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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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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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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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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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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 Mare Spanoudaki and Nikolas Ventourakis and two of NOMA’s Creative Assembly Cohort members\, Dianne Honoré and Kr3wcial. 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 free with museum admission.  \nPlan Your Visit \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\nMare Spanoudaki\nMare Spanoudaki is a researcher\, cultural manager\, and curator who works in broad arenas that relate to social movements\, identity politics\, folk and popular culture\, institutional critique\, communality\, intimacy\, archives\, and exhibition histories. Her education includes a BA in Communication\, Media and Culture from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences\, an MA in Cultural Policy and Management from City (University of London)\, and an MRes in Exhibition Studies from Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London). She has worked for various cultural and art institutions in Europe\, is actively involved with the production\, communication\, and organization of cultural events\, and has curated community projects\, art publications\, and contemporary art exhibitions in Greece\, the UK\, and Germany\, both online and offline. She has contributed to exhibition catalogues\, contemporary art journals\, and art books. Since 2017\, she is one half of the two-person female artistic/curatorial synergy\, This is not a feminist project\, whose work has been presented at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall (Thessaloniki)\, at the Eleusis European Capital of Culture (Elefsina)\, at the A-DASH space and at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) in Athens. She is also a founding member of the Union of Workers in Contemporary Art (GR)\, an amateur photographer and dj\, and a collector of archival material and vinyls. \nNikolas Ventourakis\nNikolas Ventourakis is a visual artist living and working between Athens and London. His practice situates in the threshold between art and document\, in the attempt to interrogate the status of the photographic image. \nVentourakis completed an MA in Fine Art (Photography) with Merit at Central Saint Martins School of Arts (2013) and is the recipient of the Deutsche Bank Award in Photography (2013). He was selected for Future Map (2013)\, Catlin Guide (2014)\, and Fresh Faced Wild Eyed (2014) in the Photographers Gallery as one of the top graduating artists in the UK. In 2015 he was a visiting artist at CalArts with a FULBRIGHT Artist Fellowship and is a fellow in New Museum’s IDEAS CITY. He was shortlisted for the MAC International and the Bar-Tur Award. Recently he has exhibited in the FORMAT Festival\, Derby; the NRW Forum\, Düsseldorf\, the Mediterranean Biennale of Young Artists 18\, the parallel program of the Istanbul Biennale\, Hors Pistes 14 at Centre Pompidou\, and The Same River Twice\, at the Benaki Museum. Since 2017 he is the artistic director of the Lucy Art Residency in Kavala\, and is co-curator of the project “A Hollow Place” in Athens. He is a 2020 Stavros Niarchos Artworks Fellow and a 2021 and 2023 Onassis AIR resident artist.  \nDianne Honoré\nGrowing up in her family’s Creole restaurant in Tremé laid the foundation for Dianne “Gumbo Marie” Honoré’s work as a historic interpreter\, Creole culture activist\, teaching artist\, and event producer. She founded the Black Storyville Baby Dolls\, the Amazons Benevolent Society\, and Unheard Voices of Louisiana. She masks as Big Queen of the Yellow Pocahontas Hunters Tribe for which she creates one-of-a-kind suits from thousands of beads and feathers. She has organized numerous history-related music and food events\, tours\, and exhibits over several decades including the Roots of Creole Cooking tour for Culinary Backstreets\, the Golden Crown exhibit and symposium at the New Orleans Jazz Museum celebrating the legacy of Big Chief Darryl Montana\, and descendant heritage tours. In addition to appearances on the Harry Connick Jr. Show\, Flip My Food\, BET\, and Good Morning America\, she hosted a show focused on New Orleans history and current events. She owned an exhibit store called “Gumbo Marie” curating exhibits on Louisiana history. Annually\, she produces Baking for Breast Cancer with her cancer focus group the Amazons Benevolent Society\, raising funds for local cancer fighters. \nKr3wcial\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.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/arcathens-2024/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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SUMMARY:Conversation and Book Signing: Susan Grant Lewin and Thomas Beller
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the exhibition Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection\, NOMA presents a talk with Lewin\, one of the foremost collectors of 20th– and 21st-century art jewelry\, and writer Thomas Beller\, who is Director of Creative Writing & Associate Professor of English at Tulane University. Following the conversation\, the NOMA Museum Shop hosts a book signing. \nFree with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions. \n\nAbout Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection\nThe ninety international artists represented in Ring Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection imagine jewelry as a thought-provoking medium\, resonating with contemporary art\, design\, craft\, and technology. These artists show a mastery of both traditional and unconventional materials\, with rings ranging from gold\, diamond\, and pearls to found sunglass lenses and goat hair. Innovative techniques and conceptual pieces show jewelers who have given free flight to their imaginations to create objects imbued with sensitivity and humor\, beauty and power\, subtlety or drama. Ring Redux includes improvisations on the ring form dating from the 1950s to the present\, arranged around six themes: Real to Surreal\, Drawings in Space\, Darkness to Light\, Tender to Tough\, Geometry Devolves\, and All About Color. \nRing Redux: The Susan Grant Lewin Collection is organized by the SCAD Museum of Art\, and curated by Ursula Ilse-Neuman. The presentation at NOMA is supported by the Elise M. Besthoff Charitable Foundation. \nLearn More
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/susan-grant-lewin-talk/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Heritage Celebration with Ecos Latinos
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Ecos Latinos\, NOMA hosts a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration featuring a night of music in the Lapis Center for the Arts. Doors open at 6:00 pm\, and performances begin at 7:00 pm. Light bites will be available from Empanola\, as well as a cash bar with specialty cocktails from Café NOMA. \n$10 general admission | $5 for NOMA members \nPurchase Tickets \n\nFrom the Performers\nFermin Ceballos Quartet\nFermin Ceballos studied music at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) and was a professor of music at the Ministry of Culture\, National System of Free Schools of the Dominican Republic. His primary musical instruments are the accordion\, guitar\, piano\, and voice. Fermín continually works on several musical projects in the Gulf-South\, such as Merengue4-FOUR\, a musical project showcasing Dominican Music (Bachata & Merengue Típico)\, Fermín’s Latin Fusion Orchestra\, performing original salsa-inspired compositions and Fermín Acústico\, a musical concept interlacing melodies and harmonies with guitar and voice. With all his projects\, he performs original compositions based on his fusion of different sounds and musical rhythms. In 2018\, Fermín wrote YO VENGO DE TODO LADO (I Come From Everywhere) to honor and celebrate our immigrant diversity\, and the National TPS (Temporary Protective Status) Alliance adopted it as their anthem. In 2019\, he released his first book of poems in Spanish and English entitled “Pisando Mi Sombra” (Walking My Shadow). At the start of the 2020 pandemic shutdown\, Fermín began composing and self-producing his debut solo album. BOCHINCE was released in 2021 and can stream on all online platforms. The album features 14 tracks of original music. \nLeonard Jacome\nLeonard Jacome was born in Rubio\, Táchira State\, Venezuela. He is a multi-instrumentalist\, arranger\, composer\, producer\, and one of the World’s most prolific and accomplished harpists. He has won numerous awards representing Venezuela abroad and has toured and performed throughout Latin America\, the United States\, South Africa\, Europe\, Africa\, Japan\, Malaysia\, and the United Kingdom (UK). Leonard is also working to develop a contemporary identity for the South American harp. He is the creator/inventor of the Venezuelan electric harp\, with the support of Camac-Harps of France. Leonard is a Composer and arranger of musical works for the Philharmonic Orchestra and “Big Band Jazz.” \nCristina Kaminis\nChristina Kaminis is a Mexican/American singer currently living in New Orleans. Her musical style ranges in genre and languages with hints of Mexican ranchera llanto to Blues\, American Standards\, and French chansons\, as well as Brazilian sounds and rhythms (most of the band hails from Brazil). \nPatrice Fisher\nLatin jazz harpist/composer Patrice Fisher favors the music of New Orleans\, Brazil\, and Cuba\, saying that not only is the harp ‘comfortable’ harmonically with the music but that elf is drawn to the rhythmic complexities and syncopations: “that’s what makes you want to dance.” Patrice has 16 CDs of original music\, the latest being “Happy Socks.” She has performed for over 35 years at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. “An unexpected delight!” raves David Fricke of Rolling Stone Magazine. Gene Scaramuzzo of Gambit newspaper says\, “There are many sides to this local composer/harpist. It’s not unusual to see her play a classical gig in the morning and a music club at night. Strong rhythms form the undercurrent of her instrumental music with Arpa.” \nMariangel & Derik\, Liquid Rhythm Inc.\nMariangel was born in Venezuela\, and Derik was born in New Orleans. Liquid Rhythm Inc. originally began as a performance-based dance company out of New Orleansix with six core members consisting of local dancers with various dance backgrounds\, such as Hip-Hop\, House\, Modern\, Jazz\, Contemporary\, Folkloric\, and Ballet\, to name a few. LRI wanted to set itself apart from other Salsa dance companies by infusing movements each member knew from previous dance forms into the technical frameworks of the many Salsa styles they studied. Most importantly\, have FUN while doing so! LRI doesn’t believe that one style of Salsa or dance is better. They all possess unique qualities that give them such flare and appeal. \n\nAbout Ecos Latinos\nEcos Latinos is a monthly performance series featuring Hispanic musicians\, poets\, dancers\, and visual artists—both local and international—at schools\, hospitals\, libraries\, and festivals in Louisiana. Additionally\, Ecos Latinos produces professionally edited documentary videos showcasing the music of Louisiana composers. \nLearn More \n\nAdditional Credits\nThe Ecos Latinos Hispanic Heritage Celebration is produced by Musicians for Music and the New Orleans Museum of Art. \nSupport comes from South Arts\, the City of New Orleans\, New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund\, French Market Corporation\, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation\, the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy\, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and Louisiana Division of the Arts and the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/hispanic-heritage-celebration-with-ecos-latinos-2023/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Special
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230913T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230913T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Wang Qingsong
DESCRIPTION:NOMA presents an artist talk with celebrated photographer Wang Qingsong in the museum’s Lapis Center for the Arts. \nThe museum recently acquired the artist’s Come Come Come\, 2005\, and the triptych will be on view at NOMA in early 2024. \nFree with museum admission. Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA on Wednesdays courtesy of The Helis Foundation. When you arrive at NOMA\, check in at the admissions desk for directions. \n\nAbout Wang Qingsong\nWang Qingsong is a leading figure in the revolution in Chinese photography. He constructs highly staged photographs that explore the influence of Western consumer culture in China. In more recent works he has explored political and social themes including the struggles of the country’s migrant population and Chinese diplomacy. Qingsong’s photographs are known for their epic scale\, deep symbolism\, and careful staging\, which can sometimes take several weeks and involve up to 300 extras. Although photography is his main medium\, he has explored performance and video art in more recent years. \nQingsong’s photography is influenced by the visual vocabulary of western advertising\, as well as propaganda imagery of the Chinese Communist regime’s Cultural Revolution. The artist harks back to scroll painting\, an ancient Chinese artform\, as well as European old master paintings. \nWang Qingsong was born in north-eastern China in 1966. Qingsong studied in the Oil Painting Department of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. His work has been presented at prestigious galleries\, museums and art fairs across the globe including the 55th Venice Biennale China Pavilion\, Italy\, the International Centre of Photography\, New York\, the Hammer Museum\, Los Angeles\, the Victoria and Albert Museum\, London\, the 42nd Rencontres de la Photographie\, Arles\, the Daegu Art Museum\, Seoul\, MOCA\, Taipei\, the Rockbund Art Museum\, Shanghai\, and the Mori Art Museum\, Tokyo. \n 
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/artist-talk-with-wang-qingsong/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230623T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230623T211500
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20230530T162548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T162548Z
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SUMMARY:The UpStairs Lounge
DESCRIPTION:Mélange Dance Company presents The UpStairs Lounge in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts on June 23\, 24\, and 25. \nThis presentation commemorates the 50th anniversary of the deadliest fire in New Orleans history\, when an arsonist set fire to the UpStairs Lounge\, a popular French Quarter bar and safe haven for the LGBTQ+ community. \nThrough dance\, film\, spoken word\, and elements of live music\, dynamic stories of love and loss in The UpStairs Lounge bring to life the quirky three-room bar with red flocked wallpaper that held church services\, presented charitable theatrical productions\, and united community in song. \nThe UpStairs Lounge is a celebration of life and a cautionary tale of internalized homophobia and hate. Mélange Dance Company revisits its inaugural production to illuminate the lives of its patrons\, honor its continuing spirit and relevancy\, and reflect on the legacy that we must carry on in today’s world. \nGET TICKETS \nOnline ticket sales end one hour prior to performances. If you wish to purchase tickets less than one hour prior to a show\, you will need to do so in person. \n$10 rush tickets are available at all non-sold-out performances. Rush tickets are available on a first-come\, first-served basis 15 minutes prior to show time. \nCafé NOMA will be open for dinner service until 7:30 pm\, and the bar will stay open until showtime at 8 pm.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/the-upstairs-lounge-presented-by-melange-dance/2023-06-23/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230614T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230614T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20230531T213530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T161047Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk and Book Signing with Binh Danh
DESCRIPTION:NOMA presents an artist talk with photographer Binh Danh in the Lapis Center for the Arts during the museum’s new Wednesday evening hours. \nEarly in his career\, Danh pioneered a technique of printing images directly onto tropical plants and grasses by activating the plants’ chlorophyll with sunlight and chemistry. Danh will speak about his early work\, as well as his use of antiquated photography processes\, like the daguerreotype\, to make striking contemporary art. Danh’s work is included in NOMA’s permanent collection\, and an example of chlorophyll printing is currently on view in the exhibition Photogenic: Photographs from the Collection of Cherye R. and James F. Pierce. Following the talk\, attendees are invited to join Danh in the NOMA Museum Shop for a book signing of the artist’s first monograph\, Binh Danh: The Enigma of Belonging (Radius Books\, 2022). \nThe museum will be open until 8 pm for program attendees to explore. \nFree with museum admission. Every Wednesday\, Louisiana residents receive free admission to NOMA courtesy of The Helis Foundation. \n\nAbout Binh Danh\nBinh Danh was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the US in 1979. Early in his career\, Danh pioneered a technique of printing images directly onto plant matter\, activating the plants’ chlorophyll with sunlight. Using this process\, Danh printed images associated with the war in Vietnam onto the leaves of tropical plants and grasses. Of this work\, Danh explains\, “This process deals with the idea of elemental transmigration: the decomposition and composition of matter into other forms. The images of war are part of the leaves\, and live inside and outside of them.” Known for his innovative approach to alternative photographic processes\, Binh Danh extends and reconsiders the pursuit of pioneering nineteenth-century photographers. For almost a decade\, Danh has traveled across the American West\, making daguerreotypes of scenic vistas on silver plates in a mobile darkroom he calls Louis\, after Louis Daguerre. Danh imbues this scenery with his distinctly personal perspective—namely\, an attempt to negotiate his connection as a Vietnamese American with the landscape and history of the United States. The highly reflective surfaces of Danh’s daguerreotypes literally mirror their surroundings\, embracing viewers within the idyllic environs of national sites and landmarks. This inaugural monograph features two volumes in a slipcase\, bringing together all three bodies of work and a separate book of essays and memorabilia that serves to contextualize Danh’s work.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/binh-danh-talk/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230510T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230510T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20230203T222408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230424T211142Z
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SUMMARY:The NOLA Project Presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream
DESCRIPTION:An audience favorite returns to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden after twelve long years! In this Shakespearian classic\, chaos takes center stage when four lovers\, an amateur troupe of actors\, and the fairy king and queen all converge on the woods outside of Athens. \n​This family-friendly production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is presented outdoors in the Oak Grove in NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden. \nTICKETING AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION\nPerformances take place May 10–28 on Wednesday\, Thursday\, Friday\, and Sunday evenings at 7:30 pm. Café NOMA will be open nightly for dinner service from 6 to 7 pm. \nGeneral admission is $38 for adults | $30 for NOMA members | $20 for guests ages 21 and under | $55 for Premier Seating \nTickets for the March 10 and 11 performances are available for a special $10 rate. \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nOnline ticket sales end two hours prior to performances. If you wish to purchase tickets less than two hours prior to a show\, you will need to do so in person at the show venue. \n\nThis production is supported by grants from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation and the New Orleans Theatre Association. \n  
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/midsummer-nola-project/2023-05-10/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230426T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230426T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20230327T170312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T172544Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: City of a Million Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, April 26\, in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for a screening of the acclaimed documentary City of a Million Dreams. The film\, based on the book of the same name by Jason Berry\, explores New Orleans’s jazz funerals and second lines. \nREGISTER NOW \n\nAbout the Film\nFamous the world over\, jazz funerals have origins shrouded in mystery. Filmed over twenty-two years\, City of a Million Dreams explores race relations at a tearing time in American society. Burial traditions train a lens on the unique and resilient culture of New Orleans. City of a Million Dreams draws from the 2018 book of the same title by Jason Berry. \nDeb Cotton\, an African American and observant Jew\, leaves “hard-hearted Hollywood” for New Orleans\, and becomes a chronicler of the parading clubs spawned by 19th century burial societies. Her zeal for the city grows as she becomes a blogger for Gambit Weekly\, adopting the handle “Big Red Cotton.” As Deb explores her adopted culture\, Dr. Michael White\, a prolific clarinetist and New Orleans native\, plays “the widow’s wail” on his clarinet\, a cry of lamentation in the funeral marches. \nWhite’s transcendent music also includes joyous peals for the soul’s cutting-loose\, which happens when the band leaves the cemetery\, followed by dancers in what New Orleanians call “the second line.” Risen in the ranks of brass bands\, White\, too\, is on a journey of self-discovery\, seeking clues about his ancestor who played at the dawn of jazz. White says of jazz funerals: “For someone dealing with American racism and trying to figure out your place in this life…you can be transformed into another world that really sets you free.” \nLearn More \n\n                           \nEducation and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The City of New Orleans; First Horizon; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts\, Office of Cultural Development\, Department of Culture\, Recreation & Tourism\, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts\, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; the Howard Foundation; Karen and Henry Coaxum; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Laitram.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/city-of-a-million-dreams-april-2023/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230426T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230426T130000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20230418T214154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230419T144835Z
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SUMMARY:Talk with Danai Giannoglou and Maro Michalakakos\, Inaugural ARCAthens Fellows in New Orleans
DESCRIPTION:The New Orleans Museum of Art is proud to host presentations from Danai Giannoglou and Maro Michalakakos\, the inaugural ARCAthens research fellows in New Orleans. Join us in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts to learn about the fellows\, their artistic practices and experiences in New Orleans. \nThis program is free and open to the public. \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/NYCBX 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
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/arcathens-talk/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230425T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230425T183000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20230328T210016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T222743Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture with Leslie King-Hammond and Elizabeth Hutton Turner
DESCRIPTION:Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club\, NOMA invites you to a lecture titled “Lawrence’s Lessons: Workshops of Empowerment” on important modern artist Jacob Lawrence with art historians Leslie King-Hammond and Elizabeth Hutton Turner. Following the lecture\, attendees will have access to explore the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club until 8:30 pm. \nRegister Now \nThis program is free with museum admission. Seating in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts is available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n\nBlack Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club was made possible in part by major funding from National Endowment for the Humanities\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, the Getty Foundation Paper Project\, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and the IFPDA Foundation. The Wyeth Foundation for American Art provided support for the exhibition catalogue.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/lecture-jacob-lawrence/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230423T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230423T163000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20230324T154557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T154557Z
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SUMMARY:Museum Matinees: Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club\, NOMA presents Museum Matinees: a day of film screenings related to the exhibition in the Lapis Center for the Arts.  \nShowtimes \n11 am: The Jazz Ambassadors (90 minutes) \n1 pm: Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression (30 minutes) \n2 pm: Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman (90 minutes) \n4 pm: Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression (30 minutes)  \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nSeating is available on a first come\, first served basis. This program is free with museum admission.  \n\nAbout Jacob Lawrence: Glory of Expression\nA documentary about the life and work of Jacob Lawrence\, one of America’s great painters\, the first African-American to be represented by a New York City gallery. Emphasis is placed on the epic narratives he painted about the struggles of African-American people. Central to the documentary is the attention given to the emotional aspects of the process of creating art as well as the importance of motivation and determination for success.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/museum-matinees-the-glory-of-expression-2/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230423T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230423T153000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20230324T152610Z
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SUMMARY:Museum Matinees: Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club\, NOMA presents Museum Matinees: a day of film screenings related to the exhibition in the Lapis Center for the Arts.  \nShowtimes \n11 am: The Jazz Ambassadors (90 minutes) \n1 pm: Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression (30 minutes) \n2 pm: Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman (90 minutes) \n4 pm: Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression (30 minutes)  \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nSeating is available on a first come\, first served basis. This program is free with museum admission.  \n\nAbout Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman\nAfter his king dies\, a horseman must sacrifice himself to serve his ruler in the afterlife but sudden distractions lead to unexpected tragedy. This 2022 Yoruba-language Nigerian historical drama\, directed by Biyi Bandele\, is based on Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman. 
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/museum-matinees-the-kings-horseman/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230423T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230423T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20230324T152316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230324T154632Z
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SUMMARY:Museum Matinees: Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club\, NOMA presents Museum Matinees: a day of film screenings related to the exhibition in the Lapis Center for the Arts.  \nShowtimes \n11 am: The Jazz Ambassadors (90 minutes) \n1 pm: Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression (30 minutes) \n2 pm: Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman (90 minutes) \n4 pm: Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression (30 minutes)  \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nSeating is available on a first come\, first served basis. This program is free with museum admission.  \n\nAbout Jacob Lawrence: Glory of Expression\nA documentary about the life and work of Jacob Lawrence\, one of America’s great painters\, the first African-American to be represented by a New York City gallery. Emphasis is placed on the epic narratives he painted about the struggles of African-American people. Central to the documentary is the attention given to the emotional aspects of the process of creating art as well as the importance of motivation and determination for success.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/museum-matinees-the-glory-of-expression/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230314T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230314T183000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20230228T225641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230303T223303Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture with Obi Nwakanma: The Mbari Artists and Writers Club: Reflections on the Foundations of African Modernism
DESCRIPTION:Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club\, NOMA invites you to join us for a lecture on the Mbari Artists and Writers Club with Obi Nwakanma\, professor of English and African Diaspora at the University of Central Florida. Following the lecture\, attendees will have access to explore the exhibition Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence & the Mbari Club until 8:30 pm. \nCafé NOMA will offer dinner service from 5:30 to 6:30 pm prior to the program. \nREGISTER NOW \nThis program is free with museum admission. Seating in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts is available on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n\nBlack Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club was made possible in part by major funding from National Endowment for the Humanities\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, the Getty Foundation Paper Project\, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and the IFPDA Foundation. The Wyeth Foundation for American Art provided support for the exhibition catalogue.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/lecture-obi-nwakanma/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230107T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230107T150000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20221229T190002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221230T201222Z
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SUMMARY:Free Screening: People Museum
DESCRIPTION:Want to revisit People Museum’s Louise Bourgeois–inspired performance in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden? Join for a free screening of the full performance on Saturday\, January 7\, 1 pm\, in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. \nDuring the one-night-only presentation last December\, New Orleans–based pop art band People Museum performed their latest EP Destruction of\, Vol. 1 underneath Bourgeois’s Spider—one of the signature works in the sculpture garden. Written by Claire Givens and produced by Jeremy Phipps\, Destruction of\, Vol. 1 features a collection of songs inspired by Bourgeois’s life and work\, and the performance was timed with the exhibition Louise Bourgeois: Paintings\, which was on view at NOMA from September 9 to December 31\, 2022. \nThis screening is free with advanced registration. \nRSVP Now \n\nAbout the Project\nNOMA Community Engagement Curator Nic Brierre Aziz interviews People Museum’s Claire Givens and Jeremy Phipps about the genesis of this project. \n \n\nAbout Creative Assembly\nCreative Assembly is a community engagement initiative by the New Orleans Museum of Art that uses neighborhood-based participatory art experiences as a vehicle for personal exploration\, community collaboration\, and social change. \nLearn more \nNOMA’s Creative Assembly community engagement initiative is supported by the Wagner Foundation.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/people-museum-screening/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films,Creative Assembly
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221213T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221213T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T042902
CREATED:20221207T173907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221212T163008Z
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SUMMARY:Canceled | Free Lecture: Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, this program on Tuesday\, December 13\, has been canceled. We look forward to welcoming Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe to NOMA in the future.  \nJoin us for a lecture and conversation with photographer\, activist\, educator\, and historian Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe. Presented as part of the programming schedule for Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers\, Moutoussamy-Ashe will speak about her career as an image-maker\, including what motivates her own practice as a photographer. Deeply invested in issues of representation and photography’s potential to create social change\, Moutoussamy-Ashe will also consider the relationship between photographs and the fight for civil rights\, including important historical work by Black female photographers. \nCANCELED \nAbout the Artist \nJeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe holds a BFA in photography from the Cooper Union for the Advancement for Art and Science in New York City. Her work has appeared in Life\, Ebony\, Sports Illustrated\, Essence\, the New York Times\, and numerous other publications. She has had more than two dozen solo exhibitions\, and her photography is held in public collections throughout the country\, including the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture\, the Museum of Modern Art\, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Her 1986 historical volume Viewfinders: Black Women Photographers was the first of its kind and remains a foundational text in the field. In 2007\, the University of South Carolina published the 25th anniversary edition of Daufuskie Island: Photographs by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe\, for which the photographer received an Essence Literary Award in Photography the following year. She serves as a director for the Arthur Ashe Endowment to Defeat AIDS and the President’s Council of the Cooper Union.  \nFrom the Artist’s Website\n“Over the past five decades\, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe has used her lens in service of storytelling\, harnessing the power of images to convey meaning and truth. And while her photographs tell definitive stories—those of the condition and moments when they were taken- they are also intimate revelation reinforcing our underlying humanity\, where our own personal truths can be found\, refracted through personal experience.”
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/jeanne-moutoussamy-ashe/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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SUMMARY:Day With(out) Art: Being & Belonging
DESCRIPTION:NOMA is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2022 by presenting Being & Belonging\, a program of seven short videos highlighting under-told stories of HIV and AIDS from the perspective of artists living with HIV across the world. \nThe program features newly commissioned work by Camila Arce (Argentina)\, Davina “Dee” Conner and Karin Hayes (USA)\, Jaewon Kim (South Korea)\, Clifford Prince King (USA)\, Santiago Lemus and Camilo Acosta Huntertexas (Colombia)\, Mikiki (Canada)\, and Jhoel Zempoalteca and La Jerry (México). \nFrom navigating sex and intimacy to confronting stigma and isolation\, Being & Belonging centers the emotional realities of living with HIV today. How does living with HIV shift the ways that a person experiences\, asks for\, or provides love\, support\, and belonging? The seven videos are a call for belonging from those that have been stigmatized within their communities or left out of mainstream HIV/AIDS narratives. \nThe seven short videos will screen on a loop in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts during the museum’s regular open hours. \nAdmission to this program is free for all. Please check in at the admissions desk upon arrival. \n\nAbout Visual AIDS\nVisual AIDS is a New York-based non-profit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue\, supporting HIV+ artists\, and preserving a legacy\, because AIDS is not over. \nLearn More \n\n                           \nEducation and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The City of New Orleans; First Horizon; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts\, Office of Cultural Development\, Department of Culture\, Recreation & Tourism\, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts\, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; the Howard Foundation; Karen and Henry Coaxum; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Laitram.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/day-without-art-2022/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:Free Screening: City of a Million Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sunday\, November 20\, in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for a screening of the acclaimed documentary City of a Million Dreams. The film\, based on the book of the same name by Jason Berry\, explores New Orleans’s jazz funerals and second lines. \nFollowing the film screening\, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from the filmmakers and ask questions during a panel discussion. \nFree with museum admission. \nGet Tickets Now \n\nAbout the Film\nFamous the world over\, jazz funerals have origins shrouded in mystery. Filmed over twenty-two years\, City of a Million Dreams explores race relations at a tearing time in American society. Burial traditions train a lens on the unique and resilient culture of New Orleans. City of a Million Dreams draws from the 2018 book of the same title by Jason Berry. \nDeb Cotton\, an African American and observant Jew\, leaves “hard-hearted Hollywood” for New Orleans\, and becomes a chronicler of the parading clubs spawned by 19th century burial societies. Her zeal for the city grows as she becomes a blogger for Gambit Weekly\, adopting the handle “Big Red Cotton.” As Deb explores her adopted culture\, Dr. Michael White\, a prolific clarinetist and New Orleans native\, plays “the widow’s wail” on his clarinet\, a cry of lamentation in the funeral marches. \nWhite’s transcendent music also includes joyous peals for the soul’s cutting-loose\, which happens when the band leaves the cemetery\, followed by dancers in what New Orleanians call “the second line.” Risen in the ranks of brass bands\, White\, too\, is on a journey of self-discovery\, seeking clues about his ancestor who played at the dawn of jazz. White says of jazz funerals: “For someone dealing with American racism and trying to figure out your place in this life…you can be transformed into another world that really sets you free.” \nLearn More \n\n                           \nEducation and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The City of New Orleans; First Horizon; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts\, Office of Cultural Development\, Department of Culture\, Recreation & Tourism\, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts\, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; the Howard Foundation; Karen and Henry Coaxum; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Laitram.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/city-of-a-million-dreams/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221018T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221018T180000
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SUMMARY:Louise Bourgeois Lecture by Clare Davies
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the exhibition Louise Bourgeois: Paintings\, NOMA presents a special lecture with Clare Davies\, Associate Curator\, Modern and Contemporary Art\, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. \nFree with museum admission. \nRegister Now \nDoors open at 5:30 pm. Seating is limited and available on a first-come\, first-serve basis. \nFollowing the lecture\, attendees can explore the exhibition in the museum’s second-floor Templeman Galleries and purchase a catalogue from the NOMA Museum Shop until 8 pm. \nAbout Clare Davies\nClare Davies joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, New York\, in 2015 as the museum’s first curator of Modern and Contemporary Art with a specialization in art from the Middle East\, North Africa\, and Turkey. Since then\, she has built the foundations of The Met’s collection holdings in this area\, acquiring major works from across the region. \nShe curated the first US retrospective of Iranian-American artist Siah Armajani\, titled Siah Armajani: Follow This Line at the Met Breuer and the Walker Art Center in 2018 and 2019\, as well as an exhibition in 2021 of works by Massoud Arabshahi\, Faramarz Pilaram\, and Ardeshir Mohassess\, all of which have been gifted to The Met in recent years. She was a co-curator alongside Kim Benzel of the exhibition Rayyane Tabet: Alien Property (2019–21)\, an exhibition which dealt with questions of provenance and the history of museum collecting in the Middle East. Most recently\, she curated the first comprehensive exhibition of paintings by Louise Bourgeois (titled Louise Bourgeois: Paintings)\, which opened at The Met in April 2022 and is currently on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art. \nDavies holds a PhD in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts\, New York University\, and devoted her dissertation to thinking through the methodological demands of the colonial and postcolonial site on art history\, with a study of 19th and 20th century art in Egypt. \n\nLouise Bourgeois: Paintings is organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, New York. The presentation in New Orleans is sponsored by the Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation\, Tim L. Fields\, Harvey and Marie Orth\, and Aimee and Michael Siegel.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/louise-bourgeois-lecture/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220916T203000
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Heritage Celebration with Ecos Latinos
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Ecos Latinos\, NOMA hosts a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration featuring a night of music in the Lapis Center for the Arts. Performers include violinist Ángel Ríos\, Bodoma Garifuna drummers and dancers\, Patrice Fisher and Arpa\, Mariachi Jalisco\, and Mexico Y Sus Raíces dance group. \nDoors open at 6:00 pm\, and performances begin at 7:00 pm. \n$10 general admission | $5 for NOMA members \nSold Out \n\nAbout the Performers\nÁngel Ríos\nHonduran violinist and composer Ángel Ríos mixes elements of traditional Garifuna Afro-Caribbean music from his country with jazz. Born in San Pedro Sula\, Ríos began to study violin at the age of seven\, and he continued his musical studies at the Victor Lopez School of Music and Tiradientes College. He is a graduate of Francisco Morazon University in music. He has recorded three albums and performed as a soloist and with an orchestra around the world. Ríos currently lives in Miami\, where he directs his own Camay Orchestra and uses his classical training to arrange and compose music that expresses the culture of Honduras. \nBodoma Garifuna Group\nCarlos “Bodoma” Norales is a Garifuna singer\, drummer\, and composer who\, through his music\, connects youth with ancestral traditions. Bodoma was born in La Ceiba\, and at the age of thirteen\, he traveled to San Pedro Sula to study. He became interested in Garifuna cultural activities and began composing in the rhythms and style of Garifuna cultural traditions. In 2007\, he met Latin jazz composer Patrice Fisher\, and they started an ongoing collaboration involving Honduran\, Garifuna\, and New Orleans-based musicians. \nPatrice Fisher and Arpa\nLatin jazz harpist Patrice Fisher favors the music of Brazil and Cuba\, saying that\, not only is the harp “comfortable” harmonically with the music\, but that she herself is drawn to the rhythmic complexities and syncopations: “that’s what makes you want to dance.” Fisher is a graduate of Tulane University and the University of New Orleans. She lives in New Orleans\, where she has been composing and performing since the 1980s. She has also appeared at local and international jazz festivals with her group Arpa\, in locations such as Germany\, Brazil\, Mexico\, and Guatemala. \nMariachi Jalisco\nEl Mariachi Jalisco was started in Baton Rouge in 2010 as the first mariachi group in the state of Louisiana. Eider Martinez and other group members decided to revive the Mariachi Jalisco Havana Cuba\, a musical group that they had in their native Cuba. All the members have over ten years of experience in this genre of traditional Mexican music and are graduates of various musical conservatories. They have performed ten times at the International Mariachi Festival in Guadalajara\, and made various television appearances which have been broadcast throughout Latin America and the United States. \nMexico Y Sus Raíces\nMexico Y Sus Raíces is a Mexican folkloric dance group that shows the beauty of local dances in Jalisco\, Mexico\, through music and colorful mariachi costumes. \n\nAbout Ecos Latinos\nEcos Latinos is a monthly performance series featuring Hispanic musicians\, poets\, dancers\, and visual artists—both local and international—at schools\, hospitals\, libraries\, and festivals in Louisiana. Additionally\, Ecos Latinos produces professionally edited documentary videos showcasing the music of Louisiana composers. \nLearn More \n\nAdditional Credits\nThe Ecos Latinos Hispanic Heritage Celebration is supported by grants from Arts Council of New Orleans\, City of New Orleans\, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy\, Louisiana Division of the Arts\, South Arts\, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, and the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/hispanic-heritage-celebration-with-ecos-latinos/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances,Special
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220820T190000
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SUMMARY:Oud Concerto for New Orleans
DESCRIPTION:Join us in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts for a special presentation of Oud Concerto for New Orleans. Originally commissioned by the Marigny Opera House in 2021\, Oud Concerto for New Orleans is composed by Mahmoud Chouki and arranged by Hannah Yim. \nDoors open at 6 pm and the performance will start at 7 pm. \n$30 general admission | $20 for NOMA members \nBuy Tickets \n\nPerformance Credits\nOud/Guitar\nMahmoud Chouki \nConductor\nFrancis Scully \nViolin\nHannah Yim\nKurt Munstedt\nByron Tauchi\nYuki Tanaka \nViola\nCatherine Matushek\nBruce Owen \nCello\nRachel Hsieh\nKaren Ray \nBass\nMartin Masakowski \nFlute\nSarah Schettler \nClarinet\nJohn Reeks \nFrench Horn\nMollie Pate \nTuba\nWilliam Hess \nAccordion/Percussion\nSimon Mouchabeck \n\n \nAbout Mahmoud Chouki\nMahmoud Chouki is a master guitarist\, multi-instrumentalist\, and composer living and working in New Orleans. His art draws together music from many different international contexts to consider how music can speak across cultural divides. His own compositions incorporate musical influences from across the globe\, ranging from European classical\, Andalusian from Southern Spain\, Levantine music from the Middle East\, Maghrebian music from North Africa\, Latin American music\, and jazz from the Southern United States. Integrating sounds and rhythms from many different cultures\, Chouki combines classical guitar with instruments such as the loutar\, a traditional instrument of the Middle Atlas region of Morocco; the sintir\, a Sub-Saharan instrument from the Sahel region (Mali); the oud\, an oriental lute; the Algerian mandole\, a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin; the Bağlama saz\, a Turkish long necked bowl-lute; the banjo\, and a variety of percussion instruments. As artistic director of Rencontre Orient-Occident at Chateau Mercier in Sierre\, Switzerland\, Chouki has brought together a wide range of international musicians to envision new forms of dialogue between East and West\, with music often the only common language between performers. \n  \n \nAbout Francis Scully\nFrancis Scully is the founder and music director of New Orleans-based chamber orchestra New Resonance Orchestra. The ensemble collaborates with theater\, dance\, literary\, and visual artists to create interdisciplinary performances which relate the emotions of classical music directly to the lives of the audience. Praised by the Times-Picayune as a “forward-looking chamber orchestra\,” this award-winning ensemble invigorates the classical music community in New Orleans and demonstrates the relevance of classical music in today’s world. \nScully also shares his passion for music in a variety of educational roles. He has conducted the Louisiana Philharmonic on numerous occasions\, included their Band Together educational series. As Assistant Professor of Music at University of Holy Cross\, Scully inspires new listeners in courses on music appreciation\, twentieth-century music\, and the history of Rock. \nHe holds an M.M. in Conducting from Peabody Conservatory where he studied with Gustav Meier and Markand Thakar. \n  \n \nAbout Hannah Yim\nHannah Yim is the Assistant Concertmaster of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra\, which she joined in 2007\, Instructor of Violin at Tulane University\, and founder/arranger/violinist with the Radio Bird Quartet and Harlequin Chamber Music. \nShe has over 250 original rock and pop quartet cover arrangements with the Radio Bird Quartet and Harlequin Chamber Music. She views this as her most enjoyable and important musical work to date. Her work with Radio Bird Quartet have led to collaborations and shows with Kristin Diable\, Maggie Koerner\, Michael Mantese\, and Mahmoud Chouki\, amongst others. \nHannah has been a featured soloist and chamber musician with the Louisiana Philharmonic\, as well as a chamber musician in the Trinity Artist Series\, Bach Around the Clock\, and the Marigny Opera House. Past chamber collaborations have included Edgar Meyer\, Bela Fleck\, Pablo Ziegler\, and Anat Cohen. She has performed at Jazz Fest\, Voodoo Fest\, and the French Quarter Festival. In 2010 and 2012\, she shared the New Orleans Tribute to the Classical Arts Award for Best Chamber Music Performance. \nOther symphonic engagements have included the Pacific Symphony\, Louisville Orchestra\, Colorado Symphony\, New World Symphony\, Colorado Symphony\, and the Lakes Area\, Mendocino\, Colorado\, and Breckenridge Music Festivals. She attended UC Berkeley and the Jacobs School of Music\, Indiana University\, where she studied with Alexander Kerr and Henryk Kowalski. \n\nEducation and outreach initiatives at NOMA are supported in part by The Gayle and Tom Benson Foundation; the Lois and Lloyd Hawkins Jr. Foundation; The Helis Foundation; The City of New Orleans; First Horizon; Janice Parmelee and Bill Hammack; Sara and David Kelso; Patrick F. Taylor Foundation; The RosaMary Foundation; The Azby Fund; the Louisiana Division of the Arts\, Office of Cultural Development\, Department of Culture\, Recreation & Tourism\, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts\, a Federal agency; The Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation; Burkenroad Foundation; Marian Dreux Van Horn Education Endowment; the Howard Foundation; Karen and Henry Coaxum; New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation\, Inc.; The Bruce J. Heim Foundation; and Laitram.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/oud-concerto-for-new-orleans/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Lecture with Kara Cooney: Women and Power in Ancient Egypt
DESCRIPTION:In this lecture\, Kara Cooney\, author of When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt\, addresses questions of ancient social inequalities and how women negotiated their limited leadership roles. How was their power expressed when regularly cloaked by a man’s dominance? Were they able to rule “behind the throne”? How much of this ancient reality still touches us today? \nFollowing the lecture\, there will be a book signing with the author and attendees will have access to explore the special exhibition Queen Nefertari’s Egypt. \nTickets are $20 | $10 for NOMA members \nREGISTER NOW \nAbout Kara Cooney\nKara Cooney is a professor of Egyptology at UCLA and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Specializing in social history\, gender studies\, and economies in the ancient world\, she received her Ph.D. in Egyptology from Johns Hopkins University. In 2005\, she was co-curator of Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Cooney produced a comparative archaeology television series\, titled Out of Egypt\, which aired in 2009 on the Discovery Channel and is available online. Her popular books include The Women Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt\, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt\, and The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World. Her books Recycling for Death from American University in Cairo Press and Ancient Egyptian Society: Challenging Assumptions\, Exploring Approaches from Routledge are forthcoming. \n[Photo by Mikel Healey]
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/lecture-with-kara-cooney-women-and-power-in-ancient-egypt/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220611T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220611T163000
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SUMMARY:Akhnaten
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the current exhibition Queen Nefertari’s Egypt\, the New Orleans Museum of Art and the New Orleans Opera present a screening of Akhnaten in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. This recording is from the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning Live in HD series. \nDirector Phelim McDermott interprets one of composer Philip Glass’s modern masterpieces\, Akhnaten—presented during the Met’s 2019–20 season. In this version\, star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo plays the revolutionary ruler who transformed ancient Egypt. To match the opera’s hypnotic\, ritualistic music\, McDermott offers an arresting vision that includes a virtuosic company of acrobats and jugglers. Karen Kamensek conducts. \nClick here to learn more about this special presentation. \nAdmission is free\, but registration is required. This event is currently at capacity. Please add your name to the waitlist below to be notified if additional tickets become available. \nSIGN UP FOR THE WAITLIST \nPlease note: Tickets for this screening do not include admission to the museum or the exhibition Queen Nefertari’s Egypt. If you’d like to book tickets to see the museum\, we recommend reserving tickets the morning before the event\, as the galleries close at 5 pm. Food and beverages are available to purchase from Café NOMA. \n[Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera]\n\nAbout Queen Nefertari’s Egypt\nQueen Nefertari’s Egypt brings to life the role of Nefertari and other powerful women in ancient Egypt through 230 exceptional objects\, including statues\, jewelry\, vases\, papyrus\, steles\, wooden coffins\, and stone sarcophagi\, as well as tools and various items of daily life from the artisan village of Deir-el-Medina\, home to those who created the royal tombs. \nLearn More
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/philip-glass-akhnaten/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220527T083000
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SUMMARY:CreativeMornings New Orleans with Hannah Chalew
DESCRIPTION:CreativeMornings New Orleans is back at NOMA on Friday\, May 27\, for a presentation by artist Hannah Chalew in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts. Doors open at 8:30 am\, and the event begins at 9 am. \nRegister Now \nAbout CreativeMornings\nCreativeMornings is a free monthly speaker series for the creative community. Started in 2008\, CreativeMornings now serves over 200 cities. Chapters around the world host events based on a common theme. The theme for May 2022 is “Now.” \nAbout Hannah Chalew\nHannah Chalew is an artist\, educator\, and environmental activist raised and currently working in New Orleans. She received her BA from Brandeis University in 2009 and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2016. Chalew has exhibited widely around New Orleans and has shown around the country at Laumeier Sculpture Park\, St. Louis\, MO; Dieu Donné\, New York\, NY; Asheville Museum of Art\, Asheville\, NC; Minnesota Center for the Book Arts; and other venues. Her work is held in the collections of the City of New Orleans and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Her work is included in two creative atlases by writer and activist Rebecca Solnit\, Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas\, co-authored with Rebecca Snedeker\, and Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas\, co-authored with Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. In 2021\, she received the Monroe Fellowship Research Grant to create ink from fossil fuel pollution in collaboration with fence-line communities in Southern Louisiana.
URL:https://nomastaging.org/event/creativemornings-hannah-chalew/
LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
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