Join a virtual happy hour or lunch hour preview of Mending the Sky exhibition
Grab your favorite beverage or lunch and join Katie Pfohl, Curator of Contemporary Art, and Nic Brierre Aziz, Community Engagement Curator, for a virtual preview of a forthcoming exhibition, Mending the Sky, on either September 18 (6 pm) or September 22 (12 pm). Advance registration required. Read More
Suggested Reading List for All Ages | September 2020
NOMA’s Learning and Engagement team is excited to present monthly suggested reading lists for all ages based on a theme or exhibition in partnership with Octavia Books. Direct links for ordering books are found in the listings below. For September, we are looking at the theme of Connection. For Adults — NOMA Book Club Spotlight… Read More
Musicians From Home Series features Lilli Lewis in concert
NOMA presents a series of virtual concerts featuring a range of music’s best and brightest performing from their homes. Assembled by internationally renowned multi-instrumentalist and composer Mahmoud Chouki, enjoy these relaxed and informal music experiences with acclaimed musicians from New Orleans and beyond. Visit NOMA’s Youtube Channel for a concert with Lilli Lewis. … Read More
Baseera Khan featured in New York Times story about arts-related professionals coping with pandemic hardship
Baseera Khan is one of eleven artists whose work will be presented in NOMA’s exhibition Mending the Sky, on view from October 9, 2020, through January 31, 2021. Khan’s video-performance work, titled Braidrage, explores the experience of overcoming trauma, based around a rock-climbing wall made from resin casts of parts of Khan’s body that the… Read More
NOMA unveils “Stunting,” a commissioned work of contemporary porcelain by Roberto Lugo
In 2019, the New Orleans Museum of Art commissioned Philadelphia-based artist Roberto Lugo to create the “Stunting” Garniture Set, a set of porcelain covered vases and sculpture that expands the parameters of NOMA’s ceramics collection to highlight New Orleans music icons Louis Armstrong, Lil Wayne, and No Limit Records. Read More
Mending the Sky exhibition creates space for care, collectivity, and critique
The New Orleans Museum of Art will present Mending the Sky this fall as the museum’s first major exhibition following New Orleans’ months-long shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On view October 9, 2020 through January 31, 2021, the exhibition will bring together ten artists’ projects that respond to a world turned upside down. Working… Read More
