Masquerade attendees encouraged to search for ‘Yas Queens’ in Twitter contest

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Inspired by Museum Game Night’s epic #butthunt, NOMA is launching a themed hunt among the artworks for the Masquerade: Late Night at NOMA event on May 12. The theme is all about those queens out there. YAS QUEEN, to be specific. Masquerade attendees will be searching high and low to find the boldest, fiercest, nastiest queens in our galleries.

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THE MASQUERADE?

On Friday, May 12, Venice meets New Orleans in a Carnival-style party that keeps the museum open till midnight. Live music, performances, specialty cocktails, circus acts, drag performances and other surprises await. Admission is free to museum members, $12.00 for adults, $10.00 for seniors (65+) & active military with ID, $8.00 university students with ID, and $6.00 for children (7-12) — if they can stay up that late!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Submit your YAS QUEEN pictures on Twitter between 6–11pm on May 12. Follow us on Twitter @noma1910 for some regal inspiration leading up to the big event. Don’t have Twitter? You have one week to sign up and get acquainted!

#YASQUEENNOMA will feature two contests: Find as many queens as you can AND find the fiercest queen. This is a self-directed scavenger hunt/exploration of the galleries in search of all the queens NOMA has to offer.

All participants must follow @noma1910 on Twitter. If you have questions throughout the night, please direct message us on Twitter.

All ART queens are welcome — human, animal, alien, angel, demon, nymph, etc — but please don’t submit living queens (and there will be many at the masquerade!)

CONTEST RULES

Rules: #ALLTHEQUEENS (find ALL the queens!)
QUANTITY CONTEST: ALL SUBMISSIONS BETWEEN 6-11 p.m.

  • Each submission must include #YASQUEENNOMA, #ALLTHEQUEENS and tag @noma1910 on Twitter only
  • Each submission should include a PHOTO of the queen(s) in the art object and the NUMBER of queens, if your photo features more than one
  • Include a caption (the more creative, the better)

Rules: #FIERCESTQUEEN (find THE FIERCEST queen)
QUALITY CONTEST: SUBMISSIONS BETWEEN 6 – 11 PM

  • Each submission must include #YASQUEENNOMA, #FIERCESTQUEEN and tag @noma1910 on Twitter only
  • Each submission must include a PHOTO of queen(s) in art object
  • Include a caption (the more creative, the better)

Winners for both contests will be selected by contest facilitators and announced by 11:30 p.m. at the Masquerade. Winners will be announced on Twitter, and sent a direct message. Once announced, winners will have a chance to claim their prize that night. If the winners aren’t present at the museum, distribution of prizes can be arranged.

NOMA loves all of our queens equally. ANY LANGUAGE that is sexist, racist, ableist, etc. will get you disqualified. Any disrespect to our queens (touching artworks, harassing other visitors, and/OR disregarding the requests of museum staff) will NOT be tolerated.

Happy hunting!