, some of which include New York University, Georgetown, Harvard, Ohio State University, Louisiana State University, Xavier University and Tulane University as well as numerous public schools and organizations locally in New Orleans. With over his 47 years of involvement in the culture, Chief Miller has grown into a masterful Storyteller and true historian of Mardi Gras Indian tradition.

Kamau Wesley Phillips is New Orleans born and raised. He began playing drums with the Desire Poets after hearing the Last Poets records during the Black Panther movement in the Ninth Ward. Kamau has studied and performed with Kidd Jordan, Sun Ra, Energy Funk Band, Desire Community Choir, Casa Samba, African Dance Groups; Free Spirit, Culu, Nkafu, and Sacred Dance Ministry, and Fiyiyi and the Mandingo Warriors. Kamau is a poet, author, drum maker, teacher, and designer with 50 years as The Ultimate Sideman. In 2013, he wrote and produced The Spirit of the Drum in Senegal, West Africa. In 2017, this production marked his Jazz Fest debut as a band leader.

About Elders Sacred Talks and Art Thrives
NOMA’s Art Thrives initiative presents creative aging programs designed to support visitors ages 55 and up. In addition to art-making workshops, courses, and opportunities for hands-on art-making, the Elders Sacred Talk Series provides a platform for older adults in New Orleans to share their experiences with audiences of all ages.
The Elders Sacred Talk Series is presented in partnership between NOMA and the Congo Square Preservation Society. Art Thrives is supported by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy.

Gallery Talk with Dawn DeDeaux
2025-09-03 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 artist Dawn DeDeaux for gallery talks on her work Rushed in Near Ten (2015), now on view in the Great Hall. DeDeaux’s talks will take place at 12:30 and 6:00.
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.

Yoga in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Saturday
2025-09-06 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-09-13 08:00 - 09:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
Take in the beauty of NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden during outdoor yoga sessions every Saturday morning.
Class is $10; $5 for NOMA members. Registration remains open until 3 pm the day before class. Please bring a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive. Please bring your own mat.
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These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

Public Tours Every Wednesday and Saturday
2025-09-06 14:00, 2025-09-10 14:00, 2025-09-13 14:00, 2025-09-17 14:00 | New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA, 70119
NOMA provides guided tours of the galleries with museum docents and staff every Wednesday and Saturday. During these tours, you’ll explore the museum’s permanent collection of nearly 50,000 works of art and exhibitions currently on view.
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.

Public Tours in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden Every Sunday
2025-09-07 10:30, 2025-09-14 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.

Tai Chi in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden
2025-09-08 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-09-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
Explore movement and meditation during outdoor tai chi classes in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden every Monday evening.
Class is $10; $5 for NOMA members. Registration remains open until 3 pm the day before class. Please bring a digital or printed version of your ticket to class. Enter at the main entrance gate to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Dueling Oaks Drive.
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These classes are outside and will be canceled for severe weather. Registrants will be notified of cancellation via email by 5 pm the day before class. Call 504.658.4128 or email education@noma.org with any questions.

Gallery Talks Every Wednesday
2025-09-10 12:30 - 13:00, 2025-09-10 18:00 - 18:30, 2025-09-17 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.
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.

Culture Collision 15
2025-09-10 17:00 - 20:00
WWNO’s annual Culture Collision event is returning to the New Orleans Museum of Art! Join us at the museum on Wednesday, September 10, from 5 to 8 pm for an evening of learning about and connecting with local arts and culture organizations. More information about this event can be found at culturenola.org.
Culture Collision is free and open to the public. Admission to NOMA is free every Wednesday for Louisiana residents, courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative.
About Culture Collision
Culture Collision is an organization dedicated to fostering all of the nonprofit performing and visual arts organizations in the New Orleans metro-area. For 15 years, we have kicked off the cultural season with a unique happy hour, including the city’s most entertaining organizations. It is our goal to introduce potential audience members, volunteers, patrons and artists to the diverse mix of arts organizations the city has to offer.
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Butterfly Music Series: David Torkanowsky
2025-09-14 14:00 - 15:00 | NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show.
This series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez.
Join us for this installment of the Butterfly Music Series featuring New Orleanian jazz pianist and composer David Torkanowsky.
Attendance is included with museum admission. Preregistration for this event is recommended. Seating is limited and not guaranteed with registration.
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About David Torkanowsky
David Torkanowsky is one of New Orleans’s premier contemporary jazz pianists, composers, and arrangers. “Tork” was born in New Orleans in 1956, the son of classical conductor Werner Torkanowsky and flamenco artist Theresa Torkanowsky. He learned to play piano early on, and was schooled in the ways of New Orleans music by legends such as Danny Barker, David Lastie and Ellis Marsalis. Read more at https://www.wwoz.org/acts/david-torkanowsky
About the Work
For a limited time, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad, who is Batiste’s wife.
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