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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: December 2025
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nPerformers for this installment of the Butterfly Music Series will be announced soon. Previous performers have included Amina Figarova\, David Torkanowsky\, Tonya Boyd Cannon\, Sam Kuslan\, and others. \nAttendance is included with museum admission. Preregistration for this event is recommended. Seating is limited and not guaranteed with registration. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/butterfly-music-series-december-2025/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Butterfly Music Series
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: Henrietta Alves
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nThis installment of the Butterfly Music Series will feature pianist Henrietta Alves. Previous performers have included Amina Figarova\, David Torkanowsky\, Tonya Boyd Cannon\, Sam Kuslan\, and others. \nAttendance is included with museum admission. Preregistration for this event is recommended. Seating is limited and not guaranteed with attendance. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout Henrietta Alves\nHenrietta Alves is a singer\, pianist\, teacher\, actor\, and entertainer\, with 35 years of experience playing at the legendary Pat O’Brien’s. Read more at henriettasmusic.com. \nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/butterfly-music-series-henrietta-alves/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Butterfly Music Series
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: Basquiat (1996) and Conversation with Julian Schnabel and Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen a 2024 black-and-white remaster of Basquiat (1996)\, a black-and-white restoration of the original 1996 film\, for this program. The screening will be followed by a conversation with director Julian Schnabel via Zoom and Poster. Doors open at 6:30 pm\, and the film screening starts at 7:00 pm.  \nFor this screening of Basquiat\, guests will also have the option of purchasing an additional ticket to a seated dinner at Café NOMA before the film. Details will be announced soon. \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \n\nTickets\nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nBuy Tickets for “Basquiat” \n*Please note: NOMA members must log into their my.noma account in order to see their ticket options at the link above.  \n\nTicket Waitlist Policy\n\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats: \n\nAt 6:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 7:00 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\n\nAbout the Film\nBasquiat (1996\, 1h 50m)\nAn exploration of the brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat\, a world-renowned New York street artist struggling with fame\, drug use\, and his identity. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/producers-choice-basquiat/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: Pollock (2000) and Conversation with Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen Pollock (2000) for this program\, followed by a conversation with Poster and a special guest. Doors open at 6:30 pm\, and the film screening starts at 7:00 pm.  \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \n\nTickets\nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nBuy Tickets for “Pollock” \n*Please note: NOMA members must log into their my.noma account in order to see their ticket options at the link above.  \nTicket Waitlist Policy\n\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats: \n\nAt 6:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 7:00 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\n\nAbout the Film\nPollock (2000\, 2h 2m)\nPollock is a look back into the life of the artist\, who engaged in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out across his career. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/producers-choice-pollock/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: Frida (2002) and Conversation with Julie Taymor and Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen Frida (2002) for this program\, followed by a conversation with director Julie Taymor and Poster. Doors open at 6:30 pm\, and the film screening starts at 7:00 pm.  \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \n\nTickets\nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nBuy Tickets for “Frida” \nTicket Waitlist Policy\n\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats: \n\nAt 6:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 7:00 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\n\nAbout the Film\nFrida (2002\, 2h 3m)\nA biography of artist Frida Kahlo\, who channeled the pain of a life-altering injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/producers-choice-frida/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: Amina Figarova
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nThis installment of the Butterfly Music Series will feature a live performance by Azerbaijani jazz pianist Amina Figarova. \nAttendance is included with museum admission. Preregistration for this event is recommended. Seating is limited and not guaranteed with registration. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout Amina Figarova\nAmina Figarova was born in Baku\, Azerbaijan\, and graduated from the Baku Conservatory as classical concert pianist. In 1990\, she entered the Rotterdam Conservatory to pursue jazz\, coming to the United States in 1992 to complete her formal education at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. In 1998 she was invited to the Thelonious Monk Institute’s summer jazz colony in Aspen. She currently lives in New York. Read more at aminafigarova.com. \nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/butterfly-music-series-amina-figarova/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Butterfly Music Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251016T190000
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SUMMARY:"Gathering in the Grief: Visualizing\, Healing\, Living With\, and Honoring the Lost" Workshop with Creative Assembly Resident Artist Horton Humble
DESCRIPTION:Grief is both personal and shared; it comforts yet isolates\, silences yet speaks. Through art\, ritual\, and remembrance\, grief declares: this mattered\, this hurts\, this was loved. \nOn Thursday\, October 16\, from 5 to 7 pm\, join us in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for a workshop led by Creative Assembly resident and visual artist Horton Humble\, moderator Robin Pharo\, visual artist Veronica Caseras Lee\, musician Ruben Watts\, and licensed marriage and family therapist Khara Scott-Bey. Participants will collaboratively create a large-scale cereal box artwork using materials linked to the five stages of grief\, illuminating how grief shapes creative expression and lived experience. \nWorkshop leaders will also share perspectives on how grief influences art—through a painter’s palette\, a musician’s notes\, and New Orleans’ cultural traditions such as the funeral procession and Second Line. \nThis program is free and open to all. No registration is required for this workshop.  \n\n\nAbout the Workshop Leaders\nHorton Humble\n\nHorton Humble (b. 1970\, New Orleans) is a self-taught painter and sculptor whose work explores themes of resilience\, identity\, and cultural memory. His debut series Debris (2007) used wood from Hurricane Katrina’s wreckage\, followed by Transit Urban (2008)\, created during travels across Africa. \nTime in Lisbon (2012–2015) inspired The Lisbon Series and his first work in ceramics. Returning home\, he co-founded Level Artist Collective and later completed The Guardian (2017)\, a public sculpture for the Helis Foundation’s Poydras Corridor project. His work has been exhibited internationally\, including the Outsider Art Fair in Paris and solo shows in Marseille\, and regionally at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Humble continues to create large-scale\, expressive canvases while leading workshops and community projects in New Orleans. Horton has permanent pieces at the Ogden Museum and Luciano’s Benetton Imago Mundi Collection in Italy. \n\n\nRobin Pharo\nModerator Robin Pharo is a serial entrepreneur with multiple diverse businesses including Treysta Group\, a multi–faceted firm that specializes in hospitality-based businesses. Her other businesses include the Grumpy Troll Brew Pub in Mt Horeb\, WI and Camp&Common\, and a special event space in New Orleans. Pharo is also a nationally recognized speaker and moderator who has worked with many national organizations including the National Association of Home Builders\, Wisconsin Environmental Initiate\, US Green Building Council\, the Department of Energy\, the Department of Housing and Urban Development\, and more. Ms. Pharo is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and a publisher.\n\nVeronica Casares Lee\nVeronica Casares Lee\, born in Michoacán\, Mexico in 1974\, is a multidisciplinary artist. She studied at the High School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) and earned a scholarship to attend Pratt Institute. From 2000 to 2008\, Veronica was a resident artist at Haven Art in Port Washington\, New York\, contributing significantly to the creative community. In 2008\, she and her family relocated to Michoacán\, Mexico\, where she shifted her focus to working primarily with ceramics and painting\, infusing her work with the cultural richness of her homeland. In 2016\, Veronica moved to New Orleans\, where she currently resides and passionately pursues her art as a full-time artist\, capturing the essence of the city in her diverse and evolving body of work. \n\nRuben Watts\nRuben Watts is a New Orleans-based percussionist known for a style of drumming played in New Orleans usually associated with the Black Masking Indian tradition. Over the years\, he has expanded this style to include other percussion and hand crafted instruments. \nRuben plays with a group called Public Relations and New Orleans Folkloric\, which pays tribute to the ancestral Heroes and Sheroes of our culture. He has played with groups including the Creole Osceola Mardi Gras Indians\, Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr.\, Percussion Inc.\, Casa Samba\, and cousin John Boutte\, to name a few. \n\nKhara Scott-Bey\nKhara Scott-Bey EXA\, LMFT (she/they) is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a focus in art therapy based in New Orleans. Scott-Bey is also a liberatory life coach\, an artist\, and a community organizer. With over 20 years of experience in mental health and art therapy\, Khara’s work blends African theology\, social justice and embodied practices to support people in cultivating liberation\, authenticity\, and wholeness. She is the founder of Live to Become Art!\, a healing and creative platform rooted in the belief that through the act of creating\, we transform. Learn more at www.livetobecome.com. \n  \n\n\n\nAbout Creative Assembly\nLaunched in 2021\, NOMA’s Creative Assembly residency promotes community engagement by welcoming artists to collaborate throughout the year with the museum’s permanent collection\, special exhibitions\, and programs. Creative Assembly Cohort members are provided funds and museum support to develop artistic projects and public offerings\, like programs and workshops. \nLearn more at noma.org/learn/creative-assembly/.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/gathering-in-the-grief-workshop/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Classes,Creative Assembly
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SUMMARY:Dawoud Bey: Elegy Weekend Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day celebrating and engaging with the newly opened exhibition Dawoud Bey: Elegy. We are honored to feature this day of discussion in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts with local and visiting artists (including American photographer Dawoud Bey)\, curators\, historians\, and activists.  \nThe afternoon’s first panel will feature artist Dawoud Bey; Valerie Cassel Oliver\, the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; and LeRonn Brooks\, Associate Curator\, Modern and Contemporary Collections at the Getty Research Institute\, in a conversation around the exhibition and catalogue.  \nThe second panel highlights Kathe Hambrick\, Executive of the Director Amistad Research Center and Founder of The River Road African American Museum; Jo Banner and Dr Joy Banner\, Co-Founders of The Descendants Project; for a discussion centering the land of Louisiana and\, its history\, present and future.  \nThe day culminates in a catalogue signing.  \nThis program is free and open to all. Advance registration is recommended.  \nRegister Now \nIn order to view the exhibition Dawoud Bey: Elegy\, a museum admission ticket is required. Tickets can be purchased at the admissions desk  in the Great Hall or online. \n\nProgram Details\nDawoud Bey: Elegy Catalogue Contributor Panel | 1:00-2:00pm\nFeaturing artist Dawoud Bey; Valerie Cassel Oliver\, the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; and LeRonn Brooks\, Associate Curator\, Modern and Contemporary Collections at the Getty Research Institute. Moderated by Brian Piper. \nIntermission | 2:00-2:30pm\nPanel Discussion | 2:30-3:30pm\nFeaturing Kathe Hambrick\, Director of the Amistad Research Center and Founder of the River Road African American Museum; and Jo Banner and Dr. Joy Banner\, founders and directors of the Descendants Project and Woodland Plantation. Moderated by Kristina Kay Robinson. \nDawoud Bey: Elegy exhibition catalogue signing with Bey\, Cassel Oliver\, and Brooks | 3:30 – 4:15 pm\nCafe NOMA\, which is adjacent to the Lapis Center for the Arts\, will be open for food and beverage purchases throughout the afternoon \n\nAbout the Participants\nAbout Dawoud Bey\nAmerican photographer Dawoud Bey\, photo by Frank Ishman \nGroundbreaking artist and MacArthur Fellow Dawoud Bey examines the Black past and present. His photographs and film installations have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and Europe. Bey’s work has been the subject of numerous solo museum exhibitions\, including Dawoud Bey: An American Project organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art (2020-2022)\, and Elegy at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (2023-2024) and New Orleans Museum of Art (2025-2026); and Dawoud Bey: Street Portraits at the Denver Art Museum (2024-2025). He has been the subject of several monographs\, including Elegy (Aperture/VMFA\, 2023)\, which chronicles Bey’s history projects and landscape-based work. Bey is the recipient of numerous awards including five honorary doctorates\, and in 2024\, the artist was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  \nBey lives and works in Chicago and New York. He is currently a Critic at Yale University\, where he received his Masters in Fine Arts\, and is Professor Emeritus at Columbia College\, Chicago.   \nAbout Valerie Cassel Oliver\nSydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Valerie Cassel Oliver \nValerie Cassel Oliver is the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Prior to this role\, she served as a senior curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, Texas; director of the Visiting Artist Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and program specialist at the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2000\, she was one of six curators selected to organize the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Biennial. Cassel Oliver has organized several special exhibitions at VMFA\, including Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen (2018)\, Cosmologies from the Tree of Life: Art from the African American South (2019)\, The Dirty South: Contemporary Art\, Material Culture\, and the Sonic Impulse (2021) and Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour—Frederick Douglass (2022). In addition\, she has produced an installation series\, Lewis Focus\, that has featured the work of Theaster Gates\, Athena LaTocha\, Annabeth Rosen and Ebony Patterson \nAbout LeRonn Brooks\nDr. LeRonn P. Brooks\, curator of modern and contemporary collections\, and the African American Art History Initiative (AAAHI)\, at the Getty Research Institute \nDr. LeRonn P. Brooks is an art historian and curator of modern and contemporary collections\, and the African American Art History Initiative (AAAHI)\, at the Getty Research Institute. Brooks is curator of African American collections and acquisitions at the GRI. He is responsible for building and developing collections to promote advanced research in the study of African American art history. In his capacity at the GRI\, Brooks is also the curator\, and co-curator\, of several archives including those of the Johnson Publishing Company\, architect Paul Revere Williams\, sculptor Richard Hunt\, interdisciplinary artist\, Maren Hassinger\, and scholar Dr. Robert Farris Thompson\, among others. His interviews and essays on African American art\, and poetry\, have been featured in Callaloo Journal\, The International Review of African American Art\, and the Aperture Foundation\, as well as numerous exhibition catalogues. Brooks earned a Doctor of Philosophy\, Art History\, from City University of New York\, NY\, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) from Hunter College\, NY. \nAbout Jo Banner\nJo Banner\, Founder and Director of The Descendants Project \nJo Banner is the founder and director of The Descendants Project\, a nonprofit she co-founded with her twin sister\, Dr. Joy Banner\, in St. John the Baptist Parish\, Louisiana. Holding bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communications\, she uses her education to honor the legacy of enslaved people while defending descendant communities.Jo’s mission includes preserving the burial grounds of the enslaved and protecting the last 11 miles untouched by industrial development in Cancer Alley. Through her work\, she envisions a just transition for people and land to achieve economic and environmental liberation. \nAbout Dr. Joy Banner\nDr. Joy banner\, Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Descendants Project \nDr. Joy Banner is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Descendants Project\, a nonprofit organization founded to protect the health\, land\, and lives of the Black descendant community in Louisiana’s River Parishes—an area known as “Cancer Alley.”After earning her Ph.D. in communications and B.S. in marketing from Louisiana State University\, Dr. Banner taught business communications\, marketing and entrepreneurship at LSU\, where she advanced to Chair of the Management program before returning to her hometown of Wallace\, Louisiana. Joy has 20+ years in heritage and tourism\, which she has leveraged to champion the preservation of Black historic sites\, heritage\, and communities. \nAbout Kathe Hambrick\nKathe Hambrick\, Executive Director of the Amistad Research Center \nKathe Hambrick is the Executive Director of the Amistad Research Center\, where she brings over 30 years of experience in public history\, curation\, and interpretation to preserve and share pivotal narratives of America’s ethnic and racial history. As the founder of the River Road African American Museum in Louisiana\, Hambrick has championed the preservation of African American history in the Mississippi River parishes. She holds a Master’s in Museum Studies from Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) and has curated over 100 exhibits\, including “The Rural Roots of Jazz.” A published author and consultant\, she continues to shape a more inclusive historical narrative through her work. \nAbout Kristina Kay Robinson\nKristina Kay Robinson\, poet\, writer\, independent curator and visual artist \nKristina Kay Robinson is a poet\, writer\, independent curator and visual artist born and raised in New Orleans\, Louisiana. Her writing in various genres has appeared in Art in America\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Guernica\, The Baffler\, The Nation\, The Massachusetts Review and Elle among other outlets. Robinson is a recipient of the Rabkin Prize for Visual Arts Journalism and an Andy Warhol Arts Writing grant. Currently she serves as the New Orleans editor at large for the Atlanta based\, Burnaway magazine. \nAbout the Amistad Research Center \nThe Amistad Research Center is the nation’s oldest\, largest\, and most comprehensive independent archives specializing in the history of African Americans and other ethnic minorities. The Center is dedicated to preserving this history by providing a home to manuscripts\, photographs\, books\, periodicals\, and works of art that bear witness to a post worth sharing with the future. \nAbout The Descendants Project\nThe Descendants Project is an emerging organization committed to the intergenerational healing and flourishing of the Black descendant community in the Louisiana river parishes. The lands of the river parishes hold the intersecting histories of enslavement\, settler colonialism\, and environmental degradation.\n​\nWe are descended from the enslaved men\, women\, and children who were forced to labor at one or more of the hundreds of plantations that line the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Starting in the 1970s\, large industrial  petrochemical plants began purchasing the land of these plantations still surrounded by vulnerable Black descendant communities. The region is now known as “Cancer Alley” for the extreme risks of cancer and death due to pollution. The community faces many other problems such as food insecurity\, high unemployment\, high poverty\, land dispossession\, and health issues that stem from a culture of disregard for Black communities and their quality of life.\n​​\nThrough programming\, education\, advocacy\, and outreach\, The Descendants Project is committed to reversing the vagrancies of slavery through healing and restorative work. We aim to eliminate the narrative violence of plantation tourism and champion the voice of the Black descendant community while demanding action that supports the total well-being of Black descendants. \nAbout the River Road African American Museum \nThe mission of the River Road African American Museum (RRAAM) is to educate visitors about the history and culture of African Americans in the rural communities of south Louisiana through the collection\, preservation\, and interpretation of art\, artifacts\, and historic buildings. \nAbout Dawoud Bey: Elegy\nDawoud Bey: Elegy draws upon the factual and imagined realities of the early African American presence in the United States. Including forty-five black-and-white photographs and two film installations\, the exhibition elucidates the deeply profound historical memory still embedded in geography at historically significant sites in Virginia\, Louisiana and Ohio. Through the interweaving of three photographic series—”Stony the Road “(2023)\, “In This Here Place” (2019)\, and “Night Coming Tenderly\, Black” (2017)—Bey offers a framework through which to conceptualize the landscapes of Virginia\, Louisiana\, and Ohio (respectively) through images that convey the memories of our shared American past. \nLearn More
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/dawoud-bey-elegy-weekend-symposium/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Special
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: David Torkanowsky
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nJoin us for this installment of the Butterfly Music Series featuring New Orleanian jazz pianist and composer David Torkanowsky. \nAttendance is included with museum admission. Preregistration for this event is recommended. Seating is limited and not guaranteed with registration. \nRegister Now \n\nAbout David Torkanowsky\nDavid Torkanowsky is one of New Orleans’s premier contemporary jazz pianists\, composers\, and arrangers. “Tork” was born in New Orleans in 1956\, the son of classical conductor Werner Torkanowsky and flamenco artist Theresa Torkanowsky. He learned to play piano early on\, and was schooled in the ways of New Orleans music by legends such as Danny Barker\, David Lastie and Ellis Marsalis. Read more at https://www.wwoz.org/acts/david-torkanowsky \nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/butterfly-music-series-david-torkanowsky/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Butterfly Music Series
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: Chocolat and Conversation with Robert Nelson Jacobs and Producer Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen Chocolat (2000) for this program\, followed by a conversation with screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs and Poster. Doors open at 5:30 pm\, and the film screening starts at 6:00 pm.  \nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nPurchase Tickets \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \nTicket Waitlist Policy\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats:\n\nAt 5:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 6:15 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\nAbout the Film\nChocolat (2000\, 2h 1m)\nA mysterious woman opens a sweets shop in a 1950s French village and immediately causes a romantic and societal stir among the uptight townsfolk. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/producers-choice-chocolat-and-conversation-with-robert-nelson-jacobs-and-producer-meryl-poster/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:Pride Summer Soirée
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the first Friday of June for a vibrant evening of art\, music\, and celebration in honor of LGBTQ+ Pride month. \nNOMA’s after-hours Pride Summer Soirée invites everyone to celebrate art and Pride in the heart of NOMA’s galleries. With live music and DJ sets\, Pride-inspired art making activities\, and more\, this celebration is designed to be inclusive and welcoming for all. \nWe can’t wait to see you there! \nTickets are $15 for Members\, $30 for General Admission\, and free for attendees under 19. \nPurchase Tickets \n\nEvent Details\nLive DJ Set from ZEUS\nDance all night to live mixes from local artist\, DJ\, and producer ZEUS in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. \nArt-Making Activities for All\nCraft the night away at our interactive art-making station. Our featured art activity\, an “identity Collage” inspired by Robert Rauschenberg’s Melic Meeting (Spread)\, on view in the second floor’s Entergy Corporation Gallery\, is designed for creatives of all experience levels. \nGlam Photo Booth\, Courtesy of MIPB & Co.\nStrike a pose\, channel the energy of your favorite LGBTQ+ icons\, and capture unforgettable memories of the night with complementary photos from a Glam Photo Booth courtesy of MIPB & Co.\, an LGBTQ+ owned business. \nGallery Talk with Dr. Orlando Hernández Ying\, Curator of Arts of the Americas\nEnjoy after-hours access to our galleries and exhibitions\, and gain deeper insight into our collection with a gallery talk led by NOMA’s Curator of Arts of the Americas\, Dr. Orlando Hernández Ying. His gallery talk\, titled Three Male Nudes at NOMA\, will focus on the appreciation of the male nude through the lens of Mannerism\, a period of experimentation and innovation that pushed the boundaries of art and challenged the idealized norms of the High Renaissance. \nThis gallery talk will take place from 7:00-7:20 pm. The talk will begin in the Renaissance Art Gallery and move into the Dutch Art Gallery\, both found on the first floor. \nFood and Drinks from Café NOMA\nSip and snack on a small bites and beverage menu from Café NOMA. The menu will include a rainbow doberge cake\, Pride-themed cocktails\, and more. \n\nBios\nAbout ZEUS\nZEUS is a New Orleans-based artist\, DJ\, and producer. He supported Grammy Award-winning Tank and the Bangas on their The Heart\, The Mind\, The Soul tour across the US\, performed at Gameday at The Bayou Classic\, and recently held a residency at Emeril Lagasse’s 34 Restaurant and Bar in New Orleans. You can find him on Instagram\, Soundcloud\, TikTok\, YouTube\, and on his official website. \n \nAbout MIPB & Co. (Photo Booth Experience Makers)\nMIPB & Co. is a premier destination for exceptional photo booth experiences. They are passionate about creating unforgettable moments and capturing the essence of joy\, laughter and celebration. \n“As a LGBTQ+ owned business\, it’s important to us to show up for our community not just in celebration\, but by giving our time\, talent\, and resources where it counts\,” remarks co-owner Orlando Whigham. “We’re excited to support Pride in a way that feels authentic to who we are.” \nConnect with MIPB & Co. on their Instagram (@mipb.activations) and their official website.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/pride-summer-soiree/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:Special,Member Events,Festivals
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: The Wings of the Dove and Conversation with Susan Taylor and Producer Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen The Wings of the Dove (1997) for this program\, followed by a conversation with Susan Taylor\, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director of NOMA\, and Poster. Doors open at 5:30 pm\, and the film screening starts at 6:00 pm.  \nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nPurchase Tickets \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \nTicket Waitlist Policy\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats:\n\nAt 5:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 6:15 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\nAbout the Film\nThe Wings of the Dove (1997\, 1h 42m)\nA scheming woman exploits a friendship with a dying heiress to attain her goals in this handsome adaptation of Henry James’s novel. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/producers-choice-wings-of-the-dove/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:Spring Festival: New African Masquerades
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the special exhibition New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations at NOMA’s Spring Festival\, a day of activities for all ages. \nThis year’s Spring Festival will take place on Saturday\, May 31st\, from 10 am to 4 pm. \n$5 for Members \n$10 for General Admission \nFree admission for people ages 19 and under \nRegister Now \nPlease note: the New Orleans Museum of Art will be CLOSED after Spring Festival ends at 4 pm on Saturday\, May 31st. There will be no public admission to the museum after 4 pm this day.   \n\nEvent Details\nLive Music from Local Acts Young Guardians of the Flame and ÌFÉ\nListen and dance along to live performances by the Young Guardians of the Flame at 10:30 am and electronic music artist ÌFÉ at 2:45 pm. \nGuided Tours of New African Masquerades\, Afropolitan\, and More\nExplore all three floors of the museum with guided tours of our New African Masquerades and Afropolitan exhibits\, as well as our permanent African Art collection on the 3rd floor. Enjoy docent-guided tours of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden throughout the day. Tours are all ages\, with youth- and teen- focused tours scheduled throughout the day\, as well. \nNew African Masquerades-inspired Arts and Activities\nEnjoy art-making activities and demonstrations inspired by New African Masquerades.  \nConservator-Led Workshop on Document and Photo Preservation\nJoin NOMA’s Conservator of Photographs and Works of Art on Paper\, Nayla Maaruf\, for an invaluable workshop titled “Preserving Family History: Disaster Prep at Home for Family Photos and Documents.” \nConnect with Our Community\nMeet and mingle with a variety of community partners\, learn about their programs and projects\, and get creative. \nEnjoy Food and Drinks All Day\nEnjoy food from local vendors\, including Tanjariné and Café NOMA. Food will be available for purchase throughout the event.  \n\nAbout New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations\nNew African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations spotlights the work of four contemporary artists working in cities across West Africa: Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa\, Sheku “Goldenfinger” Fofanah\, David Sanou\, and Hervé Youmbi. Read more.  \nAbout ÌFÉ\nNew Orleans-based African American producer and percussionist ÌFÉ blends elements of Afro-Cuban folklore and Yoruban religious music with the sounds of modern day Jamaican Dancehall\, Trap and AfroBeats. The single most important electronic act in Afro-Caribbean music today\, ÌFÉ’s long awaited sophomore album 0000+0000 was released to worldwide critical acclaim in November of 2021. His new album is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2025.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/spring-fest-new-african-masquerades/
LOCATION:Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans \, LA\, 70124
CATEGORIES:Performances,Kids & Families,Member Events,Festivals
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: Cinema Paradiso and Conversation with Producer Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen Cinema Paradiso (1989) for this program\, starting with a conversation with Poster. Doors open at 6:30 pm\, the talk begins at 7:00 pm\, and the film screening starts at around 7:45 pm.  \nDue to pending weather conditions\, this program will now take place in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. \nSeating location is on a first-come\, first-served basis. Popcorn\, bites\, beverages\, and special cocktails by Café NOMA are available for purchase. No outside food or drinks are permitted.  \nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nNote on Ticket Availability\nDue to pending weather conditions and indoor capacity limitations\, tickets for this program are no longer available for purchase online. \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \n\nAbout the Film\nCinema Paradiso (1989\, 2h 35m)\nA prominent movie director returns to his Sicilian home village for the first time in many years to attend the funeral of the town’s former film projectionist\, who served as the filmmaker’s mentor when he was a young boy. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/producers-choice-cinema-paradiso/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250523T210000
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SUMMARY:NOMA at Night with the Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans
DESCRIPTION:Get creative and explore the museum after hours during NOMA at Night. \nFor this edition of NOMA at Night\, we’ve partnered with the Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans for an evening celebrating the vibrant cuisines\, arts\, and cultures of India. With live folk and contemporary dance performances from the NOLA Garba Group and Sanjukta; inspired dishes from local Indian food vendors\, along with specialty cocktails and a happy hour menu by Café NOMA; a documentary film screening; Mehndi tattooing; and much more\, this NOMA at Night will be one to remember. \n$15 for members\n$30 general admission\nFree admission for attendees ages 19 and under \nBuy Tickets \n\nProgram Details\nTemporary Mehndi Tattooing with Local Artist\n6:00-8:00 pm in the NOMA Shop courtyard\nCelebrate the ancient art of mehndi (also known as henna) tattoos by receiving a design from a local mehndi artist. \nFresh Indian Cuisine with Atti NOLA and Inaayat NOLA\n6:00-8:45 pm in the Front Circle of the New Orleans Museum of Art\nExplore Indian cuisine with local pop-ups Atti NOLA and Inaayat NOLA. These vendors will serve their takes on South Indian and Indian-meets-Southern cuisine\, respectively\, throughout the evening. \nLive Dance Performances from NOLA Garba Group and Sanjukta\n7:10 PM and 8:30 pm performances by Sanjukta in the Great Hall\, 7:45 pm performance with the NOLA Garba Group\nDance along with the NOLA Garba Group in a collaborative Garba performance\, a folk dance originating in the state of Gujarat. Also enjoy two performances of a classical Bharatanatyam dance with a unique twist by Sanjukta. \nTour of the Indian Art Gallery with Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord\n6:40 pm in the third-floor Elise Mayer Besthoff Galleries\nJoin NOMA’s Deputy Director and Curator of Asian Art Lisa Rotondo-McCord for an after-hours guided tour of the Indian Art Gallery. Learn all about our collection of art and objects from across the Indian subcontinent from an expert. \nThe Elephant Whisperers (2022) Film Screening\n7:00 pm and 7:45 pm screenings in the Lapis Center for the Arts\nView two exclusive screenings of the 2022 documentary The Elephant Whisperers for NOMA at Night guests. \nMore Dining and Drinks from Café NOMA\n6:00–9:00 pm in the Great Hall\nEnjoy a happy hour menu and specialty cocktails from Café NOMA all night long. \n\nAbout the Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans\nThe Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans (IACNO) aims to organize concerts by accomplished Indian classical performing artists\, enrich the cultural life of New Orleans by introducing yet another element of music among the thriving indigenous jazz and blues tradition\, and to increase awareness of the diverse classical heritage of India. \nLearn More \nAbout Atti NOLA\n“Atti” is a slang word that means a local spot or adda—a place where people gather\, eat\, and bond over good food and great conversations. It’s more than just a name; it’s a reflection of what we wanted to create—a space where South Indian food lovers and the curious foodies of New Orleans could come together and experience something unique.  \nSee @atti_nola on Instagram for information. \nAbout Inaayat NOLA\nChefs Kanwarpal Singh and Elise Ryon run the Indian-meets-Southern cuisine pop-up Inaayat NOLA\, which takes its name from an Urdu word for blessing. Singh is a native of the state of Punjab in India and cooked at some top New Orleans restaurants before starting the pop-up. He and Ryon met while working at Donald Link restaurants.  \nSee @inaayat_nola on Instagram for information. \nThank You to Our Supporters\nNOMA at Night is supported in part by grant funds from Ruby K. Worner Charitable Trust through the PNC Charitable Trusts Grant Review Committee; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation; and the Louisiana Division of the Arts\, Office of Cultural Development\, Department of Culture\, Recreation\, and Tourism\, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/noma-at-night-with-the-indian-arts-circle/
LOCATION:New Orleans Museum of Art\, 1 Collins Diboll Circle\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70119
CATEGORIES:NOMA at Night
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SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: The Talented Mr. Ripley and Conversation with Jude Law and Producer Meryl Poster
DESCRIPTION:Films build community through shared experiences. \nNOMA presents a series of films—selected by award-winning producer and filmmaker Meryl Poster—followed by insightful special guests. Don’t miss your chance to revisit or discover modern classics on the big screen and gain behind-the-scenes insight into the film industry from leading figures. \nDiscussions will draw connections to art more broadly and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nNOMA will screen The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) for this program\, followed by a conversation with actor Jude Law and Poster. Doors open at 5:30 pm\, and the film screening starts at 6:00 pm.  \nTickets are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. \nSold Out \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \nTicket Waitlist Policy\nIf tickets are sold out for a screening\, there will be a first come\, first served policy to fill any unoccupied seats: \n\n\nAt 5:30 pm\, the waitlist will open at the Front Desk.\nAt 6:15 pm\, we will count the number of vacant seats and begin to fill them with waitlisted individuals\, who will be invited to purchase a ticket and be seated.\nNOTE: There are no additional tickets available at the door. Waitlisted individuals will only be able to claim seats left open by no-show attendants. We cannot guarantee that individuals on the waitlist will be able to sit together.\nThe museum is open until 7:00 pm on Wednesday evenings. While waiting\, waitlisted individuals are welcome to view NOMA exhibitions.\n\n\nAbout the Film\nThe Talented Mr. Ripley (1999\, 2h 19m)\nA social-climbing psychopath insinuates himself into a wealthy man’s life. Chilling. \nAbout Meryl Poster\nMeryl Poster is an award-winning producer and filmmaker. Starting as the second ever female trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom\, she has since led and developed a slate of groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed films\, including the Oscar-winning Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Cop Land\, Beautiful Girls\, Bounce\, Kate and Leopold\, and An Unfinished Life.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/producers-choice-ripley/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:The Role of Warrior Women in the Republic of Benin\, Haiti\, and New Orleans with Creative Assembly Artist Caleb Dowden and Her Royal Majesty Queen Mother Dr. Dowti Desir
DESCRIPTION:This is a multi-part program organized by Creative Assembly resident artist Caleb Dowden beginning with a lecture by Her Royal Majesty Queen Mother Dr. Dowti Desir\, who will discuss the intersections of spirituality and cultural traditions in Haiti\, the Benin Republic\, and New Orleans. \nGuests will engage in a light body movement rooted in the warrior dance practice of the Agoojee\, an all-female army of the Dahomey Kingdom\, formerly the Benin Republic\, which symbolizes strength and resilience. \nClosing with a conversation with Her Royal Majesty Queen Mother Dr. Dowti Desir\, moderated by Creative Assembly artist Caleb Dowden. \nDiscussion of the vital roles women of African descent have carried in the spiritual and cultural traditions of New Orleans\, reinforcing the interconnectedness of these rich histories and highlighting the ongoing influence of the leadership of women in contemporary society. \nThis event is part of the series “Nana Benz: Reimagining the Black Feminist Future\,” which seeks to deepen the understanding of Black women’s contributions and the cultural legacies they continue to uphold. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. \nAbout Creative Assembly Artist Caleb Dowden\nCaleb Dowden is a choreographer and researcher from New Orleans\, Louisiana. In 2021\, she graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase with her BFA in dance. As a 2021 recipient of a Fulbright Independent research award from the U.S. Department of State and a Fulbright Hay’s fellowship with SUNY Purchase \, Caleb’s choreographic work and research has been supported locally and internationally by the French Alliance of New Orleans\, Le Centre ( Benin Republic)\, Borna Soglo gallery ( Benin Republic)\, University of New Orleans\, Ogden Museum of Southern Art\, International Dance Festival of New Orleans\, The New Ohio Theatre \, and the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University. As the Director of Dow-Dance Company\, Caleb Dowden produces choreographic work at the intersection of African history and culture with a unique vision of (re)connecting the African Diaspora with the African continent. \nAbout Her Royal Majesty Queen Mother Dr. Dòwòti Désir\nHer Royal Majesty Queen Mother Dr. Dòwòti Désir\, Sêmévo 1st of the Royal Palace of the African Diaspora\, has been a prominent figure since her enthronement in 2022 as Queen Mother of the African Diaspora in the Benin Republic. Born in Haiti\, she is the first Haitian to hold this title on the African continent and is recognized for her dedication to African spirituality\, repatriation\, and dual citizenship for members of the African Diaspora. An accomplished scholar with degrees from Barnard College\, Bard College\, and The New Seminary\, her work includes founding the Imperial Corps Agoodjié\, advocating for children’s rights\, and engaging in various international initiatives. Dr. Désir has participated in notable events such as the Festival of the Diaspora in Colombia and has collaborated with organizations to foster connections between Africa and its Diaspora. As an educator at Dutchess Community College\, she empowers youth through the Imperial Corps Agoodjié and its Youth Warriors program. Her commitment to reconnecting the African Diaspora with their ancestral roots and addressing critical issues has made her a recognized thought leader on a global scale.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/warrior-women/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Workshops & Classes,Creative Assembly
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250409T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250409T190000
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SUMMARY:Cross-Cultural Conversations: Creative Assembly and ARCAthens
DESCRIPTION:Join us in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for an enlightening evening of cross-cultural dialogue with ARCAthens resident artists Angelo Plessas and Steffi Stouri and two of NOMA’s Creative Assembly Cohort members\, Carl Harrison Jr. and LaVonna Varnado-Brown. These artists with diverse backgrounds will share their experiences\, perspectives\, and creative processes.  \nThrough an open exchange\, attendees will gain insight into how art serves as a universal language\, transcending geographical boundaries\, and fostering connections among people from varied cultural backgrounds. In conversation with NOMA’s Creative Assembly Cohort members\, the visiting artists will explore themes of identity\, representation\, and the power of artistic expression. \nThis program is included with with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation.  \n\nABOUT ARCATHENS\nBased in New York City\, ARCAthens was created in 2017 to provide opportunities and support to visual artists\, curators\, and scholars through its artist residency programs. The inaugural NOLA/NYC Research Fellowship gives Greek artists and curators the opportunity to focus on cultural exchange and community engagement in two American cities: New Orleans and New York City. Visit ARCAthens to learn more about the organization and their programs. \nLearn More \n\nAbout the Speakers\nAngelo Plessas lives and works between Athens and Kymi\, Greece. He explores the intersection of spirituality and the networked world\, investigating how ancient\, folk\, and cybernetic histories intertwine. By weaving together elements from the spiritual and the online realms\, Plessas creates spaces that challenge the notion of binaries—material versus virtual\, human versus machine\, past versus future—proposing instead a fluid reality where all these dimensions converge. His work spans performances\, artist residencies\, artist’s books\, interactive websites\, quilted sculptures\, neon installations\, and educational projects. His work has been exhibited in Documenta 14\, the 8th Thessaloniki Biennale\, the Onassis Foundation\, the 8th Biennale of Gherdëina\, the Serralves Foundation\, and the 13th Gwangju Biennale in S. Korea. Other projects have also been exhibited in The Museum of Contemporary\, Chicago; the Jeu de Paume\, Paris; the DESTE Foundation\, and the National Museum of Contemporary Art\, Athens. He is the founder of the independent space P.E.T. Projects in Athens. He won the DESTE Foundation Prize in 2015. \nSteffi Stouri is an independent curator and researcher based in Athens\, specializing in feminist epistemologies\, archival practices\, and sonic art. With an academic background in Heritage and Museum Studies (MA\, University of Amsterdam) and History and Philosophy of Science (BSc\, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens)\, her work explores the intersections of gender\, identity\, and memory. Her curatorial projects often engage with embodied experiences and fragmented histories\, aiming to challenge dominant narratives through collaborative practices and innovative exhibitions. Notable projects include Otherlands (2024) a site specific exhibition and sonic performance in the archaeological site of Heraion\, Unboxing Callas (2023–2024)\, an archival and group exhibition exploring the legacy of Maria Callas in dialogue with the Greek National Opera’s archive\, and From Cartography to Cookbooks (2021)\, a digital exhibition examining Dutch colonialism through cartography and culinary history. She has also curated sound-focused projects like Chase (2018)\, a sound installation exploring sonic performance and the body\, and Symbiotic Degradation (2020)\, a hybrid exhibition addressing environmental degradation and its artistic representations. Her practice is deeply informed by a commitment to reparative curating\, cultural exchange\, and community engagement. Through the NOLA/NYC Research Fellowship\, she seeks to expand her exploration of sonic art\, while connecting the cultural histories and musical legacies of New York and New Orleans to her ongoing curatorial work. \nCarl Harrison Jr. is a New Orleans–based filmmaker\, artist\, and urban farmer dedicated to preserving cultural heritage and promoting environmental sustainability. As the founder of the St. Roch Apiary and Food Forest\, Harrison creates spaces for community engagement\, combining urban farming with beekeeping to support local ecosystems and inspire others to reconnect with nature. His short film\, The Buzz of St. Roch\, won an Audience Award at the 2024 New Orleans Film Festival and highlights the beauty and resilience of his neighborhood. Currently\, Harrison is touring The Buzz of St. Roch. His exhibition Echoes of the Hive was on view last year at the Tulane School of Public Health. Harrison also directed The Black Schoolhouse\, a documentary exploring the intersection of art\, activism\, and education within New Orleans’ Black community. \nLaVonna Varnado-Brown has worked as an installation artist\, artist advocate\, teaching artist\, and tutor in and around New Orleans and with Beginning with Children\, a Brooklyn–based college and career preparatory program). Varnado-Brown creates mixed-media visual art engaging with Afrofuturism\, history\, the divine feminine\, and floral motifs. Varnado-Brown explores Afrofuturism as a cultural aesthetic to navigate the intersection of art and history and inspire action in the now by creating space for joy. Varnado-Brown finds inspiration in the community through facilitating workshops that create intentional space to engage in creative grounding practices that raise our spatial awareness and kinesthetic responses to one another and our environment.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/creative-assembly-and-arcathens-2025/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250321T210000
DTSTAMP:20260430T005600
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SUMMARY:Tulane Maya Symposium Keynote Address with Dr. Marcello Canuto: "Precocious Pioneering\, Steady Scholarship: M.A.R.I.’s Century of Indigenous Research and Partnership"
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the centennial of the Middle America Research Institute (M.A.R.I.)\, director Dr. Marcello A. Canuto gives a lecture in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts: “Precocious Pioneering\, Steady Scholarship: M.A.R.I.’s Century of Indigenous Research and Partnership.” \nThis program is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged. Doors open at 6 pm. The talk is at 6:30 pm\, followed by a reception in the Coleman Courtyard with small bites by Café NOMA.  \nRegister Now \nAbout the Lecture\nSince 1924\, the Middle American Research Institute (M.A.R.I.) at Tulane University has conducted groundbreaking research on Indigenous cultures across Mexico and Central America. From pioneering excavations at ancient Maya cities like Uxmal to cutting‐edge lidar surveys\, robust collection digitization\, and community‐based collaborations\, M.A.R.I. has consistently advanced scholarship and preservation efforts. As M.A.R.I. celebrates its centennial\, this presentation reflects on the Institute’s achievements\, its continued dedication to honoring Indigenous perspectives\, and its evolving role in highlighting Indigenous perspectives and bridging past and present. \nAbout Marcello A. Canuto\nMarcello A. Canuto is currently Director of the Middle American Research Institute and Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University. He received his BA from Harvard University in 1991 and his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002. Before coming to Tulane in 2009\, he was an Assistant Professor at Yale University. \nHe has undertaken archaeological excavations in the Maya region\, South America\, India\, Nnorth Africa\, and the northeast US. His primary research interest in the Maya area has been on the integrative mechanisms that the ancient Maya used to build and maintain a socio-politically complex society throughout both the Preclassic and Classic periods. More broadly\, his interests include household and community dynamics\, the development of socio-political complexity in ancient societies\, the definition of identity through material culture\, and the modern social contexts of archaeology in Mesoamerica. His past research in Honduras investigated the nature of ethnic diversity at Copan.  \nHe now co-directs a project in the understudied Northwest Peten\, Guatemala where he investigates the construction of social categories and the mechanisms by which complex socio-political organizations develop and were maintained. \nAbout the Middle American Research Institute\nFounded in 1924\, the Middle American Research Institute (MARI) at Tulane University strives to promote greater understanding of the vibrant and diverse cultures of Middle America. It stewards an extensive collection of textiles\, artifacts\, and an archive of letters\, field notes\, maps\, and photographs from the scores of field projects it has sponsored and continues to sponsor. We strive to make these accessible to researchers and the general public through a variety of exhibitions\, workshops\, and symposia. \nFurthermore\, MARI continues to support anthropological\, archaeological\, ethnohistorical\, linguistic\, and ethnographic research projects throughout Mexico and Central America.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/tulane-maya-symposium-keynote-address-with-dr-marcello-canuto-precocious-pioneering-steady-scholarship-m-a-r-i-s-century-of-indigenous-research-and-partnership/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250320T193000
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SUMMARY:Passing It On: The Art of John T. Scott | Book Talk & Signing with Co-Authors Freddi Williams Evans & Anna Rita Scott
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the installation John Scott: Blues Poem for the Urban Landscape and the recent release of Passing It On: The Art of John T. Scott\, join NOMA and The Helis Foundation John Scott Center for a conversation and book signing with co-authors Freddi Williams Evans and Anna Rita Scott in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts. \nDuring the talk\, the authors will explore the life\, legacy\, art\, and innovation of John T. Scott\, a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and longtime Xavier University of Louisiana professor. \nRegistration is free\, but seating is limited. Please arrive when doors open at 5 pm. Advance registration does not guarantee a seat. If you require special assistance\, please email programs@noma.org before Tuesday\, March 19\, for access information. \nRegister Now \nThis program is presented in conjunction with NOMA’s book club\, which members & non-members are encouraged to attend! Learn more about the book club here\, or visit the NOMA Museum Shop in person or online to browse this year’s selections. \n\nProgram Schedule\n5:30–7:00 pm | Conversation with co-authors Freddi Williams Evans and Anna Rita Scott\, moderated by Brian Piper\, NOMA’s Freeman Family Curator of Photographs\, Prints\, and Drawings. The talk will be followed by a Q&A with the audience. \n7:00-7:30 pm |  Book Signing with the authors \n\nAbout the Speakers\nFreddi Williams Evans is an arts educator\, independent scholar\, and author of award-winning books for children as well as adults. She is a native of Madison\, Mississippi and a graduate of Tougaloo College and Hahnemann Medical College (now Drexel University). She is the author of Come Sunday: A Young Reader’s History of Congo Square and Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans\, which received the 2012 Louisiana Humanities Book of the Year Award and influenced the city ordinance that made “Congo Square” the official name of the historic landmark. She is the recipient of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities’ 2024 Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities Award for her scholarship on the Congo Square site. Her picture books include: Hush Harbor: Praying in Secret\, The Battle of New Orleans: The Drummer’s Story\, and A Bus of Our Own. \nAnna Rita Smith Scott developed a love and appreciation for art\, particularly the works of John T. Scott\, during her 41-year marriage to him. She was born and reared in New Orleans\, where she attended Xavier Preparatory High School before earning a degree in elementary education from Xavier University. As an educator\, she taught elementary grades in public and Catholic schools of New Orleans as well as religious education at Epiphany Church. Today\, Mrs. Scott manages the largest collection of her husband’s work. She enjoys reading\, writing\, creative crafts\, and spending time with her five children\, seven grandchildren\, and one great-grandchild. \nAbout The Helis Foundation John Scott Center\nThe Helis Foundation John Scott Center presents expansive ideas of heritage and symbolism interpreted through the lens of artist\, educator\, and humanist John T. Scott’s life\, art\, and legacy while promoting opportunities that nurture connections and enhance human potential. Explore the John Scott Center online or visit the galleries in person at 938 Lafayette Street in New Orleans.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/passing-it-on/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250312T181500
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: Jenna McSwain
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nOn Wednesday\, March 12\, at 5:15 pm\, Jenna McSwain performs. \nSee All Performances \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. \n\nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/butterfly-music-series-jenna-mcswain/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250309T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250309T150000
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: Tonya Boyd Cannon
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nOn Sunday\, March 9\, at 2 pm\, Tonya Boyd-Cannon performs. \nSee All Performances \nIncluded with museum admission. \n\nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/butterfly-music-series/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250305T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250305T181500
DTSTAMP:20260430T005600
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: Sam Kuslan
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nOn Wednesday\, March 5\, at 5:15 pm\, Sam Kuslan performs. \nSee All Performances \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. \n\nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/butterfly-music-series-sam-kuslan/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250302T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250302T150000
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: Shea Pierre
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nOn Sunday\, March 2\, at 2 pm\, Shea Pierre performs. \nSee All Performances \nIncluded with museum admission. \n\nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/butterfly-music-series-shea-pierre/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250226T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250226T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T005600
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SUMMARY:Wild Magnolias | Film Screening and Talks
DESCRIPTION:Stop by NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts to watch the documentary Wild Magnolias (2023\, dir. Alexandra Kern)\, presented on loop 12–7 pm. At 12:30 and 6:00 pm\, Kern and Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. will speak about the film during short\, conversational talks. \nIncluded with museum admission\, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions to the appropriate location. \n\nProgram Schedule\n12–7 pm | Film screening in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts (16 minutes\, looped) \n12:30 pm | Talk and Q&A with director Alexandra Kern and Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. \n6 pm | Talk and Q&A with director Alexandra Kern and Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. \n\nFilm Synopsis\nCorey\, Alvon\, and JaCorey\, the teenage protégés of barber Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr.\, learn the virtues of a tradition in New Orleans that guides the youth community through mentorship\, artistic expression\, and cultural practice. This is a film about the process\, what happens all the way up to the presentation of the suit\, and how the practice is a one-of-a-kind creative and cultural outlet for the younger generation involved. \n\nAbout the Speakers\nAlexandra Kern is an award-winning filmmaker whose work explores how we inform the next generation in our complex cultures. Growing up in New Orleans has taught her how crucial culture and art are in shaping future generations and how the family extends outside the home. She has produced commercial and independent acclaimed projects for artists such as Dua Lipa and Lil Nas X. Her directorial debut\, the short documentary Wild Magnolias\, screened at multiple Oscar-qualifying film festivals across the country where it found a permanent stay in the historical archive at the New Orleans Jazz Museum as well as online at Short of the Week and Aeon Magazine. The film won best short documentary for 2024’s Best of NFMLA. Her next short documentary Stud Country is currently on its festival circuit\, having screened at Tribeca Film Festival winning the Challenger Spirit award and winning the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Doc at Full Frame Film Festival making it Oscar-qualifying. The film is available online through the Los Angeles Times. \nBo Dollis Jr.’s entire life has been shaped and spurred by Black Masking Indian culture. He masked for the first time at the age of ten\, though his parents\, Big Queen Laurita Dollis and the late Bo Dollis Sr.\, Big Chief of the Wild Magnolias\, wanted him to wait a few more years before he participated fully. Determined to mask\, Bo Dollis Jr. managed to get his mother’s attention in that regard when he destroyed one of her beaded purses and started sewing on his own. No one could hold him back after that bold and decisive move\, and the young Dollis took his first steps toward becoming a Big Chief. Bo Dollis Jr. took on the title of of Big Chief in 2006\, and assumed leadership of the Wild Magnolias in 2012 at the behest of his father. Bo Dollis Jr. has masked and performed with the band throughout most of his life\, in venues all over New Orleans including Tipitina’s and the House of Blues\, and at multiple Jazz Fests. He and the band played the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta\, Georgia\, as well as at the White House in 2011 for President Obama when Bo Dollis Sr.\, was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/wild-magnolias/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films,Gallery Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250223T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250223T150000
DTSTAMP:20260430T005600
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SUMMARY:Butterfly Music Series: Lilli Lewis
DESCRIPTION:Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show. \nThis series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting New Orleans–based musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez. \nOn Sunday\, February 23\, at 2 pm\, Lilli Lewis performs. \nSee All Performances \nIncluded with museum admission. \n\nAbout the Work\nFor a limited time\, NOMA visitors have the unique opportunity to see the custom piano played by acclaimed musical artist Jon Batiste during the Super Bowl LIX pregame show. On view in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts\, the vibrant and colorful grand piano features a design by artist and bestselling author Suleika Jaouad\, who is Batiste’s wife. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/butterfly-music-series-lilli-lewis/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED | Healing Through History with Creative Assembly Cohort Member Dianne Honoré
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed. We look forward to announcing a new date soon. \n\nThis day-long workshop provides a space for collaborative learning about ethnic\, gendered\, and cultural practices that define our collective history and present reality. Led by Dianne Honoré\, one of NOMA’s Creative Assembly Cohort members\, program participants will explore local histories\, cultures\, and approaches to interpreting history and culture through talks\, performances\, and healing rituals. \nThe series promotes healing through safe\, engaging\, and respectful dialogue and activities among participants. Participants will adopt a traditional view of healing that emphasizes the power of narrative to promote well-being\, balance\, and harmony.  \nIndigenous elders believe that health is connected to understanding the story of our lives\, summed up in four questions: Who are we? Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? It is important to explore these questions as a collective to heal historical trauma within and between our communities. \nThis event is free and open to the public.  \n\nProgram Schedule\nLand Acknowledgment \nScierra LeGarde\, member of the Bayou Lacombe Band of Choctaw and People of the Sacred Medicine Trail \nIntroduction\nDianne Honoré \nTalk and Q&A |  Historical Trauma and Healing Practices \nHeather Goltz\, Professor of Social Work\, University of Houston \nHealing Dance  \nScierra LeGarde and the Bayou Lacombe Band of Choctaw \nTalk and Q+A | A Place Called Desire: Researching and Documenting Your History as a Healing Journey\nLeonard Smith III\, producer and director of the documentary A Place Called Desire \nAncestor Acknowledgement Poem Accompanied by Creole Chant \nPoem written by Laurita Marie\, Iyanifa\, Mambo Asogwe\, Nuisettes Noir Baby Doll. Original Louisiana Creole chant\, Vyé paran-yé\, written by Dianne Honoré. \nReflection on Acting as a Healing Modality\nLeslie Nipkow\, actor and writer \nTalk and Q&A | A City without Care: 300 Years of Racism\, Health Disparities\, and Health Care Activism in New Orleans \nDr. Kevin McQueeney\, Assistant Professor of History at Nicholls State University \nAuricular Acupuncture Demo: Healing and Releasing Energy\nBianca San Martin and Eva Hurst\, acupuncturists  \nAfrican Drumming and Chanting and Discussion on the Mbongi Circles\nPapa Titos Sompa\, musician and cultural activist \nBlack Keywords for Louisiana\nDr. Jessica M. Johnson\, Associate Professor in the Department of History at Johns Hopkins University \nDiscussion | Healing through Passing on Tradition\nMaster Plasterer Jeff Poree’ and Big Chief Darryl Montana of the Yellow Pocahontas Hunters Black Masking Indian Tribe \nClosing Performance and Reception
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/healing-through-history/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Special,Creative Assembly
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240828T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240828T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T005600
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SUMMARY:Breaking Boundaries: The Art of Hip-Hop with Creative Assembly Member Kr3wcial
DESCRIPTION:Kr3wcial\, one of NOMA’s Creative Assembly Cohort members\, presents “Breaking Boundaries: The Art of Hip-Hop\,” which includes a screening of the artist’s latest visual work Carry Me\, followed by insights into the creative process. The program includes a panel discussion moderated by N’Dia Dugue\, social media producer at BET Media Group\, with Kr3wcial and video directors Dexter Williams and Jovan Hernandez\, who will discuss hip-hop’s profound cultural impact and its recognition as an enduring artform. “Breaking Boundaries” explores how hip-hop continues to shape and reflect our world. \nThis event is free and open to the public.  \n\nAbout Dexter Williams\nDexter Williams is a New Orleans native who specializes in directing\, editing\, and producing industry-standard music videos as one of the top directors in New Orleans. Williams is the founder/creator of “Dope Media\,” a multimedia company that creates aesthetically pleasing\, visuals for companies and recording artists. Williams has over ten years of experience creating for clients internationally and locally. Williams has worked with several record labels\, including Roc Nation\, Atlantic and Empire along with production companies such as AMC and Amazon Prime. Wiliams music videos have been featured on BET Jams\, Revolt and have garnered millions of views on YouTube and Worldstar Hip-Hop. Williams has spent over a decade using his skills and techniques to tell the stories of New Orleans artists and the streets that made them. \nAbout N’Dia Dugue\nN’Dia Dugue is a social media producer at BET Media Group\, where she manages social platforms for BET and VH1 Networks. Dugue uses her passion for pop culture\, music\, and entertainment to craft strategies and produce engaging social content. Dugue has created short-form content for shows such as the “BET Awards\,” “Love & Hip Hop Miami\,” “America In Black\,” and the Webby honoree program “For The Fellas.” Dugue is from Brooklyn\, but her familial roots in New Orleans have called her to make the city her home. \nAbout Kr3wcial\nIn the vibrant tapestry of New Orleans’ rich musical heritage\, Kr3wcial emerges as a dynamic figure\, transcending the boundaries of traditional hip-hop. Born and raised in the heart of the Crescent City\, Kr3wcial’s music is a sonic journey through the soul of New Orleans itself. With lyrics that delve deep into the city’s intricate layers—from the gritty streets to the transcendent spirit of its people—he weaves a narrative that is both raw and poetic\, reminiscent of the city’s jazz and blues roots. Kr3wcial’s tracks\, often enlivened with the pulse of brass and the rhythm of New Orleans\, serve as a compelling commentary on the city’s multifaceted nature. Through his verses\, he explores themes of resilience\, identity\, and social consciousness. Beyond the studio\, Kr3wcial is a community advocate\, using his platform to inspire positive change. Collaborating with local nonprofits\, he harnesses the unifying power of music to uplift the very city that fuels his creativity. \nAbout Creative Assembly\nNOMA Creative Assembly seeks to give renewed expression to the diverse voices embodied in New Orleans’ various neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are places that give birth and places where the honored dead remain present. They invite belonging\, whether for a day or for many generations. Gathered between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain\, our neighborhoods are spaces where cultures flow from across continents and oceans to flourish. They are landscapes where nature takes on countless culinary\, linguistic\, ancestral\, and sacred forms. Neighborhoods allow us to share our anguish and ask us to offer a voice for those who have suffered in the silences of injustice and ignorance. Through music\, dance\, images\, and stories\, we hope to create a space of belonging where people can see reflections of their own neighborhoods and find themselves at home. \nLearn More
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/breaking-boundaries-kr3wcial/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Creative Assembly
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240619T190000
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SUMMARY:Motion to Move 2024
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Juneteenth\, dancer and choreographer Edward Spots presents Motion to Move 2024 in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. \nThe performance is the latest in a series of works by Spots exploring themes of freedom\, movement\, justice\, and the spark of change. \nAdvanced registration has closed\, additional seating will be available on a first-come first-serve basis. \n\n\n  \nFrom the Artist\n“On June 19\, 1865\, nearly two years after the legal emancipation of enslaved Africans in the United States of America\, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay\, Texas\, with news of freedom for over 250\,000 African Americans still enslaved. One year later\, in 1866\, the proud descendants reclaimed June 19 as Juneteenth in recognition of nationwide liberation. After decades of lobbying\, the date was granted Federal Holiday status in 2021. \nAs a proud native of the City of New Orleans\, I am honored to continue the legacy of Minister John Mosley and my first dance teacher\, Mama Baderiwna Rolland. They believed in embedding the history and meaning of Juneteenth into our city’s consciousness. This year’s Juneteenth celebration is a testament to their vision and our progress. It will be a vibrant showcase of Black excellence in the arts\, featuring Black artistic expression in music\, film\, dance\, poetry\, acting\, and visual design. It’s a celebration that entertains and educates\, informing the audience about the profound significance of Juneteenth.” \n\nAbout Edward Spots\nEdward Emanuel Spots was born and raised in the city of New Orleans. Spots has led choreography showcased at the New Orleans Museum Of Art\, the New Orleans Jazz Market\, Tulane University\, Audubon Park\, and digital platforms. Spots is currently on the board of the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival. He has been featured in films\, commercials\, music videos\, press\, and television shows such as So You Think You Can Dance\, Dance Moms\, Bulgaria’s Dancing With The Stars\, Claws\, and a leading role in the movie America directed by Garrett Bradley. Spots was featured in Gambit’s 40 under 40 and has received a Proclamation from the City of New Orleans for his work. Spots teaches at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts\, Loyola University\, the New Orleans School of Ballet\, Ashé Cultural Arts Center\, and Dancing Grounds.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/motion-to-move-2024/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Special
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SUMMARY:Assemblage in New Orleans: Artists in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with Kolaj Fest New Orleans\, NOMA will host a panel discussion highlighting the artistic practices and cultural traditions of assemblage and collage in New Orleans. In conversation with Kristina Kay Robinson\, artists Soraya Jean-Louis\, Ryann Sterling\, and Ashley Teamer will share insights into their practices and approaches to assemblage and collage as art forms and cultural connectors.  \nThis event is free and open to the public. \n  \n  \n\nAbout the Panelists\n\nKristina Kay Robinson\nKristina Kay Robinson is an artist\, writer\, and scholar born and raised in New Orleans\, Louisiana. Her writing in various genres has appeared in Art in America\, Guernica\, The Baffler\, The Nation\, The Massachusetts Review\, and Elle among other outlets. Robinson is a 2019 recipient of the Rabkin Prize for Visual Arts Journalism. Currently\, she serves as the New Orleans editor-at-large for the Atlanta-based Burnaway magazine. \n\nSoraya Jean-Louis \nSoraya Jean-Louis is a Haitian-born\, Harlem- and Brooklyn-raised artist\, independent visual scholar\,/educator\, doula\, and medical anthropologist. Jean-Louis utilizes archival and modern media to honor personal and collective ancestors\, reflect on present realities\, and imagine expansive possibilities through collage\, assemblage\, abstract expressionism\, surrealist paintings\, installation\, writing\, and the natural healing arts. She explores speculative possibilities within Black Feminist Futurist frameworks\, lived experiences\, ancestry\, culture\, interiorities\, identity\, and more. \n\nRyann Sterling \nRyann Sterling is a southern Louisiana artist who takes the viewer through a sacred and sometimes secret journey through collages\, mixed media\, sculpture\, and photography. Sterling’s experiences and the delicate intersection of art\, the feminine\, and southern black spirituality\, connects the past to the future while reminding the viewer to remain present.  \n\nAshley Teamer \nAshley Teamer’s collages explore the relationships between the body\, nature\, space\, and time. Teamer uses painting\, sculpture\, photography\, and sound to creatively intervene with indoor and outdoor architecture\, revealing the malleability of our built environment. Through layering images\, Teamer’s invented landscapes reveal relationships between divergent moments. She has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2014) and the Joan Mitchell Center (2018). Teamer received a BFA from Boston University in 2013 and an MFA from Yale University in 2022. \n\nFeatured Image Credits: Ryann Sterling\, Rites Through Passage\, 2021. Collage\, Found objects and video still. Courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/assemblage-in-new-orleans/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Special,Kolaj Fest
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