The New Orleans Museum Of Art Celebrates A Century Of Bringing Art To The Masses
Next weekend, the New Orleans Museum of Art is throwing itself a marathon 100th birthday party with concerts by Irvin Mayfield and Amanda Shaw, a roaring midnight DJ set by Mr. Quintron in the Great Hall, a second-line, yoga classes, movies and tours of some of the museum’s 35,000-piece permanent collection. That’s a far cry… Read More
NOMA Commemorates 100th Anniversary With 31 Hour Art Showing
The New Orleans Museum of Art is celebrating its 100th birth anniversary this week, and it’s doing so by opening its doors for 31 continuous hours. From Friday, December 16 at 10 am until Saturday, December 17 at 5 pm, NOMA will remain open, inviting residents and visitors to celebrate its 100 years with music,… Read More
NOMA’S 31-HOUR FREE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!
Friday, December 16 at 10 am to Saturday, December 17 at 5 pm (New Orleans, LA)- The Isaac Delgado Museum of Art opened its doors on December 16, 1911 owning just 9 works of art. Today NOMA has over 35,000 art objects in the permanent collection. Join the celebration on Friday, December 16, 2011 as… Read More
‘NOMA 100, Gifts For The Second Century’ At The New Orleans Museum Of Art
New Orleans Museum of Art Director Emeritus E. John Bullard gives a video tour of ‘NOMA 100: Gifts for the Second Century,’ an exhibition of 110 recent donations honoring the centennial of the museum. Bullard describes a set of ancient Egyptian artifacts, an 80 pound 19th-century trophy cup by the Gorham Silver Company, a ballerina… Read More
An Artistic ‘Romeo And Juliet’ For The Ages
The NOLA Project has found an appropriate venue to render a finely crafted piece of art. Their current production of Shakespeare’s tragedy of “Romeo and Juliet” is nestled appropriately between other works of art by acknowledged masters. Except for the prologue presented just outside the entrance to the museum, the Great Hall of the New… Read More
NOLA Project’s ‘Romeo And Juliet’ An Energetic, Adventurous Night At The Museum
There’s Shakespeare, and then there’s Shakespeare through the fresh prism of the NOLA Project, where the traditional light of the Bard erupts in a dazzling display. The young actors of the intrepid NOLA Project first turned to Shakespeare with the environmental staging of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which played to sold-out crowds in the sculpture… Read More