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Book Club Discussion Group
Book Club Discussion Group
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 book selection for October is The Last Painting of Sara de Vos: A Novel by Dominic Smith.
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Gallery Talk: Lamentations with artist Tina Freeman
Gallery Talk: Lamentations with artist Tina Freeman
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Photographer Tina Freeman will discuss her exhibition Tina Freeman: Lamentations, a seven-year photo-documentation of Louisiana’s wetlands and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Gallery Talk: An Ideal Unity with Curatorial Associate Anne Roberts
Gallery Talk: An Ideal Unity with Curatorial Associate Anne Roberts
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Curatorial Associate Anne Roberts for a discussion about the exhibition An Ideal Unity: The Bauhaus & Beyond.
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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. Represented sculptors include Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rene Magritte, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, George Rodrigue, and Robert Indiana, among others.
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.
Friday Nights at NOMA: Special Evening for Educators | Screening of The Quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend | Music by Naydja Cojoe
Friday Nights at NOMA: Special Evening for Educators | Screening of The Quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend | Music by Naydja Cojoe
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. On this special evening for educators, all educators and up to four of their guests will receive free admission after 5 pm.
2 events,
Mindfulness Intensive Course
Mindfulness Intensive Course
Join a Mindfulness course under the instruction of Dr. Jayshee Rao for two days, Saturday, November 2, and Sunday, November 3, from 10 am to 1 pm and 2 to 5 pm. Advance registration required.
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...
1 event,
Mindfulness Intensive Course
Mindfulness Intensive Course
Join a Mindfulness course under the instruction of Dr. Jayshee Rao for two days, Saturday, November 2, and Sunday, November 3, from 10 am to 1 pm and 2 to 5 pm. Advance registration required.
1 event,
Gallery Talk: Curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba on Ancestors in Stone
Gallery Talk: Curator Ndubuisi Ezeluomba on Ancestors in Stone
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. Join Ndubuisi Ezeluomba, the Francoise Billion Richardson Curator for African Art, for a discussion about the exhibition Ancestors in Stone.
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Book Club Curatorial Program
Book Club Curatorial Program
Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. In conjunction with November's reading selection, Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh, Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord will offer a curatorial program related to the subject matter.
1 event,
Baby ArtsPlay!
Baby ArtsPlay!
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...
2 events,
Gallery Talk: Inspired by Nature | Japanese Art from the Permanent Collection with Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord
Gallery Talk: Inspired by Nature | Japanese Art from the Permanent Collection with Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord
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. Join Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord for a discussion about the exhibition Inspired by Nature | Japanese Art from the Permanent Collection.
Gallery Talk: Tina Freeman: Lamentations with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper
Gallery Talk: Tina Freeman: Lamentations with Curatorial Fellow Brian Piper
Gallery talks are casual conversations between artists, curators, and other special guests with NOMA visitors frequently scheduled throughout the year. Join Brian Piper, Mellon Fellow for Photography, for a discussion about the exhibition Tina Freeman: Lamentations, a seven-year photo-documentation of Louisiana’s wetlands and the glacial landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic by Tina Freeman.
1 event,
Book Club Discussion Group
Book Club Discussion Group
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 book selection for November is Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh.
1 event,
Gallery Talk: Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana with Curator Katie Pfohl
Gallery Talk: Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana with Curator Katie Pfohl
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. Join Curator Katie Pfohl for a discussion about the exhibition Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana. Image: Robert Brammer, Mississippi Panorama,...
1 event,
Family Field Day
Family Field Day
A free family festival will be held in the expansion of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden with programs that focus on the body, physical play, and the environment as it relates to art making.
1 event,
Gallery Talk: Portrait Miniatures with Curator Mel Buchanan
Gallery Talk: Portrait Miniatures with Curator Mel Buchanan
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. Join Curator Mel Buchanan for a discussion about the Latter-Schlesinger Collection of Portrait Miniatures dating from the sixteenth through the eighteenth...
1 event,
Closed for Thanksgiving
Closed for Thanksgiving
NOMA and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden will be closed on Thursday, November 28, in observance of Thanksgiving.
2 events,
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.
Film Screening and Conversation: World AIDS Day
Film Screening and Conversation: World AIDS Day
The New Orleans Museum of Art is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for the thirtieth annual Day With(out) Art by presenting STILL BEGINNING, a program of seven newly commissioned...