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NOMA open for Memorial Day
NOMA open for Memorial Day
The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open on Memorial Day, May 28, from noon to 5 pm.
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Noontime Talk: Lee Friedlander in Louisiana with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper
Noontime Talk: Lee Friedlander in Louisiana with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper
Join Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper for a discussion about renowned photographer Lee Friedlander's documentation of Louisiana in a retrospective exhibition.
Small Talks: Giovanni Martinelli’s Death Comes to the Banquet Table
Small Talks: Giovanni Martinelli’s Death Comes to the Banquet Table
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. All Louisiana residents receive free admission on...
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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!
Small Talks: Ganesh, the Elephant-Headed God
Small Talks: Ganesh, the Elephant-Headed God
Join Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Curator of Asian Art, as she discusses religious art of Ganesh, the elephant-headed Hindu god, in the third-floor Indian Art Gallery.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by the Dirty Rain Revelers | Artist Perspective with Cristina Molina and Jonathan Traviesa
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by the Dirty Rain Revelers | Artist Perspective with Cristina Molina and Jonathan Traviesa
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 and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm.
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Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of 6 workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth. Saturdays at 10:30 am This...
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Small Talks: Georgia O’Keeffe’s My Backyard
Small Talks: Georgia O’Keeffe’s My Backyard
Small Talks are ten to fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. Join Curator of Education Tracy Kennan as she discusses My Backyard (1937) by Georgia O'Keeffe, an oil painting of the desert scenery surrounding the artist's home and studio in Abiquiu, New Mexico.
Noontime Talk: Veronese in Murano with Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan
Noontime Talk: Veronese in Murano with Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Wednesdays are FREE to Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Join Curatorial Fellow Kelsey Brosnan as she discusses the two 16th-century altarpieces by Paolo Veronese in the exhibition Veronese in Murano: Two Venetian Masterpieces...
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Small Talks: Will Ryman’s America
Small Talks: Will Ryman’s America
Small Talks are ten to fifteen-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 docent Regina Shujaa as she discusses the...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Carmela Rappazzo | Artist Perspective: Metalworker Darryl Reeves in Conversation with Jonn Hankins | Film: Always for Pleasure
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Carmela Rappazzo | Artist Perspective: Metalworker Darryl Reeves in Conversation with Jonn Hankins | Film: Always for Pleasure
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 and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm. 5 - 8 pm: Art on the...
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Baby ArtsPlay! at NOMA
Baby ArtsPlay! at NOMA
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of 6 workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth. Saturdays at 10:30 am This...
Small Talk: Andy Warhol’s Diamond Dust Shoes
Small Talk: Andy Warhol’s Diamond Dust Shoes
Small Talks are ten to fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. Join docent Gary Gusick as he discusses Diamond Dust Shoes by Andy Warhol.
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Lee Friedlander and the Musicians of Preservation Hall: A Conversation with Curator Russell Lord and Preservation Hall’s Ben Jaffe
Lee Friedlander and the Musicians of Preservation Hall: A Conversation with Curator Russell Lord and Preservation Hall’s Ben Jaffe
Join Russell Lord, NOMA's Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings, for a conversation with Ben Jaffe about musicians from the era of the founding of Preservation Hall. Founded in 1961 by Jaffe's parents, Allan and Sandra, Preservation Hall was intended to preserve the music of New Orleans' earliest generation of jazz musicians. Many...
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Small Talk: Attributed To: Photographs by E. J. Bellocq
Small Talk: Attributed To: Photographs by E. J. Bellocq
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-minute gallery talks focused on one object or a small group of objects. Join Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper as he discusses photographs on view in Attributed To: Photographs by E. J. Bellocq, a focus exhibition that examines the famous portraits of Storyville prostitutes attributed to the early 20th-century New Orleans photographer.
Noontime Talk: Carlos Rolón: Outside/In with Curatorial Fellow Allison Young
Noontime Talk: Carlos Rolón: Outside/In with Curatorial Fellow Allison Young
Noontime talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year.
Join Curatorial Fellow Allison Young for a discussion about Carlos Rolón: Outside/In, a solo exhibition by the artist that examines the cultural connections between New Orleans, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
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Small Talk: Stuart Davis’s Rocks, Gloucester
Small Talk: Stuart Davis’s Rocks, Gloucester
Small Talks are 10–15 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 works of art in our permanent holdings as well as those on view in temporary exhibitions. Join Curatorial Assistant Anne Roberts as she...
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Mykia Jovan | Artist Perspective with Carlos Rolón
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Mykia Jovan | Artist Perspective with Carlos Rolón
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, the Museum Shop, and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm. 5 - 8 pm:...
Create Late
Create Late
Exclusively for adults, kick off your weekend with a glass of wine and a paint brush!
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NOMA closed to the public, Sculpture Garden remains open
NOMA closed to the public, Sculpture Garden remains open
NOMA will be closed to the public on Saturday, June 16, to host an event for the New Orleans Tricentennial. The Besthoff Sculpture Garden will remain open throughout the day from 10 am to 5 pm. Please visit us on Sunday, June 17, when admission will be free to all visitors on Father's Day.
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Free admission for all visitors on Father’s Day
Free admission for all visitors on Father’s Day
In honor of Father's Day, NOMA is offering FREE ADMISSION to all visitors on Sunday, June 17, from 11 am to 6 pm.
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Small Talk: Attributed To: Photographs by E. J. Bellocq
Small Talk: Attributed To: Photographs by E. J. Bellocq
Join Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper as he discusses photographs on view in Attributed To: Photographs by E. J. Bellocq, a focus exhibition that examines the famous portraits of Storyville prostitutes attributed to the early 20th-century New Orleans photographer.
Noontime Talk: Lee Friedlander in Louisiana with Curator Russell Lord
Noontime Talk: Lee Friedlander in Louisiana with Curator Russell Lord
Join Curator Russell Lord for a discussion about Lee Friedlander in Louisiana, a retrospective of images by the renowned photographer that solely depict his time spent in metro New Orleans over the course of the past six decades. From jazz musicians and second line parades, to architectural oddities and reflected urban scenes, the assembled photographs speak to Friedlander's sense of playfulness and unique vision.
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. 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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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 selection for the month of June is The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Jayna Morgan and the Sazerac Sunrise Jazz Band | Gallery Talk on Lee Friedlander | Documentary: ‘Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Jayna Morgan and the Sazerac Sunrise Jazz Band | Gallery Talk on Lee Friedlander | Documentary: ‘Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down
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, the Museum Shop, and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm.
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Baby ArtsPlay! at NOMA
Baby ArtsPlay! at NOMA
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of 6 workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth. Saturdays at 10:30 am This...
StoryQuest
StoryQuest
Spark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading. 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. Saturday, June 23: Family Ideal for ages 2-7. No registration is necessary. StoryQuest is included with museum admission. Find the full...
Small Talk: Dutch Art of the Golden Age
Small Talk: Dutch Art of the Golden Age
Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen-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 docent Dianne Finley as she discusses Dutch Art of...
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Small Talk: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory’s The Four Continents
Small Talk: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory’s The Four Continents
Join docent Pat Loughran for a discussion about Meissen Porcelain Manufactory’s The Four Continents, on view in the exhibition Orientalism: Taking and Making. Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen minute discussions about select works of art in the permanent collection or special exhibitions.
Small Talk: Larry Rivers’s Portrait of Sunny Norman: Parts of the Face
Small Talk: Larry Rivers’s Portrait of Sunny Norman: Parts of the Face
Join Curatorial Assistant Anne Roberts as she discusses Portrait of Sunny Norman: Parts of the Face by Larry Rivers. Small Talks are ten-to-fifteen minute gallery talks focused on select works of art in the permanent collection or special exhibitions.
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Noontime Talk: NOMA Curators discuss Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories
Noontime Talk: NOMA Curators discuss Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories
Join Curators Russell Lord and Katie Pfohl and Curatorial Fellows Brian Piper and Allison Young for a discussion about Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories. The exhibition marks New Orleans’ three-hundredth anniversary by bringing together a group of seven contemporary art projects that focus on forgotten or marginalized histories of the city.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Opening of Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories | Music by Alfred Banks
Friday Nights at NOMA: Opening of Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories | Music by Alfred Banks
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. Be among the first to view Changing Course: Reflections on New Orleans Histories.
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Baby ArtsPlay! at NOMA
Baby ArtsPlay! at NOMA
Instill a love of art at a young age through a guided, hands-on gallery experience. Young Audiences Wolf Trap teaching artists will present a series of 6 workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Small Talk: Pablo Picasso’s Still Life with Candle
Small Talk: Pablo Picasso’s Still Life with Candle
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 docent Deb Houghton as she discusses Pablo Picasso's...
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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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