Object Lesson: The Garden Party by Toyin Ojih Odutola
“I am my own person, a land that I now wish to take back. Here, I will show you. Do not omit me or render me invisible…I am here, I… Read More
“I am my own person, a land that I now wish to take back. Here, I will show you. Do not omit me or render me invisible…I am here, I… Read More
The rose trémière, or hollyhock, is a classic summer bloom with flowers arranged vertically on long stems. Eugéne Atget came across this hollyhock in a Paris, where he roamed the… Read More
Burton Clarke is NOMA’s Visitor Experience Team Coordinator. Joining legions of volunteers who have risen to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 crisis, he has spent time off-duty alleviating the… Read More
NOMA’s Learning and Engagement staff suggests the following books related to themes of flowers and nature. In partnership with Octavia Books, links are provided to purchase these titles through this… Read More
Bamboo is considered by many New Orleans area gardeners to be an invasive pest. In Japan and in other parts of East Asia, however, bamboo has much more positive associations,… Read More
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
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… Read More
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… Read More
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”… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
The story behind the making of this photograph is a lesson in how photographers craft stories into pictures. Lewis Hine, who was well known for this ability once said, “If… Read More
While their story-telling symbolism is as old as Christianity itself, “memento mori” paintings saw a particular popularity in seventeenth-century Europe. It was a time of tumultuous politics and religious instability… Read More
NOMA’s Learning and Engagement staff suggests the following books related to themes of stoytelling. In partnership with Octavia Books, links are provided to purchase these titles through this independent bookstore… Read More
NOMA’s Learning and Engagement staff suggests a range of books for all ages related to themes of social justice. Read More
Louisiana artist Ida Kohlmeyer is known for her highly personal language of symbols and shapes in her abstract paintings and sculptures, often arranged like words on a page. She took… Read More
In this photograph, Arthur Siegel captures the visual power of people united by a common cause. At different times in his career, Arthur Siegel worked as a photojournalist and documentarian,… Read More
Dorothy Norman was only twenty-two years old when she walked into the Intimate Gallery and met Alfred Stieglitz, then sixty-three. Although they were separated by more than forty years… Read More