American manufacturers, Group of Flasks, c. 1800-1840. Blown mold glass. New Orleans Museum of Art, Gift of Melvin P. Billups in memory of his wife, Clarice Marston Billups.
NOMA AWARDED CURATORIAL INTERN GRANT FROM THE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST
Funds Will Support a Two-Year Curatorial Fellowship
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) has been announced as the Decorative Arts Trust’s 2022–2024 Curatorial Internship partner. The significant grant, awarded from the Decorative Arts Trust, will support a two-year Curatorial Fellow who will learn about the responsibilities of the curatorial field while working with NOMA’s esteemed Decorative Arts and growing Design collection, focusing specifically in the area of glass.
“We are grateful to the Decorative Arts Trust for affording this considerable opportunity,” said Susan Taylor, Montine McDaniel Freeman Director. “NOMA’s acclaimed glass collection features more than 3,000 works, ranging from ancient to contemporary. We look forward to welcoming the Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow, and anticipate their contributions to highlighting this treasured collection.”
The Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow will be integral to developing an exhibition and collection catalogue for NOMA’s world glass holdings. Under the leadership of and in collaboration with NOMA’s RosaMary Curator for Decorative Arts and Design Mel Buchanan, the Fellow will work to expand the collection, develop interpretive research, engage community input, develop museum exhibitions, and create digital interpretations of the collection through NOMA’s ongoing partnership with Google Arts & Culture.
“It is such an honor for NOMA to be selected to partner with the Decorative Arts Trust,” said Buchanan. “This grant will enable an emerging voice in the material culture field to join our vibrant museum at a transformative time.”
The museum will accept applications for the two-year Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow position through March 1, 2022. Position, salary, and application information is available here.
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ABOUT NOMA AND THE BESTHOFF SCULPTURE GARDEN
The New Orleans Museum of Art, founded in 1910 by Isaac Delgado, houses more than 40,000 works of art encompassing 5,000 years of history. Works from the permanent collection, along with continuously changing special exhibitions, are on view in the museum’s 46 galleries Tuesday through Sunday, 10 am–5 pm. The adjoining Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden features more than 90 sculptures, including works from several 20th and 21st-century master sculptors. NOMA’s Besthoff Sculpture Garden is open to the public seven days a week, 10 am–6 pm (starting October 1, 2021, the garden is open 10 am–5 pm). The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Besthoff Sculpture Garden are fully accessible to visitors with disabilities. Wheelchairs are available from the front desk. Museum admission is free on Wednesdays for Louisiana residents, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. Children 12 and under receive free admission. Teenagers (ages 13-19) receive free admission courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
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