Suggested Reading List for All Ages | December 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. For December, the theme is ritual and gathering. Read More
Object Lesson: Articulated Figure of the Veracruz Culture
Smiling children with subtly rounded bodies are among the best-known types of clay figurines from the Veracruz area of Mexico. Skillfully made of thin-walled clay, the movable limbs are attached to the body by strings, a device which permits the arms and legs to move to different positions. Read More
Musicians from Home: Martin Masakowski and Simon Moushabeck
NOMA presents a series of virtual concerts featuring a range of music’s best and brightest performing from their homes. Martin Masakowski and Simon Moushabeck perform as an instrumental duet. Read More
Video: Roberto Lugo discusses his “Stunting” Garniture Set and other career highlights with NOMA curators
On December 8, dynamic ceramicist, social activist, poet, and educator Roberto Lugo joined NOMA’s Nic Aziz, Community Engagement Curator, and Mel Buchanan, RosaMary Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, to discuss working as an artist in 2020, pottery, and hip hop legend Lil Wayne. Read More
Object Lesson: Lipizzaner by Tony Smith
The title of Tony Smith’s sculpture Lipizzaner is a reference to the white stallions of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria, because the complex surface of the modular forms in the work suggests a prancing horse. Read More
Object Lesson: Pablo Casals’s Obelisk by Arman
Pablo Casals’s Obelisk, a towering accumulation of welded bronze cellos, dominates the waters of a lagoon in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Standing over twenty feet tall, the Obelisk is an imposing example of monumental sculpture by Arman. Read More