In February, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) will present Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club, an exhibition exploring the creative exchange between artist Jacob Lawrence and the members of the Mbari Artists & Writers Club, a Nigerian arts collective founded in 1961. Read More
A powerful new voice in contemporary craft, Joyce Lin makes work that is both conceptual and beautifully crafted. For her Ghostwood Chair and Table, commissioned by NOMA, Lin collected driftwood nearby in Louisiana’s Bayou Bienvenue Wetlands. The work’s title references a “ghost forest,” the geographical term for marshes where salty water has encroached into once-verdant swamp forests, leaving a landscape of poisoned trees. Read More
People Museum’s EP “Destruction of, Vol. 1” is inspired by Bourgeois’s life and work, and the group will perform underneath the artist’s monumental “Spider” sculpture in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden on Sunday, December 4. Read More
Claire Givens of New Orleans–based pop art band People Museum discusses her affinity for artist Louise Bourgeois with Community Engagement Curator Nic Brierre Aziz. Read More
Photographer Robert Polidori is renowned for his large-format images of architecture, interiors, and urban environments around the world. Test your attention to detail with a family-friendly scavenger hunt to find these objects, people, and places in Polidori’s photographs. Read More