Narrative 4 encourages the sharing of stories as a community-bonding experience
Colum McCann is the cofounder and president of Narrative 4 (N4), a nonprofit global network of educators, students, and artists who use art and storytelling to build empathy between students while equipping them to improve their communities and the world. The organization has partnered with NOMA since 2018. Read More
Lesson Plan: Story Generator
People and cultures all over the world use symbols and images to help pass along stories that are important to them. In this activity, we will create a Story Generator that will provide clues to help us tell a story. Inspiration: This large helmet mask was worn by masquerading characters in the Niger Delta Region… Read More
Art-Making Activity: Still-Life Stories
Tell a story through every-day objects in your home in this activity, inspired by Picasso’s Still Life With Candles. A still life is a work of art that captures still objects like fruit, vases, and fabric, carefully arranged and observed by an artist. Artists often create still lifes of ordinary objects from their home or… Read More
Object Lesson: Demonstration of the Talbotype by Thomas Augustine Malone
This unique photograph, made without using a camera, has a wonderful story behind its creation, much of which is written directly on the surface of the photograph. The word “photograph” encompasses a wide variety of processes, practices, materials, and objects. Today, it is used to describe images on paper, glass, or metal, as well as… Read More
Art Inspires: Short Story Contest
The New Orleans Museum of Art is excited to present Art Inspires: Short Story Competition. Every object in NOMA’s collection has multiple stories to tell. They include anecdotes about the artist, chronicles from the life of the object, and narratives about the subject or the media used to make the work of art. Every object… Read More
Art-Making Activity: Sketch and Surprise!
It is said that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” One look at a picture can activate the imagination and encourage a story! In this activity, you will create a drawing of people and things in an environment. But there is a twist! You will work with a partner who will tell you how… Read More