Young Audiences of Louisiana’s Baby ArtsPlay!™ at Home
2020-05-16 10:00 - 10:30 (America/Chicago)
Caregivers for young children in the age range of one to two years of age are invited to participate in Young Audiences of Louisiana’s Baby Artsplay!™ at Home on six consecutive Saturdays from May 16 through June 20. Presented by The Helis Foundation, the half-hour programs will be presented on Facebook Live from 10 to 10:30 am. Baby Artsplay! allows adults to learn how to integrate purposeful activities into children’s daily routines that support cognitive, physical, and social development.
Play and promote early learning! Visit this link to access the programs every week.
LESSON 1 | Saturday, May 16, 10–10:30 am | In My 5 Senses, develop your child’s awareness of the five senses through play.
LESSON 2 | Saturday, May 23, 10–10:30 am | In Baby Says… promote your child’s language development through artful play.
LESSON 3 | Saturday, May 30, 10–10:30 am | In My Body, teach your child to identify body parts through music and movement.
LESSON 4 | Saturday, June 6, 10–10:30 am | In Let’s Move, use movement to encourage your child’s brain development.
LESSON 5 | Saturday, June 13, 10–10:30 am | Up, Down & All Around is designed to help your child learn basic directional concepts with movement and music.
LESSON 6 | Saturday, June 20, 10–10:30 am | Get Your Motor Running promotes artful play to develop your child’s fine and gross motor skills.
Contact education@noma.org or 504.658.4128 if you have any questions.
About Young Audiences
For over 50 years, Young Audiences of Louisiana has operated arts in education programs that promote academic excellence and social growth through the arts. Studies have shown that students enrolled in Young Audiences programs outperformed their peers on standardized tests, exhibited fewer disciplinary issues, and had increased school attendance.
About Wolf Trap Institute
Young Audiences / Louisiana Wolf Trap has been an affiliate of The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts since 2010. The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation, was established in 1981 under a grant from the Head Start Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services serving children birth through kindergarten. The goal of the Institute is to provide early childhood educators with professional development training in the use of performing arts techniques within educational curriculum goals and outcomes for young children. The infusion of arts-based techniques into daily routines provides powerful teaching strategies that can be used to enhance all areas of development, including emergent literacy, self-esteem and socialization, problem solving, receptive and expressive language, motor skills and self-regulation, science and math, conceptualization, and creativity, in order to provide a solid foundation for all future learning.

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Artist's Perspective with Rose Bratcher on Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon – CANCELED
2020-05-16 12:00
Throughout the exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society, artists influenced by Asian aesthetics will offer their perspective on the objects on view.
Rose Bratcher is an ensō painter and a monk at the New Orleans Zen Temple. In Zen, ensō is a circle that is hand-drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes to express a moment when the mind is free to let the body create. The ensō symbolizes absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and mu (the void). It is characterised by a minimalism born of Japanese aesthetics.

Japanese Way of Tea demonstration with Naomi Yoder – CANCELED
2020-05-16 13:00
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year.
In conjunction with the exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society, Naomi Yoder will demonstrate a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Yoder is a board member of the Japan Society of New Orleans and holds an intermediate license (shikaden) with the Urasenke Tea School and has studied the Way of Tea for ten years.

Virtual Studio KIDS! Family Art-Making Workshop at Home
2020-05-22 11:00 - 12:00
Bring the New Orleans Museum of Art into your home and get creative together through our launch of Virtual Studio KIDS! workshops. Join us for an all-hands-in guided workshop designed for young artists and their grown-ups to make together via Zoom. Meet other families, look closely at a NOMA artwork, and practice an art-making technique using materials you can find around the house. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect and create together, even while we are apart!
Friday, May 29, 11 am to 12 pm
Box Top Assemblages
Repurpose to-be-discarded household items in this virtual family art-making workshop inspired by the assembled sculptures of artist Louise Nevelson.
ENROLL NOW
Workshops are FREE with pre-registration. Youth ages 5-10, accompanied by an adult, are encouraged to participate. Spots are limited to 8 families per workshop.
Upon registration, you will receive a complete materials list, pre-workshop to-do’s, and an access link to join the workshop via Zoom.

More information:
Box Top Assemblages
Sculptor Louise Nevelson, known for creating with discarded objects, playfully called herself “the original recycler.” Her monumental sculptures—often all-black or all-white—fit together like puzzle pieces. In this virtual family workshop, repurpose to-be-discarded objects around the house into an assembled sculpture in a shoe box lid or cereal box.
Materials:

Cardboard or plastic box base (a shoe box lid, cereal box, or produce container works well)
Solid colored paper, paint, or a thick marker
Household objects to repurpose like paper towel and toilet paper rolls, metal tins, plastic tops, egg cartons, corks, bottle caps, or soda tabs, rubber bands, paper clips, and more!
Scissors
Liquid glue (or a strong tape like masking or duct tape)

Gallery Talk: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon with Richard Collins, New Orleans Zen Temple – CANCELED
2020-05-27 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.
Richard Collins, abbot of the New Orleans Zen Temple, will discuss the exhibition Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society.
Collins is a former RosaMary Professor of English at Xavier University and Dean Emeritus of the School of Arts and Humanities at Cal State University Bakersfield, he is the author or editor of several books, including No Fear Zen and Mushotoku Mind: The Heart of the Heart Sutra.

NOMA Book Club Discussion Program
2020-05-28 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.
May 2020
The Badass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
Simon and Schuster, 2017, ISBN: 9781476777412
In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that had fallen into obscurity. In 2012, as thousands of Al Qaeda militants seized control of most of Mali, Haidara organized a dangerous operation to sneak all 350,000 volumes out of Timbuktu to the safety of southern Mali. Journalist Joshua Hammer tells the story of Haidara’s heroic and ultimately successful effort to outwit Al Qaeda and preserve Mali’s—and the world’s—literary patrimony.
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 12 – 1 pm | BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
2020-06-26 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.
June 2020
An Orchestra of Minorities by Obioma Chigozie
Little, Brown and Company, 2019, ISBN: 0316412392
Set on the outskirts of Umuahia, Nigeria, and narrated by a chi, or guardian spirit, this novel tells the love story of Chinonso, a young poultry farmer, and Ndali, who is from a wealthy family. When Ndali’s family objects to their union, Chinonso sells his possessions to attend a college in Cyprus. Spanning multiple continents, traversing the earth and cosmic spaces, and told by a narrator who has lived for hundreds of years, the novel is a contemporary twist of Homer’s Odyssey. Written in the mythic style of the Igbo literary tradition, Chigozie Obioma weaves a heart-wrenching epic about destiny and determination.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 12 – 1 pm | BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Independence Day holiday hours
2020-07-04 10:00 - 15:00
On Saturday, July 4, the museum and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open from 10 am to 3 pm.

Museum Reopening Day
2020-07-08 10:00 - 17:00
NOMA welcomes the public after nearly four months of closure due to Covid-19. New safety standards will be in effect. The museum will be open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm.
Wednesdays are FREE to all Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Upon opening and through the month of July, NOMA will serve as a donation drop-off location for Second Harvest Food Bank. Visitors who donate non-perishable items will receive a 15% discount at the NOMA Museum Shop. Drop-offs can be made Wednesday-Sunday 10am-5pm, starting on July 8. View a list of suggested donation items.

Art & AC courtesy of The Helis Foundation
2020-07-12 10:00 - 17:00
Art & AC is Back! Enjoy FREE admission every Sunday in July.
Thanks to The Helis Foundation, Art & AC has returned for its fifth year! Every Sunday in July, admission is FREE for Louisiana residents to both the New Orleans Museum of Art and Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
NOMA reopens July 8th, so enjoy an additional free day on July 12, 19, and 26. And don’t forget Wednesdays are always free at NOMA for Louisiana residents!

NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
2020-07-28 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.
July 2020
The Sympathizer: A Novel by by Viet Than Nyguen
Grove Press, 2016, ISBN: 0802124941
The narrator of this sweeping epic of love and betrayal, is a man of two minds. Half-French, half-Vietnamese, the army captain arranges to come to America after the Fall of Saigon, and while building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles is secretly reporting back to his communist superiors in Vietnam. The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping espionage novel, and a powerful story of love and friendship.
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 12 – 1 pm | BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Teen Summer Series: Sound Mapping
2020-08-14 15:00
Join us virtually on Fridays August 14, 21, and 28 for a series of workshops with local creatives. Workshops are free and open to all teens. No art experience or prior knowledge necessary!
Sound Mapping with Mary Scott | August 14, 3 pm on Zoom
Ever get lost in the sounds of your surroundings? Learn how to turn this into your very own sound art in this field recording workshop. We will talk about soundscapes, learn the basics of field recording on your phone, and even practice some basic audio production to create your own audio piece!
Click here to learn more and register.

Teen Summer Series workshop with Christian "Cubs the Poet" Davenport
2020-08-21 16:00
Although we can’t gather in person, the Teen Summer Series aims to create a virtual space for us to learn about artists’ practices and to create together! Join us on Zoom on Fridays August 14, 21, and 28 at 3 pm for a series of workshops with local creatives working in a range of mediums.
Workshops are FREE and open to all teens, however space is limited. Please check out the descriptions and materials needed for each workshop below, and follow this link to sign up for one or all three! No art experience or prior knowledge is necessary to participate.
Identity with Christian “Cubs the Poet” Davenport
Friday, August 21, 3 pm on Zoom
Your senses are being conditioned. Which one is your favorite of the five? Do you realize how you maneuver through the environment using your senses? If you could not see, how would you describe beauty? If you could not hear, how would you know the truth? This workshop allows you space to ponder over the privilege you have in creating your own identity.
What you’ll need: Paper and things to write or draw with (pen or pencil or other artistic tools).

About the Teaching Artist
Christian “Cubs the Poet” Davenport was born in Baton Rouge, LA and raised in the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia). Growing up, he attended Catholic schools, yet each school was predominantly of one race. He believes he witnessed the effects of institutional education on all identifying races and classes in America. Wanting to develop and understand his own way of thinking, Cubs left college to start typing custom poems in the French Quarter, where he honed his poetic skills and expanded his vocabulary with regards to communicating with tourists and natives. He believes freedom is not the experience, but the expression of the experience. The inaugural Poet Laureate of Baton Rouge, Cubs is currently working on self publishing his first book of poems and art, What I Did with my Free Time. Cubs the Poet is also a visual artist, whose latest exhibition, “Say It: I Love Black People,” delved into the lack of intimacy and vulnerability between races, in addition to the lack of development of self love.
The workshop is projected to run 90 minutes on Zoom. Open to all teens! Spots are limited.
Click here to register. Confirmation and the Zoom link will be provided by email.

Virtual Family Festival: Courage and Care
2020-08-22 11:00 - 15:00
Please join us for NOMA’s very first Virtual Family Festival! Since we can’t be together in person, we’ve partnered with local organizations and creatives to bring you on-screen fun at home. We’re exploring what it means to have courage and to take care of ourselves and one another. Facing things that are new, different, or unknown can be scary, but a moment of bravery to reach out a helping hand or to try something new can lead to beautiful possibilities!
All Virtual Family Festival activities are free for youth and families. Please note that programming and activities include a mix of live/interactive and pre-prepped (non-live) options. Live, participatory workshop sessions require advance registration, as spots are limited.* These sessions will be recorded and made available on the website for a larger audience to enjoy post-event.
Click here to enter the Festival!
*Click here to view the Virtual Family Festival Live Programming Schedule and register for live workshop sessions! Registration closes on Saturday, August 22nd at 10 am.

Teen Summer Series workshop with Dorothy Ray
2020-08-28 16:00
Although we can’t gather in person, the Teen Summer Series aims to create a virtual space for us to learn about artists’ practices and to create together! Join us on Zoom on Fridays August 14, 21, and 28 at 3 pm for a series of workshops with local creatives working in a range of mediums.
Workshops are FREE and open to all teens, however space is limited. Please check out the descriptions and materials needed for each workshop below, and follow this link to sign up for one or all three! No art experience or prior knowledge is necessary to participate.
Mental Building Blocks with Dorthy Ray
August 28th, 3 pm on Zoom
Catch a look inside photographer, organizer, and mixed media artist Dorthy Ray’s mind in this workshop on the creative process. Often starting with a meditative “brain dumping” exercise, Ray systematically sorts through collected ideas and experiences and conducts research to produce an artwork, “starting with a mop and ending with a needle.” Bring your own collected visuals, ideas, intentions and sketches and learn to harness, hone and fine-tune within your own creative process.
What you’ll need: Paper, things to write or draw with, and your cell phone or social media saved images / camera roll

About the Teaching Artist
Dorthy Ray is a Louisiana native photographer, organizer, mixed media artist and educator working with The Future Fund and Broadmoor Senior High to provide training to middle and high school students to prepare them for jobs in the creative workforce. Dorthy Ray’s work will be on view at Under Nine Studios in Chalmette on Saturday, August 28th.
The workshop is projected to run 90 minutes on Zoom. Open to all teens! Spots are limited.
Click here to register. Confirmation and the Zoom link will be provided by email.

NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
2020-09-03 12:00 - 13:00
UPDATE: Due to the threat of hurricane activity in South Louisiana, this session has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 3.
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. Book Club discussions are conducted on Zoom during Phase 2 of Covid-19 precautions.
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.
Please contact NOMA’s Education Department at 504.658.4128 or education@noma.org for information about joining the NOMA Book Club.
August 2020
The Queen’s Embroiderer: A True Story of Paris, Lovers, Swindlers, and the First Stock Market Crisis by Joan DeJean
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018, ISBN: 9781632864741
Following two families from 1600 through the French Revolution of 1789, Joan DeJean recreates the larger-than-life personalities of Versailles, where displaying wealth was a power game; the sordid cells of the Bastille; the Louisiana territory, where Frenchwomen were forcibly sent to marry colonists; and the legendary Rue Quincampoix the “Wall Street of Paris.” The Queen’s Embroiderer is both a story of star-crossed love in the most beautiful city in the world and a cautionary tale of greed and the dangerous lure of windfall profits. And every bit of it is true.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 12 – 1 pm | BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Labor Day Special Hours
2020-09-07 10:00 - 15:00
The Museum and Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open on Labor Day for special holiday hours from 10 am to 3 pm.

NOMA Book Club Curatorial Program
2020-09-17 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.

REGISTER NOW

September 2020
The Forgotten Room by Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig
Berkley, 2016, ISBN: 0451474635
When critically wounded Captain Cooper Ravenel is brought to a private hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 1945, young Dr. Kate Schuyler is drawn into a complex mystery that connects three generations of women in her family to a single extraordinary room in a Gilded Age mansion. The portrait miniature belonging to Captain Ravenel depicts a young woman who looks remarkably like Kate. This collaborative novel presents stories from three generations written by three authors.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 12 – 1 pm | CURATORIAL PROGRAM
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 12 – 1 pm | BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Virtual Preview of Mending the Sky
2020-09-18 18:00 - 20:00
Grab your favorite beverage and join Katie Pfohl, Curator of Contemporary Art, for a virtual happy hour or lunch hour preview of a forthcoming exhibition, Mending the Sky.
The virtual preview will be hosted on Zoom on Friday, September 18 at 6 pm. A Zoom link will be sent to all registrants for access to the free virtual program. Registration will close at 5 pm on Friday, September 18.
Another lunch-hour session will be held on Tuesday, September 22, at 12 pm. Registration will close at 11 am on that date.
Mending the Sky brings together eleven artist projects that envision our world after disaster. The exhibition takes its title from a Chinese fable in which a rip in the sky causes the earth to split open, bringing floods, fires, famine, and disease—until a goddess takes on the arduous task of mending the broken sky. The exhibition will open to the public on October 9, 2020 in the Ella West Freeman Gallery at NOMA.
Questions about the program? Please feel welcome to contact us at education@noma.org.
SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE ON SEPTEMBER 18, 6 PM
SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE ON SEPTEMBER 22, 12 PM

Members Sale at the Museum Shop – RESCHEDULED
2020-09-21 09:00 - 18:00
⚠️ Due to a hurricane watch in southeast Louisiana, the Members Sale for September 14 and 15 has been postponed to September 21 and 22. For more information, call (504) 658-4116 or email museumshop@noma.org.
Start your holiday shopping early! NOMA Members will receive a 20% discount on all merchandise in the Museum Store*, and first access to 70% markdowns.
Time slots for September 21 are SOLD OUT, but reservations are available for September 22.
Available time slots for September 22:
9 am – 12 pm
12 pm – 3 pm
3 pm – 6 pm
SELECT A TIME FOR MEMBERS SALE
*No discounts on already marked-down items, as well as consignment merchandise.

Virtual Lunch Hour Preview of Mending the Sky
2020-09-22 12:00 - 13:00
Grab your lunch and participate in a virtual online preview of our forthcoming exhibition Mending the Sky. Enroll in a Zoom video conference for Tuesday, September 22, from 12 to 1 pm with Contemporary Art Curator Katie Pfohl and Community Engagement Curator Nic Brierre Aziz as they describe works by eleven contemporary artists that address themes of calamity and regeneration. Questions, feedback, and dialogue are encouraged.
A Zoom link will be sent to all registrants for access to the free virtual program. Registration will close at 11 am on Tuesday, September 22.
Mending the Sky brings together eleven artist projects that envision our world after disaster. The exhibition takes its title from a Chinese fable in which a rip in the sky causes the earth to split open, bringing floods, fires, famine, and disease—until a goddess takes on the arduous task of mending the broken sky. The exhibition will open to the public on October 9, 2020 in the Ella West Freeman Gallery at NOMA.
Questions about the program? Please feel welcome to contact us at education@noma.org.
SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE

LOVE in the Garden 2020 presented by Hancock Whitney - CANCELED
2020-09-25 18:30 - 23:59 | Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA, 70124
The New Orleans Museum of Art has made the difficult decision to cancel our annual fundraiser, LOVE in the Garden presented by Hancock Whitney scheduled for Friday, September 25, 2020. Given the number of attendees and the social distancing guidelines issued by the City of New Orleans and State of Louisiana due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, the New Orleans Museum of Art’s leadership along with presenting sponsor, Hancock Whitney, agreed that canceling the event would be in the best interest of public health safety.
The well-being and safety of staff, volunteers, sponsors, guests, and donors are NOMA’s and Hancock Whitney’s highest priorities.
For fifteen years, LOVE in the Garden, which takes place in the iconic Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, celebrates the visual and culinary artists of New Orleans with a festive evening offering the best of New Orleans cuisine, spirits, and entertainment. Over 1,500 guests enjoy featured menu items from over 60 of New Orleans’ finest restaurants, caterers and food trucks, as well as craft cocktails from New Orleans’ top bartenders. The funds raised at LOVE provide crucial general operating support to NOMA, allowing us to keep staff on payroll, create innovative virtual content and serve our community with educational initiatives.
We thank our presenting sponsor, Hancock Whitney as well as all of our loyal sponsors, patrons, donors and volunteers who have made LOVE the success that it is. We look forward to celebrating with all of you in 2021 for a spectacular LOVE in the Garden presented by Hancock Whitney.

NOMA Book Club Discussion Program
2020-09-29 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.
September 2020
The Forgotten Room by Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig
Berkley, 2016, ISBN: 0451474635
When critically wounded Captain Cooper Ravenel is brought to a private hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 1945, young Dr. Kate Schuyler is drawn into a complex mystery that connects three generations of women in her family to a single extraordinary room in a Gilded Age mansion. The portrait miniature belonging to Captain Ravenel depicts a young woman who looks remarkably like Kate. This collaborative novel presents stories from three generations written by three authors.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 12 – 1 pm | CURATORIAL PROGRAM
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 12 – 1 pm | BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Music in the Garden Series presents Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes
2020-10-02 18:00
This fall, join the New Orleans musicians you love for intimate, socially distanced outdoor performances in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden, assembled by internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki. Choose the “Music Box” by Café NOMA for an exciting boxed dinner option to enjoy during each performance.
NOMA is excited to present Bruce “Sunpie'” Barnes for the first performance of the Music in the Garden series on Friday, October 2.
Tickets are $20 General Admission | $17 NOMA Members JOIN NOW
A rain cancellation will be determined by 1 pm the day of the event. In the event of a rain cancellation, tickets will be refunded.
SOLD OUT
Additional tickets may be available closer to the concert date. Join a wait list by contacting us at education@noma.org or (504) 658-4100.
Enjoy a Music Meal Box from Café NOMA
Café NOMA will offer a pre-order option of food and drink for the concert series ready upon your arrival. Concertgoers may not bring items from outside the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. The deadline to place an order is Tuesday, September 29 at 5 pm. A cash-only bar will sell beverages on-site.
VIEW THE MENU AND MAKE AN ORDER
About Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes
Bruce Sunpie Barnes is a veteran New Orleans musician, former National Park Service ranger for 30 years, actor, photographer, book author, former high school biology teacher, former college football All-American, and former NFL player (Kansas City Chiefs). Sunpie Barnes’s many careers have taken him far and wide. He has traveled to over 50 countries playing his own style of what he calls Afro-Louisiana music incorporating Blues, Zydeco, Gospel, Caribbean and African influenced rhythms and melodies. He is a multi-instrumentalist, master accordion and harmonica player, also piano, rubboard, talking drum, and dejembe. He learned accordion from some of the best Zydeco pioneers in Louisiana including Fernest Arceneaux, John Delafose, and Clayton Sampy. Along with his musical group Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots, he has performed at festivals and concerts across the US and around the globe. Sunpie has recorded 6 critically acclaimed CDs with his compositions currently featured in 16 Hollywood film productions.
In addition to this musical work Sunpie is also a member of the Paul Simon band and finished a 58 city arena tour “Paul Simon and Sting Together” which spanned 34 countries (2014-2015). He is deeply involved in New Orleans parade culture and co-authored the 2015 critically acclaimed book Talk That Music Talk passing on brass band music in New Orleans the traditional way. More than 300 of Sunpie’s photographs are featured in this book.
Sunpie is the Big Chief of the North Side Skull and Bone Gang, one of the oldest existing Black Carnival groups in New Orleans. Sunpie is also an active member of the second line parading organization Black Men of Labor Social Aid and Pleasure Club.
Safety Guidelines
NOMA is committed to the health and safety of our community. We require that all registrants to this event wear face masks as per CDC, state, and city guidelines. All staff and participants will be wearing face masks, with the exception of the on-stage musicians. There will be a minimum of 10 ft from the edge of the stage to the beginning of seating.
Per city guidelines, capacity will be limited to 50 people.
No social gathering will be permitted. Please maintain a safe distance of at least 6ft from those not in your party.
NOMA staff will be on site to monitor social distancing and assist with seating spacing. The amphitheater is comprised of grass berms. If you would like other seating, you will need to bring your own outdoor chairs or blankets for this event.
If you are not feeling well, especially if you have a fever, please stay home and plan to attend a future concert. All refunds due to illness will be 100% refunded.
Questions?
Contact us at education@noma.org or (504) 658-4100

Helen Gillet in Virtual Concert for Mending the Sky
2020-10-11 18:00
Helen Gillet is a singer-songwriter and surrealist-archaeologist who explores synthesized sounds, textures, and rhythms using an acoustic cello. For Mending the Sky, Gillet will weave together a soundscape using cello, drum machine, sounds in nature, loop pedal, poetry and storytelling. Across a series of three solo performances, Gillet will explore the vibrations of sonic disturbance: the tipping points where swollen rivers of human tension and natural imbalances flood the banks of an unsustainable society. Responding to quarantine, friction and trauma, Gillet’s performances will search for homeostasis and seek to create spaces for empowerment as she responds musically to the artists and ideas explored in the show.
Each of three solo performances will take place within the exhibition galleries for Mending the Sky and stream for free across NOMA’s social media channels to offer a wide audience an intimate musical experience at a time when few opportunities for live music exist.
Join us on NOMA’s YouTube or Instagram channels or the home page of noma.org.
Additional live-streaming concerts will be held on Sunday, December 6, 2020, and Sunday, January 31, 2021, at 6 pm.
Virtual programs at NOMA are made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Education and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by the Zemurray Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; The City of New Orleans; IBERIABANK; The Wagner Foundation; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; the Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative, funded by the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; Dr. Scott S. Cowen; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Ruby K. Worner Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; The Harry T. Howard III Foundation; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc.; Harvey and Marie Orth; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Mrs. Bennett A. Molter, Jr. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Music in the Garden presents Ashlin Parker
2020-10-16 18:00
This fall, join the New Orleans musicians you love for intimate, socially distanced outdoor performances in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden, assembled by internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki. Choose the “Music Box” by Café NOMA for an exciting boxed dinner option to enjoy during each performance.
NOMA is excited to present Ashlin Parker for the second performance of the Music in the Garden series on Friday, October 16.
Tickets are $20 General Admission | $17 NOMA Members JOIN NOW
A rain cancellation will be determined by 1 pm the day of the event. In the event of a rain cancellation, tickets will be refunded.
SOLD OUT
Join a wait list by contacting education@noma.org.
Café NOMA will offer a pre-order option of food and drink for the concert series ready upon your arrival. The deadline for ordering is October 13 at 5 pm. Concertgoers may not bring items from outside the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. A cash-only bar will sell select beverages.
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About Ashlin Parker
A versatile jazz trumpeter based in New Orleans, Ashlin Parker is sought after for big band, small ensemble, and solo performances. He has played with various ensembles at jazz festivals and clubs in Australia, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and Wales. Ashlin leads the Trumpet Mafia and plays regularly with ensembles in New Orleans, such as the Ellis Marsalis Quintet, The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, and Bill Summers and Jazalsa. He has played with musicians such as Ellis Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Herlin Riley, Roland Guerin, Leroy Jones, Derek Douget, Adonis Rose, Dr. John, Karl Denson, Igor Butman, and Nicholas Payton, as well as vocalists Rafael Saadiq, the O’Jays, Anthony Hamilton, PJ Morton, Aretha Franklin, Quiana Lynell, Tiffany Austin, and Dee Dee Bridgewater. Ashlin has played on more than 30 albums with other musicians and has featured solos on albums such as the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s Songs: The Music of Allen Toussaint (2019) and Live at Newport (2017), Tiffany Austin’s Unbroken (2018), Ellis Marsalis’s Ellis Marsalis Quintet plays Ellis Marsalis (2017), and Jason Marsalis’s Heirs of the Crescent City (2016).
In addition to teaching private lessons and leading master classes at many high schools, colleges, and universities throughout the U.S., Ashlin teaches children and teenagers at the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music (2015-present), teaches applied jazz trumpet lessons at the University of New Orleans (2011-present), and serves as a visiting assistant professor of jazz studies at Tulane University (2018-2020).
Safety Guidelines
NOMA is committed to the health and safety of our community. We require that all registrants to this event wear face masks as per CDC, state, and city guidelines. All staff and participants will be wearing face masks, with the exception of the on-stage musicians. There will be a minimum of 10 ft from the edge of the stage to the beginning of seating.
Per city guidelines, capacity will be limited to 50 people.
No social gathering will be permitted. Please maintain a safe distance of at least 6ft from those not in your party.
NOMA staff will be on site to monitor social distancing and assist with seating spacing. The amphitheater is comprised of grass berms. If you would like other seating, you will need to bring your own outdoor chairs or blankets for this event.
If you are not feeling well, especially if you have a fever, please stay home and plan to attend a future concert. All refunds due to illness will be 100% refunded.
Questions?
Contact us at education@noma.org or (504) 658-4100

NOMA Reset: Freedom at the Mat
2020-10-23 18:00 - 19:15
THIS VIRTUAL EVENT HAS REACHED FULL CAPACITY FOR OCTOBER 23. Please join us for a second session on January 15, 2021.
Join NOMA for a new series of virtual workshops that focuses on mindfulness, creativity, comfort and reflection. NOMA Reset programs provide a much-needed infusion of relaxation and wellness by engaging our collective and individual wellbeing.

The NOMA Reset: Freedom At The Mat experience celebrates the fall exhibition Mending The Sky and is designed to mend our hearts, be a balm for the soul, and ease your mind. Join us as together we intentionally and collectively inhale and exhale to ground ourselves, be mindful of where we’ve been and where we go, journal, move and affirm our intentions. This class will be led by Freedom At The Mat creator Olivia F. Scott, with musical accompaniment by musician Steve Lands.
About Freedom at the Mat
Freedom At The Mat is a multi-disciplined wellness class experience integrating mindfulness, meditation, yoga asana, journaling and verbal affirmations. The 75-minute self-care experience was created to be a sacred space for people to connect with their innermost dreams & inner divine while also releasing stress and strengthening their bodies and minds.
Engagement in Freedom At The Mat helps people become free of issues which may hold them back from living their fullest lives as the most lovely, self-assured, beautiful and radiant creatures on the planet.
Virtual programs at NOMA are made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

NOMA Book Club Discussion Program
2020-10-29 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.
October 2020
Seven Days in the Art World by by Sarah Thornton
W. W. Norton and Company, 2009, ISBN: 039333712X
Sarah Thornton’s vivid ethnography reveals the inner workings of the sophisticated subcultures that make up the contemporary art world. In a series of day-in-the-life narratives set in New York, Los Angeles, London, Basel, Venice, and Tokyo, Seven Days in the Art World explores the dynamics of creativity, taste, status, money, and the search for meaning in life.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 12 – 1 pm | BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

Music in the Garden presents Radio Bird Quartet
2020-10-30 18:00
DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL OUTAGE, THE CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELED. TICKET BUYERS WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY CONTACTED FOR REFUNDS.
NOMA is excited to present Radio Bird Quartet on Friday, October 30 for the Music in the Garden series.
Tickets are $20 General Admission | $17 NOMA Members JOIN NOW
A rain cancellation will be determined by 1 pm the day of the event. In the event of a rain cancellation, tickets will be refunded.
SOLD OUT
Join a wait list by contacting education@noma.org.
Café NOMA will offer a pre-order option of food and drink for the concert series ready upon your arrival. The deadline for ordering is October 27 at 5 pm. Concertgoers may not bring items from outside the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. A bar by Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group will sell select beverages and snacks during the performance.
VIEW THE MENU AND PLACE AN ORDER
About Radio Bird Quartet
Four classically trained musicians in the Louisiana Philharmonic who enjoy putting on their rock/pops boots from time to time. This quartet features a bass instead of a cello and plays all-original quartet arrangements created by their first violinist. Featuring everything from the Beatles to Sigur Ros to Guns N Roses. First violin: Hannah Yim, second violin: Kurt Munstedt, viola: Catherine Schilling, bass: Paul Macres.
Ticket Limits
The purchase of Member tickets is limited by your membership level.
Individual: Limit 1
Friends & Family: Limit 2
Sustaining, Benefactors, Young Fellows, and Friends of the Sculpture Garden: Limit 4
Fellows and Circles: Limit 6
To upgrade your membership, please contact the membership office at membership@noma.org or (504) 658-4130.
Safety Guidelines
NOMA is committed to the health and safety of our community. We require that all registrants to this event wear face masks as per CDC, state, and city guidelines. All staff and participants will be wearing face masks, with the exception of the on-stage musicians. There will be a minimum of 10 ft from the edge of the stage to the beginning of seating.
Per city guidelines, capacity will be limited to 50 people.
No social gathering will be permitted. Please maintain a safe distance of at least 6ft from those not in your party.
NOMA staff will be on site to monitor social distancing and assist with seating spacing. The amphitheater is comprised of grass berms. If you would like other seating, you will need to bring your own outdoor chairs or blankets for this event.
If you are not feeling well, especially if you have a fever, please stay home and plan to attend a future concert. All refunds due to illness will be 100% refunded.
Questions?
Contact us at education@noma.org or (504) 658-4100

New Photography Virtual Lunch Hour Preview
2020-11-02 12:00
Join NOMA for an exhibition preview during lunch hour for our fall exhibition New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile. Sign up to join the Zoom video session on Monday, November 2, from 12 to 1 pm with Russell Lord, the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings, and Brian Piper, Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator for Photography, as they share the work of four contemporary photographers and discuss themes from the exhibition. Questions and feedback are encouraged.
REGISTER NOW FOR NOVEMBER 2, 12 pm
Registration will close at 11 am on Monday, November 2.
A happy hour preview will take place on Thursday, November 5, at 6 pm. Registration will close at 5 pm on that date.
REGISTER NOW FOR NOVEMBER 5, 6 pm
This exhibition presents the work of four photographers, all of whom work with, and critique, these new practices in photography. Unified by their understanding of the photograph as an ambiguous messenger, each of these artists creates, collects, or compiles photographs to trace narratives about identity, community, and power. These narratives are then presented in forms that invite us to consider the relationship between photographs and the spaces in which they are taken or viewed. Collectively, they assert that photography, as it currently exists, is a kind of open-source language. The exhibition will open to the public on November 6, 2020 in the Templeman Galleries at NOMA.
Questions about the program? Please feel welcome to contact us at education@noma.org.
Image credit: Esther Hovers (Dutch, b. 1991), False Positives, Overview, 2015-2016 , Archival pigment print, Courtesy of the artist
