Join fellow book lovers as we read and discuss fiction and nonfiction books related to art, artists, art museums, NOMA’s collections and exhibitions. Our full 2020 schedule and reading list has been announced.

The Book Club is an informal group that currently meets by way of Zoom video conferencing. Please contact NOMA’s Education Department at 504.658.4128 or education@noma.org for information about participating in the Book Club.

November 2020

A Dream and a Chisel: Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925 – 1928 by Angela Gregory and Nancy Penrose
University of South Carolina Press, 2019, ISBN: 1611179777

This memoir is based on Nancy Penrose’s oral-history interviews with Louisiana sculptor Angela Gregory, as well as letters and diaries compiled before Gregory’s death in 1990. The book offers a glimpse into the realities of an artist’s life and studio, and captures the vital early years of an extraordinary woman who carved a place for herself in Louisiana’s history. Through sheer grit and persistence, Gregory achieved her dream of studying with French artist Antoine Bourdelle. In Bourdelle’s Paris studio, Gregory learned not only sculpting techniques but also how to live life as an artist. Her experiences in Paris inspired a prolific sixty-year career in a field dominated by men.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 12 – 1 pm | BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP