Art-Making Activity: Name Monsters
This imaginative project involves creating a mirror-image transfer and a watercolor-resist painting of your signature then decorated as a monster. Read More
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Object Lesson: Rabbit Pounding the Elixir of Life Under the Moon by Mori Ippo
Rising above a minimal landscape of reeds and clouds, a rabbit is silhouetted against the moon, busy at work using a mortar and pestle. In Japanese folklore, a mystical hare who inhabits the moon mashes ingredients for mochi, a traditional rice-flour cake. Japanese artist Mori Ippo (1798–1871) used ink and light color on silk to create… Read More
Object Lesson: North Polar Stars by Maynard Walker
Maynard Walker’s photograph of North Polar Stars seems to trace the path of the stars through the night sky over a long period of time. What it actually records, of course, is our own planet earth spinning through space and time. Read More
Suggested Reading List for All Ages | January 2021
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. The theme for January 2021 is circles. Read More
Musicians from Home: Khris Royal featuring Danny Abel
NOMA presents a series of virtual concerts featuring a range of music’s best and brightest performing from their homes. Khris Royal and Danny Abel team up to present an electrifying performance. Read More
NOMA welcomes Natrang Stanley as new Human Resources Manager
The New Orleans Museum of Art is pleased to announce and welcome Natrang Stanley as the museum’s Human Resources Manager. Ms. Stanley officially began her role as HR Manager on Monday, January 11, 2021. Read More
A Message from Susan Taylor | January 22, 2021
A message from Susan Taylor, The Montine McDaniel Freeman Director of the New Orleans Museum of Art, regarding the museum’s civic role as a cultural institution in the city. Read More
Object Lesson: Apollo and the Muses by Maerten van Heemskerck
By the 1540s the theme of Apollo and the Muses, established during the sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance, had made its way to northern Europe where Maerten van Heemskerck seems to have been one of its champions. Heemskerck was one of the first Dutch painters to travel to Italy for art studies after which he devoted his… Read More
Creative Activity for MLK Day: Justice and Juxtaposition
In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy and the work of artist Fred Wilson, create and share an example of juxtaposition through the combination of two found objects or images from online and/or your immediate surroundings. Read More
New Photography Talk: Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. in conversation with Curator Brian Piper
Brian Piper, Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator for Photography, spoke with photographer Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. Brown’s work is featured in the exhibition New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile. The exhibition presents the work of four photographers, all of whom work with, and critique, these new practices in photography. Read More
New Photography Talk: Dionne Lee in conversation with Curator Brian Piper
Brian Piper, Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator spoke with with photographer Dionne Lee. Lee’s work is featured in New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile. The exhibition presents the work of four photographers, all of whom work with, and critique, these new practices in photography. Read More
Object Lesson: Mother and Child by Elizabeth Catlett
[Update, February 2023: Following the installation of Elizabeth Catlett’s Woman and Child in NOMA’s Great Hall, the sculpture is on view in the George l. Viavant Gallery on the museum’s second floor.] When artist and activist Elizabeth Catlett lived in New Orleans in the early 1940s, much of the city was racially segregated, including City… Read More
Object Lesson: Corning “Lens” Bowl
An unadorned glass bowl displayed in NOMA’s decorative arts galleries was made in 1932 directly from the factory mold of a Corning Glass Company locomotive-headlight lens. The “Lens” Bowl is part of the important Modern design movement that openly paid tribute to new materials and thoughtful industrial production. Read More
Musicians from Home: Brazilian Guitarist Geovane Paivo Santos
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. Currently a local presence in the New Orleans music scene, Geovane Santos,… Read More
Object Lesson: Sketch for Several Circles by Wassily Kandinsky
From 1923 through 1929 the circle was the single motif which Wassily Kandinsky explored exhaustively in ten major paintings. Sketch for Several Circles is a study for Kandinsky’s large painting Several Circles, now in the collection of the Guggenheim Museum, New York. Read More
Object Lesson: Hercules the Archer by Antoine Bourdelle
From 1900 to 1907, Antoine Bourdelle worked on the model for Hercules the Archer, which is considered his most famous work. In Roman mythology, Hercules is known for his strength and numerous far-ranging adventures, including a cycle known as the “Twelve Labors,” one of which is depicted in this sculpture. Read More
Musicians from Home: The Swamp Buds
NOMA presents a series of virtual concerts featuring a range of music’s best and brightest performing from their homes. Watch the Swamp Buds perform songs of Creole and Cajun origin. Read More
Object Lesson: Pommery Champagne Bottles, Reims by Ilse Bing
In 1933, as the company approached its 100-year anniversary, Pommery Champagne hired Ilse Bing to produce a series of photos documenting its production facilities in Reims, France. Even though she was ostensibly hired to sell more champagne Bing approached the job with the same creativity and avant-garde approach found in her personal work. Read More