Through March 28, 2010
Luiz Cruz Azaceta: Swimming to Havana

This is a solo exhibition of new paintings by Cuban-born, New Orleans-based artist Luiz Cruz Azaceta. Swimming to Havana, organized by Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, is Luiz Cruz Azaceta's first solo exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Museum Shop Featured Artists

Come meet and mingle with our featured artists on the following dates.

Saturday, February 6, 2010, 2-5 p.m.
Rodel Gonzalez
Artist Rodel Gonzalez received his initiation into the art business at the hands of his father and grandfather. "Growing up, my father would always tell me not to be intimidated by the paint [and to] be 100 percent sure about my intentions on my first stroke at the canvas," said the artist. Gonzelez majored in painting at the University of Santo Tomas and went on to earn a degree in Interior Design from the Philippines School of Interior Design. His work seeks beauty and grace in the commonplace.

Gonzalez was elated to contribute works to the Disney Fine Art Portfolio. "[It has been] such a treat because Disney was definitely part of my childhood," the artist said. "[Each of] the Disney paintings involved such a strong concept that every brushstroke was a joyful anticipation of the finished product."

Saturday, March 6, 2010, 2-5 p.m.
John Rowe
John Rowe's paintings have appeared on movie posters, books, billboards, magazines, and advertisements throughout the country and around the world. Trained at the Art Center College of Design, Rowe's celebrated Horse Series led to a commission from the publishers of Walter Farley's The Black Stallion, who re-issued the classic series with twenty-four new paintings by Rowe on the covers.

Based in La Canada, California, where he lives with his wife and two children, Rowe has maintained a successful painting career for nearly twenty years. "Through my work, I hope to remind you and myself how truly wonderful, complex, and vivid life is. Whether we are looking into the eyes of someone we love, or struggling just to breathe, life is a priceless gift," Rowe said.

February 26 - 28, 2010
2010 Maya Symposium and Workshop
Great River Cities of the Ancient Maya

New Orleans Museum of Art and Tulane University

The Middle American Research Institute and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies are proud to present the Seventh Annual Tulane Maya Symposium and Workshop. This year's symposium titled "Great River Cities of the Ancient Maya" will focus on new research being conducted at the famous and important Maya "River Cities."

This year, under its new director, Marcello A. Canuto, MARI will take the reins in organizing the Maya Symposium. In collaboration with the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the New Orleans Museum of Art, we hope to develop a diverse set of activities and topics for the symposium's participants and attendees for many years to come. As MARI returns to its new facilities in the Fall of 2010, we plan to expand the scope and range of activities offered by the Symposium.

In keeping with tradition, this year's Maya Symposium will incorporate a wide variety of specialties such as epigraphy, archaeology, and art history to explore the research being conducted on the ancient lowland Maya civilizations. The "River Cities" of the ancient Maya provided lowland access to the resource-rich highlands, as well as contact with both the Caribbean and Gulf coats. This conference will use this interdisciplinary approach to focus on how and why the great river cities of the ancient lowland Maya represent some of the most intriguing, opulent, and important segments of this civilization.

Activities will include a keynote lecture hosted at the New Orleans Museum of Art by Dr. David Freidel, a viewing of their Precolumbian collection, workshops on the significance of water and rivers in ancient Maya culture, workshops on hieroglyphs and iconography, and much more. We invite you to join us in New Orleans, LA, February 26-28, 2010 at Tulane University and the New Orleans Museum of Art to learn of the recent developments in Maya studies as they relate to the broader topic of Mesoamerican studies.