Mini Masters is a collaborative arts integration program for pre-kindergarten students featuring works of art from the New Orleans Museum of Art. Mini Masters encourages students to develop higher order thinking skills, make observations, and engage in conversations through museum visits and classroom activities. The program is designed to build capacity of early childhood educators… Read More
Umana Nnochiri is a textile artist and art educator at the Cross Rivers University of Technology in southeastern Nigeria. She adapts motifs from akwanshi (stone sculpture) of the Ejagham people of the Cross River region into fabric art using batik, a method of dyeing and wax-resist application practiced by cultures across the world. Her creations… Read More
NOMA’s Learning and Engagement staff suggests the following books related to themes of process and materials in art. In partnership with Octavia Books, links are provided to purchase these titles through this independent bookstore based in New Orleans, which offers nationwide shipping or curbside pickup. The store has also been approved for Phase 1 of… Read More
Create your own breathing wand—a fun tool to help you take three deep breaths developed by community partner Project Peaceful Warriors. Materials Pipe cleaner Feather Beads Make Take your pipe cleaner and twist one end around the bottom of the feather. Add three beads to the pipe cleaner. Make a loop at the bottom of… Read More
Artists utilize color to create expression in works of art. Artist Joan Miró painted this abstract image of a “young girl” using organic shapes and a range of bold colors. Perhaps it was someone he knew and how he saw them in an extension of his imagination? In this activity, you will make a mixed-media… Read More