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Open Memorial Day | Special Holiday Hours
Open Memorial Day | Special Holiday Hours
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be open for Memorial Day on Monday, May 27, from 12 to 5 pm.
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Gallery Talk: Curator Katie Pfohl on Keith Sonnier: Until Today
Gallery Talk: Curator Katie Pfohl on Keith Sonnier: Until Today
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Curator Katie Pfohl for a discussion about the exhibition Keith Sonnier: Until Now.
The NOLA Project presents The Henchman: A Shakespeare Sequel
The NOLA Project presents The Henchman: A Shakespeare Sequel
The NOLA Project theater company returns to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden with The Henchman: A Shakespeare Story, an imagined sequel by playwright Michael Aaron Santos to A Midsummer Night's Dream. Tickets may be purchased in advance or at the gate.
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NOMA Book Club Meet the Author Event
NOMA Book Club Meet the Author Event
Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Author Anne Boyd Rioux will discuss her book Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters.
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Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Susanne Ortner | Gallery Talks on You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place and Keith Sonnier: Until Today
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Susanne Ortner | Gallery Talks on You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place and Keith Sonnier: Until Today
Friday Nights at NOMA features an exciting lineup of programs in 2019: 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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Mindfulness Intensive Course
Mindfulness Intensive Course
Join a Mindfulness course under the instruction of Dr. Jayshee Rao for two days, Saturday, June 1, and Sunday, June 2, from 10 am to 1 pm and 2 to 5 pm. Mindfulness is defined as a method of experiencing the present moment with open curiosity, without judgment, and with a willingness to be with what...
Baby Artsplay! (Ages 3-4 Workshop)
Baby Artsplay! (Ages 3-4 Workshop)
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 six workshops for caregivers and children ages 3–4. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth.
Baby Artsplay! Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)
Baby Artsplay! Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)
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 six workshops for caregivers and children ages 3-4. 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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Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour
Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weather dependent, at noon. Sited on ten acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees bisected by a lagoon.
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Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour
Besthoff Sculpture Garden Tour
Join NOMA’s docents for a free guided tour of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weather dependent, at noon. Sited on twelve acres adjacent to the museum, the garden contains more than ninety works by renowned sculptors placed among a picturesque mature grove of pine, magnolia, and moss-draped live oak trees.
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Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0-3)
Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0-3)
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 six 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...
Baby Artsplay! Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)
Baby Artsplay! Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)
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 six workshops for caregivers and children ages 3-4. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth. Saturdays at 11 am This...
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NOMA Book Club Group Discussion
NOMA Book Club Group Discussion
Join 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 June is The Other Alcott: A Novel by Elise Hooper.
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Friday Nights at NOMA: Preview screening of The Black Museum
Friday Nights at NOMA: Preview screening of The Black Museum
Friday Nights at NOMA features an exciting lineup of programs in 2019: 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! (Ages 0-3)
Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0-3)
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 six workshops for caregivers and children ages 0-3. Advance registration required.
Baby Artsplay! Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)
Baby Artsplay! Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)
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 six workshops for caregivers and children ages 3-4. Advance registration required.
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You Are Here Photographer’s Perspective Talk with Monique Verdin
You Are Here Photographer’s Perspective Talk with Monique Verdin
Louisiana-based photographer Monique Verdin will discuss themes from the exhibition You Are Here: A Brief History of Photography and Place.
Gallery Talk: Geoffrey Mann’s “The Second Line” Cocktail Service with Curator Mel Buchanan
Gallery Talk: Geoffrey Mann’s “The Second Line” Cocktail Service with Curator Mel Buchanan
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Decorative Arts Curator Mel Buchanan as she discusses Geoffrey Mann's commissioned work, "The Second Line" Cocktail Service.
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Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Lynn Drury
Friday Nights at NOMA: Music by Lynn Drury
Friday Nights at NOMA features an exciting lineup of programs in 2019: 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! (Ages 0-3)
Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0-3)
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 six 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...
Baby Artsplay! Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)
Baby Artsplay! Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)
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 six workshops for caregivers and children ages 3-4. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth. Saturdays at 11 am This...
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Arts & Letters Series: A Night of Music and Literature with Narrative 4
Arts & Letters Series: A Night of Music and Literature with Narrative 4
Narrative 4 (N4), in partnership with NOMA's Art & Letters series, presents an extraordinary night of music and literature. Eight renowned international authors will read excerpts of their literary work accompanied by a musical composition created to match the piece and the author's home region. The writers include: National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann from Ireland...
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Gallery Talk: Madonna and Child with Saints, Prophets (Pinnacles) with icon painter Michael Galovic
Gallery Talk: Madonna and Child with Saints, Prophets (Pinnacles) with icon painter Michael Galovic
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. NOMA welcomes Serbian-Australian artist Michael Galovic to discuss Madonna and Child with Saints, Prophets, a fourteenth-century work by a follower of Bernardo Daddi.
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Gallery Talk: Blue Muse with Curator Russell Lord
Gallery Talk: Blue Muse with Curator Russell Lord
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Photography Curator Russell Lord for a discussion about the tintypes of roots musicians on view in Timothy Duffy: Blue Muse.
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Friday Nights at NOMA: Opening of Bodies of Knowledge | Black Magic Dance Performance | Music by Mahmoud Chouki with Amigos de Samba
Friday Nights at NOMA: Opening of Bodies of Knowledge | Black Magic Dance Performance | Music by Mahmoud Chouki with Amigos de Samba
Friday Nights at NOMA features an exciting lineup of programs in 2019: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more. All galleries, the Museum Shop, and Café NOMA remain open till 9 pm. Be among the first to explore NOMA’s major summer exhibition, Bodies of Knowledge, beginning with a one-time-only, site-specific dance performance starting at 5 pm.
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Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0-3)
Baby Artsplay! (Ages 0-3)
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 six 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. Advance registration required.
Baby Artsplay! Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)
Baby Artsplay! Tiny Explorers Series (Ages 3-4)
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 six workshops for caregivers and children ages 3-4. Learn how to integrate music, movement, and drama into everyday playtime to foster children’s developmental growth. Advance registration required.
Artist’s Choice Film Series presents The Constant Gardener
Artist’s Choice Film Series presents The Constant Gardener
Bodies of Knowledge brings together eleven international contemporary artists to reflect on the role that language plays in archiving and asserting our cultural identities. In conjunction with this exhibition, NOMA will be screening movies selected by these artists that reflect their inspirations, interests, and ideals. Adriana Corral will introduce the 2005 film The Constant Gardener.