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Museum Highlights Tour
Museum Highlights Tour
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in!
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Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Lynn Drury | A Passion for Collecting: A Conversation with Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen-Gitter
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Lynn Drury | A Passion for Collecting: A Conversation with Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen-Gitter
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. Listen to music by Lynn Drury, and meet the collectors behind New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection.
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Studio KIDS!
Studio KIDS!
This spring, Studio KIDS! presents “Express Yourself” art classes for children. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art making techniques.
StoryQuest
StoryQuest
Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration.
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Noontime Talk: Bror Anders Wikstrom: Bringing Fantasy to Carnival, with Curator Mel Buchanan
Noontime Talk: Bror Anders Wikstrom: Bringing Fantasy to Carnival, with Curator Mel Buchanan
Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a discussion about the watercolor sketches of New Orleans' Carnival floats and costumes from the turn of the twentieth century by artist Bror Anders Wikstrom. An exhibition of his works remains on view through April 1. Noontime Talks are brief, casual discussions on exhibitions or works of art in the...
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No Friday Nights at NOMA
No Friday Nights at NOMA
Friday Nights at NOMA will not be held on Friday, February 9, in advance of Mardi Gras weekend. The museum will close at 5 pm and reopen on Sunday, February 11.
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Closed for Endymion Parade Saturday
Closed for Endymion Parade Saturday
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Saturday, February 10, as City Park hosts thousands of Carnival revelers for the annual Krewe of Endymion parade. Please visit on Sunday, February 11, when our doors reopen at 11 am.
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Closed for Mardi Gras
Closed for Mardi Gras
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Tuesday, February 13, in observation of Mardi Gras.
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Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by The Huval-Fuselier Cajun Trio | Docent tour of permanent collection | Collect-O-Mania Film Fest
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by The Huval-Fuselier Cajun Trio | Docent tour of permanent collection | Collect-O-Mania Film Fest
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, special exhibitions, Café NOMA and the Museum Shop are open till 9 pm.
Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Herb and Dorothy
Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Herb and Dorothy
He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. Their unlikely story is told in a 2008 documentary, screening as part of NOMA's Collect-O-Mania Film Festival.
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Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Iris
Collect-O-Mania Film Fest: Iris
What inspires a collector and when do personal collections become something more? Join us on select Fridays and Saturdays in January and February to explore the on-screen stories of passionate collectors who have helped shape the twenty-first-century art museum landscape. Saturday, January 6, 2 pm: Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict Friday, January 12, 7:30 pm: Adele’s...
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Noontime Talk: A Queen Within with Curators Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov
Noontime Talk: A Queen Within with Curators Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov
Join guest curators Sofia Hedman and Serge Martynov of MUSEEA for a discussion about the exhibition A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, a showcase of experimental gowns, headpieces, and jewelry by avant-garde fashion designers Ale ander McQueen, Gucci, Gypsy Sport, and Iris van Herpen, among others.
Gallery Talk: A Queen Within with artist Joanne Petit-Frére
Gallery Talk: A Queen Within with artist Joanne Petit-Frére
Joanne Petit-Frére takes sculpture into new realms with her incredibly complex hair designs, which call upon influences as diverse as math, nature, engineering, chemistry, garment construction, Old World architecture, Africa, and the Americas.
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NOMA Book Club Curatorial Program
NOMA Book Club Curatorial Program
Join NOMA staff and 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 2018 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...
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Small Talk: Beyond the Frame
Small Talk: Beyond the Frame
Small Talks are 10 to 15 minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. These brief informal sessions enrich the visitor experience and allow visitors to learn more about artworks in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Join Mellon Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper as he discusses photographic portrayals of Native Americans in the focus exhibition Beyond the Frame.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Bon Bon Vivant | A Conversation with A Queen Within Curators
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Bon Bon Vivant | A Conversation with A Queen Within Curators
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, special exhibitions, Café NOMA and the Museum Shop are open till 9 pm.
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Studio KIDS!
Studio KIDS!
This spring, Studio KIDS! presents “Express Yourself” art classes for children. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art making techniques.
StoryQuest
StoryQuest
Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration.
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Special screening of The Square
Special screening of The Square
NOMA will screen Ruben Östlund's 2017 Swedish satirical movie The Square, starring Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, and Dominic West. The film centers around Christian, the prestigious curator of a Stockholm museum who finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit, "The Square." The installation invites passersby to altruism,...
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NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
Join NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. The reading selection for the month of February is Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion by Lauren Goldstein Crowe.
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NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
NOMA Book Club Discussion Group
Join NOMA staff and fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. The reading selection for the month of February is Isabella Blow: A Life in Fashion by Lauren Goldstein Crowe.
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Museum Highlights Tour
Museum Highlights Tour
NOMA docents guide visitors on hour-long tours of either the permanent collection or special exhibitions. Tours are free with NOMA admission. Meet in the Great Hall to join in!
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Friday Nights at NOMA: Opera Nouvelle presents Champion: An Opera in Jazz | Piano music by Nolan Tecklenburg | Fashion on Film Series
Friday Nights at NOMA: Opera Nouvelle presents Champion: An Opera in Jazz | Piano music by Nolan Tecklenburg | Fashion on Film Series
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities throughout the year: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. Regular admission prices apply—NOMA members are FREE—but there is no extra charge for programs or films. All galleries, Café NOMA, and the Museum Shop remain open till 9 pm.
Fashion on Film Series: The Legacy of Alexander McQueen
Fashion on Film Series: The Legacy of Alexander McQueen
Five documentaries will be screened in conjunction with the exhibition A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, beginning with The Legacy of Alexander McQueen. Using never-before-seen interviews and archival fashion footage, this documentary explores Alexander McQueen’s artistic inspirations through the lens of his last four couture collections.
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Studio KIDS!
Studio KIDS!
This spring, Studio KIDS! presents “Express Yourself” art classes for children. Perfect for students ages 5-10 who want to get creative and learn art making techniques.
StoryQuest
StoryQuest
Professional authors, actors and artists bring the world of children’s literature to NOMA in this family program. Family activities are offered after each StoryQuest to encourage museum exploration.
Fashion on Film Series: Bangaologia: The Science of Style
Fashion on Film Series: Bangaologia: The Science of Style
Five documentaries will be screened in conjunction with the exhibition A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes. The 2016 film Bangaologia sets out to explore the reason behind the recent growth of the African aesthetic in the world and the fashion arbiters found across the vast continent.